Touring the Acropolis in Athens Greece! Pros & Cons With Our Royal Caribbean Excursion!

Europe Trip Day 7
Date Filmed: September 22, 2022
Hello Happy Travelers!!
Welcome to our grand 10th anniversary trip! For the first time, we are traveling to Europe, and we are checking several bucket list items along the way! We are starting in Rome Italy, followed by a 9 night Mediterranean/Greek Isles Cruise onboard Odyssey of the Seas, and finishing in France to visit Disneyland Paris!
Today we are docked in Piraeus, the gateway to Athens Greece! We have big plans to tour the city via the Royal Caribbean tour “Highlights of Athens”! The main event of the tour is to visit the Acropolis, where we were able to learn about the temple of Athena and Poseidon, the Theatre of Dionysus, and of course, the Parthenon! We also saw the sight of the first modern day Olympics and the temple of Zeus! We talk about the pros, cons, and things to consider with this excursion!
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[@donaldcook4061]

That was a full day! I'm exhausted!

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Donald! Haha! It was a busy day but so worth it! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@amandairwin4020]

Thanks for this video! I was looking into the different excursions for our trip this May and this one I had highlighted! So thank you, very helpful!

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Amanda! So glad this was helpful! 🤩 We hope you have a great time! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

[@susandiekmann]

On our Med cruise this summer we did not have Athens on our itinerary, so it was great to see it through your video! Those cats (all over Greece!) are just so cool to see. I took SO many photos of cats! Even bought a "Cats of Greece" t-shirt. Can't wait to see your day in Santorini!

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Susan! Yay! So glad you enjoyed it! 😍 We loved the cats! They’re Matt’s favorite so he was so happy! 😹 Love the tshirt! If I saw that there I probably would have bought one for Matt! 😻 Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@margaretlm]

The last time I was in Athens was quite a number of years ago and I remember visiting the Acropolis in the late afternoon. Barely any crowds, lots of time to just sit and take it all in. I love that people are getting out and seeing the world but when I see Disneyland style lines it makes me a bit sad. It feels like it is very much a rush, rush from one monument to another just to check it off a list and to me those ancient sights are so much more than that and deserve more time and contemplation. Sorry to sound like I'm complaining, I'm not really. I just feel like people should slow down a bit and truly appreciate the significance of history. Okay, off my soapbox now. lol Can't wait to see your vlogs from Santorini and the rest of your adventures.

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Margaret! I understand, I think it’s probably less like that on days cruise ships aren’t in, and my guess is that it’s less busy in the evening as well. Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@PS_Travels]

The Parthenon is definitely on my Bucket List! Thank you for sharing, liked and subbed 😊

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi PS Travels! Yay! Thanks so much for subscribing and watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@brittanyc7572]

Great video as usual! Love that you are showing us all of your Europe cruise! I would totally do gymnastics as well if I was in the Olympics! ❤

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Brittany C! Horray for gymnastics! 🤸‍♀️❤️ We’re so glad you’re enjoying this series! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@desi1790]

I would love to get to Greece one day. All those cats are the Greek gods keeping an eye on things lol.

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi desi1790! YES! The cats rule all! 😹 They we’re so fun seeing everywhere! We loved Greece! Thanks for watching! 🤗💙🇬🇷

[@floraandfaunab8855]

Thanks for sharing. Going on NCL cruise on April 19 and planning what excursions to take.

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Awesome! We hope you have a great time! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

[@trentkeever8400]

Thank you for these awesome videos, we’re going on this same cruise next summer and this helps so much, cool to see this and live vicariously though you guys until we can go ourselves.

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Trent! Yayy! That’s awesome! 🤩 So glad these videos are helping you plan and building up excitement! We hope you have the best time! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@speroconstantine9957]

So happy for you

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Thanks Spero! ❤️ And thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@lboutard]

Hello Fam! Okay how cute are those cats!! Such a fun day! Love seeing everything you guys are getting into on this amazing Greece adventure! Much love! ❤❤❤

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Lacrecia! ❤️ Aww thank you so much! 🥰 It really was an adventure and we absolutely loved every second of it! Greece is full of so high history and beauty and it was so fun exploring it all! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@ksessa1010]

Loving the history, thanks for sharing

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Ken! It’s crazy how much you learn being there! So glad you liked the info too! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@dipatrivedi9009]

#Replay Binge watching playlist to get some ideas and tips on my upcoming Italy/Greece/Turkey/Cypress cruise on Odyssey with momma-T.

[@michellelareau7078]

Beautiful place !!!

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Thanks for watching Michelle! 🤗❤️🏛

[@barbarashuster9029]

I taught ancient civilizations for years so when we were going on our Mediterranean Cruise I was so excited to go to Athens. Well, the Greeks decided to have a Country-Wide strike that day so no Athens!

[@alx_gr1]

Well sorry that people fighting for their rights ruined your holidays.

[@barbarashuster9029]

@@alx_gr1 it's a regular thing in Greece!

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Barbra! I’m so sorry your trip didn’t go as planned. I hope you’re able to revisit and explore those areas. Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@simonfuenzalidagajardo8750]

Hi guys, nice video. Do you recommend the tour offered by royal caribbean over any tour that can be obtained getting off the ship?

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Simon! It's hard to say because we only experience the Royal Caribbean one and can't speak to the quality of the outside party ones. I think the Royal Caribbean is the simplest option and the safest but I'm sure other tours are great too! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

[@kat64470]

I always wonder how they hear the people on stage up in the seats. They didn't have microphones. Is that a weird question?

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

No not a weird question at all! I know some of the ancient theaters had excellent acoustics where sound carried up just do to the construction of the stage and seats, but I have no idea if this stage was one of those examples. It’s very interesting how differently things were done then! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@JoshRachael]

Hey guys catching up on your Europe trip. We will be starting our cruise from Athens in August. Do you think it will be difficult to get from Athens proper to the port?

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi Josh and Rachael! Thats awesome! I don't think you'll have a hard time. I would just prepare ahead by arranging transportation before hand or talking to the hotel staff the day before about calling for a taxi the next day and how to go about that. We hope you have the best time! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🚢

[@JoshRachael]

@@HoffmanHappyTravels Thanks so much guys! This was a lot of fun to watch

[@oliviaadams6163]

Hey! About to head on this trip in a couple days, my friend and i didnt get an excursion for greece. what is the best way to get to acropolis from the boat?

[@raeahthewriter8082]

Do you regret only getting to spend a few hours in Athens? That’s one of the downsides of cruise travel, only a short amount of time in the places you travel to

[@HoffmanHappyTravels]

Hi RaeahTheWriter! We don’t regret it at all! That can be a downside of cruising but there are lots of pros too! For us it helps give us an idea of places we may want to revisited explore more in depth in the future! Thanks for watching! 🤗❤️🏛

[@trentkeever8400]

May or may not be going on this similar cruise now as it was chartered out by a company called Atlantis Events for a “specialty” cruise 😢 and our sold out Greek Isles cruise was canceled as Royal was greedy and took that company’s millions over the happiness of it’s already booked guests.

[@Not-Impressed..1821]

I could never understand why should anyone go on a cruise. You spend most if the time in a ship, when you go out you run to see a couple of things, and overall I think I agree with Bill Burr.

[@myurick988]

You should try a cruise just once. Then you'll understand it all.