LIVE from Anthem June 2-21 - B2B Canaries and Fjords

[sandebeach]

22 hours ago, mil76 said:

For you Brits following along, we're considering doing a self-excursion on turn-around day.  We're thinking Portsmouth or Isle of Wight.  We can take the train to Portsmouth or the Red Jet to IOW.  IOW looks nice, but it seems you need a car there to get to see the interesting things.  Any suggestions?  

We did a tour to Stonehenge on Turn-around day. Royal set it up for B2B cruisers, a 3-4 hour excursion for around $189 per person. I really enjoyed it because Stonehenge was on my bucket list. On the way, the driver did a little detour because of traffic, and we drove through the National Forest and saw the free-roaming ponies/horses. 

[heatherb1958]

We are all packed ready for tomorrow, hope to meet you onboard.  enjoyed your  pics and comments to while away the days . 

[mil76]

11 minutes ago, heatherb1958 said:

We are all packed ready for tomorrow, hope to meet you onboard.  enjoyed your  pics and comments to while away the days . 

Hope you packed for miserable weather, or as they say in England...Friday

[mil76]

Just awful outside.

Captain just announced we are doing another medical evacuation, this time for a passenger.  Helicopter will be here within an hour.  Still expects to be in Southampton by 6:00am.

[mil76]

Just saw the Helicopter fly away.  

[heatherb1958]

22 minutes ago, mil76 said:

Hope you packed for miserable weather, or as they say in England...Friday

 

Hey, I'm from Manchester , the joke is we all have webbed feet up here in the North 😆. 

Raincoat is packed plus bikini 👙 😳. 

[mil76]

Just now, heatherb1958 said:

 

Hey, I'm from Manchester , the joke is we all have webbed feet up here in the North 😆. 

Raincoat is packed plus bikini 👙 😳. 

I figured you would be prepared!

[mil76]

Helicopter just returned.  Everyone is by the Windjammer windows taking pictures.  Seems a bit morbid to me.

[mil76]

It's gone again.  

[little britain]

1 hour ago, mil76 said:

Hope you packed for miserable weather, or as they say in England...Friday

Will I still find you by the Flowrider??!

Off to put yet another jumper in the suitcase! 
It’s midsummer’s day on 21st!! lol 😂 

[mil76]

1 hour ago, little britain said:

Will I still find you by the Flowrider??!

Off to put yet another jumper in the suitcase! 
It’s midsummer’s day on 21st!! lol 😂 

I'm hoping to be able to do the Flowrider next week.  Should be "warm" enough, but the winds need to stay down.  I really want to get some pictures of me riding with the fjords in the background.

 

If you do make it to the Flowrider, I'll be the guy in the black Cozumel shirt.

[mil76]

This begging for 10s on the surveys nonsense is getting ridiculous 

 

[FionaMG]

22 minutes ago, mil76 said:

This begging for 10s on the surveys nonsense is getting ridiculous 

 

 

😳 agree that's taking it a bit too far

[pilotboy1985]

As you've probably already seen by now, we got a last minute itinerary change for our Norwegian Fjords Cruise and we will now be calling on Bergen, Norway on Sunday. I'm super excited about that. 

[mil76]

3 minutes ago, pilotboy1985 said:

As you've probably already seen by now, we got a last minute itinerary change for our Norwegian Fjords Cruise and we will now be calling on Bergen, Norway on Sunday. I'm super excited about that. 

We're excited too.  I'll probably spend the day shopping for sweatshirts!

[FionaMG]

22 minutes ago, pilotboy1985 said:

As you've probably already seen by now, we got a last minute itinerary change for our Norwegian Fjords Cruise and we will now be calling on Bergen, Norway on Sunday. I'm super excited about that. 

 

16 minutes ago, mil76 said:

We're excited too.  I'll probably spend the day shopping for sweatshirts!

 

Bergen is miles better than Haugesund! That's a great itinerary change. Enjoy. 🙂

[cruisegirl1]

First time in Bergen (unexpectedly, of course.) I generally use private tours companies. Those who have been to Bergen in the past, can you suggest a type of excursion that is typical for this port?  
thanks. 
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[FionaMG]

18 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said:

First time in Bergen (unexpectedly, of course.) I generally use private tours companies. Those who have been to Bergen in the past, can you suggest a type of excursion that is typical for this port?  
thanks. 
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The funicular. Book the tickets online if you can. There will be a queue at the station. It's a short walk from the port.

https://floyen.no/en

[mil76]

Turn-around day.  From 4 bags to 7!

[MrsHFQ]

On 6/11/2024 at 9:23 AM, mil76 said:

Today is Lisbon.  Sail-in was incredible.

 

 

Ok,.now I am humming Red Hot Chili Peppers...

 

 

 

Portside wins the most important view lottery of the trip!

"Portside wins the most important view lottery of the trip" ..... have to disagree with you there - the sail out at midnight was stunning from our balcony with views of Lisbon all lit up!

Enjoying reading this as we were on the cruise and will definitely be reading the next part of your travels as we have booked the Norwegian Fjords for next June on the Indy.

[mil76]

At about 8:00am we headed to the MDR, scanned out our old sea pass, walked a few feet to another station where we got our new sea pass, then went to another station where they scanned in on the new sea pass.  Much easier than having to go through the terminal. 

 

By 9:00am the queue to leave the ship was gone.  

 

 

[mil76]

2 hours ago, MrsHFQ said:

"Portside wins the most important view lottery of the trip" ..... have to disagree with you there - the sail out at midnight was stunning from our balcony with views of Lisbon all lit up!

Enjoying reading this as we were on the cruise and will definitely be reading the next part of your travels as we have booked the Norwegian Fjords for next June on the Indy.

The good news is both sides got a great experience in Lisbon. 

[mil76]

Since the queue had subsided, we left the ship and took the train to Portsmouth.  Once we got to Portsmouth we realized that all the maritime attractions are combined into one admission,  and it is about 40 quid per person. 

 

Since we were only going to spend a little over 2 hours in Portsmouth, we figured it wasn't worth it, so we just headed to the outlet mall next to the train station. 

 

 

FW found not one but two purses at one of the stores, so she was a happy camper.  Went to Five Guys for lunch, so I was a happy camper.  Took the 13:23 train back to Southampton since we didn't want to cut it too close on time.   On the way back from the station to the ship we stopped at JD Sports and I got myself prepared to watch the European Championships on the ship this week.

 

This ended up being the most expensive excursion of the whole trip!

[mil76]

Finally sailed at about 5pm.  Heard lots of announcements for muster laggards, so that probably had something to do with it.

 

Britannia is still in dock, but Princess left before us.

[little britain]

@mil76 you didn’t mention how cold it is and the potential gale force winds ..?!?