ALTA NORWAY PRINCESS EXCURSION QUESTION

[Boiler Cruiser]

My DW and I are booked on the Caribbean Princess in September, 2024 going up the coast of Norway, hoping the see the Northern Lights in Alta, and enjoy cruising the fjord-laden coast.

 

Our stop in Alta, Norway is an overnight stop.  We arrive on the first day at 11AM.  On that day, we have an excursion booked to hopefully see the northern lights, which goes from 8:30PM to 11:30PM. 

 

The ship does not leave Alta until 11PM on day 2.  There is no listings of any excursions for day 2.  Is this like some Honolulu itineraries, where they don't list any day 2 excursions, until close to the embarkation date?

 

Does anyone have experience with this Norway itinerary?  Any comments would be appreciated.

 

 

 

 

[Rick&Jeannie]

I think you will see some more excursions closer to sailing date..

[beg3yrs]

We did this itinerary in 2022 on the Island Princess and we're going to do it again on the Emerald Princess in 2025. Yes, for us it was that good!

 

IIRC, excursions in Alta were available for both days the whole time. That said, I just took a look at our excursions for 2025 and see exactly what you do for 2024. Only excursions for the first day are listed. In 2022 unless it was a late night or overnight excursion, the second day pretty much offered similar excursions to the first day.

 

BTW, sailing out that late was amazing. The Northern Lights put on quite an amazing show as they were the backdrop to all the islands of the channel. Stay up, it's worth it.

[Rick&Jeannie]

Just now, beg3yrs said:

BTW, sailing out that late was amazing. The Northern Lights put on quite an amazing show as they were the backdrop to all the islands of the channel. Stay up, it's worth it.

Nice!

[Boiler Cruiser]

On 11/23/2023 at 3:33 PM, beg3yrs said:

We did this itinerary in 2022 on the Island Princess and we're going to do it again on the Emerald Princess in 2025. Yes, for us it was that good!

 

IIRC, excursions in Alta were available for both days the whole time. That said, I just took a look at our excursions for 2025 and see exactly what you do for 2024. Only excursions for the first day are listed. In 2022 unless it was a late night or overnight excursion, the second day pretty much offered similar excursions to the first day.

 

BTW, sailing out that late was amazing. The Northern Lights put on quite an amazing show as they were the backdrop to all the islands of the channel. Stay up, it's worth it.

beg3yrs...

 

Saw your cruise history and your note about your first cruise.  My dad was in the Army, and when we returned from Hawaii in 1962 (I was 11 years old), we took the Lurline to San Francisco.  I have great memories of that trip.

 

When I went back to Hawaii this year on the Royal, I saw the berth we left from in Honolulu!