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 ideas and methods, try this put up.
Hello pals! 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 pals 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 an exquisite 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 at this time’s put up, 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 usually, 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 pals and cruise buddies – I believe this was Disney cruise #17 for them. We deliberate this journey *hoping* the Pilot could be achieved 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 luxuriate in a ladies’ journey. I believe the ladies will all the time keep in mind this solo cruise journey with simply the three of us plus some superb pals.
Disney Fantasy verandah room
We bought a verandah room and up to now, we haven’t taken benefit of it as a lot as we should always. This time, I spent plenty of time on the verandah consuming espresso and studying, or late afternoon wine completely satisfied 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 offers unimaginable Broadway-quality reveals and leisure from musicians, comedians, deck events with characters and dancers, and flicks. Throughout our cruise, that they had three Broadway-style reveals: Aladdin, Imagine, 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 throughout the reveals and time for supper – however Frozen was unimaginable. It was one of the best 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 instances.
Eating and consuming gluten-free on a Disney cruise
From what I hear, Disney is among the most secure cruises when you’ve got meals allergic reactions. They take them extraordinarily significantly, and even when you’ve got 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 informed 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:
Prior 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 informed them that we each have gluten sensitvities (and was clear that we’re not allergic, mine is for well being motives and P has a extreme sensitvity), they went above and past.
They’d 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 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 the whole lot. You hopped on a bus for a couple of 2-hour trip to Rome, they dropped you off to take pleasure in your life for five hours, you trip the bus again.
By “take pleasure in your life,” for us this meant consuming an epic Italian lunch and procuring the remainder of the time.
The gluten-free pizza at La Soffitta Renovatio was the whole lot 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 capable of see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Cathedral, Baptistery and Camposanto. It was sprinkling somewhat, however nonetheless lovely. It was additionally the identical day because the Giro D’Italia time trial, so we had been capable of 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 wholly GF meal at Mama Eat, extra procuring, 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 spectacular aquariums that we’ve visited. Enjoyable reality: 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 recreation,
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 bought in a couple of exercises on the health club.
Despite the fact that the cruise was 7 nights, it glided by approach too rapidly!! We spent a couple of nights in Barcelona – I’ll have a put up up with some Barcelona adventures soon- after which made our approach all the way down to Sevilla.
So, inform me, pals: are you a cruise individual or not a lot? We LOVE Disney cruises however haven’t tried every other cruise traces.
Hope you could have a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo
Gina
Extra:
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Disney Dream Italy and Greece Mediterranean cruise
Disney Want Castaway Cay and Bahamas cruise
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