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On 7/8/2022 at 6:09 PM, luckybecky said:

Sunday June 26 Debarkation day

 

We never tag our luggage, we just carry it off ourselves. If you tag it for them to carry off, you have to put it out before 11pm the night before.

 

We set our alarm for 7am. We were already fully packed and had set out clothes for today so it took only a few minutes to dress and get ready for breakfast. The windjammer was busy of course but not a problem to get everything we wanted and find a place to sit.

 

We returned to our cabin to retrieve our things and got off the ship by 8am. We simply scanned our cards and walked off. There was no passport control or customs process. We proceeded to the bus for the 20 minute transfer to Ravenna. We had pre-purchased this. There was no ticket or anything, and no one checking to be sure we had paid for the transfer. I’m sure that some people may have not realized this was not a free service and may have just gotten on the bus without paying.

 

In Ravenna we took the train back to Bologna.

 

We had decided we didn’t want the pressure of having to rush off to make a flight so we stayed one last night in Bologna at Hotel Cavour (we recommend it, good location, good breakfast) and had one last meal of authentic Italian food.

 

We tried a most unusual appetizer: cheese gelato! Imagine ice cream that tastes like blue cheese. 🤔

 

 

 

 

 

You might be thinking that our trip is almost over. We thought so too. 

On 7/8/2022 at 6:09 PM, luckybecky said:

Sunday June 26 Debarkation day

 

We never tag our luggage, we just carry it off ourselves. If you tag it for them to carry off, you have to put it out before 11pm the night before.

 

We set our alarm for 7am. We were already fully packed and had set out clothes for today so it took only a few minutes to dress and get ready for breakfast. The windjammer was busy of course but not a problem to get everything we wanted and find a place to sit.

 

We returned to our cabin to retrieve our things and got off the ship by 8am. We simply scanned our cards and walked off. There was no passport control or customs process. We proceeded to the bus for the 20 minute transfer to Ravenna. We had pre-purchased this. There was no ticket or anything, and no one checking to be sure we had paid for the transfer. I’m sure that some people may have not realized this was not a free service and may have just gotten on the bus without paying.

 

In Ravenna we took the train back to Bologna.

 

We had decided we didn’t want the pressure of having to rush off to make a flight so we stayed one last night in Bologna at Hotel Cavour (we recommend it, good location, good breakfast) and had one last meal of authentic Italian food.

 

We tried a most unusual appetizer: cheese gelato! Imagine ice cream that tastes like blue cheese. 🤔

 

 

 

 

 

You might be thinking that our trip is almost over. We thought so too. 

What a wonderful review.  Do you recall if 8am was the earliest departure time in Ravenna?  Which time did you choose for your train ticket to Bologna?

20 hours ago, zekekelso said:

People say it's impossible to know if the price is going up or down... but I've got a secret trick I'm going to let you people in on. If I decide to buy some RCL stock, I'll let everyone here know a day ahead of time. Plenty of opportunity to dump your shares. Because I can pretty much guarantee that as soon as I buy in, the price is going down, down, down.

🤣🤣 That's about our luck as well.

Just confirming what others have said about San Giorgio hotel. DO NOT book with them. They will absolutely confirm your reservations and go as far as sending specials for their wine and cheese get together.  Then at the last minute they cancel your reservation. 

BEWARE!   HOTEL SAN GIORGIO .

We reserved and paid in full for this hotel over 7 months ago.  Today we received an email stating that they over booked the rooms and they no longer could accommodate us.  We are a large group from different parts of the country and different countries all meeting up in Civitavecchia.  Five of our six rooms were cancelled.  They did offer to put us up in a 3 star hotel (much less than what we paid for this 4 star hotel) or refund our money.  Well, being as we have only a week before our cruise, alternate accommodations are not to be found.

Also review this hotel on Trip Advisor.  You will find multiple reviews of the same thing happening.

A good way to save is show your ID and up to 5 checked bags with no fee. Saved us 160 on each leg of our last flight. This is any time even when not on orders. It works on continental and AA. Others to maybe but that is all I know first hand

Do you know if this is applicable to retired personnel as well?