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A Magical Frozen Norwegian Adventure-Part 2 completed 8/23/2015
I've started a new thread on this as there has been some trouble in the past couple of days accessing the old one. I was locked out for about a day until Sara helped me get back in. I know that Sabine is also locked out. Maybe others, although most of my faithful seem to be having no problems. Anyway, I'm going to repost my last update here as some haven't been able to see it. Then I will continue on this thread.
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Today's port is Geiranger (gay'-ron-ger with a hard g sound). It was suggested that the sail in to Geiranger was worth getting up for. I had decided to skip that and just see it when we sail out, but I woke up at 5:30. I decided to go ahead and throw on my clothes and head up to deck 10. There were quite a few people up there. It was sprinkling when I arrived, but the rain stopped after a while. As we were sailing through the Geiranger fjord, I was reminded a bit of Tracy Arm Fjord in Alaska. It is one of the longest, deepest, most narrow fjords in the world at 9 miles long and 800 feet deep. It is gorgeous and serene, a deep green with waterfalls everywhere! I'm so glad that I decided to get up.
The Seven Sisters Waterfall
The Suiter Waterfall (directly across the fjord from The Seven Sisters
Wade and I had to meet our tour group at 8:15 and we were the first called to leave. Geiranger has one floating sea walk dock and we had use of it. The other boats here today were tendered. Today we took the Views of Norway tour with a drive to the top of Mt. Dalsnibba. This was a shorter tour lasting about 3.5 hours. Today's guide was wonderful! We rode up another of those roads full of hairpin turns. This road overlooks the fjord and valley where the town is located. The views are beautiful as we switched back and forth going up the mountain. The fjord lay below us with the mountain above.
You will see a lot of shots of the fjord with the ships in the harbor. The Magic is the closest in to port as you can see.
We made a stop 3/4 of the way up for coffee and Danish at Djupvasshytta Lodge. There was a souvenir shop as well. I was going to buy a sweatshirt, but the credit card machines weren't working due to the weather! Just as well, as I later found a better deal in town. The ground here was totally covered in snow, except for the road, which is checked daily and plowed when needed. It has only been open for about two weeks, but had to close for a while last week due to snow and avalanche. It was cold and rainy (maybe sleet) here. They said there was a beautiful lake behind the building. I’ll have to take their word for it as it was totally covered in snow.
Can you see the smooth "lake" of snow beyond the car and snowdrift? That's the beautiful blue lake! It supposedly has great trout fishing. Use your imagination here, folks!!
Thank you so much for opening a new thread! Now I can happily continue to read your trip report
Geirangerfjord looks stunning. It's hard to imagine having that much snow in June! Glad the streets were open when you visited. I love the view of the Magic docked in Geiranger down below. I don't know, to me the ship always looks majestic in a way.
I have had no troubles with the old thread, but so nice of you to open another one so no one is locked out. I can't believe the amount of snow in June and it looks quite chilly, too. But in spite of the cold and snow, the scenery is just incredible!
I didn't have any problems with the old thread, but glad you did for the others!
Great photos and scenery of your excursion as everything is just so beautiful! Glad you had a better guide than your last excursion!
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So happy to be able to access this again! It was so weird on th least one, as it would load Cam's post (the first on a new page) but then nothing below that, and it just kept relaoding that one post like it was stuck - or a skipping record!
You're right, it does really resemble Tracy Arm in many respects. Beautiful!
How weird about the last thread - I had no ideas anyone was having issues with it, as it's been absolutely fine for me.
Thanks! I knew you had responded to the thread, but I couldn't access it.
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Thank you so much for opening a new thread! Now I can happily continue to read your trip report
Geirangerfjord looks stunning. It's hard to imagine having that much snow in June! Glad the streets were open when you visited. I love the view of the Magic docked in Geiranger down below. I don't know, to me the ship always looks majestic in a way.
You are welcome. Apparently we weren't the only ones having issues. You are right about the majesty of the Disney ships. They just stand out.
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I have had no troubles with the old thread, but so nice of you to open another one so no one is locked out. I can't believe the amount of snow in June and it looks quite chilly, too. But in spite of the cold and snow, the scenery is just incredible!
I knew that you had posted as well, but again, no luck in accessing. Spring was about a month late in Norway this year, hence all the snow. It was indeed chilly, but we weren't outside an extreme amount of time, so no problems with it. My jacket is fairly lightweight, but I had a sweatshirt and long sleeved tee under it.
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I didn't have any problems with the old thread, but glad you did for the others!
Great photos and scenery of your excursion as everything is just so beautiful! Glad you had a better guide than your last excursion!
It was gorgeous and it was so nice to have a really good guide for this excursion.
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Thanks for reposting
You are so welcome.
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So happy to be able to access this again! It was so weird on th least one, as it would load Cam's post (the first on a new page) but then nothing below that, and it just kept relaoding that one post like it was stuck - or a skipping record!
You're right, it does really resemble Tracy Arm in many respects. Beautiful!
That's exactly what was happening to me, although I locked up on Sabine's last post on the previous page. I could see that other posts were being made, including my update, but could not access them. I was able to get to the page, but the "view new" button wouldn't work.
It was quite stunning scenery.
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The fjord photos are gorgeous! That Danish pastry looks very tasty!
The scenery was breathtaking and the pastry was delicious.
We then proceeded up the toll road to the top of Mt. Dalsnibba. It had been covered in fog all morning and was snowy (flurries) when we arrived. It was quite windy and cold! But we were in luck. Just as we were there, the clouds blew away briefly and we were able to see the valley and fjord, with the lovely Disney Magic down below. I later talked to a couple who were on the bus that was maybe 10 minutes behind us. They were not able to see the valley or ship when they were there.
It's not much of a view, but better than others got. It was tough getting any pictures as the wind was so strong it was difficult (and crowded) standing at the rail. I basically just had to stick my arm out over the rail and snap pictures, hoping it was working.
After this it was time to head back down the mountain. We made one stop at Flydalsjuvet viewpoint on our way down for more pictures. It was still rainy and cold. Upon returning at about 11:30, we made our way out the long windy sea walk to the ship. We dropped our stuff in the room and headed to Cabanas for lunch.
Some great photos and was amazed how the weather conditions changed not only in short time but elevation wise!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I'm glad it cleared enough for you to get a glimpse of the Magic - honestly from the earlier photos, you really wouldn't know there was anything at all beneath all that cloud!
I tell you what is fascinating me, the weather you've had on this visit. Given it was June when you went, and we went in April/May 2012, we had much better weather - sunshine and much warmer - so I naturally assumed June would be really nice, but it doesn't seem to have been. I still find it weird to see snow in June.
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Glad the streets were open when you visited. I love the view of the Magic docked in Geiranger down below. I don't know, to me the ship always looks majestic in a way.
I can't believe the amount of snow in June and it looks quite chilly, too. But in spite of the cold and snow, the scenery is just incredible! 
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