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Disney Fantasy Spain, Italy and France recap
May
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 date. For Disney cruise ideas and methods, try this submit.
Hello mates! 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 mates and having fun with some chill time after our journey to Barcelona, epic Disney cruise by 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 folks from the entrance of the pic. Sort of labored lol. Hyperlink to the costume is right here!)
For right this moment’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 particular person usually, however right here we’re – and this was an itinerary I’ve needed to do for years. I used to be a blitz by all of my favourite locations (to date): 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 mates and cruise buddies – I feel this was Disney cruise #17 for them. We deliberate this journey *hoping* the Pilot can be completed 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 women’ journey. I feel the ladies will at all times bear in mind this solo cruise journey with simply the three of us plus some superb mates.
Disney Fantasy verandah room
We acquired 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 quite a lot 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 beautiful, and Disney bedding is simply an A+ throughout. It’s softer and extra luxe than most resort beds. (They use Frette linens, which we ended up shopping for after our first Disney cruise as a result of we cherished 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 gives unbelievable 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, Consider, and Frozen. P and I ended up ditching two of them so we might journey the water slide time and again – the pool is EMPTY in the course of the reveals and time for supper – however Frozen was unbelievable. It was the most effective Elsa I’d ever seen. She completely crushed it.
We additionally acquired to see the brand new Lilo and Sew film on board the date earlier than it was formally launched! All of us cherished 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 in case you have meals allergic reactions. They take them extraordinarily severely, 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 woman in our group that has Celiac instructed me that Disney cruises make her really feel like she will eat something she desires, 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 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 motives 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 acquired 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 beautiful areas. You possibly can’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 couple of 2-hour journey to Rome, they dropped you off to get pleasure from your life for five hours, you journey 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 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 capable of see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Cathedral, Baptistery and Camposanto. It was sprinkling just a little, however nonetheless lovely. It was additionally the identical day because the Giro D’Italia time trial, so we have 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 completely GF meal at Mama Eat, extra purchasing, visiting the Basilica of Santa Croce, and watching an opera avenue 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 probably the most 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 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 acquired in a number of exercises on the gymnasium.
Regardless that the cruise was 7 nights, it glided by means too rapidly!! We spent a number of nights in Barcelona – I’ll have a submit up with some Barcelona adventures soon- after which made our means all the way down to Sevilla.
So, inform me, mates: are you a cruise particular person or not a lot? We LOVE Disney cruises however haven’t tried another cruise traces.
Hope you have got a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo
Gina
Extra:
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