Dream special rooms - now that we see the pictures! ** Index now in Post 7 **

[Timon]

Steve, I took this pic in January...it shows your room and the others, from above...

 

[HallsofVA]

Hi,
we are currently checking for a 2013 Dream cruise and found those new categorized 4E staterrooms with the oversized balconies. Formerly these staterooms were categorie 5E.
Now our question for your specialists:
Categorie 5 rooms are normally smaller then Categorie 4 rooms. Even though now the DCL website shows the 4E rooms with the size of all cat. 4 rooms and also shows the round shower tub - cat 5 should have no round shower tub.

Has anyone been in these rooms (like 5650 or 5546) and can confirm which kind of room layout they have ? Really like cat 4 or are they still like cat 5 - which I assume...

Thanks for any help!
Thorsten

Looks like you got the specific answer on the rooms you asked about. I just wanted to add that for the Dream at least, DCL hasn't gone in and changed the bathrooms on reclassified rooms - I don't know if they even could if they wanted to. But even before the reclassification, there were some rooms that didn't have the same bathroom that most other rooms had. That was true with some of the Cat 8A rooms for sure that don't have split baths even though they were "Family" category rooms.

If some particular feature is really important to you, hopefully you can find the answer between the stateroom reports, TA guidance, and perhaps even DCL CMs. I wouldn't assume, especially for unusual rooms or reclassified rooms.

 

[dsnydaddy]

Steve, I took this pic in January...it shows your room and the others, from above...

Thanks Cass, From that angle it's still a bit tough to tell, but one things for certain 5548 has more verandah than 5546. But it may only be by a little bit. I still loved it. It was quiet and close to the Forward Elevators.

 

[kargli]

anyone have pix of the 8164 balcony..? how much of an obstruction?

 

[emilysaba]

I can't figure out where exactly this is. Can anyone help???

 

[HallsofVA]

I can't figure out where exactly this is. Can anyone help???

8062 is across the ship from 8560 which you can find in the pictures in post 1. Same room other side of the ship.

 

[DISNEYGAMMIE]

Does anyone know how many Cat 6A cabins there are?
I have a guarantee and was wondering what my chances of being upgraded were.

Thanks
Donna

 

[TheAussieInLA]

We had a blast wishing all those who travel a great time!! My Family had a great time aboard the Disney Wonder. Memories for a Lifetime.

Alex

 

[TLinden16]

I stayed in stateroom 8502 a couple of weeks ago, and I made a short video tour of the room with my Flip cam:

http://youtu.be/LZdpzE4HpGw

 

[stingfancb]

Finally got our second GTY room assignment for our Feb cruise. We now have 6690 and 6192. Anyone have any pictures of either room?

Merry Christmas to all!

 

[BelleProfHP]

Finally got our second GTY room assignment for our Feb cruise. We now have 6690 and 6192. Anyone have any pictures of either room?

Merry Christmas to all!

I couldn't find them the last time I searched, but there are some pics somewhere of 6690. It has an AMAZING extended verandah.

 

[jfishkind]

Any experience being in the back of the ship? Worried about the vibrations from the engines. Anyone know anything about these cabins or have any insight. They say in the description that one has a navigators balcony and the other could have white walls, but from the pictures, it doesn't seem to be the case. Thoughts???

 

[jfishkind]

Does anyone know anything about these cabins? I am concerned about vibrations from the engines being in the back of the ship. Also, it says that one is a navigators balcony and the other has white walls - but from the pictures this doesn't seem to be the case? Thoughts?????

 

[HallsofVA]

Any experience being in the back of the ship? Worried about the vibrations from the engines. Anyone know anything about these cabins or have any insight. They say in the description that one has a navigators balcony and the other could have white walls, but from the pictures, it doesn't seem to be the case. Thoughts???

I assume you are talking about the Dream or Fantasy since those numbers aren't on the old ships? If so, both of 6182 amd 6184 are 6B rooms that connect to each other, and while both are classified as having a metal walled verandah, the solid metal part is only about shin high, with railing and plexiglass above.

I haven't stayed aft on the Dream, but have stayed aft on the Magic several times (and we'll be aft on Deck 8 for the Fantasy MV cruise). Our experience was there was significant vibrations only when they reversed the engines in preparation for the 180 degree turn before docking (which was generally very early in the morning) but other than that, it was just a nice "butt wiggle" that was actually pretty soothing when sleeping.

 

[princessmom29]

Finally got our second GTY room assignment for our Feb cruise. We now have 6690 and 6192. Anyone have any pictures of either room?

Merry Christmas to all!

We are in 6192 on for the Feb 19th cruise. I have seen some pictures of the room next door on a couple of different threads. It is basically the same room. Sorry, but I don't have them saved. From what I could see, it will be just like a standard deluxe ocean view with balcony, but the balcony is about 10 feet deep. There seemed to be ehough room for a couple of lounger chairs out there at least.
The only thing to note is that the pole that they fly the ship's flag on is attached at your balcony. It only flies when you are in port, and according to stateroom reviews I have read it sometimes flops over onto the balcony and can be aloud on a windy day. Most people said it was not a significant bother, and that their kids liked having it there.

 

[jfishkind]

Yes, sorry, it is the Fantasy.

I assume you are talking about the Dream or Fantasy since those numbers aren't on the old ships? If so, both of 6182 amd 6184 are 6B rooms that connect to each other, and while both are classified as having a metal walled verandah, the solid metal part is only about shin high, with railing and plexiglass above.

I haven't stayed aft on the Dream, but have stayed aft on the Magic several times (and we'll be aft on Deck 8 for the Fantasy MV cruise). Our experience was there was significant vibrations only when they reversed the engines in preparation for the 180 degree turn before docking (which was generally very early in the morning) but other than that, it was just a nice "butt wiggle" that was actually pretty soothing when sleeping.

 

[princessmom29]

I found the thread with pictures of 6192 linked in the first post. It is here:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2669508&page=2

I think this links to the second page, but there are links to a photobucket from another cruiser on page one that has GREAT picsof the balcony. I had forgotten that it was wider than the other aft balconies as well because of the linen clostes. I plan on asking the room steward if we can get lounge chairs out there. I don't count on it, but figure it is worth a shot as some of the upper deck aft rooms have them.

ETA: I dug a little further via google and a search of "disney dream cabin 6192" turned up a slide show showing a table 2 regular chairs and 2 lounge type chairs on this balcony. It had pictures of a couple in it so I am not posting a link but they commented on it in the caption to the pictue. They are not like the pool loungers, but seem to lean back and it would appear you can put your feet up as well. This is different from the pictures in the link.

 

[shireenordway]

Do they have pictures like this for the Wonder?

** - Update 1/26/11 - NEW COMPREHENSIVE INDEX to this THREAD started in POST 7 **
Index in Post 7


Now that we've had our first detailed look at the Dream, there are some things that we can confirm.

First, the 9A corner rooms at the back of the ship appear to have 2 medium-sized porthole windows instead of 1 large porthole! (rooms 5186, 5686, 6186, 6686)

The gray area that breaks up the rooms on Deck 5 aft is a hallway leading to a door that opens out onto a larger than normal verandah area. We saw good pictures of the door when it was opened the first night, but it is unclear whether the space is open across the various verandah rooms next to it, or whether it is separated off. (rooms 5188, 5190, 5192 and 5688)

While there does not appear to be any downgrading of rooms at the moment to create "secret verandah rooms" as on the current ships, there definitely appears to be some obstructions to the verandahs at the back, that may lead to some reclassification if enough people complain about the obstructions. Rooms 7668 and 7170 (cat 5C) appear to have the most obstruction from the pictures, but 9152/9652 (5A), 8164/8662 (5B), 6164/6664 (5D) all have some obstruction overhead as on the current ships (though the deck 6 ones looks really slight.) In addition, because of the rounded detailing, rooms 9164, 9664, 8176, 8674, 7182, 7680, 6178, 6678, 5180 and 5680 all have some obstructions to the verandah as well, but they are all advertised as metal walled verandahs so probably no adjustment there.

There are also obstructions on the verandah rooms by the forward portholes as well. If you look at the following picture, rooms 5524/5024, 7520/7022, 8520/8022, and 9512/9012 all seem to have some obstruction to the verandah, though some is quite slight. Anyone who books 5024 or 5524 should really complain, since the verandah is seriously obstructed, and that verandah is not extended out as the rest of the 5E verandahs ended up being.

The accessible Cat 4B rooms on Deck 8 (8090/8588 and 8092/8590) appear to have double sized verandahs. When you look at a picture of the side of the ship, the is a blank where it appears like a room is missing, until you line up the deck plan and see the two accessible rooms there. This also seems to hold for the accessible room 5552, which is the last verandah room on the left on the picture above. Assume it will hold true for the accessible rooms on the port side of the ship as well, on decks 8 and 6.

For those who have asked for it, here's a new indexed picture of the starboard aft part of the Dream:

And the forward part!

Here are the front facing rooms!

Not labeled, but this shows a clear view of the two royal suites and suite 12000, plus the top of the ship.

And some of the concierge rooms on the port side:

 

[scanne]

Hi. I am booked in cabin 7504 for December 2013. My kids will be 11 and 9 at the time of the cruise.

My DH is over 6' tall and my kids are tall for their age.
I'm a petite 5'0".

I have two questions about this cabin.

1. Does it sleep 4?
2. Will the sloped ceiling be a problem for my tall DH?

THANK YOU!

 

[jenseib]

Hi. I am booked in cabin 7504 for December 2013. My kids will be 11 and 9 at the time of the cruise.

My DH is over 6' tall and my kids are tall for their age.
I'm a petite 5'0".

I have two questions about this cabin.

1. Does it sleep 4?
2. Will the sloped ceiling be a problem for my tall DH?

THANK YOU!

If you put in 4 people in your room to quote or book, and it let you book it, then it holds at least 4.