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Thank you CathyCruises and Tidygirl. I hate to backtrack to Termini, but I don't want to take the chance of missing the train. I guess a shortened Vatican visit is better than an overnight train ride to Naples.

Thank you Hlitner and Euro cruiser. I understand your point about not having a plan B, so we will look at the 4:30 train as our goal and have the 5:00 train as the backup. We will shorten our Vatican visit accordingly.

My wife and sons are fine with standing on the train if necessary, so I will grin and bear it.

I have to say that I spent several days researching our Rome options over the last few days while home with the flu, but everything I needed to know has come to me in the last few hours while reviewing these forums. Many thanks to the two of you, as well as Cruisemom42, Slidergirl and many others.

We are doing a DYI tour of Rome from a RC cruise in June, and want to make sure that we make it back to the port on time. We will be touring the Coliseum in the morning, then the Vatican in the afternoon.

My concern is getting onto the return train at 5 pm on a weekday. Will we be able to get on at San Pietro, near the Vatican? Or should we go earlier and backtrack to Termini to make sure that we can get on that train?

The ship departs at 7 pm.