shefinch Posted May 23, 2005 #76 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Hi Kathryn, At least there won't be any Spanish ladies mid-Atlantic to sneeze all over you. We are spending a few days in Tenerife prior to the crossing and a few days afterwards near Ft Lauderdale - taking an empty suitcase to do my Christmas shopping!!! Love Shelagh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefinch Posted May 23, 2005 #77 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Hi Henry, Got the details of the tours for the above today - can't wait!!! Shelagh:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daneite Posted May 23, 2005 #78 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Hi Shelagh, Great minds think alike, we are having a couple of days at Sawgrass Mills after the cruise to do the Christmas shopping!!! That is as long as we make it there in one piece!! Kathryn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted May 23, 2005 #79 Share Posted May 23, 2005 hi shelagh, i havent receieved any tour details in the mail yet altho i have checked them online. there are a couple that sound intersting altho mostly we prefer to do things on our own. its exciting tho and approaching fast. henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefinch Posted May 25, 2005 #80 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Hi Kathryn Yes we shall be paying Sawgrass Mills a couple of visits as well!! Shelagh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefinch Posted May 25, 2005 #81 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Hi Henry, I agree, we usually prefer to do our own thing as well and shall do so in Copenhagen and Amsterdam as we have been to both before but some of the trips in Norway sound a bit more difficult and also we won't have much time because I think there are two days when we are difference places morning and afternoon. Shelagh:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted May 25, 2005 #82 Share Posted May 25, 2005 shelagh, i think the excursion which starts in gudvengen (sp?) takes you to flamm and meets the ship there. this is one we are considering. ill wait to see the booklet before deciding on anything else. cant go wrong either way. henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefinch Posted May 26, 2005 #83 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Henry, It looks as though one excursion is all day, starts at one place and finishes at other and there are also 2 separate ones which seem to do different things. Shelagh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted May 26, 2005 #84 Share Posted May 26, 2005 shelagh, im referring to the one that goes thru the caves and then takes the train thru the mountains. i think it is a long, probably full day excursion. henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefinch Posted May 27, 2005 #85 Share Posted May 27, 2005 Henry, Yes they do seem to be doing that one as well as the two separate ones. I have a friend who has been in the cruise business all her life and has done all the excursions and I usually take her advice as to the best things to do - I am seeing her for lunch next week so will take my excursion book with me! Shelagh :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted May 27, 2005 #86 Share Posted May 27, 2005 shelagh, please let me know if she recommends any particular excursion or dissuades you from any. thanx henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefinch Posted May 28, 2005 #87 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Henry, Will do. Shelagh:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted May 28, 2005 #88 Share Posted May 28, 2005 thanx shelagh, i appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shefinch Posted June 2, 2005 #89 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Henry, My friend confirmed the "must do" is the one you mentioned that included the Bergen railway - it doesn't appear that the afternoon excursion to Flaam includes that. The other one she thought might be good to do is the visit in Oslo to the Viking Ships Museum particularly as this appears to be a halfday excursion so one would have the rest of the day to explore Oslo. Also she says the museum is outside Oslo. Shelagh:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Pond Posted June 2, 2005 #90 Share Posted June 2, 2005 I took the afternoon Flamm tour (bus only) and enjoyed that one. Also, don't miss the fish market in Bergen!!! Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted June 2, 2005 #91 Share Posted June 2, 2005 hi shelagh, finally received my shore excursion book too and will definitely be doing the gudvangen to flamm all day tour. not sure about oslo yet since ive been told by several people its best to do it on ones own. the viking ships museum sounds like fun but sometimes i prefer walking around and seeing people and life as it occurs. still lots of time to decide and thats half the fun. best henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Pond Posted June 2, 2005 #92 Share Posted June 2, 2005 There was an 'On/Off' bus tour stop right where the boat docks in Oslo (unless it changes this year!). One can buy the tickets at the little gift shop/souvenier shop right there. I found that more involved than the Seabourn Tour trip, which I took first to get the 'gist' of the city. One doesn't have to do both, imho. Jane in PHL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgood Posted June 2, 2005 #93 Share Posted June 2, 2005 If one of the tours involves the Flaamsbahn railway, I'd recommend it. This is an electric railway that goes from a little gingerbread railway station beside the fjord up to the Bergen railway line and does something like 13 tunnels and switchbacks in 15 miles. It is really fun. Re: the Oslo Viking Ship Museum, all of this is located on Bigdoy Island, along with Thor Heyerdahl's Kon Tiki (original balsa raft) museum and the original (tiny) Fram that carried Nansen both to the arctic and antarctic. Also there is the sprawling Vigeland Sculpture Park which I quite liked. Hundreds and hundreds of monumental sculptures all done by one man, in bronze, iron, granite.. It's across the harbor from town, but ferries run constantly. bgood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinMatt Posted June 3, 2005 #94 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Pride Crossing (2006) Sailor's~~~GOOD NEWS! Not only will we be visiting Funchal, Madeira on March 30th, but this year we have an extra added stop.......Ponta Delgada, Azores on March 25th. Those of you on the 2003 Crossing will remember our day in Ponta Delgada! A charming 'lit archipelagic isle, in the middle of no where! Hasta Luego! MB Good morning Martha! Is this an additional stop or is it replacing Madeira? The itinerary on seabourn.com only shows Ponta Delgada...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaannnthony Posted June 3, 2005 #95 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Matt....see also posts 17 and 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinMatt Posted June 3, 2005 #96 Share Posted June 3, 2005 aaannnthony - sorry, it was early - I was on my 1st cup of coffee. Thanks! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted June 3, 2005 #97 Share Posted June 3, 2005 jane pond, thanx for the tip about the bergen fish market. i will surely check it out. henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystal808 Posted June 8, 2005 #98 Share Posted June 8, 2005 After spending the last couple of days in "cruise-illness" (I'm learning that it IS, you know!), I just reserved a spot on the Legend, April 9-16, St Thomas/St Thomas for my first Seabourn cruise.... As of this date, only one cruise "behind" me, but 2 to come before next April. (It REALLY is an illness!) I just hope I'm "done' for now!! (I'd better be!) Looking forward to meeting some of you. Paul (single 53yo) Memphis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinMatt Posted June 8, 2005 #99 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Way to go Paul, but you must know that you have made your illness more severe, because once you sail Seabourn, you'll never go elsewhere! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystal808 Posted June 8, 2005 #100 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Matt: Yeah, after reading these posts for the last couple of days, I fear that is true. So horribly true. Sheesh. :p Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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