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Nothing amazing but finally started to go through a few pictures from my august/September Mediterranean cruise.

To piggy back your comment about shooting outside our usual locations. My excitement for my first vacation ever has just gone through the roof because I've recently gotten back into photography after 20+ years(last did it with film in high school in the mid to late 90s). I just purchased (for 950$) 2 months ago, a used Canon 70D with a EFS10-18, EFS18-135, EFS 24mm, and an EF 70-200 f/4L IS ii USM. My cruise to the Mediterranean(Italy and Montenegro) starts next weekend and I'm curious if I should buy a 50mm. I'm thinking about passing for now since the 24mm on a crop is roughly 39mm. Is there anything else I should be thinking of? I have extra batteries, SD cards, and a messenger bag. I'm going to leave the 18-135mm home since the extra weight/space isn't great for between 24-70 ( even though I know that is a huge hole that is a big part of pictures). My bag has spots for 3 lenses (though the nifty 50 and 24mm could probably fit in one of the sections if I went that route).

Was looking through the site and couldn't find anything for disabilities and then visited the support page and this is on there for booking online with disabilities. 😕 Q. Is it possible to book online tickets for disabled visitors? A. No, tickets for the disabled and accompanying person are issued directly at the Special Permits Desk. Kindly approach the Special Permits Desk and present required documents testifying the disability.

The breakfast and early access to the Vatican sounds awesome! We're suppose to arrive in Rome at 730AM so something like that would be great since we can't go into our hotel until 3pm or so. We can drop off our luggage but no access to the room.

I have and they said they do not have any vehicles available that do not require the wheelchair user to transfer into a seat. My wife has very limited ability to transfer and everything has to be perfect for her to be able to push herself up into a passenger seat. So we don't want to risk her struggling to transfer after a long days excursion or that the seat in a vehicle might be too high.

How possible is it to do Rome without a driver? We're already at 475$ for the Airport to hotel transfer and the Hotel to ship transfer. We're trying to save some money and we're thinking of booking a higher cost hotel near the Pantheon in Rome so we can walk to Trevi fountain, Colosseum, and Vatican/Sistine Chapel. It looks about 2-2.5km from the Vatican and we have a powered wheelchair available to use if its easier to get around with it.

Thanks for the info! I think the comments about how crappy Naples is for wheelchairs is giving her second thoughts. We're looking for accessible tours for Sorrento and a cooking/tasting tour nearby.

She wants to go to some christmas alley or something. She also wants to see the people that do clay carvings and a various of other things. She also wants to head to Sorrento to shop too.

Great to know! Thank you!

After Naples our next port is south, in Messina. Oops, that was asked of a different poster.

Leaving from Rome, then La Spieza, Portofino(tendered, so wont be planning anything), Naples, Messina, Kotor(tendered, wont be planning anything), Koper, Ravenna. Were going to Bologna from Ravenna to avoid Venice.

Thank you for all this information. I have talked extensively over the weekend with Sharon from papillon service and it has been an absolute treat. While it may not work out for us to use her services, I have been completely blown away by her kindness and her attempt to make our travel work. Very impressed.

Not possible unfortunately. She’s disabled and in a wheelchair and while we do have a powered wheelchair for long periods of travel/shopping, I(we) wouldn’t feel very comfortable leaving her alone in a foreign country to shop. Not to mention my bank account wouldn’t survive!!! (I kid,I kid)(somewhat)! I appreciate the info though!

Thank you!

We’re porting in Naples and I want to go to the Amalfi coast but my wife wants to do some shopping/eating in Naples. We have watched videos of Naples and the Amalfi coast and we’re wondering if you can get decent views from the ship when you sail by? She saw videos that had some cruise ships going by. I know she’ll be bored with the drive to the coast and will love to see a view or two, but it can’t compete with shopping in Naples.