LynnTH

Thanks for all the info. Very helpful. We are on RCCL. I have mostly done Carnival Cruises to the Caribbean and for those we always stayed on ships time. Just wasn't sure if different for Europe Cruises.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I think we have a plan... Amalfi Coast (Salerno) - Going with AP Tours to Pompeii/Sorrento/Positano Sicily (Messina) - Doing RCCL Tour Taormina by Land & Sea Santorini - Going with Skyline Travel for Tour & Photo Shoot (of My Sons Engagement) Ephesus (Kusadasi) - Using Ephesus Port Tours for Highlights of Ephesus/Shopping Tour Mykonos - Just going to wander around on our own A few more questions. 1. My brother is a bit apprehensive of using outside tour companies other than RCCL. But seems all the companies I am using are pretty well known and have great reviews. He is just worried about something happening and not making back to the ship on time. But since we are in our own private groups - I feel like we are in control of times. Anyone ever have any issues with this? 2. Is the ship docked at these ports or we tendered in (RCCL Enchantment) 3. Assuming we stay on ships time always. We are starting in Rome. So, when setting up meeting times with the tour companies I need to take into account the time changes. Looks like Greece is 1 hour ahead of Italy and Turkey is 2 hours ahead of Italy. Assuming the tour companies go by their local time when setting up tours - so, I need to be aware of ships time/local time when arranging plans? Thanks everyone for all your help!!

Holy Crap - and I thought our traffic was bad!! How long does it take on the ferry? I am thinking we may need to do a private tour. Would like to possibly go to Pompeii and possibly one other place on Amalfi coast if time.

Thanks for the suggestion. Wouldn't have thought of that - pretty sure the ferries don't get stuck in traffic!!

We are here from 7am to 6pm. We do like to have private tours for our group of 7. The ships tours don't have many listed for here, unless they add more. So, looking for reputable tour companies that others have used. Google brings up so many....

Thank You. I will research these places!!

Looks like Amalfi Coast is Salerno. Sicily is Messina Someone recommended ephesusporttour.com. So will probably do something with them. Mykonos - Will probably walk around and do our own thing. So, that leaves what to do for the Italy stops.

Going on Med Cruise in May. First time to Europe. Group consists of Me, Husband, Son 24, Daughter 21, Son's Girlfriend 22 then My Brother and SIL. My son is paying for his and his girlfriends cruise -but we are paying for all the tours/transportation for the 5 of us. We have some tours set up but don't really want to do a tour at every stop. Can anyone tell me if there are some stops that are better for roaming around on our own or any suggestions at each port. We Fly into Rome a few days early. We have transportation, hotel and tours already set up for Rome. Cruise Stops: Amalfi Coast - Nothing yet Sicily - Nothing yet Santorini - Have Tour set up plus a photo session. Son is going to propose to girlfriend here. Ephesus - Nothing yet Mykonos - Nothing yet The Cruise ends in Athens. We are here for a few days after the cruise. We have transportation, hotel and tours set up already for Athens. Thanks for any suggestions/info !! Lynn

I watched this entire 2 hour live video yesterday (while watching football). Was fun to see all the new areas. We are on the December 11th sailing. Cannot wait!!

He has DOU all of over the ship (so Cheers) but just for him. That is what I thought but just wanted to make sure nothing had changed. Just a bummer she has to pay more because she has to wait to board.

Going on the Celebration with my family and my Sons Girlfriend and her Dad. Her Dad is booked under an offer where he gets the Cheers Package, but just for him - not both of them. She wants to add this on for her. She called Carnival and 2 people told her she could add in advance but then when they transferred her to the 3rd person, she was told it had to be added on the ship. Just confirming that this is still the case and there is no way to add it on before the cruise (thus paying the cheaper price).