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You can buy tickets in some of the convenience stores downtown. For a full list, look here: https://www.atb.no/en/ticket/ (Scroll down for "Retailers". For example "Narvesen Prinsenkrysset" which would be very close to the first tram stop "St. Olavs gate". Google maps will get you there or just ask any person you see downtown where "Prinsenkrysset" is). I would however recommend downloading the AtB app instead. (More info about the app on the same link above) You can set it to english language and buy your ticket on your phone. The same ticket will work for both the bus and the tram and if you plan to ride several times (3 or more) a 24 hour ticket might be better. Remember half price for seniors if you're within that demographic group. Welcome to Trondheim!

Absolutely! I have reached out and we'll get this sorted out quickly 🙂

After using the stockperks app I got the confirmation it was applied to my booking, but the credit appeared in my account at first. Without me doing anything it however subsequently vanished from my account and turned up in the booking. If I were you I wouldn't be too worried yet.

Are you a new Sebourn guest and a bit late to the party, wishing you too could get some of that extra OBC everbody is talking about? No worries, if you're sailing before end of June I'd be more than happy to give you a referral, and you will make me even more happy when I receive my corresponding increased OBC, which I promise you will be well spent. Shoot me a message at mrsucellos @ gmail . com (You know the drill, just remove the spaces) and I'll get things going promptly.

If your allergy is of the "try to stay away from XXX"-kind you'll probably be just fine. If eating something specific makes you really sick, for example being celiac, my best advise is "Trust no one!" and if you in addition could be harmed even by cross contamination get ready to educate your waiters and double check everything. Use common sense and if you're having even the slightest doubt kindly ask the waiter to go back to the kitchen and double check. The latter saved my SO from gluten poisoning twice during during last summer's cruise when being served allergen-containing meals. One time the waiter even said: "Trust me, I'm 100 % sure this is made using almond flour, I've been working with the cruise line for years and take pride in knowing the recipes". Guess what, after speaking to the chef once more, turns out it wasn't, and that was one of the better waiters. Luckily with you develop almost a sixth sense for this over the years so you know when to insist on a second opinion. The guys normally working poolside that got thrown into the restaurant in the evenings barely had a clue... Yes, they are polite and service minded and have the information on their tablets, but that unfortunately doesn't help if they don't understand what it actually means or the consequences. This is however actually more of a management and lack of training issue, which hopefully has improved with even one more year away from the pandemic.

If they don't there's a nearby bus stop where bus 42 will take you downtown in 10 minutes and you can buy the ticket on your phone (Approx USD 4,- for one way ticket, USD 12 for 24 hour ticket on all local lines, half price for seniors) (https://fylkestrafikk.no/menu/tickets-and-fares/troms-billett-tickets-app/) You can actually quite easily navigate and use local public transportation to get around using Google Maps to find which bus line and when if you want to explore Tromsø on your own, for example go to the cathedral or the gondola lift (Fjellheisen). Bus schedules for the summer might not be available on Google Maps this early, but they will be later.

I'm aware of other threads claiming various things, but that really doesn't make the original statement neither more nor less correct. I still cannot see that this is an agenda point at the upcoming AGM, or that it has been an agenda point at any recent AGM for that matter. No criticism, just trying to figure out whether this is in fact AGM governed or not, and so far I'm leaning towards "not".

Crazy prices, but sometimes the demand for rental cars in Lofoten by far exceeds he capacity and then market economy unfortunately rules. You could be better off exploring the "AirBnB" of rental cars; https://no.getaround.com and check where if the owner would be willing to deliver to port or nearby. Cars might be older than what you would expect at Avis and its likes, but for driving around one day it could acceptable allowing money to be better spent at other experiences. There are some very nice hikes that could be recommended in the area that leads to spectacular viewpoints if you (and he teens) are up for it 🙂

Could you please direct me to the section in the call for the upcoming AGM that would handle this, as I cannot find it. I truly struggle to see why a presumably minor business decision like awarding a limited amount of on board credit to a certain group of customers would require AGM approval.

How concerned would you be weatherwise if you were going to Seattle and the surounding areas mid-summer? It's not neccessarily all that different. On a normal cruise you will disembark in a port in a small or medium sized town and if you stay there there will be paved roads. You probably don't need good waterproof boots if you don't plan to go hiking, jogging shoes will be just fine (although jogging shoes with a goretex layer can be a nice alternative). The reason many locals keep nagging about waterproof boots, layering clothing and wind- and waterproof shell clothing is that we have all seen so many tourists start to do often rather strenuous hikes in clothing better suited for indoor activities. Weather can and will vary and especially along the coast it might change several times per day (at least it feels that way). Are you going up in the mountains for a long hike, being unprepared might put you in danger. From what you are describing that will not be the case here. Depending on what tours you plan to do you might be spending a lot of time walking around outdoors, even if you're not going hiking per se. I truly enjoy being outdoors, but I have to admit I enjoy it even more when I'm dry and warm. For a normal day out however, you don't need the extremes like superduper waterproof expedition style gloves. My simple advise is as follows; If you fear your shoes (or all of you) might be soaking wet during the day; Use wool socks (and wool base layer) that at least will keep you somewhat warm even when wet. Yeah, and one more thing; A wind- and waterproof hooded shell jacket might become your new best friend.

For me using this link instead fixed it and gave me access to the menu/three horisontal lines in the upper left corner: https://www.seabourn.com/en/eu/experience/voyagetracker/index.html But this being Seabourn IT your mileage may vary

If you don't really need a guide to tell you the stories (and don't mind the walking) this is actually a port/tour that is quite doable on your own. The temperatures in October would also probably be somewhat more pleasant for walking than what we had. Last week we walked over to the cable car stop, bought (one-way) tickets for the cable car and nature reserve (can be done in advane online), took the cable car up and walked down, passing the various attractions included in this tour and finally ending up on the ship. This also enables you to walk over to St Michael's Cave which doesn't seem to be included in the Seabourn tour, which is a pity as it has beautiful stalactites and stalagmites combined with a light show. Mind also that we found the actual City Under Siege Exhibition and the Moorish Caste maybe the least interesting on the tour, but that's a personal opinion. We would at least have preferred to prioritize more time in the tunnels and St. Michael's Cave if doing it again. Cannot speak for the museum as we didn't go there.

I was watching a British comedian (Mel Mellers) at the Sojourn last week. During the show there were some banter and jokes easily deemed "politically incorrect", and I was kind of curious on how the audience would react given the demographics and some of the comments I read on this forum, but the at least the main majority seemed to love it. I looked around me several times during the show and people were laughing so hard they were wiping tears.

Depends on how they block and what services your vpn service provider offers. Usually there are openings if you really need/want to use a vpn and as a principle I don't like that service providers don't allow me to secure my own data traffic. As an example: The whole ip-range of the largest commercial vpn providers is often blocked whereas company/private vpns are less likely to be totally blocked. In addition most ports are usually blocked, but some need to be kept open. Finally there are many nice letter combinations and numbers in the world, but TCP and 443 are some of my favourites 🙂

If this is correct it would be a gift of stream plan to anybody with IT skills just slightly above "completely basic". I'm not saying you're wrong, but if there's no other mechanisms in place it's almost too good to be true. If the source app and the website is representative however, it could very well be.

I had huge "lunch at La Terrazza"-cravings just after noon today, but had to settle with just watching the beautiful Dawn from my own terrace. When backing up and turning around for departure it looked there for a moment like my prayers had been heard and La Terrazza was indeed coming to me instead and the terraces would finally unite, but alas, the Dawn found its course and was soon just a distant memory 😉 Hope you enjoyed the visit in sunny Trondheim today and bon voyage!

So, just to fully understand this: If it's optimal for me to bring 2-3 oversized carry-ons aboard the airplane because I don't like the concept (and risk) of checked baggage, I should do that, instead of considering what would happen and how that would affect my fellow rule obeying travelers if everybody felt entitled to bend/break the rules? Or is it only rules that I fully agree with that should be stricktly adhered to? You see, I am a bit confused after reading a certain other thread on this forum. For now I think I'll stick to my somewhat later than preferred check-in time out of respect to those who drew a better number in the lottery and I generally appreciate if my fellow travelers do so too, both by air, land and sea.

This can also be done directly from a browser on a computer for those who prefer that by starting with the following url: https://book2.seabourn.com/olci-iu/#/preferences I tested with both Chrome and Edge and it works on both when following CalmSea's instructions. That being said, since this is a URL you're not being directed to via the main Seabourrn site I give absolutely no guarantee that somebody actually will take note of the preferences entered. All the other passenger information is however correct there, so there's certainly a link to their database.

Actually, strange as it probably may seem, fine wine is often quite inexpensive here in Norway and sometimes even below the market price you'd see elsewhere in Europe and the US. The wines on the complimentary list however, would probably be somewhat more expensive in Norway and the closer you get to plonk the "worse" it gets. Which is fine I guess, the importers and the "Wine Monopoly" get their margins from selling plonk to the masses and the rest of us can buy fine wine at a very good price point. Maybe not an effect of state regulation most would expect 🙂 To return to the topic I have to say I'm not impressed by the complimentary list at all, and also in the premium list there are some wines that I'd say are quite overpriced taking into account they are to be bought as an alternative to having a complimentary wine. As examples: Louis Roederer Collection 242 - Seabourn: USD 150,- - Norway: USD 50. J. Moreau & Fils Chablis - Seabourn: USD 65 - Norway: USD 21 The latter is of a quality I'd rather expect to find on the complimentary list. I'd actually expect a markup of 1-1,2x on the premium wines, not 3x, but maybe I'm too demanding. Many of the wines on the list are also quite young and possibly in a closed phase which even less justifies a classic "restaurant markup".

Very easy. You can buy your tickets here. https://www.vy.no/en Personally I'd do Oslo S - Flåm one day and Flåm - Bergen the next day or the day after. Both with a change at Myrdal. Just make sure that you choose train for both legs as the planning tool might suggest a bus ride between Myrdal and Flåm. Do also remember that January gets quite dark and you want to travel in daylight, especially the part between Myrdal and Flåm, so choose your travel time carefully. Stay at for example at Fretheim Hotel for a night (or two) and enjoy Flåm. The only drawback is that you cannot book train tickets this early. It looks like most tickets at Vy are released 120 days in advance.

You'll find the info you need here: https://www.visitoslo.com/en/activities-and-attractions/oslo-pass/buy-the-oslo-pass/ If the Android/Iphone-version is not for you it looks like Thon Hotel Vika Atrium would be the sales point nearest Filipstad, but as the web page says, availability is not always guaranteed. Some hundred meters, maybe a kilometer, depending on where you need to walk to exit the dock area.

On the same cruise as well. Received the "Pre-Cruise Testing & Embarkation Information" June 10th. I was however also beginning to question whether we actually were on the cruise as, in spite of several inquiries, SS showed little or no interest in taking our cash. Booked and made deposit months ago, but finally convinced them to get around to charge my credit card for the remaining balance yesterday. I think the best strategy is to just meet at the pier, vaccination certificate and recent test result in hand, drink Champagne and be merry 🙂

Trollstigen is closed all day today (7am-7pm) due to planned maintenance work after it was hit pretty heavy during the winter. It has been closed for a long time after winter season to repair the damages, but it opened last week. It had one or two remaining days of closure to finish up the work and unfortunately for you, today was one of them.

Note that this is the opinion of some but that you will find plenty who will tell you otherwise. I have no idea why "no tipping in scandinavia" is so frequently stated in this forum. It's perfectly ok to don't like the concept of tipping and it's certainly different than in the US, but to act like it is not a part of the restaurant industry is just wrong. So in an effort to give a more balanced picture on the topic of "tipping in restaurants": Tipping in Norway is not required in the sense that you won't have the waiter chasing you and yelling at you like you almost could experience if you choose not to tip at the wrong NYC restaurant. You are in your full right to pay whatever stated on your final bill and leave. Nobody will come after you. Some might think you're a bit cheap, but that's all. Tips are however most certainly an important part of the the benefit package for a lot of people in the restaurant industry. A few years back there was a supreme court ruling in Norway whether the employer could enforce "tip poolling" between kitchen-staff and waiters (they could) and for the moment there's a battle in the courts on the question whether the employer can withold "employer tax" and an admin fee to handle the accounting and reporting from the received tips. If there were no tipping in restaurants in Norway as some claim, who would have bothered all of this? In the first court case examples were shown of tips per waiter in the restaurant in question in the range of fifteen to eighteen thousand USD per year. Probably less per person after they started pooling tips with the kitchen, but it is stil rather obvious that tipping at many restaurants is very common and a significant source of income for the persons in question. So to sum it up; My advise would be to look at the efforts given, the style of the restaurant and how happy you were with the overall experience. For a restaurant dinner I'd say ~10 % is considered a nice tip, but this is not a strict rule. ~20 % like you might see in the US would be considered an surprisingly/extremely high tip (or a "tourist tip") so no reason to go that high. If you think it all was way below what should be expected; Don't tip, tips should be deserved. You still don't need cash though as you will be able to add tip when you pay with your credit card, just inform your waiter. If they hand you the credit card terminal without the option to add tip/enter the desired total amount it's a sign they propably don't neccessarily expect tips or are not used to it. PS. I'm not in the restaurant business and have no personal interest in this, I just enjoy seeing skilled and motivated personel getting paid what they deserve.

It's very easy to buy tickets and plan your journey using the Ruter app, which you should be able to download in advance. For more information: https://ruter.no/en/buying-tickets/ If you plan to do multiple stops during the day a 24 hour ticket might be your best choice. (Not neccessarily relevant for you, but for future reference since a lot of the readers of this forum falls into this demographic: "The senior discount applies to: Everyone aged 67 or above and Spouses/registered partners travelling together with the person entitled to a senior discount") The 12 tram would, as you have identified, be a good choice. It runs fairly frequently and you will get to see some nice parts of the city on your way. (You could also go via bus or subway depending on where you wanna go first or next, but from where you most likely will dock I'd take the tram)