The Disney Dream Dining

The Disney Dream is a place visit in my mind at least once a day, usually during breakfast when I'm realizing that the dishes have to be cleaned up and the floor swept and the trash taken out... all by me.  The kids and I close our eyes and take deep breaths and say ".... Disnnnnnneeeyyyyyyy!"  We love to pretend that we are on on the cruise, ordering our food from Kurt (who yells out "Sweetie!") and trying different drinks from Aut ("Oooohhhhh- you like cranberry juice tonight!").  Once, while playing genie in a bottle, Adam looked at me with all the sincerity of his little body could muster and said, "I wish that I were on the Disney cruise again."  It remains a topic of daily conversation around here.

The food on the boat was everywhere.  My favorite memory was when Jason and I decided we wanted a little treat and we turned down a hall and found a pastry corner.  We pointed to which among the chocolate eclairs, gourmet cookies, and powdered truffles we wanted and they just handed them to us.  It was like a dream (especially a graduate-student-budget dream, where the closest we get to picking out what we want from behind the bakery glass is choosing the free sugar cookie or no cookie at all).

There was never anything to want for- from 24 hour room service that delivered Krispy Kreme donuts to our door-

to endless buffets and ice cream cone stations- 

to giant chocolate chip cookies handed out on the island and Mickey-shaped waffles with strawberries and cream-

it was everywhere and it was amazing!  

Every night had a themed dinner of sorts- Pirate Night was the most fun.  

There are three dining rooms on the boat, each with a different and beautiful theme.  Leah's favorite was the Enchanted Garden-

 

My favorite was The Animator's Palate- 

the food was absolutely amazing, although all I can remember about it now is the mushroom truffles.  

And we all loved the Royal Palace- 

The same two people served us each night- Kurt from Jamaica and Aut from Thailand.  We like to pretend that they followed us home, and are in our house serving up Mickey ketchup, refilling our cranberry juice, offering double desserts and sneaking us pb&js.  They were one of the very best parts of the cruise.

 Jason was sitting next to Adam the two nights that he passed out at dinner.  There was so much to see and do all day long, dinner was one of the few moments that he was sitting still!