Rather than pack and get ready to move, instead I went to House of Blues even though I was really tired as there was 21st birthday celebrations going on. And then afterwards there was a bit of an afterparty. I had until 4pm to move apartments and I woke up on my friends couch at the very far side of the Commons around 3:10pm. Woops. Not a single thing packed. So I had a nice walk of shame through the complex, got to the apartment to change clothes and then went to get my new key. My German roommate was freaking out about where I was so I messaged her and then she came to the old apartment to help with getting the first load over. I literally ran back and forth for the next hour, throwing things from everywhere into bags and cases, running across the street, up to the third floor of my new building, to dump everything and run back to start again. At least I did it! Then we went to Walmart to get some bits and pieces and then did a lot of unpacking/putting stuff away. I love my new apartment! It's soooo much bigger and brighter, everything works and I've been a lot happier since moving in. We now only have a two bed/4 roommate situation going on and it suits me. No more crazy screaming for no reason, no thumping from above, no crazy roommate skyping while I'm trying to sleep. And I sleep a lot better!
I had nearly a week in my new apartment and then it was time to go to the Bahamas! There was 10 of us going on the same cruise and more people leaving on another cruise the next day... basically over a two week period there was a lot of people on various trips and cruises and a lot of shift swaps which meant we all got a bit of trouble which was pretty stressful at the time. But finally it all got sorted :)
On Sunday morning myself and five others got a taxi to Cape Canaveral which is about an hour away. Too much excitement going on lol. When we got to the dock we showed our booking info at the entrance gate then went into the main building and went through what is very similar to airport security where they scan your hand luggage. Then we went upstairs to get checked in, there was a huge line of people but they have a lot of checking in people so it didn't take too long. We handed over our forms and passports and then we got our "Key to the World" card... which is very similar to the ones at WDW before they swapped to Magic Bands. This card gives access to your room, makes the electricity in the room work and is the only way of paying for anything on the ship or at Castaway Cay. You can link it to your debit or credit card but me and Charlotte decided to do the cash option. Which means that you have a $300 limit that you can't go over until you go to guest relations and pay your bill. And you can't get back off the ship without paying it, you need to scan your card on the way off and if you have an unpaid bill then you will be sent back to pay it.
So with all that out of the way we headed onboard! I was so excited!! We were on the Disney Dream and it was just beautiful inside and out. It's the newest of the Disney fleet and it made any other cruise ship beside it look drab lol! We split up to go find our rooms and then go get lunch. The rooms were better than I thought they would be. There's a separate toilet and bathroom and neither were tiny, then a big comfy bed and then a couch (which can all be pulled out and made into bunkbeds), and we had a balcony with a couple of chairs and table. Comfy for 2 but would start getting crowded with more than that lol.
We pretty much dumped our stuff and then headed up to where there was a buffet lunch and had a good munch, then went for a wander around. They had a Sailing Away party on the pool deck with lots of characters which was cute and then me and Charlotte went up to the adult only area and had a cocktail while watching the sun set. Then we headed down to see the first show which was called the Golden Mickeys. The shows are amazing! They are so well done and I loved that first one. When that was over we had a quick look around the shops and then went to get changed for dinner.
For dinner, you are rotated around the ships three different dinner restaurants and you have the same server each night. We ate at the same restaurant twice because we were there for four nights, but you can use that night to book at one of the adult only restaurants, Remy and Palo. You do need to book ahead for these though as they fill up and its $25 extra for Palo and $75 extra for Remy. The others booked them but we didn't and we still enjoyed everything. There's food everywhere... everywhere!!! You can pretty much eat whatever you want, all the time! I was painfully full after every night and I didn't even go crazy. Our server was really lovely as well, I told him that I was wheat/gluten free and he took care of me. In fact he spent the whole time calling me "my Jenny" lol. Me and Charlotte were at a table with 6 other people and by the end of that evening we were fast friends with two other women, one of whom works at Epcot. By the end of our stay we were friends with the two guys, but two girls were a bit standoffish with us all so we had just left them to it.
The next morning we woke up in Nassau! We had slept longer than we had intended to, so we skipped going to breakfast and just got quickly ready to go exploring instead. We wandered about through the shops, visited Starbucks and took lots of photos. The massive Atlantis resort is close by but they charge you for everything there, you need to pay a ridiculous amount of money to use their pool or see the Aquarium. The only thing you can go to is the Casino. There's water taxi's that will take you over to Paradise Island (where Atlantis is) for $8 return so we went over on one of those and had a wander around the Marina Village, checked out all the millionaires yachts and then went into the casino. Charlotte had never been in one before so we played a few slot machines with me helping her about. Had to eventually tell her to stop feeding money in, she was never going to become a millionaire from a dollar! We left there and got a frozen margarita and headed back to the water taxi. Then we went to Senor Frogs for some more drinks and the biggest portion of fries I've ever seen before going back onto the ship.
The next morning we woke up in Nassau! We had slept longer than we had intended to, so we skipped going to breakfast and just got quickly ready to go exploring instead. We wandered about through the shops, visited Starbucks and took lots of photos. The massive Atlantis resort is close by but they charge you for everything there, you need to pay a ridiculous amount of money to use their pool or see the Aquarium. The only thing you can go to is the Casino. There's water taxi's that will take you over to Paradise Island (where Atlantis is) for $8 return so we went over on one of those and had a wander around the Marina Village, checked out all the millionaires yachts and then went into the casino. Charlotte had never been in one before so we played a few slot machines with me helping her about. Had to eventually tell her to stop feeding money in, she was never going to become a millionaire from a dollar! We left there and got a frozen margarita and headed back to the water taxi. Then we went to Senor Frogs for some more drinks and the biggest portion of fries I've ever seen before going back onto the ship.
I am a bad blogger! I have tried to write this post about a million times and given up.... it's not all my fault, for a brief period of time my laptop didn't want to type "h" or "c". Not easy! So for now lets call this part one!
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