We have booked at Next Cruise within the last 2 month on 2 different ships. We did get a bottle of Champagne on one, but on another we did receive the raffle. It seems to be different from ship to ship. We booked on Celebrity 2 weeks ago and we received a bottle of red wine and a travel adapter, because we were the first to book a cruise that week.
I would never count on being off of a ship at 6:30 and making a flight at 9AM. I hope it all works out for you. The earliest flight I have ever booked was 11:30 from any port.
When we sailed out of Bologna last year we were off the ship at 7:30. The very earliest I would schedule a flight would be 11. The airport is small and gets pretty busy on departure/embarkation days. It took us 3-1/2 hours to get to Venice on the train from Bologna.
Just got off 14 days on Celebrity last weekend. We did enjoy the non smoking casino, but we are looking forward to being back on Royal. The crew all seemed miserable and we didn’t enjoy the service at all.
We have purchased alcohol the last day of the first leg and taken it back to our room with us. They don’t seem to check or have a way of knowing if you are B2B.