Sailing the Dream and Fantasy

Today we are diving into the Dream class of Disney Cruise Line the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy. From dining, to entertainment we will comparing both sister ships!

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Well, welcome aboard, Disney fans and OTD family. You're listening to On To D with Me, your fast pass to all things Disney. Today we are diving deeper into the next class of ships, the Dream Class. We'll be comparing dining, entertainment, kids' clubs, adult spaces, and more. So grab your Mickey ears, imagine that ocean breeze on your face, and get ready to set sail aboard the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy. So let's dive in and I'll see you guys on the other side. I am glad to be a part of this wonderful team. If you were wanting to book a Disney destination vacation, I would love to help you and your family, your loved ones create those magical memories. Remember, it costs you no extra to use a travel agent. And since we are talking Disney Cruise line, you can receive up to $1,000 on board credit when you book with me to use towards maybe specialty dining experiences, excursions, shopping on board, and more. So to start receiving quotes today, you can email me, Jeremy O at Mickey WorldTravel.com, or you can message me on Facebook, just search Mickey World Travel-Jeremy Overstreet. Alright, thanks for letting me get that little bit of business out of the way as I do each show. So today we are looking at the two sister ships in the dream class, the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy. Just like the ships in the Magic class, both sister ships in the Dream class have similarities, but their own personality. So let's begin with the Disney Dream. Now, this was the first ship that we have been on. And again, we've only been on two: the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy. And the Disney Dream, we went on, oh my goodness, I want to say it's been several years, because it's been going on three years now, I think, two years, three years for the Disney Wish. I I'm losing track of time. But the Disney Dream I went was several years ago, it was over five years ago, definitely. Um so I I remember bits and pieces, and I've gone back and looked at some some pictures and stuff of our first ship, but it was it was a relatively shorter trip. I think we did a three-nighter uh to start, which was fine to begin with, but I would never suggest doing those just because they're so short of a trip. You don't really have the amount of time to to explore the ship and be able to take everything in. Um so I can I can dive in a little bit deeper on the Disney Dream on some of our experiences there as well. So uh just an overview, the Disney Dream. Uh both the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy have an art deco design, just like the ships in the Magic class. Uh the Disney Dream launched in 2011. It has 14 public decks and uh around a little over, well, around 1,250 staterooms. And the great thing about the the dream class from the magic class is yes, they once you get past the in the inside uh stateroom cabins, um, you do have the split bathrooms. But on the dream class, the inside staterooms have what they call magic portholes, virtual portholes, um, which basically kind of allow you to see out like you actually had a porthole in your room, so you're able to see what is outside the ship, the weather conditions, and every so often little characters uh pop in and out of the virtual portholes, so that's pretty cool on the dream class, and both the dream and the fantasy have those virtual portholes, so that's pretty cool. So obviously the dream class, a little bit bigger ship compared to the magic class. Most of those, uh both of those ships had what around the 870-ish um staterooms, where the dream class has um around 1,250, and I think that's for both ships. They both have around the same exact amount of staterooms. Now, rotational dining on the Disney Dream, again, three main restaurants that you're going through. You have uh Animator's Palette, you have Enchanted Garden, and you have Royal Palace. So on our trip, a three-nighter, we did end up having a pirate night. Um, and so our Animator's Palette night uh was the I want to say we could dress up like pirates. Um, so we did, and that was a lot of fun. We do have pictures of that. Um so that's the three rotational dining restaurants. And if you go on ships, obviously a little longer, um especially for well, obviously four nights or more, you go back to one of your dining locations more than once. Um, and especially on those four nights or more, when you have that pirate night, um you are able, you will have a different menu at that restaurant that you go back to the second time. So that's pretty cool. Uh, casual dining on the Disney Dream, you have cabanas, they're buffet style, which is open for breakfast and for lunch, and then outside on the pool deck area, you have um Flow's Cafe, which is cars themed. Um, and I think this is the exact same for both ships. Um, but Flows Cafe, cars themed area, and you have Luigi's Pizza, uh, Tomators Grill, and Fillmore's Favorites, as well as Vanilla P's, sweets, and treats. So pretty cool there. Um, this adult dining options, um compare they you do have one uh extra adult dining option on the dream class, then you do the magic class. Um you have Paolo, which is more Italian, and then you have Remy, which is French inspired. And remember, both of those are adults only, and you have to have a reservation for those. The great thing is if you try to make a reservation and you aren't able to get in on your your um dining uh on the time frame, the window that your dining opens to be able to make that those reservations. Um a lot of times on your embarkation day when you board the ship, if you go to a cast member in the customer service area, it's not called customer service, it's called something else, but it it is completely left my mind right now. Uh but if you go to that area, a lot of times you will find that you can get a reservation because some people um cancel theirs at the last minute, so that's pretty cool. But that is your adults only dining on the dreams, Paolo and Remy. Uh obviously, three Broadway style shows in the Walt Disney Theater. You have Beauty and the Beast, you have Disney's Believe, and the Golden Mickeys. And I'm gonna I'm gonna go ahead and tell you right now, I'm a little bit of ashamed. When we went on our three-night cruise, um our son Declan was really young. Um oh my goodness, I I know he was under two. Or yeah, he was no more than two. Um we we didn't catch any of these shows. At least I don't think yeah, we didn't catch any of these shows, which is why, you know, I've there's a lot that a three-night cruise happened so quickly, and so many things were happening because one day you're embarking, the next day we were at Nassau, and then the next day we were at uh Disney's Private Island, and then the next day you're back. So it's just a three-night cruise, which includes your embarkation night. Um, so a lot was going on, and you know, not a lot of time to be able to catch everything. So we were learning. So we will go back hopefully at some point and revisit this ship and this class of ship to be able to really take that in. Um, so that's your Broadway style shows, uh, adults-only areas, because again, even though they are Disney Cruise, they do have adult-friendly areas where children are not allowed. And so for pool and sun decks, you have the quiet cove pool, uh, the cove bar, which is right beside the quiet cove pool, you have satellite falls, you in the cove cafe. And there's also a nightlife on the dream classes. Uh, the nightlife uh on the dream ship is called the district, um, and you've got several different areas. You've got pink, which is a champagne bar, you've got evolution, which has live entertainment, you have Skyline, which is a lounge with uh city skyline views on the wall, so that's pretty cool. Pub 687, which is more of a sports pub, and then you have the district lounge, and then you also have the census spa and salon. All of that adults-only location is pretty pretty cool. Um, and again, at night, those really light up, so you are able to drop your kids off at the kids' clubs, which we're gonna talk about in just a second, and go to those adults-only areas for a little while and be able to get some, you know, some much-needed adult time. For the kids' clubs on the Disney Dream, again, you have the it's a small world nursery, which goes from ages six months to three years, and again, you have to make a reservation for those, and they do cost extra. But you do have the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab, which is ages three to ten, and that has rooms like Andy's Room where things are kind of blown up like you're a toy, uh, Star Wars, Millennium Falcon, the Marvel Superhero Academy, Pixie Hollow Animation Studio, excuse me, and much, much more. And again, kids' clubs, except for the nursery, kids' clubs are included in the price of your trip. Um, so that's Oceaneers Club and Oceaneers Lab for ages 3 to 10, and then you've got Edge for ages 11 to 14, and Vibe for ages 14 to 17. So your kids and your preteens, tweens and your teenagers are able to get some space to themselves as well. And trust me, especially for the little ones and the older ones, there are cast members in the area to help take care of them. Now, your your tweens and your teens can kind of come and go as they please. The Oceane Ear clubs, you obviously have to check uh kids in and out with a special word. Um, I don't think they can check them, I don't believe they can check themselves out, especially your younger ones. But in the older ones, they can kind of come and go as they please, which is pretty cool. And there are cast members in those areas to kind of help, you know, just make sure things are running smoothly and everyone's okay and kind of watching out for them as well. Now, outside family fun on the Disney Dream on the pool decks, excuse me, you do have the Aqueduct, which is a 765-foot water slide. And I do remember riding this with my wife, and it was pretty fun. Um, and you also have Donald's pool, you've got Mickey's pool, which are family pools. Now, I will say this on Disney cruises, and I should have alluded to this in a previous episode, but I'm gonna go ahead and allude to it now. Um, Disney does require that your kids um be potty trained to be able to get in their family pools. They don't even all from last from I remember they don't allow swim diapers in um the pool areas. They have to be potty trained. So obviously they don't allow diapers or swim diapers, but they do have uh little life jackets um in case your kids aren't quite able to swim on their own. They do have their own life vests for kids for their family pools. Uh and but for the little ones, you do have Nemo's Reef, uh, which I do remember Declan kind of going and playing on, and that was pretty fun, pretty cool little area. And also obviously, you have uh the funnel puddle pool, you've got funnel vision, which shows movies and things like that, and then you have Goofy's sports deck, um a little higher up that has basketball, volleyball, table, you know, table games, ping pong, and stuff like that. So that's pretty cool. Now for indoor family fun, you have the Buena Vista Theater, which shows movies, um, but you also have the D Lounge. Now the D Lounge kind of acts as a doubleheader, so to speak. During the day, it's for families, um, and for at night is when it turns to for adults only. And during the day for families, you've got trivia, maybe some karaokes, some little dance parties and stuff like that for the families. And then also uh you have what is called the Midship Detective Agency, which you're able to go to and kind of be a detective and go all throughout the ship finding clues and things like that. Now on the Disney Dream, the characters um obviously have character meet and greets, but on the characters that are on the front, the back, and in the grand hall, for the bow, the front, you have Captain Mickey. For the stern, the back, you have Sorcerer Mickey with brooms, and then in the grand hall, you have Admiral Donald Duck. So pretty cool ship. I again I don't remember a whole lot about it after going back and looking at pictures. I just remember that everything happened so quickly that we weren't able to take in all of the ship. Um we didn't go look at movie, we didn't go watch a movie. I don't even think we stepped into the movie theater, um, and we didn't go watch the Broadway shows. I think we were just kind of all over the place. So now we know a little bit more, so we'll take care of that the next time that we go on one of these ships. So that is the Disney Dream for you. Now, the sister ship, the Disney Fantasy, launched in 2012, 2012. It also has 14 public decks, has that Arc Deco design, and the 1,250 staterooms, with the inside staterooms having that virtual porthole, and then most all of your rooms outside of the inside staterooms having the split bathrooms. And if I'm not mistaken, starting on the Dream Class, they do have some family um si a little bit bigger inside staterooms that I want to say do offer the split bathrooms as well, so that's pretty cool. Now the rotational dining on the Disney Fantasy, you have the Animators palette. Obviously, Animator's palette is across all four ships in the first four original. You have Enchanted Garden, and then you have Royal Court as well. So that is your rotational dining, your three main dining locations. Now for casual dining, you also have cabanas, the buffet that's open for breakfast and lunch, and then you have the same setup, same theming. You have Flo's Cafe, themed after cars, um, along outside on the pool deck. Then you've got Luigi's Pizza, you've got Tomato's Grill, Fillmore's favorites, uh Ramon Ramon's or Ramon, yeah, Ramon's Cantina, and then you also have Frozone treats and i scream treats, which is kind of themed after Monsters Inc. And then again for adult dining on The Fantasy, you have two options. You have Paolo, which is more Italian, and then Remy, which is more French inspired. So you still have two dining adult dining locations. Again, you have to make a reservation for. Um, but never taken part of that, uh, but I I would like to do that one day. Uh the Broadway shows on the Disney Fantasy. You have Disney's Aladdin, a musical spectacular, you have Frozen, a musical spectacular, and Disney's Believe. So three Broadway style shows on the Fantasy as well. All ships, all of the ships have three Broadway shows that do take place two, uh they do each show twice a night to make to take, you know, it kind of takes part during um those two different t uh dining times, the 545 for the early and then the 8.15 for the later. Adults only areas for the Disney fantasy for pool and sun deck, you've got the quiet cove, the cove cafe, and the satellite falls. For nightlife, you have it's called uh the Europa. I hope I'm saying that right, district, which has O'Gill's Pub, La Pizza Uh La Piazza, the Skyline Lounge, uh I think this is the tub. If I'm looking at that right, I may have misspelt that. It may be the tube or the tub. I p I was writing this and apparently I'm not able to spell. And then ooh la, which is kind of that champagne lounge on the fantasy. And then all across the ships, you have the census spa and salon. Which again, for that, you also have to have reservations and cost extra as well. Uh, kids' clubs on the Disney Fantasy. Again, you have the It's a Small World for three months to uh six months to three years. You have the Oceaneer Club and Lab for three to ten, which also has which has um theming like Andy's Room, Tinkerbell's Pixie Hollow, and then Star Wars Command Post. And then again, for your tweens and your teens, you have Edge, 11 to 14 year olds, and then Vibe from 14 to 17 year olds. Um, outside family fun on the Disney Fantasy, you have the Aqua Dunk uh Duck as well. Water slide, you have Goofy's Sports Deck, you have Funnel Vision, you have Mickey's and Donald's Pool, you have the Aqua Lab, and then you have Nemo's Reef for your little ones. Indoor Family Fun, you have the Midship Detective Agency that you're able to take part of. Um D Lounge, again, which I didn't put in there. Uh-huh. Um acts as uh pla as a family fun place during the day for trivia, crafts, uh, and dance parties and stuff like that. And then again, you have the Buena Vista Theater showing movies inside all throughout the day. Um, outside of regular character meet and greets, which happen all throughout the day, your characters on the Disney Fantasy. On the front, the bow, you have Sorcerer Mickey, who is waving. On the stern, the back of the ship, you have Dumbo and Timothy Mouse, pretty awesome. And then in the Grand Hall, you have actually have Minnie Mouse and dressed up in a 1920s flapper outfit. So that is pretty cool. So, guys, that is a general overview for the Dream Class, the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy, beautiful ships, lots of things being able to happen, uh, lots of family fun, lots of adult uh activities and areas, and kids' activities and areas taking part as well. Um, so that's it for this class and for the show today, guys. I'm so glad that you guys are tuning in to the show. I hope you're enjoying it as we kind of just take a little bit of a dive into what each Disney cruise ship has to offer. So there you go. Now, next week we will be starting the Wish Class. And we're gonna do this a little bit differently, okay, because there's right now there's three ships in the Wish class with the fourth one on the way. So instead of trying to combine all three ships into one episode, we're gonna take a couple of weeks and kind of dive into each ship individually. And I will be able to give a little bit more insight into next week's uh ship, the Disney Wish, since we have been on that one in the last couple of years on a little bit of a longer cruise. So there you go, guys. That's your show for today. Thank you so much for tuning in. Hey, if you're interested in booking a Disney destination vacation, whether that is Disney Cruise Line, Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Alani, or Adventures by Disney, please reach out to me. Email Jeremy O at Mickey WorldTravel.com or Facebook message, just search Mickey World Travel dash Jeremy Overstreet. I would love to be able to help you and your family create those wonderfully magical memories that we get from Disney. Also, if you book through me on Disney Cruise Line, you're able to get up to a thousand dollars on board credit. So that's pretty awesome. 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