Is Isafjordur ALWAYS CANCELLED????

[ontheweb]

2 hours ago, MkeCruzn said:

We just visited Isafjordur on Sep. 10, 23 on the Norwegian Star. We took an independent tour to Dynjandi with Arctic Shorex and it was great! Much cheaper than the ship’s shore excursion. 

Did you tender? The captain of the Prima either would not or could not let passengers tender there?

[lucas34]

On 8/18/2023 at 3:30 PM, McGarrett5oh said:

Prima was scheduled to be in Isafjordur today (8/18/23) and appears to be planning to spend an overnight in Akureyri instead.

 

In looking at the size and weight of the ships that did make it into Isafjordur this summer, Prima is the largest by Gross Volume Weight (GVW): 143,500 Gross Tons. As a comparison, Celebrity Apex weighs 129,500 Gross Tons and tendered last Sunday (8/13/23). Most of the ships that did dock this summer with closer or below 100,000 GTs. As an example, the Holland America Rotterdam, which is also 2 years old an can hold a slightly smaller but similar number of passengers, only weights 99,800 GTs.

 

On September 6, when the 139,072 Gross Ton MSC Preziosa is scheduled for Isafjordur and is the largest ship, besides the Prima, to come to port in the past 2 months. It is the only cruise ship scheduled in port that day. If it tenders, I would say we can count on what @imstewart says above, that Prima will be skipping Isafordur on its remaining schedule port calls this year (last one is 9/24/23)

 

 

I was on board Sky Princess (145 000 Gross Tons) last June and without any problem we visit Isafjordur via tender.

[ontheweb]

4 hours ago, lucas34 said:

I was on board Sky Princess (145 000 Gross Tons) last June and without any problem we visit Isafjordur via tender.

The Prima either does not have lifeboats that are certified for tendering or the captain refuses to tender there with the amount of passengers on the ship. Either way it has skipped the port of Isafjordur every time it has been scheduled this year.

[MkeCruzn]

On 9/17/2023 at 10:51 AM, ontheweb said:

Did you tender? The captain of the Prima either would not or could not let passengers tender there?

We tendered at Isafjordur. However, the port schedule did not list our stop until early August, so our independent port tour was a last-minute scramble. However, it was great and worth taking the chance. It was with Wild Westfjords/Arctic Shorex.

[ontheweb]

31 minutes ago, MkeCruzn said:

We tendered at Isafjordur. However, the port schedule did not list our stop until early August, so our independent port tour was a last-minute scramble. However, it was great and worth taking the chance. It was with Wild Westfjords/Arctic Shorex.

What ship were you on? I assume it was not the NCL Prima.