We Are Going On Vacation!

Last year Pete and I decided it was time to take our twice-a-decade grown-up only vacation.  We spent some time narrowing down our options and came to the the conclusion that the most important criteria was that if would have to be gluten-free.  That is, it must be gluten-free with minimal effort, otherwise it’s not really a vacation.

We’ve been to a few the all inclusive resorts they were fun, but there wasn’t much to do off the property.  With all of the buffets at the all inclusive, I wasn’t too sure how easily they would do our diet requests, especially if there were any language barriers.  We have done Disney World several times and found every restaurant (even the buffets) to be very thorough and conscientious about special dietary requests.  But we just weren’t up for another WDW vacation.  My feet were still recovering after our last one!  Ah, but we do love their food service, no explaining our diet at every restaurant, chefs who were willing to make us a gf version of most anything on the buffet or menu. 

On the advice of our travel agent we started looking into cruises.  Disney Cruise Line (DCL) was a standout choice not only for dining options but also for customer service, staterooms and activities.  But going on a Disney cruise without children?!?  After a little research it was clear that we would have access to multiple adult only areas including a pool, cafe, fitness center, restaurant and even a section of a beach.  All food would be included in our fare with the exception of the obvious things like alcohol.  Disney owns it own island where the ship would dock for a day.  It was beginning to sound better and better.  The clincher was finding out that room service was included in the fare as well.   It is music to my ears to hear that knock on the door in the morning with an arriving tray of coffee and breakfast.  Aaaaahhhhh.

We decided to take the plunge and last April we called our travel agent to book a room for us.   Since it is seldom we get to go on vacation together with no extra company, we booked a room with a veranda.  We opted for a Category 6 guarantee, which means that they would assign our room number to us just before the cruise and we had the possibility of being upgraded.   Early April seemed like a long time from Late October.  We tried our best to keep busy...

So here we are just a few weeks until our cruise...