We were anticipating an OK cruise but got a really good one. We are fortunate to cruise quite frequently, and have gone on numerous Mediteranean cruises on Princess, HAL and years ago on RCCL. None were as good as this one.

Our group consisted of myself and my husband both 55,and three boys 18, 19, and 23, and one girl 21. The kids are somewhat jaded as they have cruised and traveled since they were very young. We always take the least expensive cabin, preferring to save money so that we can cruise more frequently and we figure who does more than sleep in the room anyway. We had three inside cabins on deck nine. I do not remember our stewards name but he was great.

We flew to Rome on Sunday the day before the cruise and stayed at the Holiday Inn Express San Gioivanni. It was a reasonably priced clean modern hotel with a very decent breakfast buffet for the money. It was a bus ride to central Rome ( not too convenient) and in a safe but slightly scruffy area. The good part was that the hotel was a block away from the Tuscolana stop on the FR5 regional railway that takes you to Civittavechia, its not the Metro its the Railroad. The main stop for this railway can be caught at Termini the main train station in Rome as well. Read more