Iluvcruising2 Posted June 29, 2014 Author #126 Share Posted June 29, 2014 My thanks as well. Loved reading your thoughts and looking your pictures.....:):):) Bob Thanks for leaving a comment. Glad that you are enjoying the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted June 29, 2014 #127 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Fantastic review and pictures. I have really enjoyed reading it. We are cruising the fjords and Iceland on Brilliance next month. Cannot wait. Thanks Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn1004 Posted June 29, 2014 #128 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Great review - love the photos. funny enough was watching a tv show (An Doh does Iceland) and he'd just been to the Blue Lagoon and the Geyser, so was nice to read about tem in your review also. We had looked at doing Iceland/Norway on X next year but we ending up deciding to return to Alaska. Iceland and Norway will stay on the bucket list for now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Woobstr112G Posted June 29, 2014 #129 Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) We head to Akureyri, Iceland. The Adventure of the Seas have these The sail-in was beautiful. Great views from the aft balcony. View of the port. Look at the cloud cover. Here are some videos of the sail-in. I think Sailaways and Sail In's are one of the best parts of cruising. Theses are truly amazing pictures. I can't wait till September of next year.....:) Bob Edited June 29, 2014 by Woobstr112G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted June 29, 2014 #130 Share Posted June 29, 2014 That's great. Thanks. What is your itinerary? September 5 : Southampton September 7 : Bergen , Norway September :8 Shetland Islands September :10 Akureyri Iceland September :11 Isafjordur September 12: Reykjavik September 17: Saint John's , Newfoundland September :19 Halifax , Nova Scotia September : 21 New York A number of people are doing a B2B with the Norway cruise prior to the T/A. August: 29 Southampton August: 31 Stavanger September :1 Olden , Norway September : 2 Geiranger September : 3 Bergan We cruised Norway last Fall so we are just doing the T/A , our first Princess cruise . :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted June 30, 2014 Author #131 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Fantastic review and pictures. I have really enjoyed reading it.We are cruising the fjords and Iceland on Brilliance next month. Cannot wait. Thanks Pete Enjoy your cruise! It will be great. I think the weather should be better than what we had during our cruise (early Summer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted June 30, 2014 Author #132 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Great review - love the photos. funny enough was watching a tv show (An Doh does Iceland) and he'd just been to the Blue Lagoon and the Geyser, so was nice to read about tem in your review also. We had looked at doing Iceland/Norway on X next year but we ending up deciding to return to Alaska. Iceland and Norway will stay on the bucket list for now! Thanks for leaving a comment. We've not sailed to Alaska yet. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted June 30, 2014 Author #133 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I think Sailaways and Sail In's are one of the best parts of cruising. Theses are truly amazing pictures. I can't wait till September of next year.....:) Bob I agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted June 30, 2014 Author #134 Share Posted June 30, 2014 September 5 : Southampton September 7 : Bergen , Norway September :8 Shetland Islands September :10 Akureyri Iceland September :11 Isafjordur September 12: Reykjavik September 17: Saint John's , Newfoundland September :19 Halifax , Nova Scotia September : 21 New York A number of people are doing a B2B with the Norway cruise prior to the T/A. August: 29 Southampton August: 31 Stavanger September :1 Olden , Norway September : 2 Geiranger September : 3 Bergan We cruised Norway last Fall so we are just doing the T/A , our first Princess cruise . :D A very interesting itinerary. Some of these places, I guess I would not visit on my own accord, but as part of a cruise itinerary - why not? Hope you have a great cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted June 30, 2014 #135 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Goodbye Akureyri. It was a good visit. Thanks for reminding me how big & awesome the world is. Feel blessed to be able to view God's creation. We felt exactly the same when cruising South America last December: Beagle Canal A video clip of the glacier and waterfall Perito Moreno Glacier Glacier calving video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted June 30, 2014 Author #136 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The pictures from South America are gorgeous! Wow, look at those glaciers. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted June 30, 2014 #137 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The pictures from South America are gorgeous! Wow, look at those glaciers. Thanks for sharing. Thanks , the beauty of creation !! ;) Looking forward to your next posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted June 30, 2014 Author #138 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Thanks , the beauty of creation !! ;) Looking forward to your next posts. Thanks. I'm still busy working on the next instalment, which would be Alesund, Norway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnVacation11 Posted June 30, 2014 #139 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Thanks for the great review and fab pictures. We are leaving for our Iceland/Norway cruise in 5 days. Can't wait ! By the way, I spent 6 weeks in Singapore for work few yars ago and loved it. Especially the great street food and wonderful friendly people ! I would love to go back one day and see how much things changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted June 30, 2014 Author #140 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Thanks for the great review and fab pictures. We are leaving for our Iceland/Norway cruise in 5 days. Can't wait !By the way, I spent 6 weeks in Singapore for work few yars ago and loved it. Especially the great street food and wonderful friendly people ! I would love to go back one day and see how much things changed. Cool! Which ports in Iceland and Norway? Glad you liked Singapore. Yes, we are ever-changing. As a small island with no natural resources and hardly any land, we have to continually reinvent ourselves in order to keep relevant and useful to the wider world. Come visit us, take a cruise out of Singapore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted July 1, 2014 Author #141 Share Posted July 1, 2014 This was the menu on Day 8 (the day we were in Trondheim). Pretty nice fried fish starter. This should be the Beef Wellington. And the dessert menu. More pictures can be found here, including what I had in the Diamond Lounge before dinner. http://guitar123foodandtravel.blogspot.sg/2014/06/adventure-of-seas-day-8-main-dining.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted July 1, 2014 Author #142 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Day 9 - we would be in Alesund this morning. Still sailing at 14 knots. Even though it was cloudy, the sail in was still beautiful. The white building on the hill, that is the Aksla viewpoint. Ship 'reversing' into the pier. Fun. Check out the videos of the sail-in, in this blog post. http://guitar123foodandtravel.blogspot.sg/2014/06/adventure-of-seas-day-9-sailing-in-to.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted July 1, 2014 Author #143 Share Posted July 1, 2014 The ship docked on schedule at 8am. We got off the ship and made our way to the Avis/Budget Car rental office, which was about 800M walk to the left side along a major road once you got off. It was an easy walk. The car rental company only opened at 9am, and we got off at around 8:30am. The plan today was rather exciting. We would be picking up a rental car and driving ourselves to Trollstigen or the Troll Road. Car rental company. We had booked a hybrid car (Toyota Prius equivalent) which could seat 4 of us. My parents had to go on a ship's tour today, because we couldn't find a 6-seater. We got a nice upgrade- to a BMW 520d Touring! Cool stuff. This was the dashboard of the car. Driving this car wasn't difficult at all, though I had to spend a bit of time figuring out how to use the onboard NAV. In terms of the route, we would first head east towards the town of Sjoholt. We stopped at a Shell station for a bio-break. This was the car parked at the station. Therefore, we made our way towards Valldal. The distance from Alesund to Valldal was slightly over 90km and we took about 1.5 hours. Check out my blog post for many more pictures and description. http://guitar123foodandtravel.blogspot.sg/2014/07/adventure-of-seas-day-9-alesund-part-1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisetraveler2 Posted July 1, 2014 #144 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Thank you so much for taking the time to put this review together. I loved how you got up early to capture the first moments as the ship would pull into a new port. I am especially enjoying the videos. I think you would make a wonderful tour guide. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 1, 2014 #145 Share Posted July 1, 2014 The ship docked on schedule at 8am. We got off the ship and made our way to the Avis/Budget Car rental office, which was about 800M walk to the left side along a major road once you got off. It was an easy walk. The car rental company only opened at 9am, and we got off at around 8:30am. The plan today was rather exciting. We would be picking up a rental car and driving ourselves to Trollstigen or the Troll Road. We did this same drive last September from the Carnival Legend so we are looking forward to your review , pictures and videos. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted July 2, 2014 Author #146 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Thank you so much for taking the time to put this review together. I loved how you got up early to capture the first moments as the ship would pull into a new port. I am especially enjoying the videos. I think you would make a wonderful tour guide. :) Thanks for your note. Credit goes to jet-lag. I didn't plan to wake up early. But due to jet-lag, I would usually be asleep by 10pm the night before and by 5am or 6am, I would be wide awake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted July 2, 2014 Author #147 Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) In Valldal, our rental car parked outside a SPAR. Being creatures from tropics, we didn't think that the weather was warm. However, it must have been a rather warm day! Or maybe he was an exception. I think the locals were all dressed rather warmly. Beautiful views of mountains and fjords, though a bit cloudy. Edited July 2, 2014 by Iluvcruising2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calciofam Posted July 2, 2014 #148 Share Posted July 2, 2014 This has been really great to read, thank you for taking the time to post such detailed informations! I tried looking back but I couldn't find the name of the rental car agency you used in Reykjavik. We will be there on 3 Aug and I am planning to rent a car, did you see any rental agencies right at the port? Atak said they are 5-7 min away also or is that who you used? Thank you, as it has been mentioned before these all seem to be ports that don't have a lot of details out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted July 2, 2014 Author #149 Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) This has been really great to read, thank you for taking the time to post such detailed informations! I tried looking back but I couldn't find the name of the rental car agency you used in Reykjavik. We will be there on 3 Aug and I am planning to rent a car, did you see any rental agencies right at the port? Atak said they are 5-7 min away also or is that who you used? Thank you, as it has been mentioned before these all seem to be ports that don't have a lot of details out there! Thanks for leaving a note. The car rental agency I used in Reykjavik was Enterprise Rent-a-car. We used the same in Akureyri. I did see some car rentals at the port. Maybe you want to try http://www.europcar.is/ or thrifty.is Also try this one - http://www.icelandcarrental.is/Booking Edited July 2, 2014 by Iluvcruising2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iluvcruising2 Posted July 2, 2014 Author #150 Share Posted July 2, 2014 After our Valldal rest stop, we start to head towards the Troll Road. The distance from Valldal to the Trollstigen visitor centre is only 28km. However, the drive was scenic and we stopped twice for photos. We made an unscheduled stop to see a small waterfall. It was good! Here is the waterfall. (Don't know the name) Here is a video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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