Booking and travel preparation well organized. Polarlys is one of the smaller ships which offer better contact to other passengers and personal. Furniture and facilities on board in good condition. Arctic Superior outside cabins quite comfortable with WLAN and TV. TV channel 1 showing permanently actual position of ship on a map. Expedition team providing lot of information about crossed areas and ...
My partner and I took a friend on the northbound Hurtigruten cruise from Bergen in June and enjoyed the trip very much. The food was good and the atmosphere relaxed. The breakfast and lunch offerings were good and plentiful. Dinner on the first night was a buffet but it was table-service on each successive evening but the last, which was also a buffet.
Our cabin was set up as a twin-bedded ...
This is a unique cruise, if must be said; its strengths lie in the scenery, the food and the ability of the small ships to get into small harbours.
But beware: the value for money is NOT good. I know this is Norway, but drinks are exploitatively expensive and the trips ... eeesh. These latter are, frankly, a mickey-take.
Here are some tips:
On any city trip which involves a play, recital ...
We chose this cruise because we had enjoyed one of Viking River Cruises. Embarkation went very smoothly. The ship is beautifully appointed, the crew were friendly and helpful, always ready to do anything to make our cruise a good one, the food was very good and there are so many places to eat. There were guest lecturers who were fantastic!! Our cabin was a bit tight, but then who spends much time ...
Had a phenomenal cruise in 2016 - Viking Homelands. Try to match that experience. All went went this year, but the destinations just can't compare. A few too many sea days on this cruise, three were planned which is borderline too many on a short cruise / smaller ship. Having a 4th unplanned one was just too much. Tromso as a destination was way over-rated. The included tour included such ...
We chose Viking Star for the itinerary (we'd never seen this part of Norway) and for the reputation of Viking Cruises. We have been on a Viking River Cruise and were very impressed with the quality there.
We found the Viking Star to be beautiful, with lovely staterooms, restaurants, and public areas. There were many places to sit quietly, away from the chatter of other passengers.
The ...
We were not sure what to expect. This is a "ferry line" with people, goods and vehicles loading and unloading in every port. Frequent enjoyable stops. Smaller than Cruise ships (only 7 decks) and not as luxurious, but very clean with pleasant environment and excellent service-oriented English Speaking & accommodating staff.
Scenery was incomparable! "Ceremonies" on deck were well done, ...
As with most Viking cruises, the food, staff, service, and facilities are overall excellent. A significant number of passengers appear to be from the town of Unaware in the Great State of Oblivious. It is less noticeable on the river cruises where there are far fewer passengers, but it is a very glaring problem on a much larger ship. They either don't care or don't sense that there are other ...
Traveled with sister who had been on this line before.
Food delicious. Choices of restaurants very good.
Port talks and lectures very informative.
Entertainment very good.
Service excellent in all areas.
The ship and room were lovely. So nice that all rooms have a veranda.
The spa was wonderful. They had areas that I have never seen on a ship before like the ice room.
We ...
I heard of this trip through a friend who had taken and recommended that I take it. I had been to Iceland a few years back and loved it. I wanted to see the Northern Lights as I didn't get to see them in Iceland.
We were able to experience spectacular Norwegian scenery and choose from the many excursion offered.
Although there was no entertainment on board, Hurtigruten did keep us ...