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Awesome, thank you!

Is there a way to change that page to English? Trying to see if there are other dates. We are in Italy earlier in the month.

Awesome! Hope for the best but plan for the worst case scenario is my motto. Ha

I was planning on taking the train but wondered if I need a back up planned in case of train strike. I believe those are planned ahead of time so should have some notice.

Awesome! Thanks for the info. I will be able to enjoy our time precruise so much more. The whole reason we will be in Europe to begin with is the event in Belgium. Added the cruise on last minute.

For sure hoping it doesn’t happen but won’t be the end of the world, in this situation, to have an extra evening in Rome given Naples is so easy to get to.

. We have an event in Belgium the day before that conflicts with the last flight to Rome the night before. If I could have been on it I would have booked it. Believe me. We are supposed to land in Rome at 930 am so have as much cushion as I could get with a 8pm departure that night. I can call Royal.. Just wanting to see if anyone on CC has any insight.

Have been wondering what happens if we have a flight cancellation or delay and miss embarkation in Rome. Would we be able to meet the ship in Naples which is the first stop? I seem to remember that this wouldn’t be allowed from a US port. If you miss embarkation you can’t try to catch up. It would be an easy, cheap, train trip down to Naples if it were allowed. If it has to happen, Rome with Naples as the next stop would be the place to do it. Knowing we have that option would ease my mind so much about flight delays. Any one have any idea?

I have been reading through a bunch of reviews of this trip and many of them mention the unbalanced embarkation numbers for Rome vs Barcelona. One described how the days on the daily newsletter will be off for the Rome passengers because Day 1 starts in Barcelona. Hadn't thought of how that will work. Interesting.

I was surprised by the stat too. I take it you hadn’t heard anything about it.

We are starting our cruise in Rome for no other reason than the dates worked better for us. I read something recently that the majority of people start in Barcelona. Maybe 500 total start in Rome. If I had to guess I would have thought it was 50/50. Anyone have an explanation for why so few in Rome? I am kinda hoping it is true. Sounds like it will be easy check in and empty ship most of the day for us if we check in early. We land at 930am from Brussels and I was planning on going to Rome for a few hours and the head to the ship. Didn’t realize how much back tracking that will be until I looked at the map. and yes I am nervous about flying in day of but the whole reason we will be in Europe was I wanted to go to Gymnastics World championships which team final is the night before in Antwerp. We added the cruise on last minute. Catching the first flight out in the morning. if the ship leaves at 8 I assume we need to check in by 6 pm?

You are amazing. Thank you so much. Lots to consider.

The ship leaves at 8pm. I need to double and triple check that but I think all aboard is at 6 pm. I think it is later because half the ship gets on in Barcelona so it is a port day for them and they need time to get back from Rome and their excursions.

I only booked this trip a few days ago so literally have a very steep learning curve about what to do. In my mind , I thought we would have plenty of time to do something in Rome before heading to the ship. If nothing else eat lunch and have gelato. Ha (I realize my plane could be delayed which will derail everything. I have been eyeballing the 1357 train. Is that a terrible idea?