imp1978

Hi! :)

Owing to a rather uselss husband and details that don't need going into, I now find myself a potential solo cruiser.

Ive just had to cancel my Princess holiday to Norway (midnight sun / summer solstice) as they wanted me to pay 100% single suppliment fee.

As it gets nearer to the sail date (June) and prices come down so they can fill cabins, do they start to relent on the whole 'be mean to single people' stance?

Are there any good cruise agents anyone would recommend? Ive normally just bought through the Princess website, but if they are being anti single me, then thats out as an option.

And failing all that, if Princess really are that mean - anyone have any recommendations for other cruise lines that are a little kinder?

I had no idea Pulpit Rock was doable from Stavanger in the time we had there. I shall store that info up for next time.

Did you climb up to the view point in Andalsnes too? That was an amazing view from the top.

I'm on the same cruise and roll call as Mackenzie. The group has had some discussion about the North Cape. Some of us are looking at the local bus service to do the journey from Honningsvag to North Cape. The OP gave advice to use the Princess tour but didn't give a reason. Can you shed a light on whether there was a problem with the local bus service?

No - no idea. Im guessing they want you to spend more money and go with them. We didn't take the bus and decided to go hiking up in the hills behind Honningsvag instead. But we did pop into the tourist info centre - located right next to the pier as you leave it, behind a big tourist tat shop. They had bus timetables and info up everywhere - they were also very helpful when we asked where we could go to see reindeer.

One thing I would say about going to the North Cape - we didn't go, but the people I spoke to about it said they didn't enjoy the princess tour. Said it was nothing but queuing it was so busy there. May be best to go alone, and try and time it when all the buses from the ship aren't arriving.

The ship does sail round the North Cape as well - so you can see it from the other angle as well. If you've got a good enough camera, you can even zoom in and see all the people stood up there!

No we didn't. We just had a wander around Stavanger and watched some volleyball (which was randomly occuring on several make shift courts all over the docks).

The worst seas we had were leaving Trondheim. But it was exceptionally stormy and windy and the ship was being blown against the dock so hard we couldn't leave until much later than we were supposed to. Later that night out at sea it was a bit like trying to sleep on a rollercoaster (in the end we turned the TV on to the outside view channel (24 hour daylight!)so we could at least see the waves coming which helped) - our cabin was at the front though, and others we spoke to further back hadn't noticed a thing.