We recently completed a 14-day Search for the Northern Lights cruise to Norway. Although we had quite a few days with rough seas, the Island Princess handled the seas well. Our cabin was spacious and the balcony was larger than on many ships. Some of the cabin furnishings clearly need to be replaced. Our mini-suite couch and chair looked very worn. The bed also had clear indentations of where ...
Can't say enough good things about this cruise. It started with an easy embarkation. The lines moved swiftly through security. Dropped my bags off in my cabin and headed for lunch. The buffet was good overall. We did have a few occasions when finding a table was difficult. The food and service were very good. Selection was vast as always with a great omelet station. Food in the MDR was ...
We wanted a change from the Med, so Norway seemed like a pretty different cruise with something genuinely new to see. The fjords did not disappoint, everywhere you turn there is another stunning view. As for the ship, it's mostly well laid out with a beautiful piazza and it feels premium thoughout. The Take Five lounge is a bit of a waste, as Jazz isn't nearly as popular as someone seems to think ...
This was our first ever cruise with princess cruises after being loyal to p & o
it was also our first time to Norway
embarkation was effortless and on ship in 30 minutes this was only because of waiting for security to start doing their checks.
on boarding the ship it was WOW SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL SHIP.
The staff were so friendly and felt at home straight away.
our cabin was a very ...
About us: We are a married couple in our late 50's early 60's. We have experienced over 20+ ocean cruises, and this was our first post Covid. Our experiences have been with Princess, Celebrity, RCCL, NCL and Carnival. We travel for the destinations and the ease of which cruising allows. I will cover the pre cruise travel, ship, ports, excursions and food.
Pre Cruise: We booked our own ...
This was our first cruise on Princess, although we have cruised many times on NCL and RCCL. The itinerary and price is what attracted us to this particular cruise of the Norwegian fjords. Overall, we were not disappointed.
We took care of our flights, hotel and transportation ourselves. We flew into LHR and took the excellent BlackBerry Car service (a private car with driver). We stayed at the ...
This cruise had been on our bucket list for quite some time and a similar booking was cancelled in 2020 due to covid.
Pre-Cruise Comments
The necessary admin and check-in processes were confusing because some things are now in the new medallion app and others in the online personaliser where everything used to be.
It was also frustrating because the app was often slow and sometimes ...
I wanted to go to Iceland. I booked this trip thinking I was going there only to find out at the last minute that I was actually going to Norway. I could not pronounce the names of the cities that we were going to and as you can see with the title it does not say Iceland in it. I, also, thought I was in a room with a partial view, and I had a full tender with the lowering device right in front ...
Weather
First of all we were very lucky with the weather throughout the whole voyage, very little rain if any, bright sunny days cold at times but not freezing. Managed to get away with just jeans, a t-shirt and long-sleeved fleece jacket most days.
The sea was calm almost every day, close to pond like a few times even when we travelled down the west coast of Ireland from Reykjavik on our ...
We picked this cruise to go to Iceland & Norway and wanted extra days at sea to relax. Due to the weather we missed 3 of the scheduled ports in Iceland, however I cannot blame Princess for this. What did impress us was what they did with all these unscheduled days at sea. The entertainment crew sent a new daily planner with many extra things to do for these sea days. The ship also gave us future ...