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I came to this forum for advice and thought I would follow up with what actually worked for us.

We were in port on Sat June, 8. Our in port time was listed as 7am -10pm. We walked off the boat right at 7am. Took free shuttle. Port Mobility doesn't start until 8am. Walked 1 mile to train station following crowd and signs. It seemed like more than a mile. Arrived 7:40. Bought 5 zone birg for 12.00. Took 8:01 regionale. Arrived 9ish depending on where you get off. We were going to the Colosseum first. We bought our tickets on the official website exactly 30 days in advance and had to get up at 2 am to get in the queue to get them. We were able to snap 10:30, but 10 would have been ideal. Anyway when we got off the Regionale we road the underground  B -2 stops. Download rick steves tour if you don't get the audio in your package. It was excellent. Entry was fast with the tickets bought ahead of time. Make sure you have your passport. Side note if your ticket is 11 is for Colosseum, get off at Circus Maximus and walk by it and in the Roman Forum before the Colosseum. It gets crowded later. The line to get into it after the colosseum was VERY VERY long. 

4 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

We did a guided tour meeting at around 8:30am and it finished around 12:30pm.  We could have then seen the Colosseum with tickets bought ahead of time for let's say 2:00pm and spent an hour walking through the sites. I would take a taxi from the Vatican to the Colosseum (google maps says it's a 60 minute walk and Rome is pretty hilly) then take the train back to port.  After a yummy lunch!  It's a lot to do in a day but if a day is what you have, there you go.

That is what I am leaning towards. What time were you able to get off the ship for an 8:30 guided tour? I know some boats get into port at 6, but ours isn't until 7. I don't think we can make an 8:30 tour unless it has transit from the ship.

On 10/4/2023 at 7:26 PM, agent00F said:

 

Some of the complication for us is trying to reach both vatican and coloseum on one day. Walking from one to the other seems doable, but tricky with timed skip the line tickets.

 

Train strike also doesn't help, with one tour operator saying there might not be trains at all. Looking to get some refundable private bus tickets just in case.

Can you tell me if you were able to do both? Our boat is in port from 7am to 10pm so I know we can do both, but I'm trying to figure out the best schedule and transit.