Nope! Went up to the buffet for lunch - the coffee was even better. I had breakfast in Taste and I thought surely this is a fluke. Holy Cow Batman! The coffee was actually good. Other than the fact that I ran into multiple crew from previous cruises nothing really stood out until breakfast. I was boarding group 3 and on the ship by 11:05. I am here as a guest of the Casino and they actually had a specific line AND they were using it! Nice seating area even for us peasant folk with no Haven access. Once the shuttle came for the disembarkees it was like night and day. Actually checking in was only complicated because so many people arrived early (including my party) and therefore the disembarkees mixed with the embarkees and oh my. A whole different experience - worth the money! Never doing the train/shuttle again. There were no plans to do a Live From, a Semi-live or even a report after the fact, but I had some free time after oversleeping and missing my excursion for the day so here we are.Įmbarkation in Civitavecchia - Previous two cruises I always took the train/shuttle combo and it is a PITA! This time I ran into a lovely couple from NJ and they had already rented a private car and offered to let me join them.
