WeeDram

I find this fascinating. This time of the year Reykjavik gets no night at all. Thanks for all the great photos.

The linked review includes the OP’s shuttle experience at Bergen. Also looks like low capacity shuttle for mobility impaired. OP’s party walked from the port.

@hallasm, is a chip and pin debit card (Visa in our case) as accepted as a credit card? By the way, thank you for your informative posts.

@Ken the cruiserwindy.com and windy.app are different. I’m seeing better reviews for windy.app. Not sure which ones @Jim_Iain and @Ipeeinthepools are using.

We sailed Beyond last week. Not only the fish, but the beef was good in Luminae. I ordered ribeye, NY strip, and filet mignon medium rare (not the same night 😀). All were great. It definitely depends on the ship, if not actually the sailing. Good luck!

I think that in addition to different perspectives on the decor, we are seeing different perspectives on what we expect from a bar. Some like a nice lounge with comfortable chairs and good servers and some prefer a compatico bar - by which I mean a commodious bar with ample chairs, friendly denizens, and expert interactive bartenders. With a pretty cramped bar situated such that the bartenders can see only a portion of the lounge and such that any queue to the restrooms impinges on the bar’s airspace, I’d say the Retreat is a lounge with an afterthought bar (Edge didn’t have one at all). We’ve enjoyed comfortable lounges and compatico (yeah, I made up this label … and sober, too) bars. Our favorite bars offer us a choice.

Jim, I really look forward to your review. I've been following the Port of Amsterdam news since we we're sailing there this summer. For your loyal readers - the Port of Amsterdam website has news articles on the changes to sea lock operation due to the long drought in the Netherlands (this issue dates back to last summer). Instead of opening the sea lock on demand as ships arrive, they are gathering ships in groups and opening the lock only when sufficient ships are waiting and only then on a strict schedule (every 12 hours as I recall). This reduces the number of passages through the lock, which reduces the number of times the lock is opened, which reduces the salt water incursion (since the drought has reduced the flow of fresh water that naturally forms the boundary between the fresh water of the port and the sea). I speculate that this causes the cruise lines significant scheduling issues (and probably marine traffic jams in the port every 12 hours), and has resulted in cancellations and port changes as unintended consequences of the lock operations.

Just enjoyed “a few” Zacapa Old Fashioneds (followed DaKahuna recommendation) at WCB on Beyond, so DW checked the bar menus on the app. It seems that only Reflection shows Bumbu. Maybe there’s hope, yet.