Odyssey of the Seas 17th July Review

[lovesthebeach2]

47 minutes ago, newxmascruiser said:

Great choice with Casa Sul Mare they were fantastic hosts. 
There is an old fort down by the port which you can walk around.

There was also a little street market right across from the property. We mainly just wandered around and enjoyed the bars and cafes in the sunshine.

Yes when you leave the apartment you cross the street and walk down to the port entrance, the shuttle picks you up there.

Loris even offered to walk our bags over with us. 

Wow thanks!
How many nights did you stay? We will be flying in from US and will be jet lagged the first day, and we only booked two nights. Did you stay longer than that?

How far in advance did you book the taxi from the airport? And did you have to pre pay or pay at the time of the ride?

[zebra]

1 hour ago, newxmascruiser said:

Great choice with Casa Sul Mare they were fantastic hosts. 
There is an old fort down by the port which you can walk around.

There was also a little street market right across from the property. We mainly just wandered around and enjoyed the bars and cafes in the sunshine.

Yes when you leave the apartment you cross the street and walk down to the port entrance, the shuttle picks you up there.

Loris even offered to walk our bags over with us. 

So excited to read this!  We will be at Casa Sul Mare in October before our Holy Land cruise. We were wondering how far it is to shlep our luggage from the B&B to the shuttle as neither of us are spring chickens 😄 It seems doable.  We are also needing to have our Covid testing done while there .... we arrive 2 days before the cruise.  Hopefully there is a facility not too far from the B&B.  Thanks for your great review!!! 

[zebra]

28 minutes ago, lovesthebeach2 said:

Wow thanks!
How many nights did you stay? We will be flying in from US and will be jet lagged the first day, and we only booked two nights. Did you stay longer than that?

How far in advance did you book the taxi from the airport? And did you have to pre pay or pay at the time of the ride?

To answer on ride from FCO to the B&B .... we have just booked it.  We reserved the driver through Loris at the B&B and he said to pay the Euro 130 cash to the driver at the end of the trip.

[newxmascruiser]

13 minutes ago, zebra said:

To answer on ride from FCO to the B&B .... we have just booked it.  We reserved the driver through Loris at the B&B and he said to pay the Euro 130 cash to the driver at the end of the trip.

Yes exactly as we did. We also booked from the ship back to FCO when we disembarked. The driver was waiting with our name on a card. Same price. Was really good value to what others paid.

Also to note regular taxis aren’t available outside the ship, prebooked ones only, so the options are pre book, take the shuttle back to the port entrance and try and catch a cab from there, or lots of people took the shuttle then walked to the train station. Maybe a 15-20 min walk

 

[newxmascruiser]

47 minutes ago, lovesthebeach2 said:

Wow thanks!
How many nights did you stay? We will be flying in from US and will be jet lagged the first day, and we only booked two nights. Did you stay longer than that?

How far in advance did you book the taxi from the airport? And did you have to pre pay or pay at the time of the ride?

We just stayed 1 night. Hopefully the other replies have answered your taxi questions 👍

[zebra]

21 hours ago, newxmascruiser said:

Yes exactly as we did. We also booked from the ship back to FCO when we disembarked. The driver was waiting with our name on a card. Same price. Was really good value to what others paid.

Also to note regular taxis aren’t available outside the ship, prebooked ones only, so the options are pre book, take the shuttle back to the port entrance and try and catch a cab from there, or lots of people took the shuttle then walked to the train station. Maybe a 15-20 min walk

 

I have one last Casa Sul Mare question 😄 You may or may not know the answer to this.  Do we need to bring a three pin adapter plug to use in our room or do you think Loris will have an adapter converting from US to Italian for us to use? 

[b&wcruiser]

How, where did you do your Covid testing?

In Civitavecchia or did you have a home test?

[b&wcruiser]

sorry double post

Edited July 28, 2022 by b&wcruiser

[newxmascruiser]

3 hours ago, zebra said:

I have one last Casa Sul Mare question 😄 You may or may not know the answer to this.  Do we need to bring a three pin adapter plug to use in our room or do you think Loris will have an adapter converting from US to Italian for us to use? 

No worries!! We had our own with us ready to use on the ship anyway, so I can’t say I’m afraid. 

[newxmascruiser]

3 hours ago, b&wcruiser said:

How, where did you do your Covid testing?

In Civitavecchia or did you have a home test?

We tested at home, since we only spent 1 night so were within the 2 days before requirement 

[seapad]

On 7/24/2022 at 3:28 PM, newxmascruiser said:

Just to add actually

 

For anyone travelling with kids (or otherwise) who doesn’t want to get the refreshment package. El Loco Fresh is literally on the pool deck and has the usual windjammer dispensers with lemonade, strawberry kiwi and whatever else so it’s right there without having to head away from the pool.

 

Also just remembered you get 1 complimentary go on iFly, book as soon as you can it got full really quick

 

Final thing for now. No wifi code any longer if you’ve pre booked a voom package. Soon as you are in terminal or on ship connect to guest wifi, if it doesn’t prompt you with the login screen go to login.com in your browser and follow the prompts to set yourself up using the pre paid option in the menu 

 

 

Where can we book the complimentary i-fly? Can we do it on the app and is that quicker to get a confirmed booking? 

[newxmascruiser]

13 minutes ago, seapad said:

Where can we book the complimentary i-fly? Can we do it on the app and is that quicker to get a confirmed booking? 

Yes on the app. That will be the simplest way.

The times for North Star and iFly didn’t show up for us until we were connected to ship wifi. 

[Biker19]

50 minutes ago, seapad said:

Can we do it on the app and is that quicker to get a confirmed booking? 

You can also go to the venue to book in person - you might be able to book there where it may not be available in the app (the free sessions usually are only available around 8AM on that day only (port days) in the app).