We are on a Celebrity cruise next July. We leave from Rome (Civitavecchio). We plan to get to Rome a few days early so we have some time to explore. And eat. (Mostly eat). Celebrity offers a 3-night pre-cruise package for $1,444 that includes a driver pickup at the airport, hotel, 2 half-day tours and then transport to the port. Has anyone taken a package like this? Did you find it worthwhile? We are debating whether we could finding out own hotel/tours/transportation could result in spending less money, but taking up a bunch of time to research and book. It seems like there could be some comfort in having the cruise line take care of the details for us.
Thoughts?