Itinerary comparison- Flam and Alesund vs Geiranger and Molde

[tc-cruise]

Saturday, May 25	Rotterdam, Holland		3:00pm
Sunday, May 26	At Sea
Monday, May 27	Eidfjord, Norway	7:00am	2:00pm
Monday, May 27	Hardangerfjord, Norway (Cruising)
Tuesday, May 28	Alesund, Norway	8:00am	4:00pm
Wednesday, May 29	Flam, Norway	8:00am	6:00pm
Thursday, May 30	Bergen, Norway	8:00am	5:00pm
Friday, May 31	At Sea
Saturday, June 1	Rotterdam, Holland	7:00am

 

 

1	MAY 4, 2024 Saturday	Rotterdam, Netherlands		3:00 PM
2	MAY 5, 2024 Sunday	At Sea
3	MAY 6, 2024 Monday	Eidfjord, Norway	7:00 AM	3:00 PM
3	MAY 4, 2024 Saturday	Cruise Hardangerfjord	4:00 AM	TBD
4	MAY 7, 2024 Tuesday	Molde, Norway	10:00 AM	8:00 PM
5	MAY 4, 2024 Saturday	Cruise Geirangerfjord	4:00 AM	TBD
5	MAY 8, 2024 Wednesday	Geiranger, Norway	7:00 AM	4:00 PM
6	MAY 9, 2024 Thursday	Bergen, Norway	8:00 AM	5:00 PM
7	MAY 10, 2024 Friday	At Sea
8	MAY 11, 2024 Saturday	Rotterdam, Netherlands	7:00 AM

 

 

I like Geiranger more, simply because I saw more pictures. But this sailing is in early May. I hate HAL's itinerary. Seems like this is the only company deliberately reducing deep fjords port of calls. Not even a single sailing visiting 2 deep fjords even in 14 days.  

Edited February 22 by tc-cruise

[oakridger]

Okay.  Then why don't you go on a cruise line that visits the ports you want?  I don't understand your issue.

 

 

~Nancy

[kitkat343]

Olden, Geiranger and Flam were my three favorite ports.  Alesund is much beloved on these forums (not on my cruise so I have no personal experience).  

 

The road to the highest views in Geiranger is seasonal and opens between mid may and early June.  We sailed on May 18th and missed the opening by three days.  There are several other lovely viewpoints in Geiranger, plus a beautiful lake you visit if you can't get to the highest points.

 

The only thing I'd want to note is that we had three ports in which we could potentially have really amazing views (Olden, Flam and Geiranger).  The weather was beautiful in Geiranger and we could really appreciate the view.  But it was rainier and foggier in Olden and Flam, so we were really grateful we'd had three days so we had a better shot at one really good weather day.  For Norway we generally recommend sailing for itinerary, so perhaps you'd want to research alternatives if these aren't meeting your needs?  I've sailed HAL, and found them to be very similar to Cunard and Princess.