Adventure of the Seas Iceland & Norway Cruise May 30 2014 Sailing Review

[Woobstr112G]

Thanks for your great photos , videos and review !! We will be cruising Iceland ( and Norway) next September on Princess and I' m going to link your thread to our busy Roll Call :)

 

My thanks as well. Loved reading your thoughts and looking your pictures.....:):):)

 

Bob

[Iluvcruising2]

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.

[Pete B]

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

[Dawn1004]

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!

[Woobstr112G]

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

[scubacruiserx2]

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

[Iluvcruising2]

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).

[Iluvcruising2]

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. :)

[Iluvcruising2]

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!

[Iluvcruising2]

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!

[scubacruiserx2]

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:

[Iluvcruising2]

The pictures from South America are gorgeous! Wow, look at those glaciers. Thanks for sharing.

[scubacruiserx2]

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.

[Iluvcruising2]

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.

[OnVacation11]

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.

[Iluvcruising2]

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!

[Iluvcruising2]

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

[Iluvcruising2]

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

[Iluvcruising2]

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

[cruisetraveler2]

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. :)

[scubacruiserx2]

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:

[Iluvcruising2]

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!

[Iluvcruising2]

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

[Calciofam]

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!

[Iluvcruising2]

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