Just returned from a 7 night Norwegian Fjords cruise on the Columbus. Had a great time and only after we had sailed did I realise it was also a 70’s cruise.

Well, that meant we also had “The Rubettes”, yes the original group who sounded exactly the same as they did originally, not a tribute act and who were absolutely brilliant plus Lynn Paul appearing on board, along with tribute nights by the ship’s theatre company, who were also very good, featuring ABBA and Queen and also appearing was Elvis. So, with that sort of entertainment on top of the spectacular scenery, that really made it memorable. Also, we had Angela Rippon on board as a passenger I think and as she was also in our lifeboat, we knew we would be okay if the ship went down.

Also, the weather was superb, calm seas and really warm weather all the way (32 degrees C in Flam - phew!). Read more