1stXCruiser2014

Thank you SOOO much for this amazing information! All the time you took to write this is VERY much appreciated!!

Ahhh decision has been made! They are going with the NCL 10 day! We are making progression! Norwegian cruise: 10 day Cruise Greek Isles & Santorini, Mykonos & Florence Date: May 16th-26th Ship: Norwegian Breakaway Rome Santorini Athens Mykonos Olympia Valleta Messina Salerno Florence Rome

Ahh I was thinking it would be bigger deal to fly our of Athens since it was flying out of different area than they would come in at.

also, for those that have asked, this is the two trips im trying to help them decide on: Norwegian cruise: 10 day Cruise Greek Isles & Santorini, Mykonos & Florence Date: May 16th-26th Ship: Norwegian Breakaway Rome Santorini Athens Mykonos Olympia Valleta Messina Salerno Florence Rome Royal Caribbean cruise: 7 nights Greek Isle Cruise Date: May 15th-22nd Ship: Enchantment of the Seas Rome Salerno Sicily Santorini Ephesus (Kusadai) Mykonos Athens *NOTE* this cruise starts in Rome, but ends in Athens. Im assuming this wouldnt be too much of a hassle to get a flight from Athens to Rome? then to US? or is this something I want to avoid?

They are completely involved lol 150% I would never be able to do this without their input of what THEY want!

Norwegian cruise: 10 day Cruise Greek Isles & Santorini, Mykonos & Florence Date: May 16th-26th Ship: Norwegian Breakaway Rome Santorini Athens Mykonos Olympia Valleta Messina Salerno Florence Rome Royal Caribbean cruise: 7 nights Greek Isle Cruise Date: May 15th-22nd Ship: Enchantment of the Seas Rome Salerno Sicily Santorini Ephesus (Kusadai) Mykonos Athens *NOTE* this cruise starts in Rome, but ends in Athens. Im assuming this wouldnt be too much of a hassle to get a flight from Athens to Rome? then to US? or is this something I want to avoid?

I am gifting them this trip. I have not booked it yet. So its a toss up between 2 different cruises. One being RCL and the other being NCL. Trying to do all this as soon as possible. And yes, they both have passports

The Royal Carribbean cruise is only a 7 day. Leaves from Rome. Stops in Salerno, Messina,Santorini, Turkey,Mykonos, and then Athens. Then they will have to fly from Athens back to Rome and then fly back to US. They both have valid passports. His girlfriend is a student here in the US but is from Peru.

I didnt know, thats why I was asking. I havent booked the cruise yet and have never cruised with NCL.

Good evening. I don’t think I’ve ever posted it on the forum needing more help than I do right now. Lol. First and foremost, I would like to say that I am a planner like years in advanced planning. So I am totally out of my element doing something with such short notice!!! Without going into more great detail, and to just give you the basics of what I need help with: My son & his gf has been gifted a 10 day cruise that he has chosen the 10 Greek Isles Round Trip Rome-Santorini,Athens & Florence Cruise on May-16th-May 26. He is 23, and has been fortunate enough to have traveled several times out of the country. However, never on a cruise line and never to these areas. My questions are these: - do you have to book flights through NCL? I am booking the cruise tomorrow for them, and after reading some things are here I’m confused as to whether you have to or if it’s just offered to you. - They both are very interested in touring the historic parts of all of these ports. They both love history, however, in saying that picking these excursions are extremely hard! Where can I go to look to see what excursions are recommended for this type of experience? - There is also another cruise, that’s very similar to this one that Royal Caribbean is offering ( 7 night Greek Isle tour- May 15) We are torn between booking through NCL or RC. The price difference between the royal Caribbean trip is significantly different and lower than the Norwegian trip. One reason is because there’s only limited lower quality rooms available on the royal Caribbean trip, and Norwegian haas several balconies and suites available. But ieven saying, that the cost is still significantly different, the RC is around $1900 ( window room) and Norwegian is about $4000 ( balcony) I know the cruise is the difference of three days between the both, but can any of you recommend one cruise or the other? I will not rest until this is done lol he’s graduating from college in two weeks and starts his job in June. So we only have the month of May to do this for him! I sincerely apologize if I’m poor this in the wrong place, and please let me know where I need to post it. Any, and all help and advice would be extremely appreciated!