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Finally caught up on Part 1, and just finished Part 2. Great report - there may not be as much wildlife, but your report still makes me want to see Norway.
Glad you have some warm weather cruises to look forward too while you wait for Alaska!
Finally caught up on Part 1, and just finished Part 2. Great report - there may not be as much wildlife, but your report still makes me want to see Norway.
Glad you have some warm weather cruises to look forward too while you wait for Alaska!
It is a beautiful country, well worth a visit. And I'm just waiting to be able to book DCL tomorrow for Jan. 2017.
Thank you so much for this amazing documentary of your trip. We are considering the 12 day for next summer with the stops in Iceland. We have done Alaska and it was by far one of our favorite vacations ever so it is nice to hear it is somewhat similar. Our thought process is we will never get to see Norway or Iceland any other way so we are blowing the bank and going for it!!!
Thank you for the time and energy you put into sharing your trip.
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Thank you so much for this amazing documentary of your trip. We are considering the 12 day for next summer with the stops in Iceland. We have done Alaska and it was by far one of our favorite vacations ever so it is nice to hear it is somewhat similar. Our thought process is we will never get to see Norway or Iceland any other way so we are blowing the bank and going for it!!!
Thank you for the time and energy you put into sharing your trip.
You're so welcome. You will have an amazing adventure, I am sure. Although, as I said, I prefer Alaska, I am so very glad that we did this cruise. Norway is a beautiful country and well worth the visit.
We are deciding on Norway cruise port excursions due Feb. 4th to sign up for June 4 2017 sailing. Suggestions appreciaiated. Also doing Adventure by Disney in Denmark pre-cruise.
We are deciding on Norway cruise port excursions due Feb. 4th to sign up for June 4 2017 sailing. Suggestions appreciaiated. Also doing Adventure by Disney in Denmark pre-cruise.
Stan Bonis. Disney Concierge Gold #7
Hi, Stan! Welcome to our boards!! I only have experience with the tours we took, of course, but I'm happy to share my thoughts on those. Remember, there are no children with us and we are an older, rather sedate couple, so nothing real active.
In Stavanger, I was very happy with the catamaran tour of Lysefjord. It lasted around 3-4 hours, with plenty of good scenery and explanations from the crew. That left me with time to grab lunch back on the ship and then explore the town on my own. My husband took the old time sailing ship tour and wasn't particularly impressed with it.
In Allesund, we took the Path of the Trolls tour to the Trollstigen Rd. It was an all day adventure, but quite good. There were several stops along the way with wonderful sites to see. I think it was well worth the time invested in it.
In Gieranger, we took the motor coach tour up to Dalsnibba Viewpoint. We did not go to the Fjord center. I'm not sure if the exact tour we took is still offered. It was really fun and we saw a lot of snow (on the ground and falling). It only took a few hours and again left time to explore the town. (There really isn't very much in Gieranger.) Be sure to be on deck to see the waterfalls as you enter and leave the town. The fjord leading in is amazing.
Our Bergen tour is the only one I wouldn't recommend. It was the Hardanger Fjord tour. We did see a couple of beautiful waterfalls and some nice scenery, but it was just too long. We were out around 8 hours and it just wasn't worth it to us for what we saw along the way.
I hope you have a wonderful trip. We really enjoyed ours. Norway had a late spring that year so we really had a cooler than expected trip, but it was ok. Just be prepared for the weather.
In Copenhagen, we just came in a few days early and did our own thing with the HOHO bus and walking around. If you haven't read my whole trip report, you might want to scan through for the descriptions in detail of the various tours.
We are deciding on Norway cruise port excursions due Feb. 4th to sign up for June 4 2017 sailing. Suggestions appreciaiated. Also doing Adventure by Disney in Denmark pre-cruise.
Stan Bonis. Disney Concierge Gold #7
Although we haven't done that cruise, we've been to Copenhagen on a Baltic cruise - see page 52 of A Baltic boating adventure. Hopefully the link I've posted should take you straight there.
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