It's a JMed Trip Report Disney Dream

Spook, it's been on my bucket list for years! It just happened to work out just right this year! I loved it. I think I would have enjoyed it more on a longer cruise so that I could experience more of the Christmas activities but with all the other stuff I missed some things but still worth it for the decor and activities we did make

Thanks! I can't take all of the credit, there is a Facebook page I am a member of where you can use the artists creations and personalize them yourself. If anyone wants info on it let me know. I will send you an invite from the group. You hae to answer questions to get in and there are strict rules but WOW the art is amazing!

I am so glad I got the blanket, I was iffy on it but my aunt has it from a previous cruise and talked me into it. Like I need more blankets ha ha ha

Next day! My Birthday!Q Since we weren't getting off the boat today we decided to be a tad lazy, we skipped Cabanas in favor of breakfast in the Royal Palace. We have never done this before so we thought why not. I would maybe do it again. Nothing too spectacular. Afterwards we headed back to the room to get our bathing suits on and headed to the Spa. We upgraded our single Rainforest day to the couples cruise package, $99 for the cruise plus a yummy smelling scrub each visit. We spent a good hour and a half in the saunas, showers, heated chairs and hot tub. We both showered in the spa (I wanted to use all the fancy Elemis stuff) and back to the room to get ready for Palo Brunch. This was the ONLY thing I really wanted for my birthday so I was bummed when there were no times available. Luckily I was persistent and got it. I was a little underwhelmed by the selection, not gonna lie. On the bigger ships Palo is smaller since they also have Remy. The buffet was in the very back of the restaurant in a dark room and some of the items on the backs of the tables were hard to get to. The smaller ships have the buffet beat hands down! There were also a couple of times the dessert table (very small) was almost empty. But, what we did have was delicious. I could have made a meal off the hummus. I of course got the Chicken Parm I have been dreaming of since April and Joe got the steak. Mine = devine Joe's = Ehhh OK. I was expecting more but it was still good. We were in port of course so our view was of a dirty Carnival ship and the ginormous Norwegian Getaway. Oh and apparently they have slacked off on the Brunch Dress Code. I think the napkins would have been more appropriate that what we saw a couple of girls in. Lots of jeans and crop tops.

After dinner we just hung around the lobby getting tree pics with us dressed up and went to 687 in The District to grab a cocktail and watch some college football while waiting on our wine tasting to start. WHY have I NEVER had Rekorderlig OMG the Strawberry Kiwi is outrageously good!!!!

Wine tasting was in Pink and we tried 6 wines from all over. I enjoyed the set up but Joe didn't. It was a blind test and we had to guess what kind of wine and where it was from. I got a couple right and really had fun. Joe just wanted to drink wine I guess

By the time it was over it was close to 4 and I wanted a nap and change before the BEAUTY AND THE BEAST show. Nap successful and I woke up SICK. WHAT??? I didn't even have a buzz. My poor tummy was not happy with me. I sent Joe up to get me a fizzy coke and by 5:55 I was determined to see BATB since it is my favorite. We found 2 empty seats (behind a giant pole) and sat down. We missed a few minutes of it but I think I would have been ok missing it all. I really hate to say that because I have loved the others (Frozen and Tangled) I kinda feel about this like I did the love action. They totally ruined Be Our Guest which is my favorite part of the movie. All I will say is "glow in the dark salad". I just didn't care for it at all. I did cry at the end. No matter how bad it is BATB makes me cry every time. Down to dinner and Pirate Night.

We headed up to Deck 13 and Currents for the fireworks. It is adult only and wasn't crowded at all. We weren't all about seeing the deck show so this was perfect for us. GREAT view and no crowd! Straight to bed again. Tomorrow is Castaway Day!!!!!!!

It's our last full day and it is CASTAWAY DAY!!! I was up early and back at Cove Cafe for more coffee, I really need to find my punch cards, I'm sure I have a few free drinks laying around LOL. I never take them to combine them. I watched us pull into Castaway then headed to the room to get ready.

Cabanas was breakfast of choice and when we were done we went down the aft steps to exit the boat as it was right at 8:30. We were expecting a crowd but it was only 2 women with 4 kids who were being told that they had to go to the forward exit because the runners were getting off first and the doors weren't open yet. Well, lo and behold, the doors opened and they let us sneak out in front of the runners. The ladies were not prepared and we ended up being the first 2 guests on the island!!! I was super excited about this so we headed straight for Serenity Bay!!!! Guess who was the first 2 guests there??? US!!! Jose one of the drink runners said "you are the first 2 guests, free drinks all day!!!" Well, Jose seemed to avoid us all day LOL Everytime he would pass us I would yell his name, we picked on him all day and just had a blast with those guys. We waded out into the bay a couple times, out to and past the buoys. It's just so beautiful and peaceful out there. I had a cocktail in my hand at 9:30 and watched Joe flip out of the hammock. It was a successful morning.

We were getting hungry again and I wanted Ribeyes! A stop at the Hanger Bar for another drink and our table mates walked by, chatted with them a bit and we all headed to lunch. I really do enjoy lunch on the island and really enjoyed our steaks. We decided to slowly make our way back, stopped at the Heads Up bar for another libation and another slow stroll to the boat. We got lucky and waited about 10 min for the Aquaduck, After riding once, the line was halfway down the stairs.

Joe then headed down to the kid's club to check out the Millennium Falcon set up. He's such a kid at heart. I went to the adult's area and just floated in the pool for a bit. SInce we were right there we headed into the Spa for the last time and got ready for dinner. First stop was Vanellope's for my birthday Unicorn Cupcake and Joe had the Milkshake Special of the day. Cupcake was ok. I'm such a cupcake snob. Cake was a little dry and icing was kind of bland. But it was really pretty. We went back to Skyline for cocktails before dinner I had a lemon martini made with the Japanese Vodka we tried the first day. It is so smooth and easy on taste. I was feeling great when we got to dinner LOL

I really did just adore our serving team, tonight the girls both shared a little of their lives on board with us and they both brought me to tears. They work so hard 80+ hours per week!! Fiona met her husband on board. Svetlana broke down in tears every night when she first started because her legs would hurt so much and missed her family. I always think how glamourous it would be to work on a ship but it is so much work!! SO MUCH.

We sat and talked and laughed until we just couldn't anymore and headed back to finish packing up. I can't believe it's over already, I really do dislike a 3 day but we had so much fun in such a short time.

Next morning we were up early and off the ship as soon as they let us. Customs asked if we had any food and welcomed us home. We were on the road home before 8am. I'm already looking to book the Castaway Double Dip in 2019 or possibly 2020. I think we may try Royal Caribbean (gasp) before our next DIsney, not sure yet.

Hope you all enjoyed our short trip. We sure did!

It was. I want to sneak another one in myself just not sure how it's gonna happen. Maybe same time next year the way things are going LOL.

I really want to do a longer one LOL!!!

I would pay double if someone had it. It was quite graceful LMAO