Well, why not? You don't want to have to get up and go too far for a drink!
Actually you don't even have to! There are waiters walking around with trays full of DotDs. However the reason I ended up ordering a non-DotD was that they were sitting on the trays for a while, ice melting and getting watered down.
Wow, that looks awesome! Too bad it isn't included though.
Well they want to make money off you anyway they can, I was getting that impression about the Dream about this point. However every day you could get Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry ice creams free and hand scooped, FREE! Also there is a self service soft serve ice cream dispenser, also FREE!!!! You'll see that a little later in the trip.
You know, this is the thing I'm not sure I'd like about a cruise. I realize you have crowds at the parks, but it is pretty easy to get away from them and go off the beaten path if you want to.
There really were places that you could get away from things, just not so many with kids in tow.
Interesting place for a Muster Drill. Did the shows just not work in your schedule or were they shows that you'd already seen on other ships?
We were too busy doing other things. Mostly eating and drinking!
Looks great. Slightly making me regret that my next cruise on on RCCL, and DH will become a higher level on that cruise, which means our next cruise will wind up being RCCL as well.
That's too bad you can't squeeze in a
Disney Cruise. My next cruise is also not on Disney so it will be very interesting. It's also a much smaller ship than the Wonder, so we'll see how that goes. The good news is that we won't have to turn off our wireless devices, so if we find ourselves bored in the room, there's always that!
That is what I remember of my Dream cruise in Feb. 2011. We got on board around that time since we took
DCL transfers from Jambo House. We were extremely hungry by the time we got on board and went up to the pool deck to get some food.
It was a complete madhouse up there. I was trying to get some quick service and kids in bathing suits kept pushing through the front of the line. When we did finally manage to get a couple plates of food (and it was a challenge to get), we headed straight for that 18 and up sign so we could sit down without being trampled.
That's too bad. I have a feeling it's the sheer number of people that does it. I never checked out either of the bars on the top decks. I don't know if they served any food or just drinks, but I suspect that might have been a good place to go for a little bit of quiet as well.
And when the Enchanted Garden was serving dinner, good luck walking down any of the hallways or anywhere else near there. The place was completely insane. I've been hoping the mass crowds and dysfunction of crowd control was due to it only being the 3rd time the ship had sailed. I'm hoping to read things have changed since then in your report.
This wasn't our experience here, so I have good news to report there. We had second seating for dinner and there was no waiting or anything like on the Wonder cruise. We also had no problems navigating Deck 2 after that one time when the staterooms were closed.
What a beautiful ship (so far and hint hint).
Can't wait for more pics!!!
Yeah, I love to read the Navigators; it helps me believe we'll go on another Disney cruise one day.
I'm hoping to have some more pics up today, although I don't know how many of them are actually of the ship itself.
I'm sorry Fran was under the weather when you stayed at the tree houses but interesting that you could feel isolated on Disney property! I wish I could stay in a tree house!
When you stay in the room for two days straight, and it's a small apartment 10 feet above the ground, I could totally understand. She didn't see anyone but me and maybe my parents (if she came out of the room). I don't remember if she did or not.
What a beautiful ship! Why wasn't there a bartender at the little bar? Not open? Surely not an open bar.
Oh no, it was open. When those were closed, they folded up like a little box. I'm guessing that he was either getting something below or was delivering a drink to a customer and I just didn't catch him in the frame.
Venelope's was tempting but why? Where there is so much to eat that is free on the cruise??
Because they want to separate you from your money. When I looked at the map of the ship, they had gift shops and sundries shops on Deck 11 in two or three locations. There were also two other coffee bars (with espresso drinks for sale) besides the Cove Café. The more I walked around on this day, the more I was convinced that once Disney had launched the Wonder and Magic, they went back to the drawing board and asked the question, "How can we turn these ships into even more of a cash cow?" I think the answer was, we can sell the adults drinks and premium beverages, how do we get the whole family in on the act? As Corinna pointed out Vanellopes becomes a major pester point for the kids, and the parents give in. Now they're buying expensive premium items for the under 21 crowd!
Are the drinks of the day free?
No, but they are less expensive than the other drinks. Around $4.50 each for alcoholic and I think $2.95 for non, maybe $2.
Gull Grill makes me think Grilled Gull
:
That doesn't sound like Good Eats.
I don't know if I mentioned this on your other cruise TR but I love that you post the Navigator every day. It definitely provides an overview of all the stuff that goes on every day.
I'm glad you like the Navigators! That makes me feel that's it's worthwhile to spend the effort to scan them in a post them. There is always so much to do, sometimes all at the same time!
Ahh, yes. The children. Glad to see there is an area for some quieter times. I'm not a kid-hater but I'm sure most people could use a break every once in a while.
Especially since we don't have kids and aren't exposed to them very often, we appreciate the breaks. We know that going to places like Disney, we won't be escaping them, but glad that Disney does provide areas where they are lower impact.
I love the Vanillope sweet shop. So cute & colorful. Between those pictures & your dessert pictures, I'm so craving ice cream right now!
I'm glad that I have a limited sweet tooth. If I didn't I'd have an even harder time trying to lose weight!
Yeah! We would get along nicely - just what we do for sail away. 
It's one thing to spend and extra 20K, but 30K!!!!! That's two whole flights and then some! I said, "what happens if we look at coming home on Saturday?" Lo and behold, back to 45K. "Shall I see if we can get another night on points?" She decided that we could handle one night in a studio (one of us doesn't get a nightstand if we do that and we swore them off about 4 years ago). Besides, I will have had 7 nights with a big Jacuzzi tub, and been in a Poly Bungalow. A studio for one night will be OK. Let's see if there are any studios available at the Poly! 
