Columbus Review
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My dad and I were going away together, he wanted a cruise with no flights hence the fjords.
He had been on a cruise before I was a cruise 'virgin'. He told me how it would be pretty 'posh' and the food and entertainment would be amazing. Unfortunately it didn't live up to expectations.
The staff were amazing, couldn't do enough for us and so friendly all the time. The food was good, varied but not a lot of veg dishes that weren't in sauces, though plenty of salad. Unfortunately the bistro didn't seem to be able to cope with the numbers and constantly ran out of glasses, mugs and on the last breakfast, toast! We were told they didn't expect so many?? There were 1400 on the ship at all times so how could they not expect so many to the last breakfast?
Cabin Review
The cabin was basic, smaller than I expected for a deluxe with balcony, the shower was grubby, not dirty just very worn. The room was spotless, the cabin steward was great. She couldn't do enough for us and was so friendly
Port Reviews
Flam
We booked the Flam railway trip at the tourist info, excellent! Gorgeous scenery and a lovely pancake with coffee up the top!
Olden
Again we booked our own trip once we got off the ship. Unfortunately there wasn't anyone on the landing area to give us directions and we headed the wrong way. Found a tourist info office but it was empty! Eventually a 'hop on' bus turned up and the driver took us to the port where we booked his trip :) again beautiful scenery
Andalsnes
The tourist info office was in the station (but not obvious at first). We booked a tour to the troll wall and up the mountain. This was excellent! The driver was our guide and he was great! Full of information and humour! This trip is one of the best we didn't!
Bergen
We booked the hop on bus with a combined ticket for the furnicular. Both were excellent! We had soup from the cafe, one of the best soups ever!
Amsterdam
We booked our own 1 hr cruise on the canals, this was very good, informative and interesting commentary. Well worth doing