we were on 23 june sailing from civitavecchia.

flew with jet2 from manchester to rome arranged with royal caribbean. Flight was very good and we were met at rome airport by cruise line reps who took our cases and led us to a waiting bus- we only waited about 5 minutes before setting off for the port.

We arrived about 55 minutes later.Check in was very quick and we were on board within 10 minutes as we had booked a grand suite. The other lines were also very short. We had lunch in the Windjammer which is self serve style. Only had salad so never tried the hot food. Grand suite and above entitles you to a "gold pass" which means you can eat breakfast and lunch in the speciality Chops restaurant which was a very pleasant perk as the Windjammer always looked busy at breakfast and lunch. Read more