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Thanks for the reply! Sounds to me pretty similar to late April/May when we usually cruise. So maybe we will be ok!

Thanks for the reply! Sounds to me pretty similar to late April/May when we usually cruise. So maybe we will be ok!

We are booked on the Magic in April and may have to switch to October 22 for a Western Caribbean cruise. Any info on the weather on the islands would be appreciated. We have never cruised in the fall. Thanks for the help!!

We are cruising Magic and our flight is 11:30 out of MCO. We are doing self disembarking, have FTTF and are using a private limo service. Hopefully it will all work out!!

Great review!! Love how you write and the photos. You are going to love the Caribbean!

Did you have FTTF because you were able to get to your cabin pretty early?? Thanks for the great review!!

Wow! That is great! Have a fantastic time!

Yes. They give you an instant approval and I had my card in like 3 days. Make sure you apply from the carnival.com website so you get 10,000 points instead of 5,000 through the Barclays site.

Thank you so much for your help!! I will wait to see if the promotion is going to happen!

Does anyone know how long it takes to get approved for the credit card? We only use 1 credit card to accumulate as many points as possible on it. We have excellent credit so that wouldn't be a problem. I would only want to get the new card for the promotion so I wouldn't want to apply for it unless I know that the sale was going to happen. So if the sale was starting Thanksgiving night I wouldn't apply till then. Would we get approved quick enough to get the promotion? Thanks for any help!

Thank your for doing a review and asking what people would like! We cruised on the Breeze and loved it and I also did a review. I love reading everything and if something doesn't interest me I just skip by it but it may be of interest to someone else. Have wonderful cruise!!

Thank you for your honest review! Our kids are grown (twins too but 35 years old!) but I can understand how frustrating the camp would be. No Mom wants their kids unhappy! Also, our dinners we have found have taken almost 2 hours too and I think that is a long time. On the Glory the cabin we had was really hot one night and they gave us an on board credit without us even saying anything! There was a letter in our cabin stating there was a problem. Hopefully your next cruise will be better!!

Loved your blog!! And thanks for the great review. DH and I have thought about this ship but not being able to see the ocean makes us not want to try it. It's one of the reasons we cruise and I know we would miss it. Ship kinda reminds me of Las Vegas and we have been there many times and do enjoy the food and shows but would rather have a cruise be all about the ocean and islands.

Wow! That's a lot of seaweed! We wanted to go to Blue Kay because of a great review on here. Do you know if it is that bad there??

It is true they won't let you order more than 2 for one day. However, how we got around it is we ordered beers for each day so they were delivered each morning. They are not delivered cold. My husband would just go out to a Lido bar and trade them for 4 cold ones. Very easy!!

Saw Glory Days and thought of Bruce Springsteen!! Anyway loved your writing style. Very entertaining!! We just sailed on Glory and had a great time!

New Orleans and the itinerary of this cruise were the primary reasons we chose the Dream. I'd have no qualms sailing it again. I did feel like the token northerner though :) Most everyone was from down south with a lot of folks from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. I guess proximity to the port is the main reason for that. It was interesting as the south is one area of the US I haven't spent a lot of time in. I'd been to Texas before, but never to New Orleans. I think now I've been to about 44 states with the ones I haven't been to all in the South (and Hawaii).

Thanks for the review! We are from Maine and can't wait to try the Dream which we will next April! We have always wanted to go to New Orleans so we will go 3 days before we cruise and are very excited to tour the city.

I would appreciate it if you would please let me know what hotel you stayed in. We are booked in the Drury. Was there alot of music at night?? Also, we have FTTF and get it so I can get the pass to the Spa for the week. Had the pass on the Breeze and loved it. Did you go to the spa?? Thanks for your help!!

Thanks for your honest review! We were on the Breeze and had the same problem with lines and a long time at dinner. We also used the buffet more because of that but it didn't really bother us. We don't cruise for the food. We had a great cruise just like you! We just avoided the places where there were lines. We are booked on the Dream next April but the last week and hopefully because it isn't around school vacations it won't be as crowded.

Do you happen to know what kind of beer they serve? Thanks for the great review!

Got ours for Dream April 2016 this afternoon! I have been checking all the time even this morning and finally showed up later in day!

As for the smoke, we were also aft and I could smell it. Like I said, it didn't ruin the cruise but I won't do that again.

We will be on Lido deck portside and I sure don't want to smell smoke! I thought smoking was allowed on starboard side not portside. We choose portside because of this and haven't smelled smoke on the Lido deck our 2 previous cruises. Do you think because we are up higher that is why we haven't smelled it??

Anyone else know? Thanks!!

Love all the research of ships and islands that go into a cruise because it makes the vacation longer. Once you start a vacation it goes so fast so planning kind of extends it. At least for me!

Your girls are adorable! Can't wait to read the rest of your review and see your photos because the Dream is our next cruise!

Sailed on both and loved them! There is not a Red Frog Pub on Glory which we really liked on the Breeze and missed on Glory. But entertainment on Glory and Breeze was great. Glory was smaller so easy to get around. If I had to choose and price was the same then I would choose Breeze.

Thanks for the update!! I keep checking for our Dream cruise and it wasn't showing. Now I know why!

We are thinking of staying there and are also interested in knowing if there is a store close by to get soda/water? Thanks!!