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We just booked a cruise that is round trip from Rome for next summer. We will spend a few days in Rome prior to the departure. Does anyone have any recommendations for hotel that is great for families? We are a group of 5, so I know the typical recommendations likely won’t work. We need either a room for 5 or guaranteed connecting rooms. Hoping to be as walkable as possible to some of the primary tourist sites.

26 minutes ago, Urban trekker said:

I will try and answer this one - on my several visits to those ports the one that I found best for interesting day hikes is Skagway - Dewey Lakes or even the walk up to the old cemetery/ Reid Falls will keep you busy for a few hours - there is also the hike over to the point - the name which escape me right now - that if extend will lead you to the start of the Chilkoot trail - all of these have easy access from the town.

In Juneau you could walk up Mt Roberts which is by the cruise terminal and ride the gondola down.

Hope this helps

Dennis

Thank you! That helps! Accessible via the cruise terminal is perfect.

We are going to be in Alaska on Bliss this year with our three kids (9, 7, 5). We would like to do some hiking while there. Kids are seasoned day hikers, being from the PNW. I’m interested in using one of our port days, Ketchikan, Skagway, Jeanau, for a hike. What’s the best port for this? Suggestions?

4 minutes ago, Gatordad815 said:

 

I’m glad that option worked for you! Thanks for sharing.

 

It makes it more frustrating that they won’t do something similar for the other 3 sailings from Florida that week to actually accommodate the majority of guests. I suspect the Liberty option won’t cost them much and the other Florida options would which is why they won’t do it. But I’m definitely happy your family was able to make your trip work!

 

And you gotta love Southwest with their customer-friendly approach always! RC could learn a thing or 2 from them...

You are probably right about the cost. One of my cabins was actually cheaper in the new arrangement, though net together they would have been more (but not much).

I know that this won’t work for everyone (and know this wasn’t an option presented in the original email, so I recognize that I’m pretty fortunate I was able to make it work), but I was able to get a price protected swap to Liberty out of Galveston on the 31st. They seem to have a fair amount of rooms - I was able to keep my connecting balcony arrangement.  Liberty isn’t Oasis, but closer than Rhapsody.

Also thankful that Southwest let’s you change flights without a fee (and they were similar cost to our previous booking).

Hoping this suggestion might help someone else.