cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Posted October 17, 2016 #1 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Third sailing on Carnival. We got on the Dream on 10/9 on a 7-Day Western Caribbean itinerary to Montego Bay, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands and Cozumel, MX. We stayed in a Grand Suite this time around. We stayed in the MDR 5 out of the 7 nights, the other two were spent at the buffet and once in the Steakhouse. We did a beach excursion in Jamaica and it was alright, not wonderful. In Grand Cayman we just explored the town and I'm glad we did. It was wonderful. Cozumel was pretty too, but we did an excursion (Salsa & Salsa and Margaritas) and that was the best part of the entire cruise. If you have any questions about the Dream, I'll be happy to answer them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BELSAD Posted October 17, 2016 #2 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Very concerned about cabin temperature as I have heard the cabins can be very hot. How was your experience?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Je Souhaite Posted October 17, 2016 #3 Share Posted October 17, 2016 How many times a day was your room serviced, and were you given an option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leliamenard Posted October 17, 2016 #4 Share Posted October 17, 2016 how were the sea conditions ? Any excessive rocking ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sistersgetaway Posted October 18, 2016 #5 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Cruising on the Dream in Feb '17 with similar itinerary. First time cruising out of NO. Did you cruise out of NO? We are just now booking and I'm having trouble finding hotels near the port with availability. Any ideas or suggestions would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydresh Posted October 18, 2016 #6 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) What beach did you do in Montego Bay? Did you just get a taxi out of port or hire someone ahead of time? I'm debating between hiring a taxi driver to bring us to Negirl to the Boardwalk Village to hang out at the beach. It would be $140 for the drive and not include anything. The other thing is doing an AI at Sunscape Splash (only 5 minutes from port which I think would be great) with shuttle both ways for $370. I think that's a better value for our money and looks more fun but dh seems to think it would be a lot cheaper to stick with the driver and go to Negril. About how much money would we need for food and drinks for 5 people all day? Edited October 18, 2016 by amydresh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maldenmusic Posted October 18, 2016 #7 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Will be on the Dream Dec. 18 for an 8 day cruise. How did you like the Dive-In movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoolSlider Posted October 18, 2016 #8 Share Posted October 18, 2016 February 2017- likely Carnival season- a peak time for hotel occupancy. If budget is tight, try a hotel in Metairie. They are not fabulous and luxurious but chains with reliable standards and free overnight parking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leliamenard Posted October 18, 2016 #9 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Hotels in Nola (in the city) in February will be $$$ Metairie and Slidell would be good options. Check Nola.com for info on any parades happening on embarkation day, debarkation days as traffic can be very heavy and some streets closed. We live 2 hours away so we always just drive in the morning!!! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydresh Posted October 18, 2016 #10 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Did you make reservations for the steakhouse right away or do it the night that you ate there? I think I want to do it one night but I want to see what the menu will be like to decide what night to do it. I just don't want to miss out because we wait and we can't make reservations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Posted October 18, 2016 Author #11 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Okay, so here we go... Very concerned about cabin temperature as I have heard the cabins can be very hot. How was your experience?? Not a terrible experience with Cabin Temperature. We usually sleep with a fan on at night, partially for coolness and the noise. We did not get the noise at much, but we were quite cool at night. I was able to turn the heat up though easily during the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Posted October 18, 2016 Author #12 Share Posted October 18, 2016 How many times a day was your room serviced, and were you given an option? Our steward actually came to our door the first night and asked if we wanted morning service or evening turndown or both. We opted for both and that ended up being a good decision since we like to nap in the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Posted October 18, 2016 Author #13 Share Posted October 18, 2016 how were the sea conditions ? Any excessive rocking ? The Dream is quite the smooth sailor, she was very smooth 95% of the time. The morning of the last day, we experienced some kind of storm overnight and into the morning and that caused quite a bit of movement that upset many passengers (including my wife, who is prone to that). But if the seas are calm to moderate, than it wasn't bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Posted October 18, 2016 Author #14 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Cruising on the Dream in Feb '17 with similar itinerary. First time cruising out of NO. Did you cruise out of NO? We are just now booking and I'm having trouble finding hotels near the port with availability. Any ideas or suggestions would be helpful. We did cruise out of NOLA. Our first time too. We actually did not get a hotel near the port, but rather near the train station since we took one there. I would suggest not letting the distance to port be a factor. We used Uber to get around the city and to get to the port and back to the hotel after. My suggestion if you are going to be taking your car is find a good lot that will store your car there. Some parking services near the port will even offer to shuttle you to the port included in the storage fee. Much less expensive too than if you used the port's parking service (which is why I didn't take my car) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Posted October 18, 2016 Author #15 Share Posted October 18, 2016 What beach did you do in Montego Bay? Did you just get a taxi out of port or hire someone ahead of time? I'm debating between hiring a taxi driver to bring us to Negirl to the Boardwalk Village to hang out at the beach. It would be $140 for the drive and not include anything. The other thing is doing an AI at Sunscape Splash (only 5 minutes from port which I think would be great) with shuttle both ways for $370. I think that's a better value for our money and looks more fun but dh seems to think it would be a lot cheaper to stick with the driver and go to Negril. About how much money would we need for food and drinks for 5 people all day? Very good question, but we actually booked our beach trip through Carnival. We did their "Beach Getaway with Unlimited Food and Drinks". Wasn't worth it, to be honest. Felt overpriced and was very limited for being "unlimited". Now, the beaches in Jamaica (or at least, Montego Bay) were not exactly the prettiest when we got there. I'm not sure if this was a result of Matthew brushing the country by but it was noticeable. BTW, Matthew had little to no effect on the overall landscape of the country. What I will say is that, if you really intend on going on the beaches there, for 5 people the AI is probably your best bet overall I'd say. At least at our beach, the food and drinks were on the high side. $370 seems fair. I hope this answers your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Posted October 18, 2016 Author #16 Share Posted October 18, 2016 (edited) Will be on the Dream Dec. 18 for an 8 day cruise. How did you like the Dive-In movies? We did the Dive-In movies twice. The first movie was the Intern and the other was Finding Dory. We enjoyed both nights. They show very current movies on the screen, no more than two years old. There is one night they show an R-rated film at 12am. They screened Deadpool that night. You can borrow blanket from them to cuddle up to and grab some popcorn (the popcorn isn't great, you will definitely need salt.). BTW, here's a good story: We had a LOT of Alabama and Tennessee fans on the ship and they were playing each other at 2:30pm on CBS (I was one of the Alabama fans). They showed the game in the Jackpot Bar in the Casino, but a lot of people wanted to watch it on the big screen on the Lido deck. After much pressure, they ended up showing it on the Lido Deck as well. Edited October 18, 2016 by cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Posted October 18, 2016 Author #17 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Did you make reservations for the steakhouse right away or do it the night that you ate there? I think I want to do it one night but I want to see what the menu will be like to decide what night to do it. I just don't want to miss out because we wait and we can't make reservations. I made the reservation as soon as I booked because I knew we wanted to do it on our one-year anniversary date. The menu does not change much, if any. Here is a link to their menu. It was never full when we were there, FWIW. BTW, if you book on the first night of sailing or the first elegant evening, you can get a free bottle of house wine of 50% off a bottle of your choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BELSAD Posted October 18, 2016 #18 Share Posted October 18, 2016 We did the Dive-In movies twice. The first movie was the Intern and the other was Finding Dory. We enjoyed both nights. They show very current movies on the screen, no more than two years old. There is one night they show an R-rated film at 12am. They screened Deadpool that night. You can borrow blanket from them to cuddle up to and grab some popcorn (the popcorn isn't great, you will definitely need salt.). BTW, here's a good story: We had a LOT of Alabama and Tennessee fans on the ship and they were playing each other at 2:30pm on CBS (I was one of the Alabama fans). They showed the game in the Jackpot Bar in the Casino, but a lot of people wanted to watch it on the big screen on the Lido deck. After much pressure, they ended up showing it on the Lido Deck as well. I wanted to send you a 'Roll Tide' when I saw your email address but resisted the urge. We are sailing out on the Dream on October 30 so the Saturday coming back will be the Alabama/LSU game. With the ship sailing out of New Orleans I can't help but think there will be a lot of fans for both on board. It ought to be interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernmama Posted October 18, 2016 #19 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Leaving out November 6th Eekk! Can you tell me if the first elegant night was on the first sea day ( Monday )? Also do you have the Funtimes or know if they have the Burlesque show like on the Magic? Thanks a bunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserRose Posted October 18, 2016 #20 Share Posted October 18, 2016 can yo tell us what nights were formal/elegant.... im pretty sure the first would be first sea day... but what is second elegant night? belize night? or coz night? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amydresh Posted October 18, 2016 #21 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Very good question, but we actually booked our beach trip through Carnival. We did their "Beach Getaway with Unlimited Food and Drinks". Wasn't worth it, to be honest. Felt overpriced and was very limited for being "unlimited". Now, the beaches in Jamaica (or at least, Montego Bay) were not exactly the prettiest when we got there. I'm not sure if this was a result of Matthew brushing the country by but it was noticeable. BTW, Matthew had little to no effect on the overall landscape of the country. What I will say is that, if you really intend on going on the beaches there, for 5 people the AI is probably your best bet overall I'd say. At least at our beach, the food and drinks were on the high side. $370 seems fair. I hope this answers your question. That is helpful, thank you! I figured it would possibly be around $200 for food and drinks which isn't much less than the AI. Dh said that was a crazy amount and he doesn't think there would be any way that it would cost that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Posted October 19, 2016 Author #22 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Leaving out November 6th Eekk! Can you tell me if the first elegant night was on the first sea day ( Monday )? Also do you have the Funtimes or know if they have the Burlesque show like on the Magic? Thanks a bunch The first Elegant night was the first sea day, yes. I do have the Funtimes from the trip, but I do not remember seeing that kind of show on board. I'll check again, but I don't believe so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwdodson@crimson.ua.edu Posted October 19, 2016 Author #23 Share Posted October 19, 2016 can yo tell us what nights were formal/elegant.... im pretty sure the first would be first sea day... but what is second elegant night? belize night? or coz night? thanks First day was the first Elegant. Our Cozumel stop was the second, which was out next to last day overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccdaniel2707 Posted October 19, 2016 #24 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Very concerned about cabin temperature as I have heard the cabins can be very hot. How was your experience?? We got off the Dream 10/2 and had a Lido balcony and we froze. Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccdaniel2707 Posted October 19, 2016 #25 Share Posted October 19, 2016 How many times a day was your room serviced, and were you given an option? We were given the option of once or twice. We chose twice ..... Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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