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1 hour ago, Ladybug18 said:

Thank you for your response. This is the company I have been looking to book with but the day we will be there they do not have a 10AM tour, they only have two tours: 9:30AM & 1:00PM. I would have preferred the 10AM tour to give us more time to get to the tour as I am told by NCL our ship has to tender and I don't know how long that will take with us arriving in Geiranger at 8AM.

We are on the NCL Prima with a tender @ 8AM into Geiranger in August......was concerned about doing the 9:30AM bus tour because NCL excursions will be the first to tender (or so I was told)....so we are choosing to take the 1:00PM panorama exclusive bus tour and added an 11AM RIB boat safari with the same company... and it was less money than just the bus tour with NCL....so two excursions for the price of one!!

5 hours ago, Turtles06 said:

 

How can we know? 🙂  

 

Are you sure you don't have any typos?  Is there any restriction on your card for international charges?  Do you have another card you can use?

I was able to get the reservations.....I had to call my credit card company and okay the payment....so all is well.

4 hours ago, Turtles06 said:

I’m on the same cruise as @Skicruiser55 and am booked at 10am with these folks:

 

https://www.geirangerfjord.no/panorama-exclusive-bus

I am trying to make this same reservation.....but for some reason it will not accept my credit card, what am I doing wrong???

5 hours ago, John Bull said:

Flying into which London airport?

 

Spending how long in London?

 

A round-trip on a ho-ho bus gives you a good over-view

https://www.tootbus.com/en/london/home?

or https://www.bigbustours.com/en/london/london-bus-tours?

 

But use The Tube (London's extensive metro system) for visiting specific places because its waaaay quicker than the ho-hos.

https://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf

Use this map only for your travel underground - find a tube station near you, figure the best tube station/s for where you want to go (literature & websites of attractions tell you the nearest tube station) then use the tube map to navigate to that station.

Don't bother to print this map off, it's on all London maps and at stations.

If you're in London for more than just a day get a London Oyster Travel Card

https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do

 

Bear in mind that unless you pay heavily for a private transfer, or take a tour-transfer, you'll be travelling to Southampton - by frequent direct trains from Waterloo station (and a much slower hourly direct train from Victoria train station) to Southampton central station, or by National Express bus from Victoria coach station direct to Southampton coach station. Trains are waaaaay cheaper if you book in advance - advance tickets available from about 10 weeks out, Nat Express bus is cheap anyway but book in advance to ensure your seats.

Travelling from London to Southampton on the morning of sailing day is perfectly normal.

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

https://www.nationalexpress.com/en

https://www.internationalfriends.co.uk/shore-excursions-and-cruise-transfers.html

 

Best London areas to lodge without paying mega-bucks IMHO are

 

- the Waterloo//County Hall area. Close to the river, with pleasant & interesting  walks down-river to places like Shakespeare's Globe & Tate Modern.

And a walk across Westminster Bridge to the Houses of Parliament (Big Ben etc), Westminster Abbey, then up Whitehall (Churchill's War Rooms just off Whitehall), past Downing Street (Prime Minister's home),  Horseguards Parade, the former Scotland Yard and Whitehall Theatre to Trafalgar Square & Admiralty Arch then if you've still got energy thro Admiralty Arch and down The Mall to Queen Victoria's monument and Buckingham Palace.

All of which happens to be the route for the coronation of King Charles 111 tomorrow. 

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-04/where-to-watch-the-kings-coronation-procession-route-map-and-timings

 

- or Victoria. Broader range of hotels large & small, generally cheaper, close to Buckingham Palace, not quite so convenient but still walkable to Big Ben etc in about 20 minutes.

 

- or, cheaper, outside of central London, places like Earls Court or Hammersmith or Camden Town - or even further to very pleasant Greenwich or Woolwich or Harrow or Epping.

But each day will start & finish with a ride on the Tube, so make sure your lodgings are near a tube station.  I

 

n fact, near a Tube station applies to any lodging  in London.

 

Lots of very useful info about hotels, attractions & logistics at 

https://www.londontoolkit.com/

 

Norway

Sip the beer slowly

Not because it's strong.

Not because it's well worth savouring.

But because Norway is expensive, and beer is about £8 a pint.

But the views of the fjords are wonderful and free.

 

A reminder:

Flying into which London airport?

Spending how long in London?

 

JB 🙂 

 

JB, is there room for large luggage (luggage rack) on the direct Waterloo train to Southampton?

Thank you for posting this, I am in the same situation with a non NCL tour @ 9:30 in August and look forward to hearing the answer to this question......Since the very first Prima cruise to Geiranger tender will be near the end of May would love to hear their experiences, we might have to wait until then....

Our tour with Arctic Shorex in Isafjordur is also full for our upcoming August cruise on the Prima....you have to book early to get these excursions.....and right on the page where you go to book it says click on terms and conditions.....sorry you didn't read it.  

Your post was very informative. Thank you for the information!

How do I contact them, do they have an email address?

20 hours ago, dfish said:

I did prebook online.  Lots of people think this is a real thrill and will book it.  Your son will have a blast!   We did a RIB in Eidfjord as well and that was equally thrilling.  It was great doing donuts out on the fjord!  

dfish, could you tell me how much the 1 hour RIB boat in Geiranger would be in US currency, thanks.

9 hours ago, celebration15 said:

Will you please post after your excursion how you liked it and also how to contact your private transportation? Four of us will be going this in June.  Thanks!

We are going in August......maybe if you take this tour, you could post back to me😀  The tour company that we are thinking of going with is norwayexcursions.com geiranger-mount-dalsnibba-and-eagle-road

It is a private one, but we can take the ship's excursion but it was $130pp compared to $75pp for the private one.....the ship's was scheduled for afternoon but the private one, I can choose morning or afternoon.

We have a half day tour with a choice of times in Geiranger for Mt. Dalsnibba and Eagle Road in mid August.   Is it more likely to be foggy in the morning?  Should we choose the afternoon?  Thanks for the advice.

I should correct myself....I did not mean tender tickets, I meant to say tender time slot😊

When tendering in Geiranger....what is the process of getting tendering tickets if NOT going on a ship excursion......we will be on the NCL Prima in August.  Can I get them as soon as we embark on a kiosk? or the day before Geiranger? Also can I get tender tickets for other people in our group (2 rooms)?  Thanks for the information.

There is an NCL excursion called "Romantic Bruges" which includes a walking tour & canal boat ride and is less expensive than the Bruges for the Day excursion......that's the one we (5 persons) are doing while on the Prima in August.

We will be in Isafjordur, this August on the NCL Prima and doing a shore excursion to Dynjandi Falls and Westfjords with  arcticshorex.com

18 hours ago, cruise101 said:

We (2 couples) will be on an Icelandic cruise in June this year, visiting Akureyri, Isafjordur and Reykjavik.

 

We are looking for suggestions for well reviewed private tour operators in each of the above 3 ports.

 

Thanks in advance for your guidance.

In Akureyi, these are companies that do shore excurions to Godafoss and Lake Myvatn, sagatravel.is, fabtravel.is, and arcticshorex.com....In Isafjordur, we are doing an excursion with arcticshorex.com to Dynjandi Falls & Westfjords.

Thank you for all the helpful information

5 hours ago, Bob++ said:

I would decide where I wanted to be first. For example - if I was heading for Southampton after, Waterloo or Victoria would be sensible.

 

Google Maps will show hotels and today's prices, which would give you a head start. 

Which area, Waterloo or Victoria, is closer for walking to the main sites, such as Westminster Abbey, Tower of London or Buckingham Palace

That sounds perfect, thanks! 

If we take the London Waterloo train to Southampton, is there room for storing luggage?

Thank you for the information, I appreciate it.

Is there an excursion company that will pick you up at Skarfabakki Harbor to go to the Blue Lagoon, then drop you off at the Keflavik Airport?  

Thanks everyone for the advice....I think we will wait to buy tickets until we get there because of weather conditions....hopefully if its clear and we get there at opening, we will be able to not have to wait long.

We will be in port in Bergen in mid-August.  I wanted to pre-book floyen funicular tickets in advance, but the website wouldn't take my credit card.....so I tried to get on the app and register to get tickets but it said it would send a text with a code to register, but never recieved it......what am I doing wrong?  Am I trying to book too early?  Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.