Disney Dream


Saturday 3 September 2023

Day 1

We left home and had a comfortable ride to Southampton. We parked the car, deposited our luggage and boarded the bus that took us to the ship. Here went through a very slick check in and security scan then went on board. Here we were greeted by a line of crew who clapped us aboard. We we straight to our cabin where we dumped our hand luggage before going to the buffet for lunch.

Is a cruise liner of 129,690 gross tonnage it is 1114 feet long, beam of 121 feet and 217 feet high. It has 18 decks. It carries a maximum pf 4,000 passengers with a crew of 1,458. It’s maiden voyage was in 2011


The ship’s interior includes a combination of art deco design, features from the world of Walt Disney and state-of-the-art technology. The interior cabins are fitted with virtual portholes ("Magical Porthole") that broadcast the view of the outside and animated Disney characters. [17]

Disney Dream’s art deco-style chandelier, located in the atrium, sparkles with thousands of hand-crafted crystal beads and glows with colorful glasswork. Crafted in Brixen, located in Northern Italy, the chandelier is 22 feet diameter at the ceiling plate and comes down 13 feet from the ceiling. It is 24kt gold plated with a total of 88,680 Swarovski crystal beads ranging in size from 6mm to 12mm. [18]

Every Disney Cruise Line ship has an atrium lobby statue celebrating a classic Disney character; Disney Dream's is Donald Duck portrayed as an admiral.[19]

Recreation

On-board Activities

Activities aboard Disney Dream include: a 9 hole mini-golf course, a walking track, digital sports simulators, a full-sized basketball court that can be converted for use as a soccer pitch, volleyball court, or football/table tennis area. There are also two smaller sport courts and two hangouts for younger children.

The ship features the first water coaster at sea, called The AquaDuck, a 765-foot (233-metre) long winding waterslide with a four-deck drop and a course that winds over the edge of the ship and through the ship's forward funnel. The AquaDuck runs the width of the ship and the length between the funnels, almost the size of a U.S. football field. In addition to pools of various sizes, there are also hot tubs for adults & families, some of which have glass in the floor.

Entertainment

Disney Dream also includes two theatres:

  • Walt Disney Theatre (1,340 capacity; live original productions: Beauty and the Beast, Believe and The Golden Mickeys)
  • Buena Vista Theatre (399 capacity; motion pictures)

Among the leading-edge technical effects in the Walt Disney Theatre is an infrared camera with motion tracking, allowing the movement of performers to be blended with projected digital animated effects.[20] Sent from my iPad

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