Day One,
May 5, 2012
Well so far the trip has gotten off to an uneventful start. Our flight to JFK was on time. Since we had almost 8 hours to kill in NYC we decided to take the sub way into Manhattan. It was cinco de mayo so we headed to one of out favorite restaurants Chevys. We had blue agave margaritas. Our regular drink when we are there. I don’t know why but they were exceptionally good this time.
Back to JFK to board out 8+ flight to Rome. Not much sleep to be had on this flight. We were seated in the bulk head. Lots of leg room but right next to the first class galley. There was banging and clanging going on all night.
Day two
May 6 2012.
We actually arrived in Rome a few minutes early. Luggage and customs in under 30 min. Amazing. We boarded out shuttle to the port city of Civitavecchia. It is raining here today. Boarding done very strange compared to other cruises. No real check in. You have to show your ticket and passport 3 times. You can settle you bill at the end or register your credit card. The key cards are already active in in your room. The only thing that bothers me so far is that they took our passports. They will return them on the last day of the cruise.???? The only way we could keep them is too have to personally meet with customs clearance at every port. Which means would always be delayed getting off the ship.
So far not sure of the ship itself it us a bit older than we are used too. It is very clean and staff is very friendly. We DID have a life boat drill before leaving Rome. We have the all inclusive package, and we have used it a few times already. Lunch buffet nothing special at all.
All the English shore excursions are sold out for Genoa tomorrow. So depending on what time we can actually get off the ship and the weather we may wing it on the train.
Will keep you posted on that and how our first scheduled dinner time goes. I do miss freestyle cruising!!!!!!!! Way to go NCL….
They are calling for rough seas tonight.
May 5, 2012
Well so far the trip has gotten off to an uneventful start. Our flight to JFK was on time. Since we had almost 8 hours to kill in NYC we decided to take the sub way into Manhattan. It was cinco de mayo so we headed to one of out favorite restaurants Chevys. We had blue agave margaritas. Our regular drink when we are there. I don’t know why but they were exceptionally good this time.
Back to JFK to board out 8+ flight to Rome. Not much sleep to be had on this flight. We were seated in the bulk head. Lots of leg room but right next to the first class galley. There was banging and clanging going on all night.
Day two
May 6 2012.
We actually arrived in Rome a few minutes early. Luggage and customs in under 30 min. Amazing. We boarded out shuttle to the port city of Civitavecchia. It is raining here today. Boarding done very strange compared to other cruises. No real check in. You have to show your ticket and passport 3 times. You can settle you bill at the end or register your credit card. The key cards are already active in in your room. The only thing that bothers me so far is that they took our passports. They will return them on the last day of the cruise.???? The only way we could keep them is too have to personally meet with customs clearance at every port. Which means would always be delayed getting off the ship.
So far not sure of the ship itself it us a bit older than we are used too. It is very clean and staff is very friendly. We DID have a life boat drill before leaving Rome. We have the all inclusive package, and we have used it a few times already. Lunch buffet nothing special at all.
All the English shore excursions are sold out for Genoa tomorrow. So depending on what time we can actually get off the ship and the weather we may wing it on the train.
Will keep you posted on that and how our first scheduled dinner time goes. I do miss freestyle cruising!!!!!!!! Way to go NCL….
They are calling for rough seas tonight.
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