Food on the Disney Dream Cruise – Disney Cruise Recap

May 31, 2019 sunshineandholly

One of the things we were most looking forward to experiencing on our Disney Cruise (besides the all-day childcare) was the food. You know we like to eat!

The Disney Dream ship has 3 main sit-down restaurants, 2 adults-only restaurants, a buffet, and a quick-service style casual dining area near the pool. There’s also 24-hour complimentary room service. Lots to choose from!

For dinner on a Disney cruise, you’re assigned a dinning time – either early dining at 5:45 or late dining at 8:15. You rotate through each of the 3 main dining restaurants, which is great since you get to try them all! On the Disney Dream, the 3 restaurants are the Royal Palace, the Enchanted Garden, and the Animator’s Palate. Each restaurant has its own theme and menu, and your wait staff travels with you to each restaurant so you’ll have the same waiters each night.

For breakfast and lunch on the Disney Dream, you can either order room service, eat at the buffet called Cabanas, grab a meal from the quick-service counter called Flo’s Café, or have a sit-down meal at the Royal Palace or the Enchanted Garden.

The two adults-only restaurants are Palo and Remy. These require reservations and aren’t included in the cost of your cruise. We didn’t try Palo or Remy on this cruise, but they are on my bucket list for next time!

There’s also all-you-can-eat complimentary soft service ice cream on the ship. Yum! You can also purchase other ice cream treats at Eye Scream ice cream parlor or grab a smoothie from the smoothie shop called Frozone’s Treats.

Specialty coffee is available for purchase at the Cove Café and the Vista Café. You can also pick up a few complimentary pastries to enjoy with your coffee.

We had a blast trying lots of different foods on the cruise and were pleased with pretty much everything we ordered. Unfortunately, I came down with tonsilitis on the second day of our trip and was sick for the rest of the cruise. So I didn’t get to enjoy the food as much as I was hoping since I felt so poorly. (So not fair!) But Josh and the kids took full advantage of trying everything and loved it all!

Food on the Disney Dream Cruise – Disney Cruise Recap

Our first meal on the cruise was lunch at the Animator’s Palate:

Cute Mickey chairs! I love all the attention to detail and all the special Disney elements in the restaurants.

First drink of the cruise!

Graham’s kid’s meal.

Maddie’s kid’s meal.

We also had a quick snack later that day at Flo’s Café next to the pool.

Gin and tonic.

Popcorn while we watched Captain Marvel.

Dinner at the Enchanted Garden:

How cool is this butter?

Graham’s kid’s meal.

Maddie’s kid’s meal.

This is asparagus soup that I originally ordered, but Graham liked it so much we got a cup for him too!

Yes, we brought the kids to dinner in their PJs! There was a pajama party that night in the kids club, but these two were so tired at dinner that we ended up just going back to the room and going to bed.

Most mornings we ordered coffee and pastries from room service:

Breakfast at the Royal Palace:

Love these little table markers!

Love this artwork too!

Glass slippers on the chandelier!

Lunch at Cabana’s Buffet:

Fancy veggie display on the buffet.

Ice cream at Eye Scream:

Dinner at the Royal Palace:

I actually missed this dinner because I started running a fever that evening. Our wait staff sent Josh back to the room with two creme brulees (one for me and one for him) and well wishes that I’d feel better the next day. So sweet!

Lunch at Castaway Cay:

BBQ on Disney’s private Island, Castaway Cay!

Maddie’s plate at Castaway Cay.

I didn’t get to eat any of the food on Castaway Cay because I felt so bad. I only spent about an hour on the beach before heading back to the room and ordering some soup from room service.