We flew from Manchester Sunday morning at 07:00, the airport check in was chaotic at best, I think everyone decided to fly at 07:00 that day. We flew with Jet2, never again but thats another story (very poor service).

We landed in Fiumicino Airport Rome, which I think is the biggest in Rome. We were met by Royal Caribbean staff holding over sized table tennis bats, they asked our names and explained where we would find our luggage and where to make our way after (we had booked transfers). When we had our luggage we met more staff who took our luggage and directed us to a coach outside, our luggage went in a different vehicle to our ship.

Our journey took approx 50 minutes, once off the coach we made our way into a big 'tent' where we had to go through a sort of customs type place where they checked all your documents, this did not take long, maybe 20 minutes, free refreshments are supplied if needed. After all checks were completed we made our way outside to the ship for our first of many photos then made our way onto the ship, this was the most exciting part, we didn't know what to expect this being our first cruise, anyway we made our way onto the ship and headed for anywhere really, we ended up at the windjammers, this was very busy but this is what buffets are. Read more