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8 hours ago, kaisatsu said:

This is a bit of an apples and oranges comparison. Would you rather visit the Norwegian fjords or some smaller less-visited Baltic cities?

Yes it really is apples and oranges!

I've wanted to do the Flam railway every since some family did it years ago. I'll admit I haven't really looked at the Norway ports on the HAL cruise so it's nice to hear they could be a great substitute to Flam. 

We had to cancel our dream cruise in 2020 - 21 day Baltic/Fjords with HAL that went to Flam (a must for me)

We are looking to book something similar in 2022, but can't find anything that does the Baltic and Flam in under 28 days.  I have 2 totally different options, and I'm hoping to get some opinions from people - the bottom line is really should we do the Fjords or not.  The 2 itineraries visit the same ports, except:

21 day HAL Baltic Jewels and Norse Legends - May 7 -> goes to Alesund, Eidfjord, Geiranger, Bergen, Aarhus.  We would go a bit early to catch tulips in Holland.

12 day Norwegian Baltic - June 19 -> goes to Visby, Riga, Klaipeda, Gdansk.  We would add on Amsterdam before/after.

We are torn, because we really wanted Flam, and the idea of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland is intriguing.  But would you give up the Fjord portion to visit those countries?

Really appreciate any advice! Thanks!

(our other vacay option in 2022 was an Egypt and Jordan group tour so totally different!!)

By far the best photos I've seen in a review on cruise critic!! Can I just steal them and pretend I took them :) jk....I did buy a new camera for my trip just not nearly as good as yours.

Thanks for the tips - we'll be doing a similar itinerary in september (without colosseum, moving spanish steps/trevi to morning) so this helps!