WVBill Posted May 22, 2018 #1 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Just came across this itinerary 16 Days Greenland & Canada out of New York August 19, 2019 Ports: New York City (Manhattan or Brooklyn), New York |Halifax, Nova Scotia | Sydney, Nova Scotia | Nuuk, Greenland |Qaqortoq, Greenland | Nanortalik, Greenland |St. John's, Newfoundland |New York City (Manhattan or Brooklyn), New York 9 Sea days - but we like Sea days. Have never been to Greenland. Anyone been on this itinerary? Concerned about North Atlantic weather in August? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nooptere Posted May 22, 2018 #2 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Sounds fun as long as they keep an eye out for icebergs. Hey, it's the North Atlantic, what could go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted May 22, 2018 #3 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Interesting itinerary. Love seeing the new round trip itineraries from US ports. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougH Posted May 22, 2018 #4 Share Posted May 22, 2018 This is a fantastic itinerary on I believe the Pacific Princess. The problem is the price is obscene, otherwise I'd be all over it. Great ports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted May 22, 2018 #5 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Interesting itinerary. Love seeing the new round trip itineraries from US ports. Hi Pam, Contact me...I have a Window Suite booked for this cruise on the Caribbean Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted May 22, 2018 #6 Share Posted May 22, 2018 This is a fantastic itinerary on I believe the Pacific Princess. The problem is the price is obscene, otherwise I'd be all over it. Great ports its on the Caribbean Princess not the Pacific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted May 22, 2018 #7 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Looks like a great new itinerary. We have been to Nanortalik and Qaqortoq (how many other places with 3 Q's) on the Ocean Princess. They are great little ports. However, I am afraid the Caribbean will overwhelm them. Both were tender ports and neither offered any shore excursions. There were icebergs floating around the harbor that dwarfed the tenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted May 22, 2018 #8 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Contact me...I have a Window Suite booked for this cruise on the Caribbean Princess.Would love to do this itinerary some day (been to all except one port) but already have two cruises booked in the Spring of 2019. Have a great cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseAdict218 Posted May 22, 2018 #9 Share Posted May 22, 2018 What is the rate going for this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted May 22, 2018 #10 Share Posted May 22, 2018 What is the rate going for this one? Expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted May 22, 2018 #11 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Looks like a great new itinerary. We have been to Nanortalik and Qaqortoq (how many other places with 3 Q's) on the Ocean Princess. They are great little ports. However, I am afraid the Caribbean will overwhelm them. Both were tender ports and neither offered any shore excursions. There were icebergs floating around the harbor that dwarfed the tenders. We stopped at Nanortalik on the Caribbean Princess during a Trans-Atlantic in 2013 and the community seemed to take the influx of tourists in stride. It's a great place to wonder around and exlpore. The only issue was that it became very foggy and they had to suspend tender service for about 2 hours in the afternoon as everyone was heading back to the ship. It was very chilly standing in the tender line for that long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted May 22, 2018 #12 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Hi Pam, Contact me...I have a Window Suite booked for this cruise on the Caribbean Princess. Now, I'm jealous:* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted May 22, 2018 #13 Share Posted May 22, 2018 We stopped at Nanortalik on the Caribbean Princess during a Trans-Atlantic in 2013 and the community seemed to take the influx of tourists in stride. It's a great place to wonder around and exlpore. The only issue was that it became very foggy and they had to suspend tender service for about 2 hours in the afternoon as everyone was heading back to the ship. It was very chilly standing in the tender line for that long! You can only go ashore if you have an excursion. There a couple of ports in Alaska with the same rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busterfla Posted May 22, 2018 #14 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Went to Qaqortoq on our trans-Atlantic cruise aboard the Star. The town is tiny and there are no excursions available. We tendered to shore, found ice berg growlers beached right on shore. Wandered through the town, stores, church and a few other buildings. Nice three hour or so visit. Only a few residents spoke some English, but everyone was very friendly. Can you say "isolated" Buster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted May 22, 2018 #15 Share Posted May 22, 2018 You can only go ashore if you have an excursion. There a couple of ports in Alaska with the same rules. That wasn't the case when we stopped in Nanortalik. In fact, I don't even remember any excursions being offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Woobstr112G Posted May 22, 2018 #16 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Very interesting itinerary. I'll keep in mind for future bookings if it is still around.....:):):) Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted May 22, 2018 #17 Share Posted May 22, 2018 You can only go ashore if you have an excursion. There a couple of ports in Alaska with the same rules. Which ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted May 22, 2018 #18 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Which ones? If your referring to Alaska . Nome , St Petersberg and Wrangell that I know of. None of the normal ports in Alaska. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldsc Posted May 22, 2018 #19 Share Posted May 22, 2018 They are going to try tendering 3000 passengers onto 3 towns in Greenland which have populations of 17,000, 3000 and 1000 people. That should be a real hoot. If you assume that everyone goes on shore and the tenders are stuffed to the gills w 120 passengers each, that would require 25 tender trips. If you additionally assume optimistically that it takes 15 minutes to load each tender, that means that it will take 6 hours to get everyone on shore and 6 hours to get them back to the ship. Does the ship have 2 tender docking ports. If it does, that means that it will take on 3 hours each way. The ship will be in port for 11 hours so you will spend about half of your port time getting to and from the ship. Doesn't make much sense to me. BTW - I have been to Qaqortoq and Nanortalik off the Maasdam which holds only 1200 and it was a bit much with even that number of people. DON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geocruiser Posted May 23, 2018 #20 Share Posted May 23, 2018 HAL is also doing a cruise like this one. But it is 24 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted May 23, 2018 #21 Share Posted May 23, 2018 They are going to try tendering 3000 passengers onto 3 towns in Greenland which have populations of 17,000, 3000 and 1000 people. That should be a real hoot. If you assume that everyone goes on shore and the tenders are stuffed to the gills w 120 passengers each, that would require 25 tender trips. If you additionally assume optimistically that it takes 15 minutes to load each tender, that means that it will take 6 hours to get everyone on shore and 6 hours to get them back to the ship. Does the ship have 2 tender docking ports. If it does, that means that it will take on 3 hours each way. The ship will be in port for 11 hours so you will spend about half of your port time getting to and from the ship. The tenders hold more than 120 people. I’ve tendered into Greenland off the Crown which while it doesn’t carry 3,600 passengers, still has a lot of them. I don’t remember it being a problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted May 23, 2018 #22 Share Posted May 23, 2018 You can only go ashore if you have an excursion. There are no excursions to be offered. You walk around the towns on your own (possibly one may have a free bus to take you around). May be some cultural performances. Some shops will be open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinMich Posted May 23, 2018 #23 Share Posted May 23, 2018 We've been to all 3 (probably with some of the other posters) at the end of 2 WB TAs in Sept. 2009 & 2010, both on the Crown P. It was snowing and in the 30s in Nuuk (2009), but that shouldn't be as likely in August, esp. now that we have global warming. BTW, it's the capital of Greenland. It was beautiful (clear, warm enough) in Qaqortoq (2010) and I enjoyed walking around the town which is surrounded by mountains and contains very colorful buildings and many homes had beautiful gardens. We were unable to visit Nanortalik (2010, I think) because there was at least one very large iceberg near where the capt. expected to drop anchor. It looked like a much smaller town than the others (like a village in northern Alaska) so I don't think we missed much. The main thing were all the distinctive icebergs. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted May 24, 2018 #24 Share Posted May 24, 2018 We were unable to visit Nanortalik (2010, I think) because there was at least one very large iceberg near where the capt. expected to drop anchor. We may have been on the same cruise. When we could not drop anchor for Nanortalik, the Captain took the ship up a very scenic fjord. The spectacular scenery was probably a better experience than walking through another small town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinMich Posted May 24, 2018 #25 Share Posted May 24, 2018 We may have been on the same cruise. When we could not drop anchor for Nanortalik, the Captain took the ship up a very scenic fjord. The spectacular scenery was probably a better experience than walking through another small town. Bill, I think we were--competing in Trivia, among other things. Thanks for adding the unplanned trip up that fjord. Very photogenic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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