Eric & Kevin Experience The Disney Dream

[live2tell75Team Alcide!]

Part 1:
This past February some relatives, Kevin and I took a 4 night Bahamas cruise aboard the new Disney Dream. I had never been on a Disney cruise before. I had always wanted to but always went with a cruise line that was a little more reasonable. Last summer I earned employee of the quarter at work and I was able to book this cruise as my reward. I figured I'd use the reward on something I normally wouldn't do. What can I say, the ship was gorgeous we had a great time! Disney service was fantastic and since I love Disney, all the special extra details around the ship made for a magical cruise. I'll give my cruise line comparisons and final thoughts of the Disney Dream and Disney Cruise Lines at the end of my trip report. But first up: Part 1 of my photos! This update includes our first day, boarding the ship and exploring some of the areas of the ship. Enjoy!

[moinabI wish they would make Street Fighter Donkey.]

Can't wait to see more!

[Brandy524I make cake]

Gorgeous ship. What an awesome work reward! Looking forward to the rest of your report!

[nursemelis374Donkeys are my way of life!]

Loving this report! Looking forward to more!

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

Still patiently waiting for Disney to announce the 2012 Fall Fantasy Itineraries for booking!!!

[cgodseyDon't let this donkey melt you with its laser eyes!]

Elissa, I see the 2012 fall sailings posted on vacationstogo. We were also on the Dream in early February and we had a fantastic time. We are looking at a 7 night cruise on the Magic this October!

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

^OH SNAP!!! They put them up overnight!!! Woo!!!

[jray21Why do I still have a donkey title???]

Great report! The ship looks amazing. I'm really hoping to do a 2012 on one of the new ships!

[LoopLover“Fear can make a donkey attack a lion”]

I really need one of those models for my room! I wonder how much??

[live2tell75Team Alcide!]

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

Part 2 features our day in Nassau. My relatives wanted to shop and Kevin and I wanted to go to Atlantis. Due to a work related trip, Kevin wasn't able to board our ship in Port Canaveral. So he flew into Nassau the night before we arrived and stayed at the Comfort Suites on Paradise Island. Once I arrived into Nassau I met him over at his hotel and we walked over to Atlantis. A major perk with Kevin staying at the Comfort Suites was that it is owned by Atlantis and all of their guests get full access to all the pools, Aquaventure water park, aquariums and marine exhibits. This helped us save a little bit of money instead of doing the ship's shore excursion to Atlantis.

Since Kevin works for an aquarium, he was really excited about checking out all the exhibits. They were pretty elaborate. I really enjoyed the water park. "The Current", a combo of a lazy river meets a wave pool was awesome. Through a series of conveyor belts it was great to not have to get out of your tube and be brought up to the 2 Masterblaster slides and 2 rapid slides. Even though it is really pricey and can be confusing to navigate, I'm glad that we spent the day at Atlantis, we had a blast. Onto the photos!