I recieved my cruise documents this week. This is my first cruise in seven years, so it was kind of a shock to have all the documents delivered by e-mail. I used to love to get the whole packet of plane tickets and ship tickets and shore excursions; and go through them one by one. The e-mail version is not nearly as exciting, but I guess it saved the life of a tree.
Since I booked my own hotel reservation in Rome, at one third the price the cruise line would have charged me for the same hotel; the cruise line will not allow me to buy a space on their transfer bus from the hotel to the ship. So, today my travel agent booked me a separate transfer, at a cost of $175.00 U.S.!!!