peppymouse Posted July 23, 2007 #1 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Hi, my DW and I are going on our first cruise September 07. We begin in Venice. My question is - when we arrive at the airport, we meet with the Princess rep and my understanding is they take our bags and route us to the ship for embarkment. Can we rather than go on board, start to tour the city and embark later in the day or do we have to embark first. The ship satys in Venice overnight. Thanks in advance...peppymouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jstringers Posted July 23, 2007 #2 Share Posted July 23, 2007 ussually you can go through the process of embarkation, finish your paperwork etc then disembark and see the city if you like. This all depends on the ammount of time you have from when you arrive at the ship until sailaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongerob Posted July 23, 2007 #3 Share Posted July 23, 2007 You will want to take care of embarkation formalities first. That way you will have your cruise card, which also is used to let the staff know who is on board and who is off the ship. Take care of business first, then enjoy the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercedMike Posted July 23, 2007 #4 Share Posted July 23, 2007 When we arrived in Venice in the morning we went on out to the ship and got all settled in and relaxed a bit and had lunch. Then we were met by our great guide from IC Bellagio http://www.icbellagio.com/ and had plenty of time to take a gondola serenade, walk around the city, and still get back to the ship in time for dinner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peppymouse Posted July 23, 2007 Author #5 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Thanks very much for the advice folks!! We will definitely settle in and registar on the ship before we begin.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtevrfltsurbt Posted July 24, 2007 #6 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Thanks very much for the advice folks!! We will definitely settle in and registar on the ship before we begin.;) I might add that if you plan to do the Doge's Palace/Bridge of Sighs/etc that you book the tix online as the lines are VERRRRRRY long! Also: there is a fair walk from the vaporetto dock into St Marks square so think comfy shoes!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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