Tammy LR

Hi friends! 
So we just got back from a med cruise out of Rome, and yes, I'm still feeling those post cruise blues. 🤣
I wanted to let you know what I thought about the interporting cruise to help you make an informed decision before booking yours (or to help put your mind at ease if you're already booked on it).
When we booked our cruise, we had no idea we were on an interporting cruise and quite frankly, had no idea it was even a thing. About one month prior to sailing, when we couldn't get our app to work, we finally heard from RC that it would not work since we were traveling out of Rome instead of Barcelona. 

Truthfully, my husband and I were a little irritated by it, and although I still don't understand why it's so difficult, we would totally book this cruise again.
Here's why:
✅ Since the amount of people embarking in Rome was so small comparatively, it was a complete breeze to get on the ship. 
✅ As soon as we took care of show and dinner reservations, we were allowed into our staterooms and our luggage was already waiting.
✅ Since most people were visiting Rome when we embarked, the ship was practically empty. In fact, when we got to Barcelona and the next set of travelers embarked, we saw a huge difference in how packed the ship was. Please don't mistake me... Royal Caribbean does a great job of controlling the crowds, but it was noticeable.
✅ The crew members were fantastic and made us feel just as special as we would have embarking in Barcelona. 
✅ We could still use the app on the ship to help us get around, as well as get the information we needed. We just couldn't use it to make reservations, which was no big deal. We had all our shows and dining reserved in about 20 minutes. (About 3 days before disembarking, we started getting notifications about upcoming reservations. I have no idea why the app started working, but it was nice.)
✅ When it was time for us to disembark, we walked right off the ship. Absolutely no lines! When we left our room, we were off the ship and met our driver in less than 10 minutes.
I highly recommend the interporting cruise and my husband and I both agreed, we will definitely do it again.
So for those of you who are interporting, I hope this helped you see the great advantages to booking this cruise. And for anyone considering it, BOOK IT! 
It was awesome!

Hi friends! 
So we just got back from a med cruise out of Rome, and yes, I'm still feeling those post cruise blues. 🤣
I wanted to let you know what I thought about the interporting cruise to help you make an informed decision before booking yours (or to help put your mind at ease if you're already booked on it).
When we booked our cruise, we had no idea we were on an interporting cruise and quite frankly, had no idea it was even a thing. About one month prior to sailing, when we couldn't get our app to work, we finally heard from RC that it would not work since we were traveling out of Rome instead of Barcelona. 

Truthfully, my husband and I were a little irritated by it, and although I still don't understand why it's so difficult, we would totally book this cruise again.
Here's why:
✅ Since the amount of people embarking in Rome was so small comparatively, it was a complete breeze to get on the ship. 
✅ As soon as we took care of show and dinner reservations, we were allowed into our staterooms and our luggage was already waiting.
✅ Since most people were visiting Rome when we embarked, the ship was practically empty. In fact, when we got to Barcelona and the next set of travelers embarked, we saw a huge difference in how packed the ship was. Please don't mistake me... Royal Caribbean does a great job of controlling the crowds, but it was noticeable.
✅ The crew members were fantastic and made us feel just as special as we would have embarking in Barcelona. 
✅ We could still use the app on the ship to help us get around, as well as get the information we needed. We just couldn't use it to make reservations, which was no big deal. We had all our shows and dining reserved in about 20 minutes. (About 3 days before disembarking, we started getting notifications about upcoming reservations. I have no idea why the app started working, but it was nice.)
✅ When it was time for us to disembark, we walked right off the ship. Absolutely no lines! When we left our room, we were off the ship and met our driver in less than 10 minutes.
I highly recommend the interporting cruise and my husband and I both agreed, we will definitely do it again.
So for those of you who are interporting, I hope this helped you see the great advantages to booking this cruise. And for anyone considering it, BOOK IT! 
It was awesome!

I'm so glad it helped. You're going to have such a great time. If you really want to go out of Rome, I imagine you could change it pretty easily. Either way, I have no doubt it's going to be a great trip.

One thing I highly recommend, wherever you board, is to get in at least a couple days prior to your cruise. 

Hi friends! 
So we just got back from a med cruise out of Rome, and yes, I'm still feeling those post cruise blues. 🤣
I wanted to let you know what I thought about the interporting cruise to help you make an informed decision before booking yours (or to help put your mind at ease if you're already booked on it).
When we booked our cruise, we had no idea we were on an interporting cruise and quite frankly, had no idea it was even a thing. About one month prior to sailing, when we couldn't get our app to work, we finally heard from RC that it would not work since we were traveling out of Rome instead of Barcelona. 

Truthfully, my husband and I were a little irritated by it, and although I still don't understand why it's so difficult, we would totally book this cruise again.
Here's why:
✅ Since the amount of people embarking in Rome was so small comparatively, it was a complete breeze to get on the ship. 
✅ As soon as we took care of show and dinner reservations, we were allowed into our staterooms and our luggage was already waiting.
✅ Since most people were visiting Rome when we embarked, the ship was practically empty. In fact, when we got to Barcelona and the next set of travelers embarked, we saw a huge difference in how packed the ship was. Please don't mistake me... Royal Caribbean does a great job of controlling the crowds, but it was noticeable.
✅ The crew members were fantastic and made us feel just as special as we would have embarking in Barcelona. 
✅ We could still use the app on the ship to help us get around, as well as get the information we needed. We just couldn't use it to make reservations, which was no big deal. We had all our shows and dining reserved in about 20 minutes. (About 3 days before disembarking, we started getting notifications about upcoming reservations. I have no idea why the app started working, but it was nice.)
✅ When it was time for us to disembark, we walked right off the ship. Absolutely no lines! When we left our room, we were off the ship and met our driver in less than 10 minutes.
I highly recommend the interporting cruise and my husband and I both agreed, we will definitely do it again.
So for those of you who are interporting, I hope this helped you see the great advantages to booking this cruise. And for anyone considering it, BOOK IT! 
It was awesome!

Thank you for this post.  We actually just booked Symphony for next summer, but board in Barcelona. After the fact, I realized that you could board in Rome or Barcelona on the same-ish sailing. I understand a bit more about it now thanks to this post. I am cruising with my mom. My mom rushed to  make a deposit before I could think through what I actually wanted to do. 

I'm so glad it helped. You're going to have such a great time. If you really want to go out of Rome, I imagine you could change it pretty easily. Either way, I have no doubt it's going to be a great trip.

One thing I highly recommend, wherever you board, is to get in at least a couple days prior to your cruise. 

Hi friends! 
So we just got back from a med cruise out of Rome, and yes, I'm still feeling those post cruise blues. 🤣
I wanted to let you know what I thought about the interporting cruise to help you make an informed decision before booking yours (or to help put your mind at ease if you're already booked on it).
When we booked our cruise, we had no idea we were on an interporting cruise and quite frankly, had no idea it was even a thing. About one month prior to sailing, when we couldn't get our app to work, we finally heard from RC that it would not work since we were traveling out of Rome instead of Barcelona. 

Truthfully, my husband and I were a little irritated by it, and although I still don't understand why it's so difficult, we would totally book this cruise again.
Here's why:
✅ Since the amount of people embarking in Rome was so small comparatively, it was a complete breeze to get on the ship. 
✅ As soon as we took care of show and dinner reservations, we were allowed into our staterooms and our luggage was already waiting.
✅ Since most people were visiting Rome when we embarked, the ship was practically empty. In fact, when we got to Barcelona and the next set of travelers embarked, we saw a huge difference in how packed the ship was. Please don't mistake me... Royal Caribbean does a great job of controlling the crowds, but it was noticeable.
✅ The crew members were fantastic and made us feel just as special as we would have embarking in Barcelona. 
✅ We could still use the app on the ship to help us get around, as well as get the information we needed. We just couldn't use it to make reservations, which was no big deal. We had all our shows and dining reserved in about 20 minutes. (About 3 days before disembarking, we started getting notifications about upcoming reservations. I have no idea why the app started working, but it was nice.)
✅ When it was time for us to disembark, we walked right off the ship. Absolutely no lines! When we left our room, we were off the ship and met our driver in less than 10 minutes.
I highly recommend the interporting cruise and my husband and I both agreed, we will definitely do it again.
So for those of you who are interporting, I hope this helped you see the great advantages to booking this cruise. And for anyone considering it, BOOK IT! 
It was awesome!

Those are all great to know. 
We didn't experience any of those issues (except the lack of excursions in Barcelona), so my hope is that they figured it out and are doing a better job with it now...we can hope! 

I'm so glad it helped. You're going to have such a great time. If you really want to go out of Rome, I imagine you could change it pretty easily. Either way, I have no doubt it's going to be a great trip.

One thing I highly recommend, wherever you board, is to get in at least a couple days prior to your cruise. 

We also recently did this same cruise and largely agree with @Tammy LR.  Overall, it was worth boarding in Rome vs Barcelona for us.  Rome has a lot to do, and starting there allowed us to have extra days before and after.  
There were a few other issues we encountered that people should be aware of.  Beyond the issues with the app, a lot of the ships systems and processes are geared to reset in Barcelona.
1.  We had issues with our photos from the 1st part of our cruise being available to purchase on the 2nd. One of the photos was lost completely despite the crewmembers trying to locate it.  The others were recovered, but it took some effort.
2. We ended up with different waiters in the MDR/MTD as the waiter assignments were reset in Barcelona.  We liked out table location, so we elected to stay with the new waiter team.
In addition, the issues with the app, and cruise planner before the cruise made it impossible to prepurchase the UDP, or make dining reservations for the 2nd half of the cruise.  We weren't going to do UDP anyway so it didn't affect us, but for some this would be a big issue.  I had to call Royal to make my MTD reservations as neither the app, nor cruise planner allowed me to do it.
There were very few ship excursions in Barcelona - I guess the number of "Rome" passengers didn't justify them offering more. 
My 16 year old had to make new friends halfway through the cruise as the vast majority of teens boarded in Barcelona.
 
Again, this was worth it overall.  The above are more observations than complaints.  For us, it was no big deal, but I could see others being really bothered by it.

We did the same cruise a few years ago and loved it.  We stayed in Rome for a few days ahead of the cruise and enjoyed all of the things it had to offer rather than just a few hours that porting there does.  We would do it again too.

Hi friends! 
So we just got back from a med cruise out of Rome, and yes, I'm still feeling those post cruise blues. 🤣
I wanted to let you know what I thought about the interporting cruise to help you make an informed decision before booking yours (or to help put your mind at ease if you're already booked on it).
When we booked our cruise, we had no idea we were on an interporting cruise and quite frankly, had no idea it was even a thing. About one month prior to sailing, when we couldn't get our app to work, we finally heard from RC that it would not work since we were traveling out of Rome instead of Barcelona. 

Truthfully, my husband and I were a little irritated by it, and although I still don't understand why it's so difficult, we would totally book this cruise again.
Here's why:
✅ Since the amount of people embarking in Rome was so small comparatively, it was a complete breeze to get on the ship. 
✅ As soon as we took care of show and dinner reservations, we were allowed into our staterooms and our luggage was already waiting.
✅ Since most people were visiting Rome when we embarked, the ship was practically empty. In fact, when we got to Barcelona and the next set of travelers embarked, we saw a huge difference in how packed the ship was. Please don't mistake me... Royal Caribbean does a great job of controlling the crowds, but it was noticeable.
✅ The crew members were fantastic and made us feel just as special as we would have embarking in Barcelona. 
✅ We could still use the app on the ship to help us get around, as well as get the information we needed. We just couldn't use it to make reservations, which was no big deal. We had all our shows and dining reserved in about 20 minutes. (About 3 days before disembarking, we started getting notifications about upcoming reservations. I have no idea why the app started working, but it was nice.)
✅ When it was time for us to disembark, we walked right off the ship. Absolutely no lines! When we left our room, we were off the ship and met our driver in less than 10 minutes.
I highly recommend the interporting cruise and my husband and I both agreed, we will definitely do it again.
So for those of you who are interporting, I hope this helped you see the great advantages to booking this cruise. And for anyone considering it, BOOK IT! 
It was awesome!

Hi friends! 
So we just got back from a med cruise out of Rome, and yes, I'm still feeling those post cruise blues. 🤣
I wanted to let you know what I thought about the interporting cruise to help you make an informed decision before booking yours (or to help put your mind at ease if you're already booked on it).
When we booked our cruise, we had no idea we were on an interporting cruise and quite frankly, had no idea it was even a thing. About one month prior to sailing, when we couldn't get our app to work, we finally heard from RC that it would not work since we were traveling out of Rome instead of Barcelona. 

Truthfully, my husband and I were a little irritated by it, and although I still don't understand why it's so difficult, we would totally book this cruise again.
Here's why:
✅ Since the amount of people embarking in Rome was so small comparatively, it was a complete breeze to get on the ship. 
✅ As soon as we took care of show and dinner reservations, we were allowed into our staterooms and our luggage was already waiting.
✅ Since most people were visiting Rome when we embarked, the ship was practically empty. In fact, when we got to Barcelona and the next set of travelers embarked, we saw a huge difference in how packed the ship was. Please don't mistake me... Royal Caribbean does a great job of controlling the crowds, but it was noticeable.
✅ The crew members were fantastic and made us feel just as special as we would have embarking in Barcelona. 
✅ We could still use the app on the ship to help us get around, as well as get the information we needed. We just couldn't use it to make reservations, which was no big deal. We had all our shows and dining reserved in about 20 minutes. (About 3 days before disembarking, we started getting notifications about upcoming reservations. I have no idea why the app started working, but it was nice.)
✅ When it was time for us to disembark, we walked right off the ship. Absolutely no lines! When we left our room, we were off the ship and met our driver in less than 10 minutes.
I highly recommend the interporting cruise and my husband and I both agreed, we will definitely do it again.
So for those of you who are interporting, I hope this helped you see the great advantages to booking this cruise. And for anyone considering it, BOOK IT! 
It was awesome!

Hi friends! 
So we just got back from a med cruise out of Rome, and yes, I'm still feeling those post cruise blues. 🤣
I wanted to let you know what I thought about the interporting cruise to help you make an informed decision before booking yours (or to help put your mind at ease if you're already booked on it).
When we booked our cruise, we had no idea we were on an interporting cruise and quite frankly, had no idea it was even a thing. About one month prior to sailing, when we couldn't get our app to work, we finally heard from RC that it would not work since we were traveling out of Rome instead of Barcelona. 

Truthfully, my husband and I were a little irritated by it, and although I still don't understand why it's so difficult, we would totally book this cruise again.
Here's why:
✅ Since the amount of people embarking in Rome was so small comparatively, it was a complete breeze to get on the ship. 
✅ As soon as we took care of show and dinner reservations, we were allowed into our staterooms and our luggage was already waiting.
✅ Since most people were visiting Rome when we embarked, the ship was practically empty. In fact, when we got to Barcelona and the next set of travelers embarked, we saw a huge difference in how packed the ship was. Please don't mistake me... Royal Caribbean does a great job of controlling the crowds, but it was noticeable.
✅ The crew members were fantastic and made us feel just as special as we would have embarking in Barcelona. 
✅ We could still use the app on the ship to help us get around, as well as get the information we needed. We just couldn't use it to make reservations, which was no big deal. We had all our shows and dining reserved in about 20 minutes. (About 3 days before disembarking, we started getting notifications about upcoming reservations. I have no idea why the app started working, but it was nice.)
✅ When it was time for us to disembark, we walked right off the ship. Absolutely no lines! When we left our room, we were off the ship and met our driver in less than 10 minutes.
I highly recommend the interporting cruise and my husband and I both agreed, we will definitely do it again.
So for those of you who are interporting, I hope this helped you see the great advantages to booking this cruise. And for anyone considering it, BOOK IT! 
It was awesome!

Hi friends! 
So we just got back from a med cruise out of Rome, and yes, I'm still feeling those post cruise blues. 🤣
I wanted to let you know what I thought about the interporting cruise to help you make an informed decision before booking yours (or to help put your mind at ease if you're already booked on it).
When we booked our cruise, we had no idea we were on an interporting cruise and quite frankly, had no idea it was even a thing. About one month prior to sailing, when we couldn't get our app to work, we finally heard from RC that it would not work since we were traveling out of Rome instead of Barcelona. 

Truthfully, my husband and I were a little irritated by it, and although I still don't understand why it's so difficult, we would totally book this cruise again.
Here's why:
✅ Since the amount of people embarking in Rome was so small comparatively, it was a complete breeze to get on the ship. 
✅ As soon as we took care of show and dinner reservations, we were allowed into our staterooms and our luggage was already waiting.
✅ Since most people were visiting Rome when we embarked, the ship was practically empty. In fact, when we got to Barcelona and the next set of travelers embarked, we saw a huge difference in how packed the ship was. Please don't mistake me... Royal Caribbean does a great job of controlling the crowds, but it was noticeable.
✅ The crew members were fantastic and made us feel just as special as we would have embarking in Barcelona. 
✅ We could still use the app on the ship to help us get around, as well as get the information we needed. We just couldn't use it to make reservations, which was no big deal. We had all our shows and dining reserved in about 20 minutes. (About 3 days before disembarking, we started getting notifications about upcoming reservations. I have no idea why the app started working, but it was nice.)
✅ When it was time for us to disembark, we walked right off the ship. Absolutely no lines! When we left our room, we were off the ship and met our driver in less than 10 minutes.
I highly recommend the interporting cruise and my husband and I both agreed, we will definitely do it again.
So for those of you who are interporting, I hope this helped you see the great advantages to booking this cruise. And for anyone considering it, BOOK IT! 
It was awesome!

Hi friends! 
So we just got back from a med cruise out of Rome, and yes, I'm still feeling those post cruise blues. 🤣
I wanted to let you know what I thought about the interporting cruise to help you make an informed decision before booking yours (or to help put your mind at ease if you're already booked on it).
When we booked our cruise, we had no idea we were on an interporting cruise and quite frankly, had no idea it was even a thing. About one month prior to sailing, when we couldn't get our app to work, we finally heard from RC that it would not work since we were traveling out of Rome instead of Barcelona. 

Truthfully, my husband and I were a little irritated by it, and although I still don't understand why it's so difficult, we would totally book this cruise again.
Here's why:
✅ Since the amount of people embarking in Rome was so small comparatively, it was a complete breeze to get on the ship. 
✅ As soon as we took care of show and dinner reservations, we were allowed into our staterooms and our luggage was already waiting.
✅ Since most people were visiting Rome when we embarked, the ship was practically empty. In fact, when we got to Barcelona and the next set of travelers embarked, we saw a huge difference in how packed the ship was. Please don't mistake me... Royal Caribbean does a great job of controlling the crowds, but it was noticeable.
✅ The crew members were fantastic and made us feel just as special as we would have embarking in Barcelona. 
✅ We could still use the app on the ship to help us get around, as well as get the information we needed. We just couldn't use it to make reservations, which was no big deal. We had all our shows and dining reserved in about 20 minutes. (About 3 days before disembarking, we started getting notifications about upcoming reservations. I have no idea why the app started working, but it was nice.)
✅ When it was time for us to disembark, we walked right off the ship. Absolutely no lines! When we left our room, we were off the ship and met our driver in less than 10 minutes.
I highly recommend the interporting cruise and my husband and I both agreed, we will definitely do it again.
So for those of you who are interporting, I hope this helped you see the great advantages to booking this cruise. And for anyone considering it, BOOK IT! 
It was awesome!

Hi friends! 
So we just got back from a med cruise out of Rome, and yes, I'm still feeling those post cruise blues. 🤣
I wanted to let you know what I thought about the interporting cruise to help you make an informed decision before booking yours (or to help put your mind at ease if you're already booked on it).
When we booked our cruise, we had no idea we were on an interporting cruise and quite frankly, had no idea it was even a thing. About one month prior to sailing, when we couldn't get our app to work, we finally heard from RC that it would not work since we were traveling out of Rome instead of Barcelona. 

Truthfully, my husband and I were a little irritated by it, and although I still don't understand why it's so difficult, we would totally book this cruise again.
Here's why:
✅ Since the amount of people embarking in Rome was so small comparatively, it was a complete breeze to get on the ship. 
✅ As soon as we took care of show and dinner reservations, we were allowed into our staterooms and our luggage was already waiting.
✅ Since most people were visiting Rome when we embarked, the ship was practically empty. In fact, when we got to Barcelona and the next set of travelers embarked, we saw a huge difference in how packed the ship was. Please don't mistake me... Royal Caribbean does a great job of controlling the crowds, but it was noticeable.
✅ The crew members were fantastic and made us feel just as special as we would have embarking in Barcelona. 
✅ We could still use the app on the ship to help us get around, as well as get the information we needed. We just couldn't use it to make reservations, which was no big deal. We had all our shows and dining reserved in about 20 minutes. (About 3 days before disembarking, we started getting notifications about upcoming reservations. I have no idea why the app started working, but it was nice.)
✅ When it was time for us to disembark, we walked right off the ship. Absolutely no lines! When we left our room, we were off the ship and met our driver in less than 10 minutes.
I highly recommend the interporting cruise and my husband and I both agreed, we will definitely do it again.
So for those of you who are interporting, I hope this helped you see the great advantages to booking this cruise. And for anyone considering it, BOOK IT! 
It was awesome!

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I hope you are all feeling better soon. Good luck and keep us informed. I've been self-quarantining as best as I can. We test on Tuesday and I'm so dang nervous about it. 

Oh my gosh. This is so cool. Unfortunately, we're on an interporting cruise, and can't use the app. Enjoy your cruise.

E med says don’t put them in stored luggage  keep them in carry on

Not sure if that was me you're asking about...I did ask that question in last night's YT live. 

Unfortunately, we're on the interporting cruise out of Rome (which we had no idea was a thing) and have been told by Royal Caribbean that it will not be available to those of us boarding in Rome. 

We'll have a great time, but I must admit, we're just a little frustrated by this. 

We do the same thing! I can't stop watching YouTube, but you mentioned a few that I haven't seen before. I'll have to check them out. Glad I'm in good company.

1.  This piece of art will be worth double what your paying before the years out.
2.  This Invicta watch is a quality timepiece and you can’t find it cheaper anywhere but here.
3.  You can only order two lobsters on lobster night.

The nerve of some people!  WTF are they thunking!