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There are very few IC trains between Civitavecchia and Rome, they are generally older train stock with not much room for luggage, but better than regionales. You can see the train schedules here: EN - Trenitalia If you miss the 9:16 Frecce you might as well take a regional, as the next Frecce isn't for another two hours at 11:16. If you arrive at 8 there's no excuse to miss the 9:16. If you decide to purchase tickets in advance, buy directly from Trenitalia using the link above rather than through a middleman. There are other sites set up to look official but they are not, and if everything works as it should it won't make a difference to you where you bought the tickets, but if something goes wrong you don't want everyone pointing fingers.

There is no designated place on a regional train for luggage, it's every man/woman/child for themself.

The first date is a Sunday, which gives you more ferry options. Both Alilauro and NLG run on weekends, during the week it's just NLG. https://www.alilauro.it/tratte/napoli-beverello-amalfi-amalfi-napoli-beverello/ https://www.nlg.it/

In the summer there is regular service from Molo Beverello, adjacent to the cruise port, to the Amalfi Coast. Given the incredible surge in tourism this year, and the fact that you'd want to be on the first sailing after your arrival, this is one situation where I would suggest buying the tickets for the ferry in advance.

The first step is to get to the train station. Depending on where your ship is berthed, it may be walkable (less than one mile) or you may need to use the 6 euro PortLink bus offered by port mobility. Either way you have plenty of time to get to the station for the 9:16 Frecce direct to Rome Termini station. This train gets you to Rome a few minutes after 10 am, between 30 to 60 minutes earlier than your car service would have. The fare is between 10 - 16 euro, depending on how far in advance you buy the ticket. 16 euro is the walk-up fare. For the return there is a Frecce departing Rome a few minutes before 5 that gets you back at 5:45 pm. That means an extra 30 to 60 minutes on the back side of the day vs. the car service, so it's a win-win for you. That 45 minutes on the train would take an hour and a half by car in regular end-of-day traffic. Once back at Civitavecchia it's again either walk to the ship or the 6 euro bus.

The train is easy once you know the steps. I'm going to make some assumptions here, which you can feel free to challenge. Since this may be your first time using trains in Italy, and since you were prepared to spend hundreds of euros on a car service, I'm going to make the assumption that you'd be willing to pay a little more than the minimum in order to have a more comfortable journey. This fits with your timing as well, since your arrival time is a little later than usual. I'd suggest you take a Frecce (fast) train to Rome rather than a regional. It's still a bargain compared to a car service and you get an assigned seat in a train with working AC that makes no stops between the port and Rome. The crowding on the regional trains and the summer heat in Rome make those benefits pretty appealing. I'll give you details in the next post.

It's a cloakroom, not lockers. I would not leave anything valuable there. There is a manned luggage storage office inside the Circumvesuviana train station. No one goes in or out ofher than employees, I'd be more comfortable leaving something valuable there.

As I said on the other thread, you can (and should) fight this. They can't hold your money hostage, they owe a full refund if you paid for this. If you're willing to take it as a ship credit you can use, great, but they can't not refund you.

It could be that you're in the 7 - 10 AM window, which would be great.

This strike is still on according to the Ministry of Transportation web pages. Some reports indicated a window for flight arrivals, however, for flights arriving between 7 - 10 AM, which would include most of the direct flights from the States. Has anyone been updated by their airline?

Train: The Leonardo Express from Rome Termini station to the airport is 14 euro and takes 32 minutes, or you can take a slower regional train from any of the other Rome stations for 8 euros. Connections to and from Rome Fiumicino Airport - Trenitalia Bus: There are several different bus options, most leaving from the Rome Termini station area but a couple also from near the Vatican. Bus - AEROPORTI DI ROMA - Aeroporti di Roma (adr.it) Car: You could take a taxi from the city center for the fixed fare of 50 euro, or a car service is usually 5 - 10 euro more than a taxi.

Here are a few local car service companies to reach out to for quotes: https://www.naplesairporttransfers-italy.com/ http://www.transferelax.com/our-services.html http://sorrentocars.com/ https://www.guemartravel.com/

Maybe you can make the train possible. Could you pack in such a way that you only need to take a small bag to Sorrento? If so, you can check your luggage at the train station in Rome and be able to deal with the train with only a small carry on. Upon return hire the car service to pick you up at the train station and take you to the port. That seems a lot less cumbersome than the flying option. As for the other possibilities, when you add up the cost of a car service from Sorrento to Naples (about 100 euro), plus a car service from Rome to Civitavecchai (about 150 euro), plus the flight it's starting to get close to the fee for the car service door to door. How much more would you pay for the ease?

Flixbus offers a combination, bus to Naples followed by a bus to Rome Fiumicino airport, which is better if you're going to the cruise port than going all the way into the city of Rome. This option takes forever, however. It's 1:40 from Sorrento to Naples, then a two hour wait, and a three hour ride to Rome. It is cheap, however. Only 22 euro.

Unless you are willing to pay hundred of euros for a private car transfer, then a transfer through Rome is your only option. You can take either Marozzi or Flix bus from Sorrento to Rome, followed by either a bus, taxi, car service or shared shuttle from Rome to Civitavecchia.

Here you go, from the Ravenna tourism website: Luggage storage - Ravenna Turismo

I know everyone has heard a horror story, because for some reason we humans love to catastrophize, but there are ways to accomplish this on your own leaving plenty of room for a safe and timely return. We can help you with that if you're interested. As to the credit, I don't think they can legally limit your refund if they have cancelled the service. I would argue that point.

Yes, the airlines will wait as long as they can, hoping for a resolution of the strike. This does happen, strikes are called and then rescinded all the time. If going a day earlier is possible for you, I would get on the phone with the airline and see if they will move you to a flight on June 19th. If they won't, I would be prepared with a list of alternate flights you want if/when the flight is actually cancelled. I would consider flights into other parts of Italy or to contiguous countries from which you can get a train into Italy. While full flights are great for the economics of airline companies, they leave them with little flexibility when something goes wrong.

For what it's worth, the beaches on Capri aren't great and they're crowded. For about the same money you would have spent on the RC excursion you can get to Capri on your own via fast ferry, then rent a private boat to circle the island, stopping to swim whenever she likes. If you are interested in this plan I would research and nail down the boat rental ahead of time, the crowds so far this year have been staggering, I wouldn't risk waiting until on island to make the arrangements. Some options here: Capri: the most popular boat tours. 2023 prices and special offers

Tickets will be required for the Pantheon every day starting July 1st. Here is an article on the original announcement: 5 euro ticket for Rome's Pantheon introduced - English - ANSA.it The July 1 date was announced this week at the same time a direct train to Pompei was announced but I can only find that in Italian: Sangiuliano: "Dal primo luglio si paga l'ingresso al Pantheon" - Italia - ANSA.it

There is no problem getting on at S. Pietro, even if the ticket says Ostiense. Same price either way anyway.

MSC does list port times, you just have to work for it. Look at the itinerary then click on details and page through port by port, the time will pop up.

MSC is famous, or really infamous, for weird port times. I looked at one of the Europa itineraries and it shows the stop at Naples from 1 PM to 8 PM.

Everyone waits on line to get through security, regardless of what kind of ticket you have or where you purchased it. Usually the security line moves pretty quickly, but it can back up.

I've stayed there several times and recently posted about a place I've stayed before and will be staying again in November: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2756652-hotels-in-rome/?do=findComment&comment=65430021 It was the first place I stayed in Rome, more than two decades ago, and I keep going back because I like the atmosphere. For the most part, once you get away from the main drag (Viale di Trastevere) it's pretty quiet. Trastevere covers a lot of ground, for a tourist the areas closest to the Tiber river are most convenient. I personally avoid the area around John Cabot University and Ponte Sisto, I'm well beyond the years when I found drunk, loud college kids humorous. Other folks aren't bothered by that atmosphere, to each his/her/their own.