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We are on September 5 sailing so looks like we I’ll go before you.  We are going to also do 2 days on each end. We did a British Isles cruise a few years ago and spent five days in London. We stayed at Marriott St Pancreas and used hop on hop off bus. We got to see London and it was super convenient. Tube system is great and you might want to det an oyster card similar to Marta card for using subway. 

5 minutes ago, Let Me Travel! said:

Are you going at the end of September into October Reykjavik to London? If so, so are we! I’m really looking forward to it…I do think I’ll buy the BOGO NCL flight, but I really want to upgrade to at least Premium Economy…just because we have to fly so long from ATLANTA. We are doing 2 days on both ends also…have you booked your hotel or are you doing the cruise tour…we want to go to chartwell house when we are in England, so I think we have to do our own tour..let us know if you have booked your extensions yet…we can’t get anything booked until 10/15 or so, just because that will be a year out.

We are going on this cruise September 2924 and also interested in your travel from Philly.  We too are in Philly and looking to spend 2 days before cruise in Iceland and 2 days in London on the end.  We took are taking advantage of NCL air as it is almost half price.

We went to Alaska 5 years ago at the time you are going. I am a serious photographer so of course I took a DSLR Nikon with several lenses. I also took a Nikon P6000 which was a top line point & shoot. I also have had several Canon G-9, G-10 which is Canon's top line point & shoot. I only tell you this so you know where I am coming from.

First off wide angle <50 mm is for scenery and when you are in towns where you can not get back far enough. Telephotos > 50 mm are to bring things closer that you cannot get closer to by walking forward. This is based on 35mm. The Point and shoot zooms go up to 60x but generally the lens is slow f5.6 which means you need more light to expose the picture. Do not get confused when they talk about digital zoom as every manual will tell you to turn this off since it will degrade your picture. Optical is the only thing to look at.

The better made point and shoot cameras Canon g-15 and Nikon P7800 are probably around 450 - 550. Note that no one has better deals on Nikon or Canon since if they undercut the price the manufacture will not sell them any more cameras. I tell you this in case you have a local camera store in your area. You are going to get just as good deal there as B&H. The two models I have suggested allow you to grow and do more with the flash built in or adding another flash. They also have better sensors and will take better pictures at higher iso.

Both of the camera's zoom feature are more than adequate for what you want to do. This is a glorious trip and one of the few cruises that my wife and I will do again. You want to take many pictures. I would suggest that whatever camera you buy get a second battery for it in case you need to change it during the day. Additionally I usually go to amazon and purchase a second charger that works off ac or car for about $12 as these are more compact and easier to bring with you than the oem charger.

I own many cameras and one is a go pro. This is primarily a video camera though you can take stills with it. The lense is a wide angle. I have found that best is a Nikon aw-100 which current model is aw-120. Bought at Costco though any camera store or best buy have for about $250.00. It is water proof and can do videos if you want. It has a zoom lens and takes awesome pictures. It fits in your pocket for carrying around the ship.

As info I also bring a Nikon D810 DSLR for when we are not doing water activities.