TheBestIsYetToCome

Bloviator, with due respect, please take this to the thread you started for the sole purpose of calling someone out on what you believe is an erroneous observation. Thank you! :)

What an awesome resource VirtualRain...the photos are beautiful.

Just wanted to mention one thing for those trying to squeeze every possible moment out of a day in Rome. I had heard that this wasn't a feasible option in Civitavecchia, but I'm here to tell you that I've done it. :)

We were able to disembark at 6:05am or so not too long ago and the little group of people that walked off at the same time were all trying to meet the 6:55 train. A few shuttle busses were sitting idle not too far from our berth, but there were no staff members staging them for boarding, etc. We asked one of the Princess employees whether it was feasible to walk out of the pier from our location instead of waiting for the shuttles to fill. She said it was doable and about 5-10 minutes walk...and then pointed us in the direction we needed to head, and off we went. None of the busses passed us as we walked, so we definitely beat them to the exit.

So...making a quick decision to bypass the shuttle bus might be an option that can save you time you'd otherwise spend cooling your heels waiting an unknown amount of time for the bus to depart.

BTW, we'd purchased tickets for (I believe...) 10:30am for the Vatican Museums, and we arrived much, much earlier. We asked if we could use the tickets early and they let us enter at the time we arrived.