Alakeam

NCL is offering an Oia trip (Charming Oia and Winery) but only in Spanish and German. We are looking into a private tour. This is the condensed description of it: Visit Mount Prophet Elias monastery. Tasting local wines at one of the island's best wineries. Walking tour and free time in Oia Village.

This is the information via cruisetimetable for May 21 when we will be arriving on NCL Viva at 2pm (last in port and one hour behind the 4200 passenger Epic). MSC Divina a 0800 d 1800 3502 pax Seven Seas Voyager a 0800 d 1800 708 pax Sun Princess a 0900 d 2200 4300 pax NCL Epic a 1300 d 2200 4200 pax NCL Viva a 1400 d 2200 3100 pax We are traveling with another couple and doing private excursions for all of our other ports through our travel agent. Our private options here state meeting the guide at the top of the cable car station at 2pm. I expressed my concern over how long it would take us to get up to the top of Fira to our agent and she sent me the reply from the tour company: NCL only offers 2 ship excursions - one to a winery in either German or Spanish so that's out and the second one is a volcano hike (we are not interested in that). So we are thinking that we will pay for the private tender to Athinios to meet the guide and then figure out how much time to plan for the return trip down from Fira. Part of me is thinking we don't even get off the boat at all, but I wonder if I'm just letting too much anxiety build up over this particular port. Thoughts? ,