westwood65

Your first paragraph explains our thoughts as well from our cruise last month. Norway is stunning. There where so many moments that we sat there looking out and could feel the beauty and the calmness and just tried to take everything in. I must say that you did have a better image of the falls. When we went the water was not coming down as forcefully. Not enough snow had melted I guess. Looking forward to more of your posts and photos.

Just wanted to give a heads up about Molde. There are two cruise ports there, one right downtown and the other further down in a bit of industrial area. We where expecting to dock in the downtown area but for what ever reason we where at the other one. It is a bit of a walk to get to downtown from there. (there where of course taxis avail) Unfortunately for some people this caused frustration for people who booked private tours as the pick up points changed and some where not aware. We saw a email from the tour operator about the change the evening before we got there so where prepared, others did not see the email. We where missing 10 people for our tour so the tour operator did drive into town and they where waiting at the original pickup point. Anyway hope you have the downtown port as it will make it much easier for you to get around. There did not appear to be any other ship in town that day so not sure why the change of dock.

There she awaits, let the adventure begin!

I am sure you will not be disappointed with your cabin selections. We had the same 10th floor aft cabin for both our cruises in May. We spent alot of time in the cabin on the deck. Picture taking opportunities are a plenty with that location. We felt we had the best view on the whole ship!!

Enjoy, we where on the Jewel in May. We did the 8 day Norway and 12 day Iceland/ Scotland cruises. Norway is so beautiful, will be following along and reliving some of your stops and excited to see and hear about the ones we did not go too The Norway cruise is one of the top 3 cruises we have been on.

We where in Europe last in May of 2019, it was the You are Here mugs that where being sold at that time. I believe that the Been there Mugs where only in North America. They did have an England Mug. It was a You are Here. While we where in Cork Ireland the mug we bought a global Global Icon mug. They did not have the newer style. We have been collecting for some time so we have all three styles and well as some Relief mugs (black & White) and coffee tumblers.

Well you never know, but yes I do agree with you about things not changing in the next few years. It would be a very rare mug to get. Starbucks may not even be there in the next few years, if it already has not pulled out.

Its funny to see other people doing a Starbucks mug run on there stops. Thought we where the only ones. Our last cruise was a Baltic one, Our first concern was getting to a Starbucks to get our mug or mugs. Had the shops all mapped out.😀 A few places we had to make a choice whether to get both the city and country or just one. We came home with 6 in total. Our luggage was getting too heavy and we had to leave room for other things. My only regret was not getting to the Starbucks in St Petersburg. I am enjoying reading this as it brings back memories of one of our favorite cruises.

We where on a B2B a few years back from NOLA. We where so fortunate to have an aft balcony for both cruises. It was so peaceful and relaxing sitting on the balcony and seeing all the twists and turns that you make while heading out to the gulf. The other boats and barges are so close to you as you go down the river. A very good memory of that particular cruise.

Thinking of booking a September cruise, looking forward to your review.

Just this morning our TA got a price drop adjustment for our 2 cruises next year out of Amsterdam. We saved over $800. We did lose our C & A discount ($65) . So overall worth it. I know I have tried in the past to get a price adjustments but it has not worked to our advantage. Have been told various different reasons. Have come to the conclusion when we can get it great. If not, its not worth the argument.