Mandymouse's Fantastic Fantasy Cruise .. and then another one (Complete)

[mandymouse]

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We watched as the ship pulled away from Castaway Cay, and started the sad task of packing

Tonight we had a reservation at Palo for dinner again. We got ready and once checked in at the Palo desk we had a drink at the Meridian Lounge, I had a Rosa Regale and Paul had a Cosmopolitan made by Christina who had hosted the Martini tasting the day before

Dinner was once again lovely. Olivera was our server and she brought out the antipasti and breads, then for our starters I had a smaller version of their risotto main and Paul had the smaller version of their ravioli

For our mains I had the chicken and Paul had the sea bass

For dessert I had Tiramisu (of course) and Paul had his usual Panna cotta, and Olivera also brought out some gelato

As ever it was a fantastic meal, and it was nice to have a quick chat with Juan who runs Palo (and who we have met on some of the other ships)

After our lovely dinner we popped down to the Enchanted Garden to give our dining team their tips and to say goodbye to everyone

We then got changed and headed up to Deck 13 for one final drink at the Cove Bar with Jerry and some of the friends we had made during the week, then had one last wander around the top deck before heading to bed

Tomorrow ~ Port Canaveral and going home

 

[Chilly]

Oh i've read it before you've finished, i'll come back

 

[Chilly]

And part 2 appeared before my eyes.

Lovely relaxing day. I wonder when i'll have one of them again?

 

[ukintheus]

Awww....so sad your trip report is coming to an end but very glad to hear that your day on CC was not bothered by the weather. With the KSF deal on our ship, and it being smaller, Serenity Bay was really nice and quiet. We thought the water was chilly - we didn't get much closer to it than you did. Great pics again....the Stingrays looked yummy.

 

[Cruisin]

fantastic photos as always. Makes me want to go

 

[Clare D]

Great TR Mandy. A back to back looks like a fantastic way to cruise.
Thank you for sharing all of your lovely pics too especially of the all of your delicious beverages and the yummy food in Palo

 

[tennisfan]

Another great day, shame your cruise and report is coming to an end. I have enjoyed it

 

[mandymouse]

Saturday 4th May

I had a terrible nights sleep, I must've seen every hour in, and I finally got up just before 6am. We had decided to do 'Express Debarkation' which meant from 7am for a short time we could take our own luggage off the ship and leave a little early

There was quite a crowd doing this service and at 7am we were allowed to disembark

We made our way to the rental car shuttles, and after a 20 minute wait a mini bus arrived and took us to the Enterprise Rental company. By 7.45am we were on our way back to Orlando, and an hour later we pulled into the Virgin check-in desk at DownTown Disney. We were surprised to see that there wasn't a line, and 15 minutes later all luggage had been weighed, taken away and we were walking away with our boarding cards

The weather this morning had been very cloudy, and as we neared Disney it had been drizzling on and off. This didn't put us off, so we headed to Epcot. We paid the $14 for the car park, bought our one day pass and went straight to Test Track to get a Fastpass

The line was only 10 minutes long, so we joined it. I was so looking forward to trying this out as this was our first time since it's refurbishment, but I was so disappointed, in fact we didn't even bother using our FP's (bring back Bill McKim and Sherry !! ). Next we rode Mission:Space, but only the less intense side as we'd both woken up not feeling too well

We went over to The Land and got FP's for Soarin', then had a little breakfast of fruit cups and we shared a cheesecake

We wandered over to World Showcase, stopping off to take photos of the Flower & Garden topiaries along the way, we took shelter from a shower in Italy under an umbrella and decided to have a Rosa Regale and Moretti while we were there

We continued round World Showcase, then went back to Soarin' to use our FP. We then went back to the UK pavilion to get some fish and chips

Cont'd ...

 

[mandymouse]

...

We did one last bit of shopping at MouseGear, then left WDW after a very brief stop at World of Disney (Paul was after a Star Wars phone case but he couldn't find the Jedi Mickey one anywhere)

At 3.30 we headed for the airport, we had a quick look in both the Disney shops there and luckily the phone case Paul was after was in the last shop before security

We decided to go through security early as there was a huge line and in no time we were sitting at gate 81 chatting to our girls on-line

Boarding began around 6 and .............. that's where my notes finish

I know the flight went well, and there wasn't much turbulence (thank goodness), we ate onboard, though I've no idea what we had and we landed on time

Thoughts

Well what can I say ? doing a back to back cruise on the Fantasy was A-MAZ-ING !!, and we would definitely do it again, though whether we'll do it next year I'm not sure as we did miss WDW and those couple of days there at the beginning were just too manic as we tried to fit so much in

So the saving has started, and roll on next April, May or June

Thanks for reading along and for leaving your lovely comments too

 

[Chilly]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[LITTLEKID58]

Thank you so much for you awesome report..

 

[jjk]

Really enjoyed your report Mandy, one day I hope to try a cruise for myself (Pete is proving to be very hard to convince but I wont give up) thanks for sharing

 

[tennisfan]

Loved the report, thanks for sharing

 

[PJB71]

Fantastic TR Mandy really enjoyed reading it

Roll on the next one

 

[Linda67]

What a brilliant TR

Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us all

 

[darrenf67]

Thanks for a great report take care until next time

 

[DMMarla07860]

Great trip report I just finished mine today

 

[irongirlof12]

Wonderful TR Mandy, thanks for sharing, love all the photos

 

[ukintheus]

Loved the TR Mandy, another good one in the books but sad that it's over. Why can't holidays/vacations last forever? LOL

How nice that Paul found the phone case he was looking for right at the end. As you know, we weren't impressed with the newer version of Test Track either. That last day sounds a bit hectic, but maybe it wasn't as busy as it sounded, long day though with you not having slept well. Such a letdown to come off 2 weeks on the ship and have to fly home the same day. Talk about back to reality!

 

[wilma-bride]

Thanks for a great trippy Mandy, I quite fancy B2B cruises too, Mandy, but I am also concerned that we will miss WDW too much. In fact, I am really looking forward to our trip next October as we will only be doing Orlando and it will be really nice spending 14 days just doing the parks as it's been ages since we had a full fortnight in Orlando.

Good luck with saving for the next one