Myself and my husband went on the navigator for a weeks cruise on the 18th of August. We just returned at the weekend. We booked a fly cruise package including transfers through our local travel agent. I'm a really nervous flyer and like to always sit in the front row aisle seat, however after I had booked the package my travel agent told me that I couldn't reserve my seat as royal carribean block book seats and I could only select my seat once we were checking in at the airport. I know this wouldn't bother some people but it really stressed me out. Eventually we did get it sorted though after ringing both the airline and royal caribean ourselves. Tut tut travel agent! We flew from dublin to Rome and almost as soon as we got off the plane we were met by a representative from royal caribean who led us to our luggage reclaim area and who also have us our luggage tags, then someone else showed us where to leave our luggage and someone else escorted us to our bus. It was very well run and would've been impossible to get lost!

We then drove for about an hour to the port. The traffic was pretty light do there was no delays. We had a Rc rep on board who gave us a brief history on the areas we were passing and also explained the check in procedure and ensured everyone had their paperwork filled in correctly so there would be no delays once we were in the cruise terminal. The cruise check in was very smooth and everyone we had to deal with was very friendly and helpful. We were on board within minutes and our cabin was ready!

We booked an interior stateroom at the front of the ship. We also booked a romance package so there was a bottle of chilled sparkling wine and cupcakes waiting for us which was fab after travelling all morning! The room was spotless and as you would expect an interior stateroom to be. Our room attendant called to introduce herself and give us her card if we needed to phone her. She was lovely. Read more