My husband and I have been on in excess of 20 cruises over the years and often used P & O. for various reasons we drifted away from them as we did not like the bigger boats when they were first introduced and we found ourselves becoming big fans of several other cruise lines. Recently a friend asked us to join them on Iona for a Norwegian fjord cruise during which they had 2 special celebrations, ...
Mega fast embarkation!
We were told that the sail away time would have to be delayed until 2.00am due to adverse weather conditions in Southampton, which seemed odd as it was a great early summer day with a gentle breeze, in the morning the captain announced that due to the late sail start the port stop in Stavanger had to be scrapped.
Olden is a beautiful place to see, the stop at Alesund ...
Our third Viking cruise in 12 months proved as wonderful as the two previous ones. The dining and wine are consistently excellent. The dinner wines are varied and above average. Particularly enjoyable in the casual dining area is the fresh sushi bar - every evening - as a light, delicious dining option. The included tours are quite sufficient on this particular trip. The tour of Greenwich, ...
This cruise line should stick to ferry service !
Having recently been to Antartica on Swan Hallenic we were expecting much of the same on this Arctic Cruise.
We were sadly mistaken for sure,
Surly staff in general, they seemed very over worked, except for the bar staff.
Nickel and diming for most everything, for example, if you were late for lunch and ate in the restaurant that was ...
There is not a lot to say when everything was excellent. This was my second cruise on Viking and although the ships are identical, they did improve the amount of storage in the standard Verandah cabin. Still I find their standard verandah cabins small or a luxury ship. However the public areas are numerous, large, and beautifully decorated so spending time outside the cabin is actually ...
We left Southampton on one of the hottest days of the year with an 8 year old and an autistic 4 year old!
We specifically booked royal Caribbean due to the autism status and it did not disappoint.
Our worry upon arrival will be the waiting to board as our youngest cannot handle hustle and bustle and noises etc so therefore he has a meltdown. Advised royal Caribbean of our worries and got ...
This Hurtigruten coastal cruise has been on my "bucket list" for 38 years, and now we made it from 16 June to 21 June of 2022. It has always been marketed as something extra, particularly on landscape beauty and food onboard. The landscape did not disappoint us, but everything around the food and restaurants are just worse than bad. Nordlys were lacking 3 chefs on our cruise, but that should not ...
We booked this cruise well over a year before it left. The primary reason we chose this cruise was the stop in St Petersburg, Russia. Of course that was cancelled and while we considered canceling our trip as well, we didn't and I am so glad we didn't. While we were disappointed in the loss of that port I think that the itinerary was made up with the addition of Germany and Poland. While I do ...
Orginally wanted to go to and overnight in St. Petersburg but they cancelled this and put in two diiferent ports of call which were a total waste of time. Thank you Mr Putin. Other ports were so so. Decided to go despite them cancelling St Petersburg but should of cancelled like everyone else as there were on 1,200 passengers on board. The routing on the ship was terrible we went back and forth ...
The 14/06/22 departure was not a Baltic cruise but a 13 nights repositioning cruise from Copenhagen to Port Canaveral.
On arrival at Copenhagen Airport I was surprised by the very well organised Norwegian meet and greet. It took about one hour before they started transportation to the ship. Some people got nervous, expected huge lines at check in, and preferred to take a taxi. There was no ...
