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dides: There is a youtube video showing the Sun last night in Cartagena after dark and then later at what looks like daybreak. Did you not leave port on time?

All of the beaches mentioned had chairs and umbrellas to rent. If we were going to spend the day at just one the cost was $20-$30 for everyting. If we were beach hopping we told the vendors what we were doing and were always able to get them for $10 total. On occasion we decided to just spend a short amount of time at a beach and just laid our towels in the sand.

Lotus pool is now open and the water is warm!

Update, as we near Hawaii, the Lotus Pool has been filled with water but is still closed.

For those who are interested, current status of the following on Grand Princess as of today: Lotus Spa Pool-Drained since 9/23 Neptune, Conservatory, and Aft Pools all open. Spa Hot Tubs open but jets broken. Conservatory Hot Tubs open but jets broken. Aft Hot Tubs open but jets broken. Neptune Pool Hot Tubs open and jets working. Lotus Men’s Steam Bath broken. Lotus Men’s Sauna working. Lotus Women’s Steam Bath working. Lotus Women’s Sauna working. Just a lot of broken jets in hot tubs if you like those like we do and the Lotus Pool area where we like to hang out is very disappointing without water in the pool.

We booked in January for June.

I would also do Forest Lagoon. We were there in June and loved it. It would have been great to have been there during or after sunset.

We used Olden Adventure when we were there in June. They has busses going to the glacier or sky lift or even both places along with Troll Car ad ons at the glacier available.

Our June Sky Princess Cruise was listed all along as tendering in Loen but when we arrived we tendered in Olden.

We have been on ships where we have been at a lounge in the evening and have seen servers refuse to serve after the 15 drink limit. They definitely would not allow the passengers to purchase when they tried that angle.

We were on the Regal British Isles Cruise before this one and they did have tea kettles for you cabin available if you asked for one. Our cabin steward provided ours.

If you check current reviews it seems Odyssey has some busses that are no longer allowed to stop. We were there a couple of weeks ago on a smaller bus (not Odyssey) and we could only do a picture stop which was from a spot not very close. Just worth double checking no matter who you go with.

We stopped in Isafjordur on June 11th on the Sky Princess. Beautiful port where we tendered to shore. Did the Dynjandi Waterfall and Wild West Fjords Tour through Artic Shorex. We enjoyed our tour but did have a new guide that was very quiet. They said it was their first cruise ship excursion of the year. Hills around where we tendered actually reminded me a lot of the Na Pali Coast of Kauai but with snow on top.

Double check excursions before you book. Most now only include a picture stop at the rope bridge where in the past you could walk across the bridge. If you go with a cab tour you should be ok but most busses can not enter the parking lot.