Iceland/Norway in early June or early July?

[SaranM]

Hi, we are looking at booking a Princess cruise with an itinerary for Iceland and Norway for 2025. We have a choice of Emerald Princess on the 3rd June or Sky Princess on the 28th June (almost the same itinerary and price). I know Sky is a newer ship but wondering if the tourist spots would be much busier in July? Any thoughts appreciated.

[Host Kat]

45 minutes ago, SaranM said:

Hi, we are looking at booking a Princess cruise with an itinerary for Iceland and Norway for 2025. We have a choice of Emerald Princess on the 3rd June or Sky Princess on the 28th June (almost the same itinerary and price). I know Sky is a newer ship but wondering if the tourist spots would be much busier in July? Any thoughts appreciated.

 

Hello @SaranM

 

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To help you out, your new topic has been moved to the Ports of Call - Europe - Northern Europe & Baltic Sea forum where it will be on topic for Norway. For Iceland, you need to research the Ports of Call - Iceland and Greenland forum. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed to the ports frequent those forums and provide feedback there. Browse through the thread titles on the forums looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that will be of interest to you. 

 

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[CruiserBruce]

Iceland was crazy busy in July when we were there.

[hallasm]

July is a holiday month in Norway and Iceland - clearly fewer tourists in June.

[SaranM]

Thanks for replies, will take that into account. 

[nini]

We cruised the Iceland/ Norway itinerary in June 2023 on the Sky. The Sky is a gorgeous ship and we had great weather except one port. We much prefer the Sky over the Emerald, due to staff attitudes.