First timers just off Dream - 4/6/13

[Davey-D-99]

:D:D:D

 

What a great week!! Fun had by all.

 

ATD was perfect, no wait at all...Food was Awesome. Didn't try frog legs though:eek:

 

Nassau was a little boring but snorkeling in St. Thomas was amazing!!

 

Day at the beach in St. Maarten was fantastic...$40 for 4 chairs, 2 umbrellas, 6 noodles, 2 water trampoline bracelets and 5 Ice Cold Heineken (No wonder not many complained about being stranded there for an extra day)

 

Cheers program was well, well worth the money for us. $9.75 wines at dinner and Grey Goose martinis at 12:00am on the balcony :D

 

Posted a video of our cabin for four on deck 7...Perfect location near the elevators and stairs but still very quiet.

 

[TravelingDiva1]

:D:D:D

 

What a great week!! Fun had by all.

 

ATD was perfect, no wait at all...Food was Awesome. Didn't try frog legs though:eek:

 

Nassau was a little boring but snorkeling in St. Thomas was amazing!!

 

Day at the beach in St. Maarten was fantastic...$40 for 4 chairs, 2 umbrellas, 6 noodles, 2 water trampoline bracelets and 5 Ice Cold Heineken (No wonder not many complained about being stranded there for an extra day)

 

Cheers program was well, well worth the money for us. $9.75 wines at dinner and Grey Goose martinis at 12:00am on the balcony :D

 

Posted a video of our cabin for four on deck 7...Perfect location near the elevators and stairs but still very quiet.

 

 

Glad you had great time! Thanks for the videos!

[bankonus]

Awesome! I hope you choose to cruise again...it's addicting!

[workingmom67]

:D:D:D

 

What a great week!! Fun had by all.

 

ATD was perfect, no wait at all...Food was Awesome. Didn't try frog legs though:eek:

 

Nassau was a little boring but snorkeling in St. Thomas was amazing!!

 

Day at the beach in St. Maarten was fantastic...$40 for 4 chairs, 2 umbrellas, 6 noodles, 2 water trampoline bracelets and 5 Ice Cold Heineken (No wonder not many complained about being stranded there for an extra day)

 

Cheers program was well, well worth the money for us. $9.75 wines at dinner and Grey Goose martinis at 12:00am on the balcony :D

 

Posted a video of our cabin for four on deck 7...Perfect location near the elevators and stairs but still very quiet.

 

 

We will be doing the Eastern Itinerary on the Dream May 4. Which beach did you go to in St. Maarten? That sounds like a good deal to me!

[battchief1]

Thabks for posting and glad you had a good time.

[Davey-D-99]

We will be doing the Eastern Itinerary on the Dream May 4. Which beach did you go to in St. Maarten? That sounds like a good deal to me!

 

We went to the beach right in Philipsburg across from the ships...Walked straight to the water taxi and I believe it was $7 PP round trip. Beautiful beach and view.

There were tons of beach vendors bugging right when we got off the taxi, but I waited and walked down the beach and found a non-pushy lady who was willing to take $40 for her chairs, umbrellas,...etc.

She also set me up with the ice cold beer buckets...loved her!

 

 

 

 

[WAHMto5]

Glad you had a great time! Our favorite ship, going again on her in September;)

 

We are not a fan of Nassau and just take advantage of staying on board during that Port when most are off the ship!

[Davey-D-99]

Here is an overview video of the Dream I made from the fun week we had...

 

[KirkNC]

Welcome bak but next time give those frog legs a try!

[Penleyan]

The St Maarten Beach Excursion sounds good. Did you use a tour company?

[Davey-D-99]

The St Maarten Beach Excursion sounds good. Did you use a tour company?

 

No...We just walked off the ship and over to the water taxi service.

It takes you right to the beach pier and Philipsburg in 5 minutes.

[Davey-D-99]

Welcome back but next time give those frog legs a try!

 

Our server told me I should order them..Then I asked her if she had ever tried them. She said "Once and never again". That was enough of a sales pitch for me not to order them.

[Davey-D-99]

Awesome! I hope you choose to cruise again...it's addicting!

 

Funny thing is....We have already discussed another Carnival cruise for our next vacation before anything else.

 

Maybe an addiction has begun:)

[PinaCarada]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[tree.critter]

Welcome to the addiction! I enjoyed my Jan Dream cruise with DD so much that I booked it again for my DH in Dec for our anniversary. I just shared your video with DH and it was fun as I recognized the different areas of the ship. Was fun, thanks for sharing.

[Davey-D-99]

There was one thing that I did find a little frustrating...

I forgot that I still had around $35 casino credit... So on debarkation morning I asked at guest services if they could just transfer that to the gratuities...I felt the staff had worked very hard at making our first cruise very memorable.

 

They said I couldn't do that and that I would be mailed a cheque for the $35 in a few weeks.

 

I thought that was kind of silly since I didn't really want it and would rather have left it as gratuity.

[Davey-D-99]

 

 

 

[saphir]

Is there enough brand wine less than $ 10. And the martinis are a less than $ 10? Thank you.

 

 

QUOTE=Davey-D-99;38000720]:D:D:D

 

What a great week!! Fun had by all.

 

ATD was perfect, no wait at all...Food was Awesome. Didn't try frog legs though:eek:

 

Nassau was a little boring but snorkeling in St. Thomas was amazing!!

 

Day at the beach in St. Maarten was fantastic...$40 for 4 chairs, 2 umbrellas, 6 noodles, 2 water trampoline bracelets and 5 Ice Cold Heineken (No wonder not many complained about being stranded there for an extra day)

 

Cheers program was well, well worth the money for us. $9.75 wines at dinner and Grey Goose martinis at 12:00am on the balcony :D

 

Posted a video of our cabin for four on deck 7...Perfect location near the elevators and stairs but still very quiet.

 

[Davey-D-99]

Is there enough brand wine less than $ 10. And the martinis are a less than $ 10? Thank you.

 

There was plenty of choice for under $10 limit on the cheers program

 

 

My favourite red wines were

Hess Select Cabernet...$9.00

Kendall-Jackson Pinot Noir...$9.50

 

My wife's fave white wine was

Ecco Domani - Pinot Grigio - $9.75

 

Grey Goose and Ketel One Vodka martinis were both $9.95...

You have to ask for them by name otherwise they would give you a cheaper one. "Eduardo" at the main atrium bar made the best martini's I've ever had:D

[mike the canuck]

:D:D:D

 

What a great week!! Fun had by all.

 

ATD was perfect, no wait at all...Food was Awesome. Didn't try frog legs though:eek:

 

Nassau was a little boring but snorkeling in St. Thomas was amazing!!

 

Day at the beach in St. Maarten was fantastic...$40 for 4 chairs, 2 umbrellas, 6 noodles, 2 water trampoline bracelets and 5 Ice Cold Heineken (No wonder not many complained about being stranded there for an extra day)

 

Cheers program was well, well worth the money for us. $9.75 wines at dinner and Grey Goose martinis at 12:00am on the balcony :D

 

Posted a video of our cabin for four on deck 7...Perfect location near the elevators and stairs but still very quiet.

 

 

Nice video!

[riclop]

Thanks for the review and pictures.

[Davey-D-99]

Please post more photos and tips/opinions if you can. Never get tired of reading about other's adventures!

 

Here are all the videos I've posted from Dream on YouTube...

 

Should also say that the snorkeling excursion in St. Thomas was fantastic!!

Pretty reasonable as well. The crew were tons of fun and knowledgeable, snorkeling over the shipwreck was fun and saw tons of marine life and turtles... as well as the rum punch and snacks were really good:D

It was "Castaway Girl Barefoot"

 

 

 

[wb3690]

Great review! and loved the videos. We did the Dream in January as well....great ship!!!!

[Davey-D-99]

Some more random shots from our great week!!

 

Cabin 7267

 

 

 

 

They actually had the remote in their hands and were watching TV...

Loved our room stewards:)