When to Book Iceland/Norway

[PATRLR]

1 hour ago, CCJack said:

Have you considered leaving from Amsterdam?   

Yeah, all ports were on the table. I definitely looked at quite a few that left from Amsterdam, Rotterdan, Copenhagen, etc. For various reasons, likely related to port stops, they were ruled out.  I really want the right deep fjords and the right coastal cities.  

[CCJack]

19 hours ago, PATRLR said:

Have you found the pinned "fjords" post over in the North Atlantic ports forums?  Lots of good information there.

I'm narrowed down to one of these three at the moment.  I really want to do the Apex, it has the two fjords that I want to hit, but at twice the cost of the Anthem, I'm just not there yet (price was for a standard balcony for 2, last time I checked).  It also swaps a Norway stop for Belgium which isn't great, IMO.  Still looking though.
 

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7 Nights, Anthem of the Seas Jul 12 -                       $3522

 

Fri, Jul 12, 2024 SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND          --    5:00 pm

Sat, Jul 13, 2024 CRUISING                --          --

Sun, Jul 14, 2024 STAVANGER, NORWAY       7:00 am     5:00 pm

Mon, Jul 15, 2024 FLAM, NORWAY            8:00 am     5:00 pm

Tue, Jul 16, 2024 ALESUND, NORWAY         8:00 am     6:00 pm

Wed, Jul 17, 2024 BERGEN, NORWAY          7:00 am     2:00 pm

Thu, Jul 18, 2024 CRUISING                --          --

Fri, Jul 19, 2024 SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND    5:30 am     --

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7 Nights, Sky Princess  July 13 -                      $4005

 

Sat, Jul 13, 2024 SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND    --    4:00 pm

Sun, Jul 14, 2024 AT SEA                        --          --

Mon, Jul 15, 2024 BERGEN, NORWAY                12:00 pm    8:00 pm

Tue, Jul 16, 2024 SKJOLDEN/SOGNEFJORD, NORWAY   8:00 am     4:00 pm

Wed, Jul 17, 2024 OLDEN, NORWAY                 8:00 am     5:00 pm

Thu, Jul 18, 2024 STAVANGER, NORWAY             10:00 am    5:00 pm

Fri, Jul 19, 2024 AT SEA                        --          --

Sat, Jul 20, 2024 SOUTHAMPTON), ENGLAND         7:00 am     --

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7 Nights Celebrity Apex                                     $6584

 

Sat, Jul 20, 2024 SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND    --    4:00 pm

Sun, Jul 21, 2024 BRUGES,(ZEEBRUGGE),BELGIUM    7:00 am     3:00 pm

Mon, Jul 22, 2024 AT SEA      --    --

Tue, Jul 23, 2024 FLAM, NORWAY      7:00 am     4:00 pm

Wed, Jul 24, 2024 GEIRANGER, NORWAY 8:00 am     5:00 pm

Thu, Jul 25, 2024 BERGEN, NORWAY    7:00 am     2:00 pm

Fri, Jul 26, 2024 AT SEA      --    --

Sat, Jul 27, 2024 SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND    6:00 am     --

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Also, I like the 8 am Flam arrival (Anthem) better than the 7 am (Apex).   I felt the highlight of our trip was the sail-in to Flam.  I recommend being up and on the deck 2 -3 hours prior to arrival.   Plus sometimes these ships arrive early, which in this case is not good IMO.  The later 8 am arrival gives you a little more reasonable alarm clock time !    Note, our ship announced nothing about the sail in, so you need to make note of it yourself and try to figure out when your ship enters the fjord.