Day three on the Disney Dream was yet another perfect day on the ship. When we awoke we were still making our way to the island of Nassau in the Bahamas. Due to the fact that we made the most out of the first two days everyone was quite tired and not chomping at the bit to spring out of bed for breakfast. Being one of the few early risers in the family I offered to bring back some plates of food from Cabanas which sounded pretty perfect to the three who remained snug in their beds. I headed up to Cabanas and decided to eat my breakfast overlooking the approaching island of Nassau, an absolutely perfect way to start the day. I then made several trips back and forth from Cabanas to the room ensuring that the family was well fed!
We decided that we would leverage the day at port in Nassau to stay on the ship and explore some of the fun amenities we had yet to fully enjoy. After the group got cleaned up and ready for the day Hunter decided he wanted to take part in the Super Sloppy Science activity at Oceaneers lab so we dropped him off and Em, Sawyer and I set off to explore the ship.
Our first stop was deck three for a meet and greet with Woody. Sawyer is still a little shy when it comes to meeting the characters but he got brave for his pal Woody. As we looked out the portholes we saw that more ships were coming into port so we decided to head up to deck 12 and take some photos and videos of their arrivals. Both the Norwegian Getaway and the Carnival Sensation came into port while while we were taking in the sea air on the open deck. It was really cool to see the docking process of these huge ships. As the Carnival ship was nearing the dock we thought Hunter would be interested so we picked him up from kids club to watch the docking from the fourth deck. We took some fun photos then headed up to Cabanas to enjoy some delicious food and an amazing view of Nassau and the Atlantis Resort. You truly cannot beat the views of the islands that you get from the various locations throughout the ship.
We followed lunch with our second round the Midship Detective Agency game where we solved the missing puppies mystery. It has now become a secondary challenge where we split up and see who can arrive faster, stairs or elevator. After completing our mission we suited up for some more deck 11 fun of swimming, Hunter and I hit the Aquaduck, and we all chilled in the hot tub (which is super cool because it has a glass wall and floor so you can see out to the ocean). There is something cool about having all you can eat ice cream cones at the ready that you just can’t pass up, and we didn’t, although with children ice cream has a tendency to change forms rather quickly in 100 degree temperatures. As we were coming into port we saw a huge yacht parked at the end of the port where we docked and we wanted to get a closer look to see how close we were to it. We headed to the aft of the ship on deck 12 to grab a closer look and some photos which happened to be the mini golf course so we stayed and played a round.
Due to the fact that we had a full night of activities planned we decided a nice chill break in the room would do the group well. The boys turned on the Mickey cartoons, which they can’t take their eyes off of. This break also gave Emily and I a chance to get ready for the Villians show followed by dinner at Palo. Since the boys were going to kids club I took their food orders and returned to two boys who were completely knocked out. Emily and I tried to wake them in time to see the Villians show but they were not budging. We decided to pull up the show on demand in our room and watch it as the boys ate their cold dinner.
After the boys were fed and back to consciousness, we took them to the kids club and headed to Palo for a nice relaxing adult dinner for Em and I. The ship has this really nice outdoor deck bar that is quiet and provides a beautiful view of the sunset over the ocean. We enjoyed a drink prior to being seated at our table. We had an amazing dinner and enjoyed Stephanie, our server from Peru and Luca who was the manager from Rome. Emily had this amazing Lobster Ravioli dish and both of us could not stop raving about the desserts (Chocolate Souffle and Panna Cotta). Mike Super was having dinner in the next room over from us. It was a wonderful dinner and the boys stayed and enjoyed the kids club.
After dinner we decided to pick up a few Vinylmations and create a little Mike Super magic of our own. We brought them back to the room and set them up on their beds awaiting them for when they returned. We then went and picked up the boys from kids club and headed up to deck 11 for sodas and hot cocoa (apparently 100 degrees is the perfect hot cocoa weather for Hunter). We returned to our room for our Vinylmation surprise and our first round of room service this cruise. We devoured some cheese, Mickey bar and some cookies and called it a night. Yet another amazing day at sea!