Cruise Day 1 - Barcelona

First … Apologies for not posting sooner, as it has been a busy day. We checked out of the Hilton around 11:00 am, then went down to the lobby to wait for our transfers. Because of our late arrival, our key to the world card wasn’t ready, and we would have to check in at the port. We got our bus tickets then waited. We finally boarded our bus to the ship shortly after 12:30. We then made our trek through Barcelona to the Disney Magic.

When we arrived, we first had to clear security. The lineup was long, but it moved pretty quickly. Next we had to line up to get our key! This was really short, as most people already had theirs. We now got to board the Magic. It was really cool, in that we had a red carpet to walk down! Once on the ship, we hurried to our cabin, as we had 15 minutes to make it to our excursion! We checked out the room, brought our luggage inside, and then ran to the excursion.


Today’s excursion was “Panoramic Tour of Barcelona”. We went by bus to see the site of the 1992 Olympics, got a photo op looking down on Barcelona, had a ride through town, then stopped at the Sagrada Famillia. Here we had 45 minutes to shop and take photos. We also got a drink voucher. The bus ride was fun and relaxing, not too much walking.

When we got back to the ship, we had to unpack. This took a while, and before we knew it, it was dinner time. Tonight we ate at Lumieres. I had a spinach filo pastry appetizer, sangria bisque soup, and beef Wellington. Kirstyn had grilled tomato, the bisque and chicken. We didn’t have dessert, as we ran to catch the sail away party. My dinner mates are Denise and JMSaunders from the DIS Boards. Our waiter is Ivan, our busboy is IKetut from Bali and our room steward is Roldolfo!

After dinner was the sail away party. We met on deck 10 as we planned on the DIS. Up here we met quite a few others. It was great putting faces to names. We left Barcelona in glory with “When you wish upon a star” on the horn. More later! I promise.