Disney Fantasy Spain, Italy and France recap

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 tips and tricks, check out this post.

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 way 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. Type of labored lol. Link to the dress is here!)

For at the moment’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 particular person typically, however right here we’re – and this was an itinerary I’ve wished to do for years. I used to be a blitz by way of 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 believe 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 military and went again to business – 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 at all times keep in mind this solo cruise journey with simply the three of us plus some wonderful buddies.

Disney Fantasy verandah room

We acquired a verandah room and previously, 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 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 liked them a lot.)

(peep the Canopy humidifier in 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 offers 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, Imagine, and Frozen. P and I ended up ditching two of them so we may experience the water slide again and again – the pool is EMPTY in the course of the exhibits and supper time – however Frozen was unimaginable. It was one of the best 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 liked 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 have meals allergic reactions. 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 lady in our group that has Celiac instructed me that Disney cruises make her really feel like she will be able to eat something she desires, which is a uncommon deal with.

The gf chocolate walnut torte is my favourite Disney cruise dessert:

Previously, 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 health reasons and P has a severe 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 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 had been such beautiful places. You possibly can’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 women had been troopers.

Right here’s what we did:

Rome by yourself

This was all the things. You hopped on a bus for a couple of 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 procuring the remainder of the time.

The gluten-free pizza at La Soffitta Renovatio was all the things 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 just a little, however nonetheless stunning. 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 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 probably the most 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 stunning 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 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 recreation,

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 acquired in a couple of exercises on the gymnasium.

Despite the fact that the cruise was 7 nights, it glided by method too rapidly!! We spent a couple 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 particular person or not a lot? We LOVE Disney cruises however haven’t tried every other cruise strains.

Hope you’ve gotten a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!

xo

Gina

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