Rick&Jeannie

It has been very good every day, surprisingly. Starlink has been a great improvement. I think you will have good luck with a call. Video call might be a bit iffy....

We did not originally have an excursion booked for this port but we added a bus tour last minute. It was interesting...mainly we didn't want to just sit on the boat!

No, we'll be back on the Sky this November.

You can definitely board earlier than 1:00pm. As @snoozecrooze says, you can basically ignore any "suggested" boarding times in the app. I would, however, go through the motions and pick a time "just in case" they magically start enforcing times...which I highly doubt.

I'm not in the cabin right now, but self-disembark was 7:00am-9:45am. That is what we will be doing. We have the Princess transfer to Victoria Coach Station meeting at 9:05am

Since the medallion app rolled out we have *never* needed to show a QR code.

I think you did the right thing. I always tend to add a little "pad time" to cover those unforeseen circumstances!

Well, eventually all cruises come to an end. This is the last day (sea day) before returning to Southampton tomorrow. This has definitely been an eventful trip! Missed ports, 2 medical evacuations (1 by boat, 1 by helicopter), visiting a port that had originally been canceled, visiting a port that had *not* been scheduled, at least 2 onboard medical calls... Wow! I know some people are disappointed, some really upset...and some have just "gone with the flow". While we were disappointed to miss Reykjavik since we've never been there, that just means we have to book another cruise to "make up for it"! I was surprised/glad that we received 20% FCC compensation...Princess certainly did not have to do that but it sure was nice to get. Some people have indicated that 20% wasn't enough. I just applied it to an upcoming cruise that is not yet fully paid (actually, a transatlantic...and on the Sky!) While I did not start this thread as a "Live From" topic...it just kinda morphed into one. I hope everyone has enjoyed following along our adventure! I thought it was a good cruise. We saw some beautiful scenic sights in both Norway and Iceland. I hope our "tales of woe" regarding weather and missed ports does not dissuade anyone from considering this itinerary. After all, any day on a ship is better than being stuck at home! Happy cruising!

They have relatively small docks there, but they don't look big enough for a ship the size of the Sky.

It *does* look like that but actually he had just made some type of award/presentation to the gentleman on the left. I was not able to hear exactly what it was.

And now we know! Thanks! We didn't have a guide to tell us any of that...

Alesund seems to have an obsession with trolls!

Captain Marco Fortezze

Skjolden

This was our tender pilot for seyðisfjörður

Church in Seyðisfjörður

I've been very pleasantly surprised at how easily I've been able to upload pictures! Starlink appears to be a big step in the right direction!

I realize that food/taste is a very subjective topic. That being said...this is chocolate sorbet...NASTY!

Wine Maker's Dinner menu

Vigor Island puffin

I cheated and grabbed a couple of sneak shots in 5 Skies

May 21st