NCL Escape: Exploring Rome & the Colosseum on Our Mediterranean Cruise 🇮🇹🏛️

[@mygirlash1]

Once again, this adventure warmed my heart! I also have a DIY adventure planned for Rome. I have watched a lot of youtube and I fell pretty comfortable DIYing our Rome adventure. My number one priority is not miss the ship!!!! I will be allocating a large amount of time. Can't wait to watch again tonight with my boyfriend.

[@corefouradventures2861]

It was intimidating leading up to the day. But, it wasn’t as confusing or complicated as we thought. We knew if we missed the ship we could get ourselves to Naples so that made us feel better. Have an amazing time! Let us know how it went when you get home! We would love to hear about your experience DIYing it too. 😁🚢

[@corefouradventures2861]

Also…make sure you validate your ticket for the busses and trains. Everytime!!

[@elizabethdea8214]

Once an again you ladies don’t disappoint. Can’t wait😮to see the Pompeii video. We were there 20 something years ago and it was fascinating. I know they have unearthed so much more now.

[@corefouradventures2861]

@@elizabethdea8214 Thanks!! Pompeii was definitely amazing. Glad you’re along for the adventure!!😁🚢

[@MrStoppingallstation]

I did a similar cruise last year on Norwegian Epic.Loved all your information on the Colosseum. I’ve been to Rome a few times and I would recommend doing a few days in Rome and then hoping on a cruise.Glad you were able to do the train.I been watch all your videos and find them informative and entertaining.

[@corefouradventures2861]

@@MrStoppingallstation Thank you for watching and sharing. We really only got to see the Colosseum and Palatine hill so, we need to someday do Rome again. We know it’s super crowded but we really want to see Trevi fountain. We’ve heard early morning is best time to go and that sounds like not cruise hours. 😁🚢

[@joelyisdoingherbest]

We booked a tour in Florence through Viator based on your recommendation! We are very excited! Thanks for these videos!

[@corefouradventures2861]

Hope you have an amazing time!! It was a great tour. Let us know how it went when you get back!😁🚢

[@joelyisdoingherbest]

@@corefouradventures2861 I have 333 more days until embarkation day but who’s counting? 😂😂

[@corefouradventures2861]

@@joelyisdoingherbest 🤣🤣🤣 We can relate!! Our next cruise is in 221 days!! It feels so far away but it will get here so fast! And, the secret to happiness is to always have the next vacation booked BEFORE you go on the current one. 😁🚢🍕

[@joelyisdoingherbest]

@@corefouradventures2861 I like the way you guys think!! 👏🏼👏🏼😂

[@peggytan4610]

Thanks for sharing your lovely day in Rome ❤. I especially love your choice of music as you guys enter the Colloseum 💪💪💪! I agree totally that you have to be really careful walking those cobble stones 😅. Looking forward to your Naples and Pompeii video, ciao!

[@corefouradventures2861]

@@peggytan4610 Thanks!😊 The Colosseum was epic! We learned that the streets were so uneven in places because had dug them up when building some of Romes later infrastructure and couldn’t put them back down like the Romans had them. The ones that were undisturbed were so amazingly fit together. They were MUCH easier to walk on.

[@sandrat1205]

I am loving this adventure!!

[@corefouradventures2861]

@@sandrat1205 Thank you!! It was such an amazing adventure! The Colosseum was spectacular. It was so interesting to learn that during the Renaissance they considered it so unimportant that they stole all the marble off of it for other buildings. 😁🚢✈️

[@sandrat1205]

@@corefouradventures2861 I loved Pepper's fist pump walking into The Colesseum!!

[@corefouradventures2861]

@sandrat1205 Yes!! Randy wishes he had done something similar. Guess we just have to go back 😁 But really, once in a lifetime! Getting to walk in like a gladiator was worth it!!

[@kristinburwell5067]

Hi! Thanks for sharing! We are taking the same trip soon! What time did you take the train in and out of Rome?

[@corefouradventures2861]

@@kristinburwell5067 good question! Something to know is there are express trains that don’t stop as often and get there faster. And local trains that stop a bunch and take way longer. So watch for that when you’re booking your train tickets. You can do it on the Trenitalia app ahead of time. We took a train at 8:42 AM into the city. It was the fastest one and if we had left earlier, we would’ve gotten in later. We arrived about 9:48 AM. On the way back to Civitavecchia we left Rome Termini station at 3:57 and were back about 4:45. It was a full on express. No stops. Hope this helps! It can be intimidating, but it wasn’t that hard. just remember to validate your tickets! If you have paper ones, you have to validate before you get on the train or you could get a big big fine.😁🚢

[@tammyrimack8392]

What was the name of this tour you booked? Looks great!

[@corefouradventures2861]

@@tammyrimack8392 This was the name of our tour: Colosseum Arena Floor, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Guided Tour. You really just see the forum from Palatine Hill. We really wanted to see the arena floor. But there are tours without Palatine Hill that go to the floor also. You spend a lot of time on Palatine Hill learning a lot of the history of ancient Rome. It was very interesting but did take more time than we expected so we did not get to see anything else in Rome. Hope this helps! Have an amazing trip!!😁🚢

[@woosdy11]

Just a question ..what time did your tour with viator begin and how long was it?....we are booked with the same tour

[@corefouradventures2861]

It started at 11 am and was about 3 1/2 hours. Hope this helps 😁

[@shelleyburnette5071]

How much walking was it at the The Colosseum and Palatine Hill?

[@corefouradventures2861]

@@shelleyburnette5071 The Colosseum was not THAT much walking and there was an elevator to the spectator area. But Palatine hill was hard! I would not do that again. That being said we walked about 6 miles that day. Hope that helps! 😁🚢

[@shelleyburnette5071]

@@corefouradventures2861 nice I’ll be interested in your take on Pompeii because we’re doing that also and what was the name of the restaurant you went to near the Colosseum?

[@corefouradventures2861]

@@shelleyburnette5071 Thanks! It was Hosteria al Gladiatore www.ristorantegladiatore.it/# Pompeii was cool but the audio guide was a bit confusing. We would maybe hire a guide like we did in Rome if we went again. 😁🚢

[@shelleyburnette5071]

@@corefouradventures2861 we have a guide in Pompeii. We’re going to be on the epic the end of September and we do the Greek islands in Italy.

[@corefouradventures2861]

@@shelleyburnette5071 oh that’s great! We want to do Greece! 🇬🇷