silvercrikhix

We were on the Dream in November. The temperatures indoors were fine. Also turned down our AC, as it was running too cold! We liked the Dream so much, we booked her again for this November. And are adding 2 adult kids and a Granddaughter (5) for her 1st cruise. She’s a great ship.

Sometimes, It can also make your teeth ache. Not a fun way to cruise. The over the counter type with trays, like Rembrandt, work well for us at considerably less $. Do it before your cruise.

This would have been an interesting poll topic. ‘Another vote for we don’t care who the CD is because it doesn’t impact our cruise in the least. ‘We’ve never seen a show onboard yet. Comedy yes. We’ve watched the CD TV show in cabin for a few minutes here and there. Meh……

Gifts, new purse, make-up, perfume, jewelry, a new watch, duty free liquor, bingo, casino, specialty dining! Have Fun! Hubs bought me a special edition watch on our last cruise that I love. $650++

We brought biodegradable paper straws with us last cruise. They lasted long enough to finish a drink but then begin to break down soon after. Works well enough for us. They were also individually wrapped in biodegradable thin white tissue type paper, so stayed clean until use. They’re very affordable and I get my fruity/slushy/tropical drinks the way they belong. Sucked through a straw. 🍹 Cheers! We’ve brought the Brita filtering water bottles with us before. They work great, however, dragging a water bottle around stinks. And you can’t beat bringing bottled water with you off the ship in ports.

Hands down, the 2 room Vista Suites on the Spirit Class, except deck 5 one roomers. The Steakhouse and Guys Burgers. The staff. Many kind hearted souls there.

We’ll be boarding our dog in Galveston during cruise. Any 1st hand experience/recommendations for Galveston Dog Boarding?

Thank you for the lovely review!

Understruck indeed. Much ado about not much. Yes, please…Guys should never close!!! ‘How about some killer breakfast Sammo’s?! The limited night options are pitiful at best on Carnival. May end up with less passengers soon, if they don’t get with it on the night eats.

Non-smokers now have the entire rest of the ship, albeit 2 small dedicated smoking areas & some casino area. (Casino only indoor place left for them) Smokers are left out in the bad weather … nobody complains about that. But yet you still harp and drone on & on. Bring it up over & over. Enjoy what you have already and quit trying to ram your opinion down everyone else’s throat. Take a.different route. Most recently on the Dream, and for example, there is a separate annex NS casino and also, half (which is often empty) of the larger casino…. still not enough to end the complaining. The smoke was hardly noticeable, it seems they have upgraded the air exchangers in the casino. And yes, some bars closed in my state when smoking was axed indoors. More importantly, what it really hurt was many establishments losing their lawful gambling areas…pull-tabs for example. This was due to not enough business. The many charities who received the profits from lawful gambling lost a lot of income. That is a fact. Don’t get me wrong here, I’m very sad that I’m probably too old to be on the planet when everyone quits smoking. I wish they would. The harping and drone will quickly and immediately turn to constant complaining about how extremely high your taxes go up. Smokers pay ALOT of taxes. Be careful what you wish for.

Some of you seem to keep saying, despise children, etc… We love all the little ones, but would jump at the chance for kids free cruising…sometimes. ‘Last cruise was just DH & I, we’d have booked adults only for that one. ‘Next cruise is 2 adult kids and a granddaughter, so not that cruise. 2023 cruise is adults only it looks like, so…kid free ship would be most excellent. We consider ourselves quite versible and would enjoy either cruise. ‘The Costa ships do afford them a chance to try something new. We hope they do!

We’d welcome an adults only option. A bit more elevated would be great too. We love the littles but a cruise without them would be more relaxing. Hopefully, it’d skip the hokey activities with a more adult focus!

Card in my pocket on a carabiner clipped to belt loop or small purse, backpack, string pack or whatnot. Nothing goes around my neck, ever! Don’t like stuff around my neck. Wrist would be ok, but not if they spend a fortune doing it, to pass on to passengers.

Yes, move along down under Ms Magica!

For those of you who go to the spa/gym showers, it’s great you enjoy doing that. If we’re paying for a cabin with a private bathroom, it better be usable without requiring contortions to use it. That’s absolutely greedy & entirely disrespectful to the passengers. Haven’t tried MG yet, but if that’s really the case when we do, we’ll be making some inquiries to several people. How would these tight quarters fair during an emergency? Take, take & take some more in unison with charging more, more and more. Good heavens!

A Spirit class full remodel would be welcome, however, my concern would be they’d mess with the Vista Suites and that would be catastrophic. Those 4th floor VS’s are the best suites we’ve sailed in. Not the fanciest, not the most Perk laden, not the largest….but still THE best. We’ve never been in a Captains Suite on Carnival or a Garden Villa on NCL so we haven’t tried them all yet, but have had large 2 bdrm, 2 bath suites and we’ll take the Vista Suite hands down, any time we can snag one!!

Wowee…Am I imaging things, or is there a man in the middle of the funnel in your 3rd picture?! Sure looks like it to me! If so, he’s my new spirit hero! Lol if not, I need an eye exam, pronto!