What do you want to know about Carnival Dream?

[*Mach*]

 

A few minutes ago.........

 

 

And how it looked from our Cove Balcony a few minutes ago...

;

:D

[Kerryman50]

Very nice Mach!! I'm guessing the cove balcony's are open, that's great>

[mosaic_mom]

Wow, Mach. What a great picture. Glad to see the cove balconies are open. Hope the weather calms down a bit so they can stay open.

[Kerryman50]

It's incredible how close to the water line that these cove cabins are.

[LHP]

bon voyage!!!!!!

[okgirl]

Hiya Floatie!!!!! I'm watchin' too!!!! :D

 

You and me both............Can't wait..Can't wait..Can't wait........3 weeks seems like such a long time..............

Mach or somebody.........can you please take some pics of the Promenade........that's where I spend most of my time.........How does the Casino and non-casino area's flow together.........is the Cafe on the Promenade like the coffe/sweets bars on the Conquest class ships??????? I was thinking that I read that you could get sandwiches there..............

Can't wait to get on her on 12/3..................

[floatingaway2525]

You and me both............Can't wait..Can't wait..Can't wait........3 weeks seems like such a long time..............

 

Mach or somebody.........can you please take some pics of the Promenade........that's where I spend most of my time.........How does the Casino and non-casino area's flow together.........is the Cafe on the Promenade like the coffe/sweets bars on the Conquest class ships??????? I was thinking that I read that you could get sandwiches there..............

 

Can't wait to get on her on 12/3..................

 

HIYA Janey and me tooooo!!! AND, is Tiff ready to make her Dream debut hmmmm??:eek::p:D

Janey, me and Jeffie and some more are doing the "See Antigua by Sea" excursion through Carnival on a catamaran if you want to join us!!

[floatingaway2525]

Hiya Floatie!!!!! I'm watchin' too!!!! :D

 

Hey G1, wasn't that amazing!!!! Loved Mach's pic of the cove, MORE, we need MORE!!!:D

[megnsamsgracie]

Hi Stephanie, the promenade does go all the way round -- so you will see some deck when you look straight down. I'm on Deck 9, pretty far aft, and I literally just now took a peek over the side -- and it does indeed stick out and it looks the same forward. Sorry I am not delivering the news you'd rather hear! Think of it this way; beyond the deck there's PLENTY of ocean :D

 

Camp Carnival info to come -- though I have already walked through Circle C, the preteen area, and I have to say that I would like to hang out there and think your almost 13 year old will love it.

 

 

Thank you SOOO much for the info.. this is his first time kinda with the older bunch! He will be thrilled.. as for the view.. I can deal with some deck... at least its not midship with the full wide part sticking out!

[okgirl]

HIYA Janey and me tooooo!!! AND, is Tiff ready to make her Dream debut hmmmm??:eek::p:D

 

Janey, me and Jeffie and some more are doing the "See Antigua by Sea" excursion through Carnival on a catamaran if you want to join us!!

 

Floatie............can't wait to hug your neck in less than 3 weeks.........see ya at the Radisson.........

Sister and I aren't sure about Antigua.......she can be a little sea sickish.............never bothers me, but I guess we need to learn more about the excursion.....like is there a BR on board????? that's her biggest issue..........

I'll go over to the roll call to discuss..........

The Promenade looks interesting........I'm looking forward to laps around the exterior each morning..........I've heard that it's a 1/2 mile..........Hosts can you confirm this.............

But it's interesting that there are machines on either side of the walkway.......I've always enjoyed sitting in the booths adjacent to the casino then getting up to play..........it doesn't look like I'll be able to do that.

[billsrobb]

Hey G1, wasn't that amazing!!!! Loved Mach's pic of the cove, MORE, we need MORE!!!:D

 

Hi Floatie

Hi G1

 

Hi Janey

[LoraJ]

trying to catch up!

 

I wish you guys were using something besides #dream on twitter. Have to filter through people's dreams about walking around naked. lol.

[AAAAmerican]

Mach,

 

 

Glad your probably having a nice show now which is new to the Fleet too.

 

Your cabin is Starboard eh...

 

 

Isn't it so nice to see as the Englishman did in 1609 A.D. sailing on a Dutch Ship?

Henry Hudson did find so many things and do them well too.

 

The V- Bridge has one of the Highest Cost Bridge Tolls in the World Intra-City. As that does go from the Borough of Staten Island, NYC, NY to the Borough of Brooklyn, NYC, NY.

 

I was a wee young lad when they were building it...

 

 

Keep up the great reporting and showing of her, DREAM, your doing a wonderfully swell job of it Ship-Mate!

 

 

Are the Women of CC, Melissa and Caryolyn both on the Port side cabins as we are on VISTA Deck ?;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And how it looked from our Cove Balcony a few minutes ago...

;

:D

[loveJake]

Hey Mach, thanks for asking him. I am hoping he will still be on board and that we can get his dining room again.

 

Hope the weather cooperates for the use of your cove balcony, I also have two of them connecting on our December sailing. When I booked I wasn't really aware of the possibility of them being closed off as I had booked them quite a while back, but they look great from the photos I have seen so far. This will be the first balcony for my parents so I hope they like it too. When my sister booked she wound up with an 8D.

 

I also have 2 connecting for December (12) and was told 2 different things. I was told the dividers do not open between cabins. But the Carnival rep told me the dividers do open for connecting cabins. Anybody have any feedback about this?

[jandjfun]

Hi jandjfun! I responded to your question last night -- I think it was on page 2 or 3? I'll repost the answer for you.

:(I looked and looked, even searched for all your posts in the search forum. I still can't find your answer. Can you tell me the post number please. Thanks.

[silverfoxcruiser]

MACH, STITCH, and all DREAMERS!!

Have an absolutely fabulous, wonderful, superlative CTN!! Sitting here green with envy, but truly wishing you a fantastic journey!! Silver

[okgirl]

 

Hi Floatie

 

Hi G1

 

Hi Janey

 

WOW.........WOW...........WOW........hiya Chiefie........my cheeks are about to crack my grin is sooooooooo big..................more pics please.............John has met Tiffany..........but she was being shy.....Mach better warn him about her............you never know what that girl is going to do................Kyle had a rough time with her...........

 

MACH, STITCH, and all DREAMERS!!

Have an absolutely fabulous, wonderful, superlative CTN!! Sitting here green with envy, but truly wishing you a fantastic journey!! Silver

 

Silver...........girl.......I can't hardly stand this.........I need more pics........this is outrageous............I might faint when I get on board in 3 weeks..............litterally.........I think they need to have a gurney for me..........

[*Mach*]

We’re at sea and the Dream is living up to her name.

Our Cove Balcony is little different than any other standard non-suite cabin I’ve ever had with one exception – location. We’re on Deck 2, the Main Deck, slightly aft of midships, close enough to the water line to make your eyes open wide with amazement.

The Nor’easter we’ve been watching for days is upon us and showing us what this ship is made of. Standing on the balcony you only need to lower your gaze slightly to see the wind torment the sea pulling the tops off the waves and sending them aft into the blackness with abandon.

If you’re not too motion sensitive, if you’re a bit adventurous and you love the sea these are the cabins for you.

We’re back from dinner in the Scarlet Dining Room, first level, and the sea has been the star. Lots of crashing dishes and pounding at the aft end of the ship followed by ‘Oooooo’s from the assembled diners. We could measure the roll of the ship by the angle of the liquid in our drinks.

Dinner, by the way, was very good. Stitch and I both had the Escargot which was done perfectly. The Chateaubriand we had as a main was delicious. Stitch’s varied from mine slightly as I had a few flowerets of broccoli in the mix and she was forced to deal with peas, a white sauce with a touch of cranberry. Poor baby.

Our table waiter, June, was a gem. Jolly and efficient he attended us as though we were his only table but he was playing to a packed house. Wonderful job and many thanks, June.

After a pass through the shops that left us a few hundred dollar lighter we returned to our cabin to find the small table from our balcony parked in front of the exterior door. I feared I’d pull back the curtain to see a weather door battened down but low and behold no such thing had happened.

Looking toward the bow I was stunned by the sight of 20 foot sea being cleaved harshly by the prow. Amazing billows of spray flew into the night as we stood speechless by the power of the sea being overcome by a Dream.

 

 

:)

[AAAAmerican]

 

Mach,

 

Keep it up ..everyone is sitting upon there seat edges now..

 

 

You do have high winds a coming now and when the Ship does that U-Turn < U > .. right now it looks as if 45-57 mph gusts..

 

What a wonderful time abaord the DREAM..

 

I DREAM with Saturday envy... as Sunday GOD willing we board here..if youall keep her in Ship-Shape...eh...

 

GOD Speed to you all aboard!:cool:

 

[Peaceful]

Thanks for the news from "our" Dream. Can't wait to see more pictures and read more of the observations.

[billsrobb]

We’re at sea and the Dream is living up to her name.

 

Our Cove Balcony is little different than any other standard non-suite cabin I’ve ever had with one exception – location. We’re on Deck 2, the Main Deck, slightly aft of midships, close enough to the water line to make your eyes open wide with amazement.

 

The Nor’easter we’ve been watching for days is upon us and showing us what this ship is made of. Standing on the balcony you only need to lower your gaze slightly to see the wind torment the sea pulling the tops off the waves and sending them aft into the blackness with abandon.

 

If you’re not too motion sensitive, if you’re a bit adventurous and you love the sea these are the cabins for you.

 

We’re back from dinner in the Scarlet Dining Room, first level, and the sea has been the star. Lots of crashing dishes and pounding at the aft end of the ship followed by ‘Oooooo’s from the assembled diners. We could measure the roll of the ship by the angle of the liquid in our drinks.

 

Dinner, by the way, was very good. Stitch and I both had the Escargot which was done perfectly. The Chateaubriand we had as a main was delicious. Stitch’s varied from mine slightly as I had a few flowerets of broccoli in the mix and she was forced to deal with peas, a white sauce with a touch of cranberry. Poor baby.

 

Our table waiter, June, was a gem. Jolly and efficient he attended us as though we were his only table but he was playing to a packed house. Wonderful job and many thanks, June.

 

After a pass through the shops that left us a few hundred dollar lighter we returned to our cabin to find the small table from our balcony parked in front of the exterior door. I feared I’d pull back the curtain to see a weather door battened down but low and behold no such thing had happened.

 

Looking toward the bow I was stunned by the sight of 20 foot sea being cleaved harshly by the prow. Amazing billows of spray flew into the night as we stood speechless by the power of the sea being overcome by a Dream.

 

 

:)

 

Beautiful Mach Marvelous

Did you get my E-mail?

[floatingaway2525]

We’re at sea and the Dream is living up to her name.

 

Our Cove Balcony is little different than any other standard non-suite cabin I’ve ever had with one exception – location. We’re on Deck 2, the Main Deck, slightly aft of midships, close enough to the water line to make your eyes open wide with amazement.

 

The Nor’easter we’ve been watching for days is upon us and showing us what this ship is made of. Standing on the balcony you only need to lower your gaze slightly to see the wind torment the sea pulling the tops off the waves and sending them aft into the blackness with abandon.

 

If you’re not too motion sensitive, if you’re a bit adventurous and you love the sea these are the cabins for you.

 

We’re back from dinner in the Scarlet Dining Room, first level, and the sea has been the star. Lots of crashing dishes and pounding at the aft end of the ship followed by ‘Oooooo’s from the assembled diners. We could measure the roll of the ship by the angle of the liquid in our drinks.

 

Dinner, by the way, was very good. Stitch and I both had the Escargot which was done perfectly. The Chateaubriand we had as a main was delicious. Stitch’s varied from mine slightly as I had a few flowerets of broccoli in the mix and she was forced to deal with peas, a white sauce with a touch of cranberry. Poor baby.

 

Our table waiter, June, was a gem. Jolly and efficient he attended us as though we were his only table but he was playing to a packed house. Wonderful job and many thanks, June.

 

After a pass through the shops that left us a few hundred dollar lighter we returned to our cabin to find the small table from our balcony parked in front of the exterior door. I feared I’d pull back the curtain to see a weather door battened down but low and behold no such thing had happened.

 

Looking toward the bow I was stunned by the sight of 20 foot sea being cleaved harshly by the prow. Amazing billows of spray flew into the night as we stood speechless by the power of the sea being overcome by a Dream.

 

 

:)

 

Ahhhhh what visuals!!! Can't wait for pics to come!!!:)

Can you guys let us Dreamers-in-waiting:p know if the internet wireless works in the cabins on our laptops? We want to post a lot of live pics from the 12/3 sail too and it's SO much easier to do from the cabin!!!

[*Mach*]

Good morning, all.

What an interesting evening. The sea kept up its battle against floating steel and, to some degree at least, won. More on that in a second.

I wanted to let y’all know that there was more to the evening than coming back from the shops to be awestruck by the view from the balcony. We set out to wander the ship yet again. Our travels found us on the aft end of the Promenade in search of answers to questions that folks had posed on this thread. For one, the piano player is

Vince and he’s quite taken with himself. I don’t think he’s the most talented singer I’ve ever run into but it didn’t seem to matter much to the assembled passengers who couldn’t sing as good as Vince but were convinced they could. If you can imagine the noise a sack of wet cats might make if booted about by six year olds you’d be pretty close. By the way, smoking is allowed in the piano bar, lots and lots of smoking.

The venue at the absolute aft end of the ship is the comedy club, the Burgundy, is gorgeous. The walls and ceiling are festooned with an amazing array of masks. Beyond that, the lounge has many of the trappings of a land based comedy club. The same kind of fake brick wall that so many aspiring entertainers have stood before for ages formed the backdrop. We sat and enjoyed one jester who was really very funny without being offensive or at least minimally so. His name is Tommy Drake and if you ever see him scheduled on a Carnival ship or shore side catch his show.

The lounge abeam the piano bar is The Song. On this particular evening there was a salsa band there. The lounge was near capacity and the dance floor was packed with bumping, grinding and swaying salsaers. I’m sure that’s not a word but it fits pretty well. It’s a great looking spot and perfect for a night of jazz, which is the normal stock and trade there.

The Ocean Plaza was bathed in a beautiful blue/purple glow that emanated from valances at the edges of the lounge and the chrome bezels that crown the columns scattered about the space. A duo was producing excellent blues music for the relatively short time we were there. It was fairly dark there and interrupting the atmosphere with flashes from the strobe on my camera just didn’t seem right.

It was time to call it a night, nearly 1 AM so we retired to the rolling and thumping of the ship against the sea. About an hour later I was woken an impressive metallic/plastic sort of bang from one of the neighboring balconies. The neighbors had seemingly thought the knew more about what to do with the cove furniture than the cabin steward and had returned it to the balcony. It was now a projectile banging about merrily whenever the ship took a good roll.

The seas had not calmed in the least but, instead, had brought in reinforcements. The Carnival Dream was hammering through the seas with impressive results. The very few creaks that the pounding produced were occasionally punctuated by some stunning crashing of pots, pans and dishes from the galley above us.

The indicated temperature was about 54 degrees but the wind chill was close to absolute zero. For that reason my forays beyond the confines of the cabin were limited to momentary events.

I shot some great video of the conditions that I’ll upload as soon as I have a connection that permits it.

[*Mach*]

Beautiful Mach Marvelous

 

Did you get my E-mail?

 

 

Not yet, Robb but I know what you're referring to.

I'll take care of it...

;)

[WestTxCruiser]

Good morning, all.

 

What an interesting evening. The sea kept up its battle against floating steel and, to some degree at least, won. More on that in a second.

 

I wanted to let y’all know that there was more to the evening than coming back from the shops to be awestruck by the view from the balcony. We set out to wander the ship yet again. Our travels found us on the aft end of the Promenade in search of answers to questions that folks had posed on this thread. For one, the piano player is

Vince and he’s quite taken with himself. I don’t think he’s the most talented singer I’ve ever run into but it didn’t seem to matter much to the assembled passengers who couldn’t sing as good as Vince but were convinced they could. If you can imagine the noise a sack of wet cats might make if booted about by six year olds you’d be pretty close. By the way, smoking is allowed in the piano bar, lots and lots of smoking.

 

The venue at the absolute aft end of the ship is the comedy club, the Burgundy, is gorgeous. The walls and ceiling are festooned with an amazing array of masks. Beyond that, the lounge has many of the trappings of a land based comedy club. The same kind of fake brick wall that so many aspiring entertainers have stood before for ages formed the backdrop. We sat and enjoyed one jester who was really very funny without being offensive or at least minimally so. His name is Tommy Drake and if you ever see him scheduled on a Carnival ship or shore side catch his show.

 

The lounge abeam the piano bar is The Song. On this particular evening there was a salsa band there. The lounge was near capacity and the dance floor was packed with bumping, grinding and swaying salsaers. I’m sure that’s not a word but it fits pretty well. It’s a great looking spot and perfect for a night of jazz, which is the normal stock and trade there.

 

The Ocean Plaza was bathed in a beautiful blue/purple glow that emanated from valances at the edges of the lounge and the chrome bezels that crown the columns scattered about the space. A duo was producing excellent blues music for the relatively short time we were there. It was fairly dark there and interrupting the atmosphere with flashes from the strobe on my camera just didn’t seem right.

 

It was time to call it a night, nearly 1 AM so we retired to the rolling and thumping of the ship against the sea. About an hour later I was woken an impressive metallic/plastic sort of bang from one of the neighboring balconies. The neighbors had seemingly thought the knew more about what to do with the cove furniture than the cabin steward and had returned it to the balcony. It was now a projectile banging about merrily whenever the ship took a good roll.

 

The seas had not calmed in the least but, instead, had brought in reinforcements. The Carnival Dream was hammering through the seas with impressive results. The very few creaks that the pounding produced were occasionally punctuated by some stunning crashing of pots, pans and dishes from the galley above us.

 

The indicated temperature was about 54 degrees but the wind chill was close to absolute zero. For that reason my forays beyond the confines of the cabin were limited to momentary events.

 

I shot some great video of the conditions that I’ll upload as soon as I have a connection that permits it.

Sounds AWESOME Mach!!!!! Can't wait to hear more.

Tell Stitch Hi!!!!!