I chose this cruise because of the ports. I've always wanted to visit Rome and this provided the opportunity, and then some. My only disappointment was that Greece was not one of the ports of call.

We were told that we could check in as early as noon, so we left our hotel at check-out time and took a taxi to the port. We arrived around 1 and were in our room about an hour later. This gave us a chance to check out the buffet and ship while waiting for our luggage to be delivered to the room. Our room was nice. It was small, but my husband and I did not find ourselves tripping over each other. I worried about our room being noisy because we were next to the steward's closet, but it was fine. We were out of the room most of the time and when we returned, we were too tired to notice anything. We took the time to book activities/shows for the week and found lots more activities than listed online. We booked the Beatles show for the first night and had a great time.

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