Day 3: First Day at Sea

Hey Everyone! Today I’m going to be talking about my first day at sea. We were on our way to Valletta, Malta. It’s been so long since this trip, so I don’t remember much from this day, but I do know that I was just exploring the ship with my new friends. We went EVERYWHERE. This ship was HUGE! But there were so many other people my own age…..well, almost my age…most of them were like 14…but it’s all good. I had fun and that’s all that matters.

We wanted to go swimming, but there were so many kids and we wanted to keep exploring. Everyone woke up late because they were all tired from traveling so far. But we had lunch together and we went to the basketball court. The day was HOT. Even at night it was hot. But anyway, we played some basketball and then we went to the Vibe to see who else was there. We had some smoothies and we played some games. Most of the time we just got to know each other more. We talked about how old we are and where we came from. Half of the people were from the US and the other half were from France, England, Australia, and Britain.

We didn’t have much time to talk though because our first formal dinner night was that day. So we all had to go and shower because we were all sweaty and nasty from being outside. I went back to get ready, and met my family at Animator’s Palate. That was the dining room we used that day. It was cool, but a little creepy because the whole room was basically black and white. So after dinner, we went back to the Vibe because there was a dance every night. I went back to change first.

This is my friend Lauren from Texas!

We danced until like 1 or 2 in the morning. That was when the Vibe was closed and our “curfew” since we were under 18, but of course none of us went back to our stateroom. So we just walked around the ship and played zombie.

It was a fun first whole day on the cruise! I can’t wait until next week where I get to talk about my day in Valletta, Malta. So until then, see ya!

Day 2: On the Disney Magic at Sea

            Hey Everyone! I’m back and this is my third free post. Today I'm going to write about my day on the Disney Magic. I’m just about to get on the boat. It’s an 11-night cruise on the Mediterranean. As soon as I got on the boat, I saw Mickey Mouse! He greeted me and my family when we got on the boat. Since our stateroom wasn’t ready, I just went to the buffet room for my brunch.

            On the first day, the food was good. Mainly because I had nothing to eat yet, but as the days past, I realized that they had the same food, every single day. I hated eating lunch because of that! But anyway, after lunch, I went exploring. They had 3 pools, a sports court, a giant screen TV by the pool, and a teen center. My sister went off to find the college kids group. When I went to the teen center up in the Vibe, I met my first friend, Georgia. She’s from Australia. I also met her cousin, Clare. Since that day, we’ve been out playing basketball on the sports deck.

            After we got to know each other more, I had to go get ready for dinner. Throughout the whole week, we had to switch between three dining rooms: Lumiere’s, Animator’s Palate, and Parrot Cay. The first night was at Lumiere’s. The food was delicious! Soon, the boat started, and we were on our way. That was the start of our Mediterranean Cruise!

            That’s it for this week’s free post! My next free post will be about my first day at sea. So come back soon! Until then, see ya!

Day 1: Barcelona, Spain

            Hey Everyone! I’m back and this is my second free post. Today, I want to talk about my Mediterranean cruise in July with my mom, step-dad, half-sister, sister, and grandparents. I left on July 7^th and was basically traveling all the way until the 8^th. I first had to fly to from San Francisco to Chicago, and make a transfer to Madrid. Madrid’s airport was HUGE, and they had the CLEANEST restrooms ever. I just walked right in, and I was like, “Whoa”. It literally looked like it was from a 5 star resort or something. But anyway, from Madrid, I had to fly to Barcelona, and we took a shuttle to our hotel.

I HATED that hotel. When my mom went to get our rooms, she FORGOT that we had SEVEN people, not SIX, so they had just enough beds for SIX people. Guess who had to sleep in the bed with the grandparents. That’s right, me. I was like, “Hell no!” So I slept in a very uncomfortable chair all night. But before that, we went out sightseeing and took some pictures. The pictures I took were on facebook. I wasn’t really in many pictures because it was hot and nobody wanted to help me take a picture. If I’m your friend on facebook, then you probably either saw them already, or you don’t really care. So Barcelona was cool. There were a lot of monuments there. So we ate dinner there and took the last bus back to the hotel.

The Disney Magic Cruise Ship

When we got back, my mom tried to plug her laptop into the wall. You know how the outlets are different in Europe, and that if you go, you need to bring the special adapter. So my mom, she brought the adapter, but when she looked at the outlet, she thought, “It looks similar enough. I think I don’t need it.” So she plugged it right in. Guess what happened. It sparked and blew the power out. It probably blew the power out of the whole hotel because the electricity in my room was out too. Yeah, so you could say that I had a bad experience there. So after that, we went to sleep in our comfortable beds. Well MOST of us. I had the luxury of sleeping in my COMFORTABLE chair. The next day, we woke up, got ready, and dragged our suitcases for a couple of hours in Barcelona, trying to find the bus that will take us to the port so we can board our Disney Cruise for an 11-night Mediterranean Cruise.

So that’s it for today. Next week I’ll tell you about my first day on the Disney Magic. Until then, see ya!