Tips and Comments

This is a listing of useful facts divulged by cruisers from the User-Forum who have already sailed on the Thomson Dream

The food was great, especially the Orion Restaurant on floor 4. The food was amazing and there were dishes to please everyone's specific tastes. It would definitely be the place i would recommend to go for your evening meal. The buffets were very tasty but it would be hard to get a whole meal out of them, but overall they were very tasty.

Breakfast on deck 11 was perfect, there was so much to choose from. There was something for everyone. At lunchtime burgers, hot dogs, chips things like that were served next to both pools which were all really nice. You never would go hungry.

The only problem we ever had was that the air conditioning wasn't very great but all you had to do was phone customer services and ask for a fan and it was delivered to your room within an hour.

Didn't find any problems with getting a sun bed the staff will move them for you if you ask, people do reserve them with towels though

The Internet is £4 for 15 mins

Radio telephone calls while at sea (when there is no mobile phone signal) is £35 for 4 minutes

The Sirens Restaurant was £20 per person cover charge

In  the Andromeda buffet self service restaurant you had to queue for your food most days

In the Orion restaurant, it takes one hour plus to get through all the courses because service can be slow but the food was excellent

Every single one of the crew are amazing, words can not cover how nice, helpful and fun they all are! Even if you went on every cruise boat on the world and every hotel there is no way that you would ever find service like that!

Thomson say...

Food

For a slightly more formal evening, you'll find the Gala suits all your needs, quite literally in fact, as you'll need to dress to impress for the Captain's weekly cocktail parties!

  • Gala: Dress in style to match the contemporary menu and fantastic weekly cocktail parties.

  • The Grill: Steaks and fresh fish are cooked to order. On board reservation required.

  • Orion Restaurant: breakfast, lunch and up to 6 course dinners, with open-seating.

  • Terrace Grill: BBQs, pizzas and salads served in the sunshine at lunch.

  • Andromeda Restaurant: 24 hour buffets with twice weekly theme nights!

  • Sirens Restaurant: International and British buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Entertainment

• Atlante Theatre: West End-style musicals and comedy from UK guest acts are staged in this two-storey show lounge.
• Medusa Lounge: Live bands, game shows and spotlight cabaret take to the floor here.
• Argo Lounge: Live classical music sets a relaxing scene in this laid-back venue.
• Casino: Roulette, blackjack and slot machines are just a taste of what's in store in the casino.
• Ladonte Disco: This venue us home to karaoke, cabaret and, of course, the dance floor.

Spa & Fitness

• Beauty Salon: Treat yourself to a new hairstyle, a revitalising facial or a muscle-melting massage.
• Nereidi Fitness Centre: A well-equipped gym complete with free weights, state-of-the-art machines and space for aerobics.
• Sports Deck: Courts kitted out for basketball, tennis, volleyball, and 5-a-side football.
• Other: Onboard extras come in the shape of a Kidzone, library, internet lounge, card room and shops.

Don't miss the late night crew show

Most evenings we ate in the Orion restaurant and I can honestly say the food was magnificant, piping hot and served by the excellent waiter staff, for breakfast and lunch we ate at Sirens buffet on deck 11 with lots of choice, tea was served by waiters or you could get your own.

The food was gorgeous in the Orion Restaurant and there was always lots of choice in the 2 buffet restaurants
on deck 9 and 11.

Take the right international plug adapter (round 2 pin European type), or preferably one of each type and bring an extension lead with 4 plugs on to charge up all your stuff.

There's usually no clock in cabins or hotel rooms so I take a small travel clock ao I can see the time without getting up to pick up my mobile.

Plug sockets in the cabin are European 2 round pin type like they were in Majorca. Some passengers also recommend taking a small lightweight 4 way plugboard as the wall sockets (usually only 1 per cabin) may not be in a possition to be able to easily plug electrical appliances into and als a 4 way means you can charge your phone, camera and ipod at the same time

Theatre shows start at 20:15 & 22:30

Guiness is not on the All Inclusive drinks listing (I know we do not have the drinks package) so a cost of £1.50 supplement was made per pint - I don't know how much we would be charged.

You can get currency on board, but I believe it's a currency exchange i.e. it's a cash exchange not something you can put on your ship's card. Usually it's best to get your currency prior to departure (Post Office and M&S are commission free and often have good rates of exchange) as you can shop around for the best deals - once on the ship you have to pay whatever their exchange rate happens to be. Or you can get money from ATMs on shore - but may have to pay a bank fee for this. All the islands when on the Destiny took US $ When on the Celebration in May, we found that they didn't have enormous stocks of different currency. Also, we were told to have small denominations, but the reception didn't have any. They were all small.
We decided in future that the best thing to do is research what currency you will need, and order it from home previous to sailing.

All the islands took american dollars so no problem but make sure you get your change in American Dollars because you may not be able to spend other types of dollars on other islands



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