Jetsetter2023

Thank you!! All of these answers help a lot I heard smaller ships provide muck boots so I wasn’t sure if we needed those!

Yes! It seems like a drive-by but we have 3 excursions with penguins so I’m not sure how to dress

We are taking this cruise soon! Would you suggest a down jacket under a Patagonia TorrentShell? What boots did you wear? Does anyone know if the excursions provided coats and boots? I read that the National Geographic Expedition tours do, but I wasn’t sure for regular cruise lines- thanks for all of your help!!

Yay!!! It’ll be so fun!! There’s only so much you can control so just enjoy the journey! And take lots of pics! We did the same cruise about 2 weeks ago and it was incredible

the app on the ship is pretty basic so we couldn’t message each other through the app; I remember Princess having a cool app that would even show where your shipmates are and reach out to them There’s a port everyday though so your phone will have service. We both bought the wifi package on the ship anyway (plus my partner bought the international plan through AT&T on top of that)

I have T-Mobile and texts were free My partner has AT&T and she called them and bought the international plan before leaving so she could text

Haha I’m not complaining; a lot of people on the bus bought things, but it would have been nice to know about the stops in advance so I could have explored other possible excursions based on random stops Capri is beautiful, but we didn’t have much time Enjoy your trip!

Also, we did Pompeii and Sorrento today Our day was cut by 3 hours(return at 3pm instead of 6pm, not sure why) If you’ve never been to Pompeii- we are thinking we should have focused on that rather than try to do 2 places in 1 day (but we didn’t know our day would be cut in advance!) Pompeii is huge and in the middle of the city. I’ve read websites that made it seem it’s in the middle of nowhere. It’s actually a really nice area with shopping kiosks, restrooms and drinks. I wore active wear and would probably have worn a dress and good walking sandals. An older lady did trip over the cobblestones so be careful. And make sure you go to the museum at the end. We were extremely rushed today. First, we drove 20minutes to a tourist trap where they sell handmade paintings/carvings on jewelry out of shells. My partner bought something even though it was kind of pricey and pointless to stop there. Then, we drove to Sorrento and because of the time cut, we only had about an hour, which included a Another 5-10minute tourist trap of handmade music boxes, which we ended up buying a small one- ugh- haha- then we didn’t have time to really eat or anything so we just walked around, then we had to backtrack back to Pompeii, (which they should have taken us there first to beat the heat since we started at 7am), but we got there around 1230(?) and had to leave at 2:30!! The place is massive and there’s a lot to see. I really wish we would have had more time there. It would have been nice to at least sit and have a drink in Sorrento, too. The whole day was rushed and we were either the last bus to come in or one of the last ones, and we had to be on the ship at 3. We have some great photos but we pretty much speed-walked through Pompeii. On the bright side, they separated our group and we had a different tour guide who was absolutely amazing and ensured we saw as much as possible in the small amount of time we had while explaining everything. Because of time, im really happy she was our guide, since we usually do everything on our own. We learned a lot and the drive to Sorrento was beautiful.

Oh yea make sure the excursion says the Acropolis entry is included- not just “seeing” it - the selfie tour “saw” it from a distance So if you go on your own, then go to the website

Go to HHTicket.gr That’s where I bought mine and it had a timed entry based on the time I chose to arrive The line was 2hours even with the ticket but we only waited 15-30 because it rained

Our ship Sailaway time changed from 6pm to 3pm so our Pompeii tour is cut short I wonder why it was changed?

We did the Highlights of Taormina today! It included entrance and a walk through the Ancient Greece Theatre! Then we hung out near the port for awhile! Great visit!

For anyone on Breakaway from Rome: we booked a hotel upon disembarkation, so it includes a transfer. Do you think we should leave it as is, or do you think a walk-off would be quicker(and we could take the train?) I’m wondering if the transfer will take forever to get into Rome(we have tours booked thru other companies) Thanks!