{"id":6904,"date":"2011-02-22T01:28:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T09:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=6904"},"modified":"2011-02-22T01:28:28","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T09:28:28","slug":"new-ship-disney-dream-jennifer-hudson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=6904","title":{"rendered":"All&#039;s Dream-y in Disney&#039;s World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The year isn&#8217;t even two months old and already our colleague Phil Reimer of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.portsandbows.com\/portsandbows\/default.aspx\">Ports and Bows<\/a> has been on four cruise ships, but we&#8217;re planning to catch up.  Meanwhile, this week Phil is willing to share his point-by-point  assessment of the four ships with our readers<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today: Disney&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/disneycruise.disney.go.com\/ships-activities\/ships\/dream\/\">Dream<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6966\" href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/2011\/02\/new-ship-disney-dream-jennifer-hudson\/dream-620b-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6966\" title=\"Dream-620b\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Dream-620b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a>Brand of ship:<\/strong> Family (also show business).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Number of passengers:<\/strong> 4,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Star of Christening Ceremony:<\/strong> Not Mickey, not Minnie, not Goofy\u2026but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenniferhudson.com\/\">Jennifer Hudson<\/a>, who sang for Disney before she was &#8216;Jennifer Hudson&#8217; and who as the star <a rel=\"attachment wp-att-6969\" href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/2011\/02\/new-ship-disney-dream-jennifer-hudson\/dream-hudson-620\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6969\" title=\"Dream-Hudson-620\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Dream-Hudson-620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a>of Dream Girls punctuated the event by singing Who Knows Where a Dream Might Lead?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Unique:<\/strong> The AquaDuck, an acrylic-tubed water coaster that goes around the top deck of the ship, and it&#8217;s fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For kids:<\/strong> Everything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adult escape:<\/strong> The Cove, an outdoor area with lounges and bars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>State rooms:<\/strong> A little cramped for a family of four, but who stays in the room on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneycruise.com\/\">Disney<\/a> ship?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best entertainment:<\/strong> Walt Disney Theater, with Broadway shows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entertainment surprise:<\/strong> A 300-seat movie theater that&#8217;s better than most on land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food:<\/strong> You rotate through three restaurants with the same staff and dining partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upscale food:<\/strong> Two specialty restaurants and one of them, Remo&#8217;s, costs $75 (ouch).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s different:<\/strong> The ship quality because, unlike Disney&#8217;s other ships, this one was built in Germany by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyerwerft.com\/page.asp?main=0&amp;subs=0&amp;websub=m1s0&amp;lang=e\">Meyer Werft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong> It&#8217;s like Disney\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disney.com\/\">theme parks<\/a>, where you often see childless couples out enjoying themselves. However, it\u2019s a lot more fun for adults, be they uncles and aunts or grandparents, when you have the kids along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year isn&#8217;t even two months old and already our colleague Phil Reimer of Ports and Bows has been on four cruise ships, but we&#8217;re planning to catch up. Meanwhile, this week Phil is willing to share his point-by-point assessment of the four ships with our readers. Today: Disney&#8217;s Dream Brand of ship: Family (also&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=6904\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">All&#039;s Dream-y in Disney&#039;s World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,36,19,15],"tags":[204,86,35,28,48,481,151,26,27],"class_list":["post-6904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","category-reviews","category-ships","category-stories","tag-cruise-ship-entertainment","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-disney","tag-disney-dream","tag-jennifer-hudson","tag-new-cruise-ships","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}