Carnival Dream Returns - First Cruise (9/19/21 - 9/25/21)

[TravelGirlinDallas]

1 hour ago, silvercrikhix said:

Thanks again, Travel Girl.
Did you notice in the ‘gorgeous water’ photo you posted in post #29,

that you also captured a pod of dolphins?!  

I did not notice that! We always see dolphins in Galveston at sail away, but I wasn't able to get a picture quick enough.

[live2cruise2011]

Thank you so much for the review…. I’ve been daydreaming of cruising in vivid color since as I type this I am sitting at the hospital on the island with my 24 yr old admitted.  As soon as life settles we will be booking but for today I moved from 130 days away from the dream to 864 days but I’m sure she will be worth the wait and maybe tomorrow I will venture to Sunflower for a change from all this hospital food…. 

[TravelGirlinDallas]

20 minutes ago, live2cruise2011 said:

Thank you so much for the review…. I’ve been daydreaming of cruising in vivid color since as I type this I am sitting at the hospital on the island with my 24 yr old admitted.  As soon as life settles we will be booking but for today I moved from 130 days away from the dream to 864 days but I’m sure she will be worth the wait and maybe tomorrow I will venture to Sunflower for a change from all this hospital food…. 

Oh my goodness, I hope your 24 year old recovers quickly. Sunflower would be a nice diversion for a while.

[bontx33]

Love your review. I'm going on Carnival Dream for 8 days on Oct 23

[rn4t5]

29 minutes ago, bontx33 said:

Love your review. I'm going on Carnival Dream for 8 days on Oct 23

I will be on that sailing, too

[eclue]

We will be on the Dream on Sunday -Oct 3rd

 

[SenatorsFan]

Thanks for the review! The pictures of the two of your were all lovely. 😀

[rwest898]

8 hours ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

And now it's already our final sea day! How has the time flown by so fast? 

 

It was rainy that morning and the ship was really rocking. It didn't bother us, but we noticed there were fewer people at breakfast. You could feel the motion more strongly in the aft MDR.

 

 

 

Seaday Brunch in the Scarlet MDR again. I ordered the skillet cake. It's a giant pancake with various sauces. I wish there had been more of each sauce. Also, the little tiny marshmallows were an odd addition. They tasted good, but seemed out of place. 

 

I'm really glad they kept the banana cream pie from the old menu!

 

After brunch, we went to the Encore theater for Q&A with our cruise director, Deon. His signature phrase was "Hi-De-Ho, I've gotta go. See you, thank you, love you, Carnival Dream". Quite a mouthful every time he made an announcement! He seemed to really love his job and brought a lot of positive energy to the role. 

 

 

Later that afternoon, it was time for tea. This one of my favorite things, and I'm so glad Carnival still continues to offer it. The desserts were the best we had on the entire cruise. The violin trio played while we were enjoying our treats, and it was just a nice way to spend part of the afternoon.

 

 

 

 

Do they talk about anything at tea time or just tea and pastries and everyone is just on their own.  Thanks in advance. 

[Poecrew]

7 hours ago, coldinkansas said:

We will be on the Dream in January 2022..  Can't wait to cruise again.

 

I'm from Kansas and sailing on Dream in January too!  Can't wait!

[TravelGirlinDallas]

53 minutes ago, rwest898 said:

Do they talk about anything at tea time or just tea and pastries and everyone is just on their own.  Thanks in advance. 

There wasn’t a presentation or anything. The violin trio played and everyone had their own conversations.

[MzShae]

I really enjoyed your review. You & your husband are a cute couple. My husband and I married in our thirties too, even though we've known each other since we were kids! We love the Dream & have been on her 4 times, but when she was in New Orleans.

[rwest898]

34 minutes ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

There wasn’t a presentation or anything. The violin trio played and everyone had their own conversations.

Thank you 

[live2cruise2011]

6 hours ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

Oh my goodness, I hope your 24 year old recovers quickly. Sunflower would be a nice diversion for a while.

Thank you.  We are finally seeing relief and possibly a way home for more than a few days at a time… but yes I think Sunflower will be a break I need but maybe Friday so I can take and go watch the ships in port.  

[jbhcw]

Great review...thanks so much for posting!  We were on the Dream when it was in Port Canaveral....loved all your pictures!

 

[TravelGirlinDallas]

Towel animal lineup!! I always hope that I'll be allowed to accumulate my towel animals over the course of the week and take a pic with them all together, but I've never had a steward yet who didn't confiscate the one from the night before. I took individual pics of all of them, though. I like that he used actual googly eyes instead of little bits of paper.

 

 

 

 

 

[luvcruzing]

Really enjoyed reading this and looking at the great pictures.  Thank you for your effort.  Looks like you and your “super-cute hubby” had a great time. 😃

[momof3cruisers]

Thank you for writing this. It was fun to follow along on your journey. All the pics of you and your husband are adorable. 
 

Im going on the second sailing back of Freedom in a few weeks. So excited!

[TravelGirlinDallas]

Thanks for following along, and good luck to all of you cruising soon! It's an amazing feeling to be back on board. 

[funkidd]

Thanks for your great review. What night was elegant night on this cruise. We’re leaving tomorrow on it. Just curious about the elegant night. 
 

thanks

again 

[LSEA]

This was a really fun read.  Thank you for sharing!

[TravelGirlinDallas]

21 hours ago, funkidd said:

Thanks for your great review. What night was elegant night on this cruise. We’re leaving tomorrow on it. Just curious about the elegant night. 
 

thanks

again 

The one elegant night was on Monday, the first sea day.

[Jamman54]

Thanks for taking us along for the ride with you. It's been a while since we've been on the Dream,  but she's looking good! 🤗

[jimbri]

Great review and wonderful pictures.

[eclue]

Thanks - we are boarding today!

[Ken076]

Thank you for doing this! Great Photos!!! It's nice to have the photos commented as you did!!!!