Advice on this itinerary

[Estealvarado]

We want to take a cruise leaving from Rome on either NCL or ROYAL CARRIBEAN. I have this prelimnanry itinerary need some thoughts on it . Does it sound like to much?

Our time is limited so i cannot spend allot of extra days in each city . So here it is

Coming from Orlando FL fly to paris stay in paris for 3 days

-Early morning flight from paris to venice : Remainder of the day in venice .

- Following day afternoon in venice then evening flight from venice to rome

- Overnight in rome following day board cruise in the evening

When we return from cruise we want to spend a couple extra days in rome to do some sightseeing then fly back hone from home.

*Note our time in venice seems quite short but we have been to venice before so that time is ok for us and we want a quick visit back to venice.

 

How does that sound? Should we change anything? Any thoughts?

 

I thought of doing a seperate trip just to paris later in the year but then it might be more expenaive as i would have to buy 2 sets of flights on each trip etc

[Hlitner]

You might want to consider the train from Venice to Rome. The train time is about 3 1/2 hours and it would give you a new experience. If you fly it means heading out to the Marco Polo airport about 2 1/2 hours before your flight (this is a lousy airport) and once you get to Rome you have to wait for your luggage (which can take 40 min) and then still need to spend at least a half hour on the train into Rome (or you could take a taxi). So in the end the train will be nearly as fast (if not faster) and you avoid the hassles of air travel.

 

Hank

[paul929207]

Sounds reasonable to me. There is always more to see, so only you can judge how much is enough

[LHT28]

- Overnight in rome following day board cruise in the evening

 

What time does the ship depart ??

 

You do realize that the port is at Civitavecchia at leat 1 hr from Rome & you will need to board the ship probably 90 min before sailaway

 

Other than that the plan sounds doable

[Talisker92]

You might want to consider the train from Venice to Rome. The train time is about 3 1/2 hours and it would give you a new experience. If you fly it means heading out to the Marco Polo airport about 2 1/2 hours before your flight (this is a lousy airport) and once you get to Rome you have to wait for your luggage (which can take 40 min) and then still need to spend at least a half hour on the train into Rome (or you could take a taxi). So in the end the train will be nearly as fast (if not faster) and you avoid the hassles of air travel.

 

Hank

I totally agree about taking the train We took trains from the Bernese Alps to Monte Carlo. You can get up and walk around, have a nice lunch, now worry about security and/or your luggage.

[Keith1010]

I too would look at the train as Hank recommended.

 

Keith

[t_car]

One more vote for taking the train from Venice to Rome.

But as far as your luggage, you need to keep an eye on it on the trains.

[Estealvarado]

Thank you all so much . As far as luggage goes we want to try our very best to only pack a carry on luggage with wheels plus a purse a tote size purse to fit more things so that we can avoid having to check our luggage and save some time. Hopefully i will be able to do this we will see fingers crossed. I did think of the train and as soon as i saw it takes 3 hours i thought oh a flight will be better but maybe i should rethink the train idea.

 

The cruise leaves rome at 8 pm so i want to arrive the evening before wake up early maybe visit the colloseum then leave early afternoon to the port aince it does take an hour and i want to plan for possible traffic