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 thus far. For Disney cruise ideas and methods, take a look at this publish.
Hello buddies! How are you? I hope that you simply’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 by means of the Mediterranean, and time in Barcelona following the cruise. I hope that your summer season 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. Form of labored lol. Hyperlink to the gown is right here!)
For right now’s publish, I wished 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 generally, however right here we’re – and this was an itinerary I’ve wished to do for years. I used to be a blitz by means of all of my favourite locations (thus far): 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 believe this was Disney cruise #17 for them. We deliberate this journey *hoping* the Pilot could be performed with airline coaching – he needed to full coaching once more when he retired from the army 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 revel in a women’ journey. I believe the ladies will all the time keep in mind this solo cruise journey with simply the three of us plus some wonderful buddies.
Disney Fantasy verandah room
We received 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 a variety of time on the verandah consuming espresso and studying, or late afternoon wine blissful hour with Kathryn since their room was proper subsequent door.
It was spacious and wonderful, 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)
Exhibits and leisure
Disney gives unimaginable Broadway-quality exhibits and leisure from musicians, comedians, deck events with characters and dancers, and flicks. Throughout our cruise, they’d three Broadway-style exhibits: Aladdin, Imagine, and Frozen. P and I ended up ditching two of them so we might experience the water slide time and again – the pool is EMPTY throughout the exhibits and time for supper – however Frozen was unimaginable. It was the very best Elsa I’d ever seen. She completely crushed it.
We additionally received 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 number of occasions.
Eating and consuming gluten-free on a Disney cruise
From what I hear, Disney is likely one of the most secure cruises when you have meals allergy symptoms. They take them extraordinarily severely, and even when 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 woman in our group that has Celiac instructed me that Disney cruises make her really feel like she will be able to 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 alone 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 night time, and you’ll simply pre-order every night time for the next day. They’ll make any of the *common* menu choices gluten-free with the advance discover.
Kathryn and I had Palo one night time and the salmon was perfection:
Indian meals at Cabanas buffet is my favourite day:
We additionally received 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 have been such attractive places. You’ll be able to’t be in Pisa and never get off the boat, ya know? They have been lengthy excursions the primary two days (round 10 hours) however the women have been troopers.
Right here’s what we did:
Rome by yourself
This was every thing. You hopped on a bus for a few 2-hour experience to Rome, they dropped you off to take pleasure in your life for five hours, you experience the bus again.
By “take pleasure in your life,” for us this meant consuming an epic Italian lunch and buying the remainder of the time.
The gluten-free pizza at La Soffitta Renovatio was every thing I might have wished for.
We loved the sights, stopped for a late afternoon espresso and dessert, and we have been very content material.
Pisa and Florence with guided strolling tour
We have been in a position to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Cathedral, Baptistery and Camposanto. It was sprinkling a little bit, however nonetheless lovely. It was additionally the identical day because the Giro D’Italia time trial, so we have been in a position to see the cyclists on the point of start.
After that, we went to Florence the place we skipped the guided strolling tour and opted for a completely GF meal at Mama Eat, extra buying, 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 steadiness, so the fish have lovely clear water every day. All of us loved this one; quick and candy.
Bandol by yourself
For Bandol, we loved a seaside day on this quaint and wonderful seaside city. The women 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 women performed the detective sport,
we did household karaoke every night time, 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 received in a number of exercises on the fitness center.
Although the cruise was 7 nights, it glided by method too shortly!! We spent a number of nights in Barcelona – I’ll have a publish up with some Barcelona adventures soon- after which made our method all the way down to Sevilla.
So, inform me, buddies: are you a cruise individual or not a lot? We LOVE Disney cruises however haven’t tried every other cruise traces.
Hope you’ve a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo
Gina
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