mom+3boys

Ahhh yes Corinda the chubby blonde with the tiara right? We are boarding on June 18th. Spending 3 nights in Rome on the front end and 3 nights in Barcelona on the back end. We can't wait!!!! Very exciting as we have 20 friends and family members joining us for the trip and a couple of additional just hanging out in Rome with us! We will be looking for that tiara! There are plenty of chubby blondes including me so the tiara is key! Btw....what is Roll Call and is it something I need to sign up for? Thanks again and see you in a few weeks! When does your cruise begin?

Thank you again Corinda! I believe you replied last time I posted. You are on the Royal coming into Barcelona on June 25th correct? If you are, we hope to meet up with you at some point. I appreciate your quick response! I'm booking Ziptransfers right now!

Going to try this again.....Very new to Cruise Critic and I'm unable to find all the helpful suggestions that everyone gave to me in a previous post for help. Now I need to ask again...Is it reasonable for me to request the Ziptransfer van (I've decided to go through them for private transportation) to be at the Barcelona port at 8:15am to pick us up. We are going to do "early walk off" with our luggage in tow. Is it reasonable to think that we will start heading off the ship at 7:30am, get through customs in a decent amount of time and get out to the van by 8:15am ish? I do not want them to have to wait too long for us but we are under a tight time constraint to drop off luggage to Hotel Colon then over to Park Guell for a 10am tour.

What did you think of Hotel Colon? How was your room? I messed up when I booked.....thought that I had booked a Cathedral view but it was a Superior Double and no view. They are fully booked now and they are unable to change it for me. Also......is it a good area to be in? Close to most things? Good for walking and good food places?

Thank you so much for all the great suggestions!! This is so fun!! I should have signed up for Critics long ago....I will probably look for private pick up and keep fingers crossed that we get to Park Guell on time. I am told that the Park is 1 1/2 miles from our hotel so it should be a quick trip once we drop off bags....thanks again for all the feed back!

Thanks Corinda! This will be super helpful.....and yes we are on the same cruise! Unfortunately our tour starts up at Park Guell and we have to get ourselves there so I still hope to get some feed back on the best way to get to the hotel with so many people and tons of luggage! Hope to meet you at some point on the ship....thank you again!

I'm a first timer on Cruisecritic....hopefully this is where I need to be to get a couple of questions answered. We will be sailing in the Royal in June. We will end our cruise in Barcelona Spain and will be staying at the Hotel Colon for 3 nights. What will be the best way to get from the port to the hotel for 6 people and 12 pieces of luggage? My next question is.....we have booked a 10am tour on the morning of arrival so we need to be at the hotel no later then 8:45 to drop off luggage and to let them know we have arrived. Who would we talk to on the ship about getting off early enough to get to the hotel and then to the tour on time?