Accommodations of a mini suite – The room was too small, balcony too small bathroom great but stunk like sulfur entire trip. Our room steward did a good job.

The Rib Adventure in Flam, Norway was outstanding.  Even though it was short it was the true way to experience the fjords up close and personal.  The company was excellent as well as our tour guide.

The Hardanger Fjord excursion was expensive and nothing more than a long extended boring bus ride with little time to see anything except the waterfall.  The tour guides need to learn to take a break from nonstop talking every minute.  The lunch was very good but little time to see the town and walk around because we had to get to the waterfall.  When these excursions are described online there should be an explanation of time on a bus, tendering, time at lunch or seeing the town etc.  It is impossible to make good choices because you really provide limited information.  

The Overland Tour to Geiranger was outstanding. Our tour guide was incredible and didn&rsquo;t dominate with nonstop talking.  I have to say this was the best excursion of all.  We got to stop and see things and were told to be back on the bus in 5 minutes.  We had snow falling and it was worth every penny. The only down side to this excursion was standing in the rain to get back to the boat on the tenders. This is another unadvertised ridiculous imposition on your guests.  I heard people complaining of the hours to get on and off the ship.  We are lucky we got off in Hellesylt.  With over 4,000 people it is not acceptable.

Akureyri Nature and History Good excursion and stops but again too much talking by the tour guide.

Akureyri

Bathing in the Blue Lagoon &ndash; Great excursion.  The tour guide talked too much. This was too early in the morning.


Reykjavik

The Golden Circle Good excursion but too long on the bus and stops before you get to the waterfall.  The dinner took so long we had 15 minutes to see the geysers.  That was very disappointing.  Many people left dinner to go to the geysers longer.  We had more time at the National Park.  This tour guide also talked non stop. Once again bus times and times at the stops should be known.

Missed due to weather and could not get to shore.

Invergordon (Inverness)

The last stop was Edinburgh.  This was the grand finale of all.  We signed up for Glamis Castle &amp; St. Andrews.  The tour was 9 hours.  The tour explanation fails to mention:
a)	Tendering for 45-50 minutes each way considering loading and the ride.
b)	There is only 3 hours of touring on a 9 hour excursion without meals.
c)	We had two hours at the castle which was great.
d)	We had one hour at St. Andrews when the description led you to believe you could walk in town, have lunch and see the golf course.  We had no time to do anything but quickly walk the area.
e)	The tour guide talked for 6 hours.
f)	It was pouring rain when we got back to the tender area and the line was not to be believed.  People were getting soaked until they passed out plastic covers.  Only after an hour did they enlist another company to assist in getting us back to ship.  This took was an ordeal attempting to dock at the ship.  Very dangerous. Getting off when they tried to dock the ferry they were having a difficult time. People were rushing to get off and it was unstable.  The first people off where falling as they did it.  Then three-four people had to help each passenger on to the ship.  It was a slow process and we were tired and many people were wet.
g)	This was unacceptable from start to finish.


The last night in the port in Copenhagen they did a load test from 1 am to 5 am and the ship rocked back and forth.We chose to stay in Copenhagen the day before and after the trip which gave us a lot of time to explore the city on foot, no buses!

Norwegian Getaway Review

A lot of money for very limited sightseeing

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