Border Granny

I’m REALLY sneaking in under the testing requirement, I leave on the 12th!

I have a September and December cruise booked also so I’ll have to have 2 COVID tests, it’s getting crazy out there.

18 hours ago, sailingships said:

Go into Cruise Manager and choose Review Online Check-in On the right theres a list of items Choose Travel Documents It gives you the option to Edit You should be able to change that to your passport.

Thank you so much, I don’t know how I missed that before, worked like a charm,

I have moved recently and couldn’t find my passport before it was time to check in for my cruise on August 12th.  I just found it and can’t find anyplace on the website where you can edit that information.  I remember reading a post recently from someone who was boarding his cruise and some of his documentation didn’t match and was a big snafu.  
 

I know I can call but it sounds like there are  VERY long wait times.  Has anyone ever changed their information and how did you do it online?

Thanks

4 hours ago, AHS123 said:

Dear Confused,

No, not at all. Once on board go see the maitre d' of your assigned dining room ASAP. Let them know you are travelling solo and would like to sit with others. Most often they will ask if you would like to join others also travelling solo, if not, ask for it. I always prefer the conversation with other solos which is usually more fun and or stimulating than being seated with three married couples discussing which lawn fertilizer is best. Good luck and have fun.
Abby 

Thanks for the tip about seeing the maitre’d.  I have sailed many times but this is my first time solo, and I wouldn’t have thought about that.

On 6/3/2021 at 10:22 PM, Buckwheet said:

Wife got the multiple casino offers. Booked a $100 balcony, and then another, and another. Are those offers for an unlimited number of bookings? 

You can use them to book 3 cruises.  I have two a month apart in the midst of hurricane season but I’m willing to take my chances:).  Worst that can happen is I just rebook if they get cc’d.  The third one is in December with my daughter.  I just couldn’t pass up that kind of deal, lol.

They have live music in the atrium most of the time.  If you just want to listen to the music and don’t need to be down by the bar itself, which is always crowded, there are couches on deck 4 around the atrium.  You can see thru the glass railings and are perfect to relax for a while out of the crowds, but still be able to see and hear the musicians .

4 hours ago, Bingotommy said:

What time will the fttf people usually start boarding on the Dream? We are leaving this Monday. 

The exact time you’ll board will depend on what time they get everyone off the ship after it docks, but probably the average time is around 11 if I had to make a guess from my previous cruises.
 

You will board after the wedding parties, Diamond and Platinum, and Suite passengers, but that all moves pretty quickly.  Have a great cruise:)

2 hours ago, Laurab23 said:

We sail Sunday. I am concerned but am still sailing unless something drastic happens before then. I am more concerned because I have a cough from allergies that they could deny boarding to me.

 

Laura

I don’t sail until May, but if things are still crazy by then I think I’ll ask my doctor for a note saying my cough is from allergies and my blood pressure medicine.  I think if I sailed as soon as you do a note from your doctor may come in handy if you can get it.

Enjoy your cruise!

In the last interior cabin I was in there was no chair, only the stool that goes under the desk.  We asked the steward for a chair and he quickly obliged.  It all depends if they can find an extra one of whatever you are asking for I imagine.

Just walked up, gave us our name and cabin number last June on the Dream.

And a little hint, I’ve always tipped the server a dollar each drink and they come looking for me to see if I need anything, I’ve never had any trouble getting a server.  A lot of people complain about them not coming around very often. I guess a lot of people don’t tip, but  I always do

They will give you a card that they attach to your sail and sign card.  I’ve usually gotten mine as soon as I started playing on a machine, in just a few minutes the casino host finds me and puts it on my card.  One time the casino was really busy when I started playing and I went to the cage and they gave it to me there when they didn’t come to me in a few minutes.

5 hours ago, beachbum53 said:

 

A string of battery operated mini Christmas lights will work too, and you don't have to keep replacing glow sticks. 

Except we sailed in June, they might have been hard to find, lol.  But seriously the glow sticks came in a pkg of 4 for a dollar, so pretty cheap.  I just picked it up in the morning so it wouldn’t be in the steward’s way when he was cleaning, and put a new one down when we were ready to go to bed, worked like a charm. Plus we like the room pretty dark while asleep, and you really didn’t notice the glow stick, it didn’t light up the room at all, just the step up into the bathroom.

My husband has some mobility issues and I had a little battery operated night light for the bathroom but I was afraid he would forget the step up in the middle of the night, so I brought along a couple packages of Dollar store glow sticks.  The necklace size fit perfectly, just pushed them up against the floor right at the door and they were still faintly glowing by morning.  

Just my two cents worth....we were on the Dream in June, our kids gave us the cruise for our 50th anniversary. They also reserved the steakhouse for us on our actual anniversary which was the second night and cruise elegant night and put money on our account since you can not pre pay for it.

We were treated so well, and had the friendliest staff. We did receive the free bottle of wine, and we thought it was very good. We received the chef’s compliment, it was a chili and tomato and I could have eaten three of them it was so delicious, but good thing I didn’t because everything was delicious and plentiful!

I had two appetizers, the beef tartar and bone marrow, and lobster bisque. We both got ribeyes, my husband the spiced and mine was the cowboy cut, and they were the size of dinner plates, lol. We could not even eat half of it, but  our server told us no problem, they would fix it to take back to our cabin. Then we got the cheesecake, and they let us take that back to the cabin. So we left with one covered plate of steak and another with cheesecakes, with two napkins and silverware.

Granted our reservations were early, at six, but we are early eaters, and the steakhouse was not crowded. We were at a table for four by the window and it was quiet and relaxing and never felt hurried.  We could not have had a better experience.

Just a follow up to this topic after being on the Dream. We had a standard balcony with the usual bathroom, and the toilet seemed to be taller than some house toilets. Also because of the closeness to the counter and sink you can reach right over and grab the sink if you need a little boost.

We did receive a riser in our cabin as promised, but we realized we didn’t need it so asked the cabin steward to take it out, so the toilet height was not a problem at all:).

On 6/25/2019 at 9:41 PM, Lottacruises said:

The shows were America rocks and flick. Gary was a funny cruise director. Love and marriage was cozumel night, with a good decks party afterwards. Menu was very typical, nothing unusual. The ship seemed very crowded at all the dining areas at most any time. It was a fun cruise.

 

Anything specific you're looking to know?

I guess we were all on the same cruise! My husband has mobility issues so we didn’t attend a lot of shows, etc, but I agree the ship seemed crowded at the food venues. I expected it to be, and we tried to eat early so it was really not that bad for us.

On 6/25/2019 at 3:16 PM, ShodanCST said:

I just posted a bunch of documents today from a recent Dream 4 day trip:

 

 

Thank you for doing that, I think we were on the same cruise, lol. I was going to post them when I got back and you saved me a lot of work!

We got off of the Dream on Monday, was a four nighter, and there was brunch on both sea days with the new menu. My husband got an omelette and I got the eggs Benedict and we both got the cheesecake for dessert and it was all very good. 

We we ate at a table with a middle aged couple that were first time cruisers, and they ordered just about everything, they were so cute and wanted to try it all:). The waiter didn’t bat an eye and we had a very pleasant brunch with them. 

My husband was in shorts and a t shirt and so was just about everyone else....it’s Carnival and breakfast for heaven’s sake, if you want fancy you should book on Viking or Holland America, lol.

Our kids gifted us with a cruise for our 50th anniversary, and reserved the steakhouse for us. They gave us cruise cash to cover the cost of the Steakhouse since you can not pre pay for it. One example of a good use for it.

2 hours ago, FTLCruiseGal said:

Seats for the shower — a person barely fits in one of those things.  

That’s what my husband said, lol. But I called this morning and reserved a riser, the young man on the phone was very nice to make sure we didn’t need anything else.

I thank you all for the information!

58 minutes ago, jimbri said:

Good morning!  So, I have an odd question.  We are going on the Sunrise and I was wondering about the height of the toilet.  I had hip replacement over 3 months ago so most of the precautions have been lifted but wondering if they are regular height or shorter? We are in a regular ocean view.  Thanks.

I am wondering about the same thing, but on the Dream. I wonder if all the toilets are the same height? I’ve had bilateral knee replacements and just a little harder getting up or down with really low toilets, chairs etc. Sorry, I didn’t mean to hijack your thread:)

10 hours ago, dbenlee said:

I've been looking for the same information.  Haven't had any luck.  I'm hoping someone on here will have some answers as well as pictures of the Funtimes.

We ‘ll Be on the four nighter later this month....I’ll post pics when we get back if someone hasn’t already posted them by then, stay tuned🛳😎

Now that the Dream has a few 4 night cruises completed from Galveston,  does anyone have the MDR menus or fun times you can share?

Thanks, and how was your cruise?