PhillyTravelBug

Thank you for this review!!! We fly out to Reykjavik tonight for our cruise sailing Thursday.

Alaska was just stunning.. The next morning after leaving Seattle, it was a beauty and silence I have never experienced before. It just gets better and better throughout the sailing. Next week is Iceland and Norway. My two bucket list destinations besides Antartica.Cannot wait to see if they top Alaska.

Haven definitely was an option, but I still don’t want to pay what they have as the minimum bid.

I keep getting the email to bid for our august 17 proms cruise. We have the spa balcony. Is a club balcony room even an upgrade? We would also lose the convenience of having the spa right there.

I don’t think this project at the port is funded by NCL. Not sure how they can be blamed??

I don't dress the part, but I love the music and would love to see one of the bands playing at sea. I've seen some live videos from bands on ships and they usually close off some of the deck area for the live shows. If I was looking for a vacation, I wouldn't really want to be on bothered with it all.

We are sailing on the prima beginning the 17th and got the notification too. I doubt the prima will be sailing there this year.

Same here. We sail the 17th.

With the addition of the thermal spa, I will definitely be looking at sailings for the Joy. While taking away from the OL, I think the overall changes will be an improvement for the ship.

Thank you for taking the time to review this ship and itinerary. Congrats on the Price ja right winning! Cannot wait for this ad I’m a huge fan. Thanks for the reassurance despite the negative reviews that have been creating such a fuss. My only concern is with Isjafjord and Geiranger. I really don’t want to miss them. 31 days and counting!

We are doing this excursion next month and were just discussing food options. Does the tour provide opportunities to grab lunch or snacks?

We sail in 33 days. I will make sure we take out the entire dock.

I am glad to hear your review as I have just about a month until sailing. Friends of ours just got off the sailing earlier this month and had a fabulous time.

Would be curious. I am sailing next month in the spa balcony.

We have a sailing on the NCL Prima next month from Iceland, but looking to do a gay cruise with friends for next year. I hope Atlantis will announce a Med cruise for next summer.

Crap! We have our excursion booked with artic adventures.

The current cruise had the port canceled. My friend is on this sailing. We sail August 17, so really hoping we get to visit this port. Really looking forward to our waterfall excursion.

I’m conflicted, just looked on the roll call for this cruise and it looks like the last few posts were positive. Hopefully our august cruise will be positive. The observation lounge is something I’m looking forward to, but we have thermal spa passes and that’s my sanctuary. this itinerary has a lot of port time, so who knows what the experience will be like.

Our friends are on todays sailing on prima and heard about skipping the port. Our sailing is august 17, so I’m really hoping we get to this port stop.

I turn down the drink package every single time. There's obviously water, the house coffee, and I believe a juice machine that is available. I usually drink water, Starbucks in the morning, and maybe a Diet Coke. Nothing that would make any beverage package worthwhile. I would give it a shot to get rid of it and they may give you OBC.

Thank you for this advice.

After some researching, definitely see a one day itinerary to hit a good bit of sights from London eye Big Ben up to London bridge, so probably taking a train to Waterloo makes most sense.. or do the bus services stop at Waterloo from Southampton? Any hotel recommendations?

Funny you mentioned this. We just booked our transportation for this today for our August Prima cruise. https://www.cruise-express.be/en/ about $26 USD roundtrip.

Our flight is at 9am the next morning. We haven’t made any plans for the day in London yet. It looks like we should focus on finding a hotel near Waterloo. or…. Should we just overnight in Southampton and take a train from Southampton to Heathrow? I’ve never been to London, but is Southampton worth sightseeing?

So far, I have done a seamless job planning our cruise and excursions, but this last bit is giving me a headache. We end our cruise this August in Southampton and will be spending the night near Paddington station, so we can hop on the train the next day to get to Heathrow. Is this a good plan and what would be the best mode of transportation to get from Southampton to Paddington station? It seems like it's a taxi to the train station in Southampton..train to Waterloo, and then taxi to hotel? that's a lot.