BuckeyeMark

I measured mine. It is quite small and compact. The AP is a little over 5" long (with the piston-plunger all the way in the tube, which is how you travel with it - fully compressed) and it is about 4" wide at its widest point. It weighs 180 grams. I carry a Dopp kit which holds my AP and assorted other coffee gear easily. I will warn you now: it makes ridiculously good coffee. It isn't complicated, it isn't hard to use, it's super simple and it just turns out great, smooth coffee. It also allows you total control over your brew - you decide how long to let it steep, how much coffee to dump in it, etc. Here's the point: you get an AP and you may not care for instant coffee very much after trying an AP! This isn't an AP forum so i'll stop with my AP love, but I would be glad to help anybody further who needs more info or recipes on how to brew with it etc. Message me at m d r 4 4 and then that AT sign and juno and then a dot and the com.

I'll join others in saying making coffee in your room isn't difficult. Take a look at the AeroPress. It's a marvelous, compact coffee maker that is very easy to use and clean up is a snap. It's my go to coffee maker and a joy to use and have. It's been on a bunch of cruises with me! And no, I don't work for them!

KEEP THEM COMING!

Carefully researching our ports of call. We'll be in Flam Sat, May 18, 2024 - 8:00AM to 4:00PM. Can we do the famous Flam railway to Myrdal before lunch, then go to Stegastein viewpoint, and then go to Borgund Stave church and be back in time? Or is that too much? And we'll any of that, like Stegastein be closed by roads not clear of snow yet? Finally, is there a private tour operator who would take me and my group to Stegastein and Borgund that you have used and is reliable? Thanks!

I'll join in the "ask about the weather" thread here ... we'll be there in mid-May. What's the weather like in the fjords then? How much snow will we see?

Prayers for you both. No fun being sick on vacation!

Booking through the cruise line or through a private vendor?

This looks amazing ... I would have thought "No need to do RIB boat since we just came up the fjord on our cruise ship." But no - still worth doing? Anyone go on this and afterward think "Meh, not so great. We just saw the fjord?"

So we could do a morning activity on Day 3 at 10 AM and not miss anything going into Nordfjordeid? That'd be great. And yes, I'm searching everything, including and especially this forum. Thanks!

Looking like we'll be on the cruise from Celebrity that I posted as the replacement cruise so I need some additional info about these ports please. Notably the ports where we can sked a group activity before we dock. Some of these ports are at the end of a long fjord cruise and the whole reason we're going is to be out on deck and see these great fjords so I don't want to sked anything then. But, for example, Kristiansand looks like sea cruising so we could do something that morning? We're scrambling here to get up to speed in a hurry so any and all info on these ports is appreciated. "Don't miss" or "You have to" or the "The signature thing in that port is _____" are all very welcome. Yes, I'm googling like mad but there is no substitute for the folks who have been there! Everyone has been so helpful. THANK YOU! Day 3 - NORDFJORDEID, NORWAY - Docked: 1:00PM to 7:00PM - great fjord cruise in so nothing that morning, yes? Day 4 - FLAM, NORWAY - Docked: 8:00AM to 4:00PM - am thinking the railway is the thing here,yes? Day 5 - GEIRANGER, NORWAY - Docked: 8:00AM to 6:00PM - obviously want to be out on deck for sail in and sail out. BTW, the Seven Sisters are about five miles from port. Is that about an hour's cruise away so we should for sure be there 7AMish? Day 6 - ALESUND, NORWAY - Docked: 8:00AM to 4:00PM Day 7 - KRISTIANSAND, NORWAY - Docked: 1:00PM to 8:00PM - could do a morning activity before port on this day? Again, big thanks to all.

How long does it typically take to sail the Geiranger fjord? If we're sked to dock at 8 AM we'd prolly enter the fjord at ___________?

This is helpful. And I may try to be the smartest person on the boat too! It was not a weather decision in any shape, form, or fashion. It was a financial decision - for which Celeb will pay dearly in many very unhappy customers. But someone decided they could live with that ... over in the Celebrity forum it sure doesn't sound like they are doing much for canceled customers. We'll see if they are willing to help us a little more since we're a big group and working with Group sales, not an individual customer service agent. I would say this: this thread has made me eager to take my group to Norway!

Great info. Thanks for sharing!

This is, again, extremely helpful. Would be good to tell my group exactly that, and then let people choose what they want to do. If folks want to get up and get the max experience they can, and I'm letting them know how to do that. If they don't, that's okay too - their choice.

QUESTION: Do you need to be on deck or is being in a balcony okay? Obviously you see only one side of the fjord in your balcony but is that terrible?

This is all so helpful. Thank you thank you thank you! We'll see if Celeb has room on the ship for us to go to Norway but I'm greatly encouraged. Keep posting your ideas, ideal itineraries, if some other line has a great May sailing we should investigate (it wouldn't take much to say "see ya!" to Celebrity!), etc. Really appreciate everyone here!

Had a huge church group booked on Beyond for eastern Med in early May. Now we're left scrambling and Celebrity is offering us $100 OBC and $200 in the Retreat but no price protection of the price we had! GRRRRR!

Celebrity decided to move their ship the Beyond to the Caribbean and so they canceled its Med cruises for the summer of 2024. Just sent us all emails saying "Sorry, you don't have a ship any more." Didn't even replace the Beyond with a different ship so we could still go on that cruise - just canceled it. Now we need to select another cruise - and we have two weeks to do so to get some perks and goodies that Celeb is offering to "make up" for the inconvenience. On top of that I had a big church group I was bringing on that Med Sea cruise! So now I'm choosing for a big group ... We are looking at going to Norway. Celebrity has a cruise in May that goes to Nordejordeid, Geiranger, Flam, Alesund and Kristiansand out of Southampton. That looks good but I need to know more about cruising fjords. Is it true you have to be up at 4 AM every morning to see the fjord as you sail into port and appreciate it? Is everyone pretty worn out all day because of the early starts? These cruises look amazing but the cruises I have been on have been about the port mostly - the sailing was inconsequential (the ocean looks the same every day). Norway looks like it's not so much about ports as it is about the sailing. Yes? What else should I know about these cruises before I put my group on a ship to Norway? Below is the cruise we're looking at. Any and all info appreciated. We're really trying to get up to speed on this quickly as Celeb pulled the rug out from underneath a well-planned, we've got everything in place cruise and now we're starting over from scratch. Thanks!

Really good writing, and as others have said, FUN! Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

These reports are simply excellent! Well done! TAKE MORE CRUISES! WRITE MORE REPORTS!

Top notch review. Really good stuff! Keep it up!

Great report. I am worried about Celeb not being able to go to Geiranger in '26 because someone said they won't let any ship in that is not zero emissions after 26. We had planned to take the cruise you took in 26... Appreciate your good reporting here!

This was a super helpful post. Thank you.

What will be using on the Beyond to unlock the stateroom door? Some cruise lines still use a "credit card"? Princess has a bluetooth fob, about the size of a quarter, you wear on a watch band or around your neck and the door unlocks for you when you approach. What's the Beyond use? Picture? And thank you!

Thanks to all who have made suggestions. Very helpful. We are a large group and the cruise line has accommodated us with a place to worship on the ship, and they would tender us off as a group, and provide buses to get where ever we need to get on Santorini (it would be a custom shore excursion - $$$$ but we'd be happy to pay). The question is, "Where are we going?" There are some wedding venues we could rent but I haven't found one large enough for our group (100+ and growing). Still searching. Just need a quiet and scenic place. Was kinda hoping that if we got somewhere first thing in the morning we could rent out that place for the morning before things really got going as more passengers come ashore. Again, we could worship on the ship and then everyone head to Santorini on their own for a day of sightseeing. But if we could be together in God's creation for worship ... that would be very special. Thanks!