London (Greenwich, Tower Bridge, Tilbury) to Norwegian Fjords Cruise Reviews

(Sorry in advance for the long review.) My wife & I had not been on any significant cruises in the past decade because the trend to larger ships goes against most of what I want in a cruise. Things that are ...

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Sail Date January 2020

arby9

1 Review Written

1 Helpful Vote

We Saw the Light!

Viking Star

Seeing the Northern Lights was on our bucket list. This was the first cruise we noticed that offered that opportunity. We have sailed Viking before so we were aware of the restaurants, food, etc. so we snapped at ...

Sail Date January 2020

seabourndt

22 Reviews Written

18 Helpful Votes

My Norway cruise

Because there was a 2 4 1 that was not mentioned and cricketing legends. BOOKING I used a travel agent no sure i will again, would not post tickets unless i paid £10 and nothing from them after cruise or ...

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Sail Date November 2019

PastorAnth

4 Reviews Written

26 Helpful Votes

Smaller is often better

I have been on 10 previous cruises with Princess, Royal, P&O, and found this a grade above. P&O are equitable to Princess, and RCCL are just too big, with too many options. You have a 10 minute walk to get anywhere. ...

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Sail Date September 2019

SteveUK

1 Review Written

15 Helpful Votes

A Floating Care Home

I am writing this review on the last “at sea” day on a 8 night cruise to the Norwegian Fjords on the CMV Columbus in August 2019. For any readers contemplating this cruise, the main issue you should be aware ...

Sail Date August 2019

Sammi dee

4 Reviews Written

20 Helpful Votes

High times

We had never cruised out of Tilbury, it was a great chance to take our granddaughter . Embarkation was excellent, we know the local area very well so went straight to the port.This is an old ship but staff kept it ...

Sail Date July 2019

BritishLandS

2 Reviews Written

14 Helpful Votes

Fantastic Fjords

First a little context: We started cruising nearly 30 years ago, doing CTC, Costa, MSC, Princess cruises, Ocean cruise Lines, HAL, then after a 25 year break returned to it 4 years ago and since then we have done ...

Sail Date April 2019

Thejudge14u

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Good bad and ugly

we've just come back from majestic fjords with beautiful scenery and weather but alas was a disaster the ship was full the room was small uncomfortable and very noisy broken sleep with funnel next door ...

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Sail Date April 2019

Peg and Les

1 Review Written

3 Helpful Votes

Meet the highest of Vikings standards- Fantastic weatherf

Viking Sky

We really lucked out and had fantastic weather for March. Northern lights were spectacular in Tromso. We took a private tour with indvidulltromoso and was better than the one Vikng offered. The weather was sun shine ...

Sail Date March 2019

Old cruiser florida

1 Review Written

2 Helpful Votes

Be prepared for cold. Inaugural In Search of Northern Lights January 2019 cruise

Viking Sky

Viking does a nice job but did not think thru their excursion offerings of this cruise. First, it was mostly in the dark, which was to be expected on a cruise above the Arctic Circle in January. but, many of the ...

Sail Date January 2019

Papa Shep

1 Review Written

27 Helpful Votes

Northern Lights, wind and the top of Europe

Back in May 2017, my wife and I decided to take a chance and booked to sail on CMV Magellan to see the3 Northern Lights. We choose this cruise because we liked the itinerary, the chance to see the Northern Lights ...

Sail Date October 2018

gaymay

1 Review Written

3 Helpful Votes

Budget Cruise

We chose this cruise mainly because of its destination, Norwegian Fjords. Embarkation was absolutely brilliant, so well organised, as was disembarkation. The onboard Staff were brilliant, helpful and ...

Sail Date October 2018

kimothyk

1 Review Written

10 Helpful Votes

Columbus

I chose this cruise because I always wanted to visit Norway.Also I was travelling alone and had never been on a cruise before. I had an qbsolutely marvellous time. I came home fitter and healthier (and I never used ...

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Sail Date October 2018

nicola1696

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

Majestic Fjordlands

The cruise was competitively priced and we thought it would be nice to try a smaller ship having sailed on several of the larger ones. We were a little dubious after reading some of the reviews but really need ...

Sail Date August 2018

brimary

3 Reviews Written

4 Helpful Votes

A heatwave cruise to Norway !!

Silver Wind

We chose the cruise for the total Norwegian itinerary and were not disappointed particularly as the weather was perfect throughout. The facilities on board were excellent but the management of the Pool deck re ...

Sail Date July 2018

peewee_48

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

1st time cruising

Last week my wife and I went on our 1st cruise to the Norwegian fjords and for two walkers thoroughly enjoyed it. I was a bit apprehensive but no problems it was like having a floating hotel. All 5 of the land days ...

Sail Date June 2018

Bannball

1 Review Written

4 Helpful Votes

First cruise

My dad and I were going away together, he wanted a cruise with no flights hence the fjords. He had been on a cruise before I was a cruise 'virgin'. He told me how it would be pretty 'posh' and the food and ...

Sail Date June 2018

alfie155

2 Reviews Written

12 Helpful Votes

First time on CMV - pleasantly surprised

Having never cruised with CMV before, we drove toward Tilbury with some trepidation as the car radio warned of congestion on the M25 but as it happened we drove right up to the Terminal with time to spare. I ...

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Sail Date May 2018

travellers 2x2

1 Review Written

7 Helpful Votes

If you want to see The Northern Lights don't go with CMV

My husband and I chose this cruise specifically to see the Northern Lights which we did. Embarkation was not very well organised. We chose to disembark early which meant we had to take our own luggage off the ...

Sail Date February 2018

scenery lover

2 Reviews Written

16 Helpful Votes

Wonderful visits, new friends, but....

I chose this cruise because I wanted to see the Northern Lights. Also because years ago I visited Norway and loved it, so wanted to revisit. The shore excursions really lived up to expectations, perhaps with the ...

Sail Date February 2018

Valerie55

1 Review Written

11 Helpful Votes

Cruise to the Northern Lights in Norway

I only read the reviews for this ship just before we left for our holiday and there were quite a few bad ones. I was a little apprehensive but I needn’t have been because we had a really good experience! The ship ...

Sail Date February 2018

Johnpauline

1 Review Written

3 Helpful Votes

Were we on the same cruise

We chose this cruise for a few reasons one it was to an area we have always wanted to visit, the port of Tilbury is near to where we live and the price was very competitive. Having read the previous reviews we do ...

Sail Date August 2017

phillipsc

1 Review Written

5 Helpful Votes

Fjord Cruise on Columbus

Having read previous negative reviews, it was with some apprehension when we embarked on a 7 day cruise to the Fjords.I do not believe that the problems experienced then are now appropriate.We had a suite which was ...

Sail Date August 2017

Addison01

2 Reviews Written

2 Helpful Votes

Midnight Sun

Viking Sea