onthewater51 Posted February 8, 2023 #1 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Hello All, Boy I hate asking questions like this, but here I am just the same. We are looking at a 12-night cruise in May 2024 out of Amsterdam. Its labeled Arctic Cruise and the RCL website gives what I consider a vague description for the following itinerary. Would this be considered a Norwegian Fiord Cruise, because that is what we really are looking for. I know there are other lines that do the fiords, but we need to sail with RCL because we had to cancel a 2023 trip and transfer it to one in 2024. What do you think folks? Thanks, Bob Explore Jewel of the Seas Day 1 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Day 2 - Cruising Day 3 - Geiranger, Norway Day 4 - Cruising Day 5 - Tromso, Norway Day 6 - Honningsvag, Norway Day 7 - Arctic Circle (Cruising), Norway Day 8 - Alesund, Norway Day 9 - Flam, Norway Day 10 - Stavanger, Norway Day 11 - Kristiansand, Norway Day 12 - Cruising Day 13 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted February 8, 2023 #2 Share Posted February 8, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, onthewater51 said: Hello All, Boy I hate asking questions like this, but here I am just the same. We are looking at a 12-night cruise in May 2024 out of Amsterdam. Its labeled Arctic Cruise and the RCL website gives what I consider a vague description for the following itinerary. Would this be considered a Norwegian Fiord Cruise, because that is what we really are looking for. I know there are other lines that do the fiords, but we need to sail with RCL because we had to cancel a 2023 trip and transfer it to one in 2024. What do you think folks? Thanks, Bob Explore Jewel of the Seas Day 1 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Day 2 - Cruising Day 3 - Geiranger, Norway Day 4 - Cruising Day 5 - Tromso, Norway Day 6 - Honningsvag, Norway Day 7 - Arctic Circle (Cruising), Norway Day 8 - Alesund, Norway Day 9 - Flam, Norway Day 10 - Stavanger, Norway Day 11 - Kristiansand, Norway Day 12 - Cruising Day 13 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Yes, definitely a Norwegian Fjords cruise. They are calling it arctic circle because many Fjords itineraries don’t go that far north. That it does is a good thing in my opinion but you could do a shorter fjords itinerary that only does fjords. Edited February 8, 2023 by Charles4515 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeySailor Posted February 8, 2023 #3 Share Posted February 8, 2023 (edited) ANTHEM JUNE 2024 14th June Friday - 21st June Friday (7 night Norwegian Fjords) Day 1 June 14th Fri Southampton Day 2 June 15th Sat At Sea Day 3 June 16th Sun Haugesund Day 4 June 17th Mon Flam Day 5 June 18th Tue Molde Day 6 June 19th Wed Stavanger Day 7 June 20th Thur At Sea Day 8 June 21st Fri Southampton This is another option for you, that Royal has out there We booked it specifically for the fjords Just throwing out another Royal option around your time frame Happy Days! Edited February 8, 2023 by PompeySailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted February 8, 2023 #4 Share Posted February 8, 2023 31 minutes ago, onthewater51 said: Hello All, Boy I hate asking questions like this, but here I am just the same. We are looking at a 12-night cruise in May 2024 out of Amsterdam. Its labeled Arctic Cruise and the RCL website gives what I consider a vague description for the following itinerary. Would this be considered a Norwegian Fiord Cruise, because that is what we really are looking for. I know there are other lines that do the fiords, but we need to sail with RCL because we had to cancel a 2023 trip and transfer it to one in 2024. What do you think folks? Thanks, Bob Explore Jewel of the Seas Day 1 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Day 2 - Cruising Day 3 - Geiranger, Norway Day 4 - Cruising Day 5 - Tromso, Norway Day 6 - Honningsvag, Norway Day 7 - Arctic Circle (Cruising), Norway Day 8 - Alesund, Norway Day 9 - Flam, Norway Day 10 - Stavanger, Norway Day 11 - Kristiansand, Norway Day 12 - Cruising Day 13 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Geiranger is a beautiful fjord... You won't be disappointed with this itinerary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthewater51 Posted February 8, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Thanks to both of you. Pompeysailor I appreciate the other cruise option, we just prefer longer cruises, especially since it’s a long way from home anyway Charles, thank you. You answered what the RCL phone rep could not 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedIguana Posted February 8, 2023 #6 Share Posted February 8, 2023 That itinerary does 2 of the 3 big fjords. Added artic bonus and the fjords/island area of Tromso. Great itinerary in my opinion. Did the 9 night out of Amsterdam last August/Sept. on Jewel. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted February 8, 2023 #7 Share Posted February 8, 2023 That sounds like a great itinerary! No. I'm not booking anything else. 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMtnBoys Posted February 8, 2023 #8 Share Posted February 8, 2023 We booked a 7-night Norwegian Fjord cruise from Southampton on Anthem for July 2024 which includes only four port stops - Stavanger, Flaam, Alesund and Bergen. We'll spend a couple nights in London pre-cruise. I wouldn't have minded a longer itinerary but we'll be going back to Europe in December 2024 and spend two weeks exploring Christmas markets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthewater51 Posted February 9, 2023 Author #9 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Great pics! Im going to book it tonight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthewater51 Posted February 9, 2023 Author #10 Share Posted February 9, 2023 I just booked it. If anyone else is looking there were not a lot of cabin choices remaining, at least not in our price/category range. Thanks for everyone's help. Like I said, you were better than the phone rep. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted February 9, 2023 #11 Share Posted February 9, 2023 2 hours ago, onthewater51 said: Charles, thank you. You answered what the RCL phone rep could not 🙂 knowledgeable reps are few and far between. Another supply chain issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RobInMN Posted February 9, 2023 #12 Share Posted February 9, 2023 We did the 12 night Arctic Circle on Jewel last Summer. Slightly different itinerary, but it was awesome. Norway is absolutely stunning. As others have said, yes, this does Fjords. Flam and Geiranger are the 2 big main ones. We only saw Flam. We loved going up to Honnigsvag. I think we were more impressed with the more northern ports than the more southern ones. And while Symphony is probably our favorite ship we've been on, I think this cruise is probably our favorite cruise we've done. You're going to have an awesome time! This post has some info and links to more posts I made. In that post, click the first post linked for some pictures I took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD64 Posted February 9, 2023 #13 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 hour ago, onthewater51 said: I just booked it. If anyone else is looking there were not a lot of cabin choices remaining, at least not in our price/category range. Thanks for everyone's help. Like I said, you were better than the phone rep. Since this cruise is not until 2024 - many will have booked it as a placeholder. A year from now things will change, and space will open up as people cancel / do not make their final payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted February 9, 2023 #14 Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, onthewater51 said: Hello All, Boy I hate asking questions like this, but here I am just the same. We are looking at a 12-night cruise in May 2024 out of Amsterdam. Its labeled Arctic Cruise and the RCL website gives what I consider a vague description for the following itinerary. Would this be considered a Norwegian Fiord Cruise, because that is what we really are looking for. I know there are other lines that do the fiords, but we need to sail with RCL because we had to cancel a 2023 trip and transfer it to one in 2024. What do you think folks? Thanks, Bob Explore Jewel of the Seas Day 1 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Day 2 - Cruising Day 3 - Geiranger, Norway Day 4 - Cruising Day 5 - Tromso, Norway Day 6 - Honningsvag, Norway Day 7 - Arctic Circle (Cruising), Norway Day 8 - Alesund, Norway Day 9 - Flam, Norway Day 10 - Stavanger, Norway Day 11 - Kristiansand, Norway Day 12 - Cruising Day 13 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Is this the May 31st sailing in 2024, if so we have that cruise booked. 🙂 2 days after that one ends we will be sailing out of Barcelona doing a 9 night Western Mediterranean Cruise on Celebrity Equinox which ends in Rome. Edited February 9, 2023 by Jimbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted February 9, 2023 #15 Share Posted February 9, 2023 We did an almost identical 14-night cruise with HAL the summer before covid arrived. It's a wonderful itinerary, with so-o-o much to see! You will enjoy the cruise without a doubt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthewater51 Posted February 9, 2023 Author #16 Share Posted February 9, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Jimbo said: Is this the May 31st sailing in 2024, if so we have that cruise booked. 🙂 2 days after that one ends we will be sailing out of Barcelona doing a 9 night Western Mediterranean Cruise on Celebrity Equinox which ends in Rome. It’s May 30- June 11 2024 Everyone is posting so many positive and exciting info Im really getting excited for this trip. The last European cruise we did was in 2019 to The Greek Isles, also on Jewel, and that was a blast. My wife and I both feel that’s been our best cruise in 30 years of cruising. I’m starting to think this one may top that. Edited February 9, 2023 by onthewater51 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted February 9, 2023 #17 Share Posted February 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, onthewater51 said: It’s May 30- June 11 2024 Everyone is posting so many positive and exciting info Im really getting excited for this trip. The last European cruise we did was in 2019 to The Greek Isles, also on Jewel, and that was a blast. My wife and I both feel that’s been our best cruise in 30 years of cruising. I’m starting to think this one may top that. Correct, I got the day wrong by 1 day..............30th to June 11th, our second cruise starts on June 13th, ends on June 22nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted February 9, 2023 #18 Share Posted February 9, 2023 4 hours ago, onthewater51 said: Thanks to both of you. Pompeysailor I appreciate the other cruise option, we just prefer longer cruises, especially since it’s a long way from home anyway Charles, thank you. You answered what the RCL phone rep could not 🙂 Not a lot of fjords in Guatemala. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Deeliteful Posted February 10, 2023 #19 Share Posted February 10, 2023 I am going on my 3rd cruise to the Fjords in June (though not with RCI), the fjords are stunning. One of the most relaxing cruises ever. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani negreanu Posted February 10, 2023 #20 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Excellent itinerary, as it "hits" the best fjords in my opinion -- Geiranger and Flam, with the added bonus of the Arctic Circle. Jewel is the right fit for this itinerary too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted February 10, 2023 #21 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 2/8/2023 at 3:41 PM, Coralc said: That sounds like a great itinerary! No. I'm not booking anything else. 🤔 I've got the same problem... That itinerary looks fabulous. I just can't fit anything else in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthewater51 Posted February 10, 2023 Author #22 Share Posted February 10, 2023 The positive tips and comments keep coming. I appreciate that. Yes, we love Jewel and Radiance Class in general. Love the outdoor fantail seating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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