little britain

58 minutes ago, marci22 said:

Nice job. How much time did you spend at the glacier before walking back?

About 20 mins.. we got back to the bottom at noon and the return bus was 12:30

We were/are on same bus (?) but we walked to 🥾 the glacier. Took about 45 mins 

Booking independently cost around $50pp

*feeling virtuous! 😇 

47 minutes ago, mil76 said:

Today's stop is Olden.  Heading to Briksdal glacier.  Checked the weather forecast, and it looks like we have a few hour window where the rain may not be too bad.  Fingers crossed.

We are on the 9:30 bus to a glacier. Are you ? Not a ships tour 

37 minutes ago, marci22 said:

Thanks. Would you suggest taking the bus first or on the way back? And how much time did you schedule in between, before your return trip? 

 

Ok I see your added advice. I noticed that I can choose a 15 minute gap before return or then it goes to 1 hour 15 minutes. Wasn't sure if I needed that extra time.

Our train was late arriving up at the top… we were held for a long time at the crossing point; so we literally had 4 mins at the top … we got off to take a photo, saw the time of departure and legged it back on again!! 

2 hours ago, julzcruizes said:

Your pictures are great! We are supposed to do this in a few weeks, one way and bike back down. I saw some others mention that they have some train cars/seats for ship excursion people and other cars for the bookings through online direct. Was this the case for you? We booked direct and so I wasn't quite sure if we would be funneled to sit in a specific car or area or not.

Yes there was a section of a carriage reserved - I assume for ships tours.  The people following the lollipop walked past our carriage towards the front.

The rest of us had free choice of where to sit on the train, it was about 6 carriages long I think 

Walked around the small village, bought a coat that was 50% cheaper than I saw it yesterday in Bergen ( the clothing shop along the water further along from the station!) Take your passport for an VAT reduction refund! 
 

Did NS. 
Went to the Flowrider to find  @mil76 but he hadn’t come out to play!  

and then you jump in the water! 
 

A great day! Now it’s time for a beer! 

We took the Flam railway. Booked online for 740NOK/ $63 - same train /seats as the RCI tour for $110🤦‍♀️

Sit on right side going up for stunning views.

The weather Gods were kind to us today 

you can see how close the train station 🚉 is to the ship ! 
 

We took the 9.30 train up and back which returned at 11.35

At noon we had booked the bus to the Stegastein lookout. 460NOK/ $42. I may be exaggerating when I say the bus stop 🚏 was 50 paces from the train station! 
It takes 30 mins for the little vans to climb up the mountain. But the views…

No one mentioned the glass at the end! 
 

That’s what I call a loo with a view! 

About 6am 🕕 

Sunset 23.10

53 minutes ago, mil76 said:

It's completely out of hand.  I didnt mention this before, but they were playing a "10 out of 10" song in the Windjammer on the last day of the last cruise.  I work in customer support and we fire people for this type.of behavior.  I used to get the feeling that RCCL tried to prevent this, but now it is standard operating procedure.

We were asked probably 15 times ( I’m not kidding) during dinner about the food , the service yadda yadda….

afraid the last guy that came round got snapped at. 
If I see the HD I will mention this. As a P I have never experienced this overkill on any other cruise!! 
 

1:0 ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍
 

ps: when are we going to meet? 

The continual badgering for 10s is getting on my nerves. 
 

They need to learn us Brits do not do this overkill service stuff!  And we don’t rush our food down in 40 minutes.

Rant over.

Off to watch the England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 football ⚽️ match!! 

Unique to UK cruises… a gin menu … and you can get slimline tonic!!! #ginheaven!  It’s time for a 404. 
 

* or to cruises with a large British contingent 

A day of sunshine and light showers ( which given how often it rains in Bergen we got off lightly! )

We arrived at noon and were off by 12:15.  Pleasant stroll into town, walked around the fish market, and scenic Bryggen areas. A few touristy shops were open. 

42 minutes ago, mil76 said:

Thanks @little britain for the Top Tier.  My streak of missing these continues.🙂  I also heard the most represented country on the ship is....Australia?  Not sure if I believe that one.

 

I didnt notice the thunderstorm either.  My expectations for weather this cruise are so low that a day like today is considered sunny and balmy.  I have done Alaska the past 2 years in September and I think I saw direct sunlight for about an hour total, so I am geting used to bad weather on cold-climate cruises. 

 

Today's weather reminds me of 3 and 4 day Navigator cruises out of LA in winter.  Only difference is the Scots are the ones out on the Flowrider In just swim trunks rather than the Canadians. 🥶

 

New pinnacle was an Australian and top cruiser was an Australian 🇦🇺.. so you may be right!! 
 

There was apparently a huge thunder storm last night around 2am. I slept like a log!

The forecast winds and rough seas have not materialised- it’s very calm and dare I say, sunny out there! 
 

Top tier this morning. Half the ship are not C&A members 

11 minutes ago, jmh2006 said:

I got off Explorer on June 1 in Ravenna and took the bus to Ravenna station.  It was $12 pp and you can choose from different times depending on your train.  We picked the 10am shuttle for an 11:30 train and had plenty of time.  You will also get your luggage tag to coincide so our was 34 and our departure was 9:30.  It was easy peasy!

Is the bus trip about 15 mins into Ravenna? 

On 6/11/2024 at 11:35 PM, RocCruisers said:

So there were six (6) buses/tags that went to Marco airport. 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 8:00, 8:30, 8:30, and 9:50.  The 6:30 was for tags 1 and 2.  9:50 was in the last group off the ship.  

Great!

do you have the times/prices of shuttle Ravenna railway station 🚉 too please? 

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

13 hours ago, Tlbecker1 said:

I agree.  We have cruised on Celebrity twice, but we did it for the itinerary.  We have another one booked, but it was before the new Zenith/Pinnacle agreement.

We have another 3 booked, before the agreement- purely because they offer far better itinerary’s and actually have a ship in Europe over the winter. 
But the status match is purely icing on the cake! 

3 hours ago, hallasm said:

This is the list from Port of North Cape cruise calls - Preziosa is 1 pm to 2 am. Many cruise ships have stops in Honningsvåg during midnight due to the Midnight Sun - however August is too late for Midnight Sun. 

 

2025…

Have been in touch with Blue Puffin tours and they say they hope to run a tour to NC even in the middle of the night for us! 

19 minutes ago, hallasm said:

Which MSC ship and date? I can see  Msc Preziosa from 1 pm to 2 am at Honningsvåg cruise call list.

Preziosa August 14, 2025

1 minute ago, Another_Critic said:

It may be that there's too many PZs.  Maybe there's 2 Zs, but 50 PZs.

Feedback in other places seems to be that most Ps have never even set foot on an X ship so I would think this first week of the experiment would be too early for the RL to be overrun already? 

18 hours ago, cruise wizard said:

 

You won't be meeting them in the Retreat Lounge (unless you are in a suite). I am on the Beyond and our cruise is one of the first to have P's as Junior Z's...........sorry no space in the RL - just suite guests and "real" Z's. I haven't asked the Retreat Concierges if there is a "magic number" that allows JZ's in.........maybe I can get an answer from the CC Loyalty person. Wish me good luck!!!!

Interesting.. it specifically says the PZs/ Zinacles/Piniths/ (!) may be allowed in… I find it hard to believe there are that many Zs on board ?  Perhaps they’d been told never to allow the interlopers in!? 
 

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 😂