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While visiting Ancient Olympia, do you think it will too boring without a guide telling you information about what you are seeing?

I hear that the site does not offer audio headphones and there are few signs with some information.

I am debating whether to take a guided tour or browse by myself.

What is your opinion on this when you visited?

Thank you to all who have commented!

For those of you that mentioned not to ride the mules, I agree! That is why I factored in waiting times for the funicular only as opposed to also factoring in mule rides.

I called Norwegian today and they told me they do not hand out tender tickets and it will be first come, first serve. Oh boy. That's gonna be tough considering everyone will be ready to go since it docks in the afternoon :(

Hello!

We are leaving on the Norwegian Jade next month and the ship states that we dock at 1:30pm and depart at 10pm on May 4th.

It sounded like we have a lot of time but I believe we don't for the following reasons:

Sure it docks at 1:30pm but by the time they clear the vessel, clear customs, and let priority passengers who have booked excursions with the cruise ship I am assuming it will be around 2:30-3pm when regular passengers can get out of the ship.

I've heard that the line for the funicular can be very long and take as much as 2.5-3 hours! So let's say we arrive at Fria around 5pm.

I hear that the funicular closes at 9pm (is this true?) and they recommend everyone to start making the line 1-2 hours before your ship leaves so you don't get left behind (7pm - since you have to be on the ship at 9pm, an hour before it leaves). However, I just finished reading some reports with people saying the walk down (route of the mules) is not bad and takes around 20-30 minutes. Is this correct?

Sounds like we might have a mere 2 hours on the island after all is said and done.

Are my calculations correct? There are 2 ships in port that day according to the port website, but I also just finished reading a report on how someone else ended up having 8 ships dock that day and it wasn't listed on the site. The other ship arrives before us, 8:30am and leaves around 3:30pm . Also, our ship holds 2,224 passengers.

Anyone have any experience with a similar port time around May that can give me some insight about tendering and most importantly the funicular?

I'm considering booking an excursion on the cruise just to confirm we can get off the boat right away and not waste any time. Then ditch the tour. But it will be an awful lot of money. But as they say, money is time. Just not sure what it would be.

Thanks in advance!