ljandgb Posted July 24 #1 Share Posted July 24 I'm looking at a land trip to Iceland in August 2025, and am trying to avoid being in Isafjordur at the same time as multiple cruise ships. Cruisemapper has several days that month with no ship in port. How likely is it that additional cruises will be visiting that port 13 months out, or are the cruise itineraries fairly set and published by now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotADopey1 Posted July 24 #2 Share Posted July 24 Cruise ships can change itineraries at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted July 24 #3 Share Posted July 24 See if there are port websites that have the info, not the websites that attempt to collect all the ship's schedules...their accuracy can be lacking. And when they list those schedules can be later than you desire. In general, the cruise lines develop their schedules 2 to 3 years in advance. Yes, changes happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SelectSys Posted July 24 #4 Share Posted July 24 @ljandgb -If you put in "cruise timetables" into a google search (or any other search engine) you will find websites that publish the known calendar including the ships. I saw entries for Isafjordur for dates in August 2025 on at least one of these sites. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted July 24 Author #5 Share Posted July 24 Thanks. Cruisemapper seems to have the most data. The port's website has info from 2023, so not so helpful. Good to know that while anything could change, that most lines likely have their schedules published at this point. I'd prefer not to share the area with 5,000+ cruise passengers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted July 24 #6 Share Posted July 24 14 minutes ago, ljandgb said: Thanks. Cruisemapper seems to have the most data. The port's website has info from 2023, so not so helpful. Good to know that while anything could change, that most lines likely have their schedules published at this point. I'd prefer not to share the area with 5,000+ cruise passengers. Iceland is a beautiful and amazing place. I wouldn't allow another ship stop you from enjoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted July 25 Author #7 Share Posted July 25 Isafjordur has 2,500 inhabitants. July 4, 2024, there were 4 cruise ships with a minimum of 9,000 passengers in port. This will be my 4th trip to Iceland. It's one of my favorite countries, partly because of how unpopulated and undeveloped it is. If I can avoid 9,000 others in the same small area, I will, even if it's just for the day. The rest of the places we'll be in the Westfjords, it will definitely be less busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted July 29 #8 Share Posted July 29 On 7/25/2024 at 1:08 PM, ljandgb said: Isafjordur has 2,500 inhabitants. July 4, 2024, there were 4 cruise ships with a minimum of 9,000 passengers in port. This will be my 4th trip to Iceland. It's one of my favorite countries, partly because of how unpopulated and undeveloped it is. If I can avoid 9,000 others in the same small area, I will, even if it's just for the day. The rest of the places we'll be in the Westfjords, it will definitely be less busy. Perhaps we should start a new topic called "cruiser's hypocrisy" or something similar. Why? Because we cruisers want to go to places that are not crowded with other cruisers and/or tourists. But we are part of the very problem we want to eliminate. And yes, you are right about Iceland. When we started visiting Iceland (and Greenland) we were usually the only ship in the ports, and our ship carried fewer than 600 passengers. Hank 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted July 29 #9 Share Posted July 29 3 hours ago, Hlitner said: Perhaps we should start a new topic called "cruiser's hypocrisy" or something similar. Why? Because we cruisers want to go to places that are not crowded with other cruisers and/or tourists. But we are part of the very problem we want to eliminate. And yes, you are right about Iceland. When we started visiting Iceland (and Greenland) we were usually the only ship in the ports, and our ship carried fewer than 600 passengers. Hank Unfortunate, but probably true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljandgb Posted July 31 Author #10 Share Posted July 31 This will be my 4th land trip. I will always recommend a land trip over a cruise for Iceland, partially for this reason. The actual ports are small, far, and few between. There's so much in between to see, and it is an easy country to self drive. I get that there are some that can't self drive or take tours, and a cruise is better than nothing, but I do think the ports need to start self regulating how many ships they allow at one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted July 31 #11 Share Posted July 31 11 hours ago, ljandgb said: This will be my 4th land trip. I will always recommend a land trip over a cruise for Iceland, partially for this reason. The actual ports are small, far, and few between. There's so much in between to see, and it is an easy country to self drive. I get that there are some that can't self drive or take tours, and a cruise is better than nothing, but I do think the ports need to start self regulating how many ships they allow at one time. Not only how many ships, but how many passengers as there is a large difference in the size of ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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