Sharing a full recap of our cruise on the Disney Fantasty from Barcelona to Rome, Pisa (Florence), Genoa (Milan), Bandol (Provence) and again to Barcelona. That is Disney cruise #6 for us (gold, child!) and was my favourite one to this point. For Disney cruise suggestions and methods, take a look at this submit.
Hello buddies! How are you? I hope that you just’re having a tremendous morning. We’re right here in Sevilla having a good time with our buddies and having fun with some chill time after our journey to Barcelona, epic Disney cruise via the Mediterranean, and time in Barcelona following the cruise. I hope that your summer time is off to a beautiful begin, too!
(Had to make use of Canva to take away a few individuals from the entrance of the pic. Sort of labored lol. Hyperlink to the gown is right here!)
For as we speak’s submit, I needed to share a recap of the cruise! You guys know we loooove Disney cruises – I by no means thought I’d be a cruise individual normally, however right here we’re – and this was an itinerary I’ve needed to do for years. I used to be a blitz via all of my favourite locations (to this point): Spain, Italty, and France. It was an absolute dream.
Disney Fantasy Spain, Italy and France recap
We booked this journey with a few of our closest buddies and cruise buddies – I feel this was Disney cruise #17 for them. We deliberate this journey *hoping* the Pilot can be finished with airline coaching – he needed to full coaching once more when he retired from the navy and went again to industrial – however sadly the timeline didn’t fairly work out. Since he’d be gone anyway, we determined to stay with our plans and luxuriate in a ladies’ journey. I feel the ladies will all the time bear in mind this solo cruise journey with simply the three of us plus some wonderful buddies.
Disney Fantasy verandah room
We bought a verandah room and prior to now, we haven’t taken benefit of it as a lot as we must always. This time, I spent lots of time on the verandah ingesting espresso and studying, or late afternoon wine blissful hour with Kathryn since their room was proper subsequent door.
It was spacious and beautiful, and Disney bedding is simply an A+ throughout. It’s softer and extra luxe than most lodge beds. (They use Frette linens, which we ended up shopping for after our first Disney cruise as a result of we beloved them a lot.)
(peep the Cover humidifier within the background – I by no means journey with out it and my eyes and pores and skin are a lot happier)
Reveals and leisure
Disney supplies unimaginable Broadway-quality exhibits and leisure from musicians, comedians, deck events with characters and dancers, and films. Throughout our cruise, that they had three Broadway-style exhibits: Aladdin, Consider, and Frozen. P and I ended up ditching two of them so we may trip the water slide time and again – the pool is EMPTY in the course of the exhibits and time for dinner – however Frozen was unimaginable. It was the most effective Elsa I’d ever seen. She completely crushed it.
We additionally bought to see the brand new Lilo and Sew film on board the date earlier than it was formally launched! All of us beloved it. It was heartfelt and humorous, and I virtually cried a couple of occasions.
Eating and consuming gluten-free on a Disney cruise
From what I hear, Disney is without doubt one of the most secure cruises in case you have meals allergy symptoms. They take them extraordinarily significantly, and even in case you have a sensitivity or intolerance vs an allergy, they deal with it like an allergy. We did a gluten-free meals tour in Barcelona, and a lady in our group that has Celiac instructed me that Disney cruises make her really feel like she will eat something she needs, which is a uncommon deal with.
The gf chocolate walnut torte is my favourite Disney cruise dessert:
Up to now, I’ve simply navigated the menus by myself as they’re clearly marked with gluten-free choices. Since P is gf now too, I instructed them that we each have gluten sensitvities (and was clear that we’re not allergic, mine is for well being causes and P has a extreme sensitvity), they went above and past.
That they had gluten-free WARM rolls on the desk every evening, and you’ll simply pre-order every evening for the next day. They will make any of the *common* menu choices gluten-free with the advance discover.
Kathryn and I had Palo one evening and the salmon was perfection:
Indian meals at Cabanas buffet is my favourite day:
We additionally bought to have gluten-free Mickey waffles and churro waffles within the morning. Bless it.
Port adventures and excursions
I went a liiiiittle overzealous with the port adventures as a result of they had been such attractive areas. You may’t be in Pisa and never get off the boat, ya know? They had been lengthy excursions the primary two days (round 10 hours) however the ladies had been troopers.
Right here’s what we did:
Rome by yourself
This was all the pieces. You hopped on a bus for a couple of 2-hour trip to Rome, they dropped you off to get pleasure from your life for five hours, you trip the bus again.
By “get pleasure from your life,” for us this meant consuming an epic Italian lunch and purchasing the remainder of the time.
The gluten-free pizza at La Soffitta Renovatio was all the pieces I may have wished for.
We loved the sights, stopped for a late afternoon espresso and dessert, and we had been very content material.
Pisa and Florence with guided strolling tour
We had been in a position to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Cathedral, Baptistery and Camposanto. It was sprinkling a bit of, however nonetheless lovely. It was additionally the identical day because the Giro D’Italia time trial, so we had been in a position to see the cyclists on the brink of start.
After that, we went to Florence the place we skipped the guided strolling tour and opted for a wholly GF meal at Mama Eat, extra purchasing, visiting the Basilica of Santa Croce, and watching an opera road efficiency within the sq..
Crispy bites with Nutella:
We HAVE to return to Florence and discover extra of Tuscany.
Genoa Aquarium
For Genoa, we opted for a shorter tour to go to the aquarium, which was one of the crucial spectacular aquariums that we’ve visited. Enjoyable truth: they use water from the ocean that’s filtered and optimized for pH stability, so the fish have lovely clear water every day. All of us loved this one; brief and candy.
Bandol by yourself
For Bandol, we loved a seaside day on this quaint and beautiful seaside city. The ladies had crepes, we grabbed snacks from a market, and we sat on seaside towels whereas the ladies collected seashells and performed within the water.
On the ship, we did the same old shenanigans. The ladies performed the detective sport,
we did household karaoke every evening, a few trivia/video games, Bingo, lounged on the pool, and loved the fabulous eating and leisure. We additionally had chill time within the room and I bought in a couple of exercises on the fitness center.
Although the cruise was 7 nights, it glided by means too rapidly!! We spent a couple of nights in Barcelona – I’ll have a submit up with some Barcelona adventures soon- after which made our means right down to Sevilla.
So, inform me, buddies: are you a cruise individual or not a lot? We LOVE Disney cruises however haven’t tried some other cruise strains.
Hope you could have a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo
Gina
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