EastTex

You're doing what we did except we opted for 3 nights in Rome before our cruise. We flew out of Dallas on April 30th and landed in Rome at 8:00 AM on May 1st. There was a driver holding a sign with our name on it who took us to our hotel (Golden Tulip) in Rome. On May 4th NCL took a bunch of us from the hotel by bus to the ship. A representative from NCL was at the hotel the day before we left with instructions. Everything went smoothly.