OceanPrince Posted July 10, 2018 #1 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) Attempt #2, hopefully the pictures will show up this time. Here are some thoughts and info from my British Islands cruise June 12th-Jun 30th. - Cruise had great ports, but very tiring. Cruise starts off with 5 straight early port days. In fact the very first stop I booked an ship excursion and the ticket says "meet at Princess Theatre at 6:45am". - I booked Southampton round-trip and asked to disembark in Le Havre but was denied. Princess said Port of Le Havre denied my request. Since they already have a set capacity for Le Havre roundtrip, they don't want extra burden. - Unscientific estimate: roughly 70% Americans or Canadians.:confused: - Food was good, service was good as usual. - World cup games on MUTS and stateroom TV. - Entertainment was great. 'Secret Silk' had impressive production. Ports by Port. Guernsey: Tendered in. I booked excursion to bike around Sark (tour usually sells out). Photo of Little Sark. Cork: dock right in the middle of Cobh (lots to see). Can take train to Cork on your own. I prebooked Paddywagon tour to Blarney and Kinsale. Photo of "Deck of Cards" houses close to where ship is docked. Dublin: $8 shuttle each way into town. heavy traffic. I took the shuttle and walked everywhere - Trinity College, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Castle, Christchurch, Jameson Distillery, and Temple Bar area as seen in photo. Edited July 10, 2018 by OceanPrince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanPrince Posted July 10, 2018 Author #2 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Belfast: Don't remember if there was shuttle. I booked Game of thrones tour with Giants Causeway via Irish Tour ticket. Greenock: Not much around port. Can take train to Glasgow. I booked Discover Scotland tour to Invareray Castle. Orkney Island: free shuttle to town center; T11 bus only accommodated ~120 people. A lot people were turned away. I was able to get on the T11 bus. FREEZING cold in the open roof upper deck of bus. Photo of Skara Brae which dates to 3100 B.C. Invergordon: Ship docked in middle of town (not much to see). Can take train on your own to Inverness or Balmoral castle. I booked ship excursion to Lock Ness/Urquhart Castle Edinburgh: Tender into Queensferry. 6 euros for the X99 bus into town center. I took the X99 bus and walked the Royal mile. Le Havre: don't remember if there were shuttles. I took ship excursion to Mont St. Michel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campbell soup Posted July 10, 2018 #3 Share Posted July 10, 2018 How did you like Inverary? We are doing a tour there in September. Is there anything we don't want to miss while we're there? Thanks. Karen p.s. Love your photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsetbeachgal Posted July 10, 2018 #4 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Oh my goodness your photos are breathtaking!! We were on the voyage just prior to yours, loved the cruise! Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanPrince Posted July 10, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted July 10, 2018 How did you like Inverary? We are doing a tour there in September. Is there anything we don't want to miss while we're there? Thanks. Karenp.s. Love your photos! Can't speak to it much as I didn't even go inside. It's costs 5 lbs to go into Garden and 10 lbs to go inside. I just walked around the garden. Just wanted the photo op. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Woobstr112G Posted July 10, 2018 #6 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I don’t see the photos.....:(:(:( Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclop Posted July 10, 2018 #7 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishinChris Posted July 10, 2018 #8 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Can't see the pictures either. But did click on the Flicker link in your signature and you have an awesome collection of cruise photos there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted July 10, 2018 #9 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Thanks for sharing. I did not see any photos? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanPrince Posted July 10, 2018 Author #10 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Thanks for sharing. I did not see any photos?Tony Sorry, it's been a frustrating process trying to post the pictures on this site and I give up. However, I added the entire cruise album onto my flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/91187091@N00/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynelz1 Posted July 10, 2018 #11 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Your pictures are beautiful and now I want to go to Britain. How was the weather during this time? It looks like the flowers were in full bloom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzCanuck Posted July 10, 2018 #12 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Magnificent photos. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanzie99 Posted July 10, 2018 #13 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Fantastic pictures !!!!! We are doing same cruise, leaving in 3 weeks. Looks like you had pretty decent weather. Very excited about seeing this part of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted July 11, 2018 #14 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Sorry, it's been a frustrating process trying to post the pictures on this site and I give up. However, I added the entire cruise album onto my flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/91187091@N00/albums Wow!!! Great photos thanks for sharing. I love them. I felt like I was standing next to you. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted July 11, 2018 #15 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Thanks for posting the link to the photos. We need to go back to the places we missed last summer. We'll be in London before a trans-Atlantic cruise. The Sky Garden was already on my list of possible things to do. I think it will be on my list of definite things to do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Woobstr112G Posted July 11, 2018 #16 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Sorry, it's been a frustrating process trying to post the pictures on this site and I give up. However, I added the entire cruise album onto my flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/91187091@N00/albums Now I see them. Absolutely gorgeous......:):):) Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanPrince Posted July 11, 2018 Author #17 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Thanks for posting the link to the photos. We need to go back to the places we missed last summer. We'll be in London before a trans-Atlantic cruise. The Sky Garden was already on my list of possible things to do. I think it will be on my list of definite things to do now. If you do go to sky garden, remember there is a dress code. I wasn't able to get tickets in advance but was told that they allow walk-in's at 9pm. I got in line around 8:40 and waited just under 1 hour. While in line, a lady walked out and told a bunch of people they can't get in cuz they didn't fit the dress code stated on their website. This was on a Saturday night, so it was a lot busier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanPrince Posted July 11, 2018 Author #18 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Your pictures are beautiful and now I want to go to Britain. How was the weather during this time? It looks like the flowers were in full bloom! Yeah, our cruise was lucky as it was 2/3 sunny and 1/3 cloudy with no rain. I got 2 shades darker after the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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