Dis / Dreams Viking Sea Cruise around Italy 3/24 - 3/31/2018

[khertz]

I reached out directly to Viking regarding port transportation.

Every day a listing is provided regarding the port. A shuttle is provided to and from the city throughout the day.

The shuttle schedules and meeting places will be in the daily listing.

Thanks for getting this info and sharing!! @DDuck4Life and I had been wondering about this as we plan excursions and time on our own in each port.

 

[travelinjenn]

Just heard back from them and they are totally flexible - basically say it is our 7/8 hours to use as we want. They said to allow 1 hour drive from the port to Taormina, 1 hour to drive from Taormina to Winery, and then 1.5 hr from Winery back to port. So that would leave us about 4 hours or so to split between winery and Taormina

So it would be:
- @TheMaxRebo & Judi
- @Cousin Orville & Kate
- @travelinjenn & husband
Sounds lovely! Thanks for organizing.

 

[Cousin Orville]

got it.

an updated list
@Cousin Orville (2)
@christannj (2)
@MaryKatesMom (2)
@apurplebrat (2)
me
I'll email @Cousin Orville's #1 choice. I looked at the menu looks good and its canal side. What a way to finish this trip. How does 730p sound?

730 sounds good.

 

[met19]

Thanks for getting this info and sharing!! @DDuck4Life and I had been wondering about this as we plan excursions and time on our own in each port.

I called Viking and they said as long as we let them know that we are off the ship they are fine with it. I specifically ask in case I take my own tour of the Doge’s palace on the 30th

 

[MaryKatesMom]

I called Viking and they said as long as we let them know that we are off the ship they are fine with it. I specifically ask in case I take my own tour of the Doge’s palace on the 30th

Hmmm. Now you have me thinking of adding an Almafi Coast tour when we are in Naples. That was my absolute number one thing I wanted to do and there isn't an excursion. We currently have the included excursion.

 

[christannj]

7:30 works for us as well. Thanks for taking the initiative and time all of you in organizing this. I am in the midst of getting Amy, my daughter, off to WDW for the college program.

Chris

 

[met19]

Hmmm. Now you have me thinking of adding an Almafi Coast tour when we are in Naples. That was my absolute number one thing I wanted to do and there isn't an excursion. We currently have the included excursion.

you just need to make sure you are back by ship departure time- its not going to wait.

 

[met19]

7:30 works for us as well. Thanks for taking the initiative and time all of you in organizing this. I am in the midst of getting Amy, my daughter, off to WDW for the college program.

Chris

no problem. i always wanted to do that.

 

[Cousin Orville]

7:30 works for us as well. Thanks for taking the initiative and time all of you in organizing this. I am in the midst of getting Amy, my daughter, off to WDW for the college program.

Chris

Tell Amy "hi!" from us. I hope she enjoys her college program.

 

[bamagoofy]

Will,
Please add me to Easter dinner.

 

[met19]

Will,
Please add me to Easter dinner.

Will do

 

[met19]

Hello all-
4 of us (@Cousin Orville and his significant other, @bamagoofy, and myself) are taking the below tour privately. We've added on the underground portion of the colosseum for an additional fee. Their are two spots left if anyone is interested in the colosseum, the forum and ancient Rome. If interested let me me know. Date/Time 830am on March 22nd.

https://www.contexttravel.com/cities/rome/tours/roma-antica-tour

 

[met19]

We have booked a couple tours in Rome through Dark Rome and are planning to do the Murano/Burano tour they offer in Venice. They also have a Doge's Palace one available if that's something you really wanted to do. We are probably going to stick with the included tour for Venice only because none of the additional ones really appealed to us except Murano/Burano and Dark Rome is a lot cheaper than booking through Viking.

I'm kind of leaning towards maybe booking the Murano/Burano tour for Easter Sunday just because I don't know how much else is going to be open. But we may do it Saturday instead and just spend Sunday wandering around and exploring since it will be our last day.

Getting to the airport is also puzzling me. I found what I think is the same transportation service we used for ABD but it is pretty expensive. It's 110 EUR for up to 4 people, and with everyone going their separate ways after the cruise, I don't know how feasible it's going to be to share something like that. I'm sure there has to be some kind of public transport option but I haven't delved too deeply into other options just yet. I'm still trying to wrap my head around what we are going to do once we get off the ship but before we can check in to our apartment.

I also found this tour both on easter sunday and the saturday prior but haven't booked it yet as its an evening tour.

 

[khertz]

Anyone else ready to start monitoring the weather?!

 

[DisVegas]

My wife and I would like to join the food tour on Friday the 23rd, if we still can. What do we need to do? Thanks, Mark and Samantha

 

[apurplebrat]

My wife and I would like to join the food tour on Friday the 23rd, if we still can. What do we need to do? Thanks, Mark and Samantha

I sent the final list earlier this week but I will check with food tour folks to see if we can still add

 

[met19]

Anyone else ready to start monitoring the weather?!

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Watching, but hoping its gets warmer for this Southern Californian.

 

[apurplebrat]

Watching, but hoping its gets warmer for this Southern Californian.

I was thinking it looked like a heatwave

 

[met19]

I was thinking it looked like a heatwave

It just hit a cool down here (65/49). it even rained yesterday (2 inches).

 

[WDWGeek1971]

I’m quite confident that getting reserved spots for the Shore Excursions won’t be a let down.

For those of us in the DV category-we have the largest number of staterooms.

Ahead of us are:

1 Owner Suite
13 Explorer Suites
32 Penthouse Suites
104 Penthouse Veranda rooms

At most, that is only 300 people ahead of us for booking.

I’ll be waiting to jump on the site at 3:00am when the booking window opens.

I’m always optimistic

And there is still availability at some of these levels, so it’s really fewer than 300!