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I did. https://www.cruisemapper.com/ports/santorini-island-port-69?month=2024-06#schedule We are in on the 10th. We get in around 1, and leave around 9. One of the big ships leaves at 6. Compared to other days, it doesn't seem that crowded? Obviously our ship is a good size tho...

I reached out to that tour group via their website. How quick do they get back? We have some time and I got a confirmation email they received my request.

I've done public transit (solo) in Europe before. But me missing a train vs more than myself doesn't seem appealing. I think the service from the airport to the hotel was about 70 euro, and the hotel to the pier about 140? Once again, I go on vacation to try and de-stress. Not imagine new curse words in my mind as it goes sideways. 🙂

I was gonna wait till NCL posted the excursion list, but I might look into them instead. Obviously my huge worry has been getting back to the ship on time.

NCL stated they will be posting the excursions on May 8th. Is there a set time or do they roll the dice on when they post it?

Docking in Santorini in June. Oia seems like a decent place to check out, but I know it can be a bit rough to get too. This guide seems to suggest taking the bus etc. from Fira over. https://zeweekendtraveller.com/index.php/europe/greece/seeing-santorini-in-a-few-hours/ Knowing the mass chaos of people trying to get off the ship etc, is it better just to grab a taxi? And if so, how easy is it to grab one and where...

Appreciate the lengthy post. I did end up posting in the port of call, and got recommendations on hotels. I booked last night and I'm squared away. I also booked a car service from FCO to the Hotel as well, so I appreciate the insight. I looked into the train, but as I am traveling with my better half, I'd rather not worry about taking it and just book a car service, as I did also. Peace of mind sometimes is worth its weight in gold. I imagine this won't be our first time through Rome, not sure about cruising through again, but we definitely want to go back for a more lengthy stay to explore.

Thanks for the help, again! For the Acropolis, I probably don't need to do the combined tickets right? https://hhticket.gr/tap_b2c_new/english/tap.exe?PM=P1P&place=000000002 I assume the general admission will burn up plenty of time. Are taxis a plenty in getting around from the pier to Acropolis and back? I'll be booking the excursion for Olympia once they go live.

I assume the combo ticket is probably a bit of overkill for cruise stoppers of only one day unless we start really early and continue to late afternoon? Wife and I like to take our time and enjoy things. lol

First, I can't thank this board enough for information. I love to travel, but cruises sometimes can give me a bit of anxiety as there is a lot of information to digest. Santorini From what I understand reading other threads, the coming back to the ship can be tricky. The Village of Oia seems nice, and someone posted a link to https://zeweekendtraveller.com/index.php/europe/greece/seeing-santorini-in-a-few-hours/ that shows the quickest method to get there via the cable car / bus. Is there anything else that is worthwhile as opposed to Oia? We dock around 1:00pm and leave at 9:00pm. I understand its not a huge amount of time, and according to Cruise Mapper, there is one other ship leaving with about 2500 passengers also at 9:00pm. (Gulp) My wife and I are in good shape, so taking the 20 minute trek down instead of the cable car is doable if we start stressing on the lines. Athens We have about 12 hrs here, and would like to make use out of the time we are there. Acropolis is probably on the short list of things to do. I originally tried to the Temple of Poseidon excursion through the cruise line, but it got booked so fast I didn't realize it was that popular. Any thoughts? How easy is to get around Athens if we even wanted to do both the Temple and Acropolis? (I know the Temple is about a 45 minute drive away) Browsing other threads some felt if you were gonna be only in Athens for a day, better to stick with Acropolis as you'll spend quite a bit of time driving to reach the temple. Katakolon This stop was originally Corfu, which in a twist of life, was a place I did have an excursion booked. We only got told this three days ago, and the excurcions haven't been posted yet. With that in mind, is there anything that is a must? I did very little research into this one ahead of time as I wasn't counting on this stop.

I'll grab the app. Thank you.

How much time should I give myself when booking the Shared Shuttle after getting off the plane? An hour between luggage etc.? Any recommendations?>

Thanks.

Thank you. For a ride from the airport to the hotel, I booked through the service you recommended. I'll sort out the ride from the hotel to the pier once I sort out what or if we're gonna do something on Saturday morning.

Two out of the three were sold out for the dates I was looking for. However, I sent pictures of the third to the wife and she liked it. I booked it, thank you much!

Are Taxis easily accessible and fairly frequent? Other than walking where we can, I figured we might have to get a ride here and there.

I have not. AirBnbs are good for places I've been before (for me personally), but as we're they're only for 2 nights, I am trying to find something that is set in stone and doesn't have the possibility of having problems. Appreciate the advice tho.

Can I book the car service through the hotel that I choose or better to do it way ahead of time? I heard Uber is available? Looking to maybe 250 to 350 euro max a night. I found 'Crown Tours' that is about 3 hrs long of a tour. https://www.crowntours.com/colosseum-palatine-hill-and-roman-forum-tour?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0MexBhD3ARIsAEI3WHJ2BXKdO3l1Neb0yWB_yM3TthTBLDupbhyz6dOHr1PId3Hxs8vxmccaAkJfEALw_wcB

I booked this cruise years ago. Unfortunately I've hit a snag and I'm trying to get my head sorted out before I have anxiety attack. We booked everything through NCL except for the hotel stay (as we are coming in two days early). When I started calling back in January / February, they said they didn't have any spots available and to continue to call every week, of which I have. Well, now I'm kind of at ground zero and need to get hotels booked and sort out transportation. The NCL rep provided two hotels they use in Rome. (One is booked up, the other still has room). However, she recommended NOT staying in Rome but closer to the port because of traffic... which, kind of defeats the point of going two days early to explore Rome. Any help with this? How hard is it to arrange transportation from Rome to the pier? I've never been to Rome, so this is literally, all foreign to me. Are Taxis a plenty in Rome to get to and from the airport / around the city to the pier?

Good idea, thank you.

I booked this cruise years ago. Unfortunately I've hit a snag and I'm trying to get my head sorted out before I have anxiety attack. We booked everything through NCL except for the hotel stay (as we are coming in two days early). When I started calling back in January / February, they said they didn't have any spots available and to continue to call every week, of which I have. Well, now I'm kind of at ground zero and need to get hotels booked and sort out transportation. The NCL rep provided two hotels they use in Rome. (One is booked up, the other still has room). However, she recommended NOT staying in Rome but closer to the port because of traffic... which, kind of defeats the point of going two days early to explore Rome. Any help with this? How hard is it to arrange transportation from Rome to the pier? I've never been to Rome, so this is literally, all foreign to me. Are Taxis a plenty in Rome to get to and from the airport / around the city to the pier?

Yeah,its a bit odd. We have some of the other ports booked with stuff to do, but the earlier ones will be a bit of a free for all for us.

I'm going to call our cruise consultant this week. Other stops have plenty of excursions, but that one port has 0? Its like they're not sure if its going to be a port we visit and don't wan to provide any excursions just in case. Very odd.

I logged into NCL a week or so ago to plan out the excursions. Each port had a a good amount listed. When I checked today, one of the ports (Athens) has 0 listed. In the past,any excursion sold out was still listed but not removed. Is this the new normal? Thanks.

We were sitting in the WindJammer having B Fast watching the disembarking procedure. What the dock workers did to the luggage made me happy we did self assist to be honest.