NCL Prima eastbound 15 days TA (Live) 27 Apr, 2024 - N.Y. to Southampton via Halifax, Iceland & EU ports - preview intro

[mking8288]

Hudson MDR is not busy this morning, hostess taking orders until ... slow, while some pax are already ashore on morning tours. We are going shortly once we finish breakfast ... 

 

 

 

 

30 minutes later - breakfast arrived 

Edited May 6 by mking8288

[mking8288]

Aside from the free shuttles to downtown every 10 - 15 minutes, Shop on and Hop off ... 

 

[mking8288]

@dexddd  Beans as per your request - Mrs M has stirred it up a bit, not watery 😸

 

 

Express Breakfast ... not 

Edited May 6 by mking8288

[mking8288]

 

 

[Cruising...our happy place]

On the beautiful Prima now. 

Top: Hallgrímskirkja
Hallgrímskirkja is a Lutheran (Church of Iceland) parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 metres (244 ft) tall, it is the largest church in Iceland

Middle : residence of Iceland President 

Bottom  : public gardens In Halifax 

[bedfordmom]

2 hours ago, mking8288 said:

A little shopping trip in the late evening at one of the few grocery stores that's open till 11 PM on a Sunday - 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you get anything at the grocery store. Most interesting things to bring home ( or eat ) are chocolate and all types of  black licorice and salt. There is even a Costco located near the airport if you are a member that had just opened when we were there in 2019. Just loving your review as well everyone else’s experiences. It is helping with my TA withdrawal. 

[dexddd]

I guess Thingvellir translates as Niagra Falls of Iceland.

Edited May 6 by dexddd

[dexddd]

What's up with the yellow apple under the sweet rolls?  Some kind of sail and sustain message?

 

Breakfast took awhile because there were 95 other tables before as they serve in table order number.  Systems in place for efficiency.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Top of the morning to you all. 
 

Cherry cookies were spotted at the buffet this morning. A crew member walked around with a tray of cookies offering to everyone and then bypassed me. 
 

“Excuse me, you didn’t offer me any cookies.”

 

He didn’t expect that attitude so early in the morning. 
 

 

 

[goldmom]

10 hours ago, mking8288 said:

Yes, I have several devices - selectively - connected directly to our stateroom's USB-C and USB-A ports, also use them to recharge our portable battery pack.

 

UK already helped answered & explain, I concur 100% from experience & knowledge.  It's something that I don't do at airport public charging stations - and - the reason for carrying the battery bank to boost & recharge.  Ship's outlets aren't exactly "public" unless it's hacked by ship security or housekeeping with access to tap into the wirings ... there are many other ways of gaining access if and when it's being carried out.  Evil apps sneaked into Play Stores and those continued to be a problem. 

 

There are countermeasures available but ... nay, I am not worried or going to be paranoid about.  It's the banking and corporate database breaches that can inflict more damaged ... enough said. 

 

Thanks for following along, again and to allow us to share the journey.  Regards 😎

Thank you so much for the response.  It was very helpful to me.

Have a great cruise.  I will continue to follow along and enjoy your travels!

[mking8288]

Final Hours - Reykjavik - quick run into town.  

 

 

 

 

 

[mking8288]

Iceland hotdog 

 

 

[mking8288]

2 hours ago, bedfordmom said:

Did you get anything at the grocery store.

Yes, we brought a # of items including Coke Zero at the busy supermarket.

 

[graphicguy]

1 hour ago, Sugar Magnolia said:

Top of the morning to you all. 
 

Cherry cookies were spotted at the buffet this morning. A crew member walked around with a tray of cookies offering to everyone and then bypassed me. 
 

“Excuse me, you didn’t offer me any cookies.”

 

He didn’t expect that attitude so early in the morning. 
 

 

 

Oooooo....never seen those before.  I will be on the lookout for those cookies.

[bedfordmom]

I found that on the TAs that local authorities did the Xray and could care less if you were bring on alcohol or soda. I think they had more important things to search for. In fact in Lisbon there was a very busy duty free shop after xray and there was it nothing NCL could do lol. The exception for my cruise was Bermuda (expected that from past cruise) Ibiza and believe it or not Florence. As the latter was out last stop NCL didn’t care to confiscate the liquor only to give it back one hour later

[JIMESOPUS]

@mking8288 Thanks again for all the local photos, loved the ones inside the store, but could never really figure out that conversion to dollars, any specials. I'm surprised you got the case aboard the ship.  I hope everyone is well rested, the next few days look to be somewhat rocking.

 

[mking8288]

@JIMESOPUS Thanks for the heads up.  More photos from this morning to come.

 

It's 1:15 PM Iceland time and we are still waiting for 4 unaccounted for pier runners, already paged 3 times starting at 12:40 PM.  Sitting in the MDR and ready for dessert w coffee.

 

 

P.S.  it's 1:32 PM and still at the pier. 

Edited May 6 by mking8288

[Sugar Magnolia]

@graphicguy you left an indelible mark on the Prima forever…

 

 

[mking8288]

We are now on the move, bye 👋 bye  Reykjavik, Iceland - next 2 full days at sea, then Amsterdam w private shared van tour, 4 of us with 2 other CC couples to see the turnips & flower show, etc.  The sun is out again.  Today, we'll be dining in Paloma again @ 6:30 PM 

 

There still 75+ guests waiting to be seated in the Hudson for (late) lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mking8288]

Reykjavik harbor & city view as we begin to head out to sea & open ocean. 

 

 

 

 

 

[graphicguy]

27 minutes ago, Sugar Magnolia said:

@graphicguy you left an indelible mark on the Prima forever…

 

 

Oh my......feeling a bit infamous.....I wonder if I can somehow capitalize on that to have a Prima doorway named after me. 😉

[mking8288]

Downtown, Reykjavik - shopping area & the Iceland hotdog cart ...

 

 

 

 

Toyota Highlander Hybrid from My car.is rental office near the port, 4 minutes drive or 20+ minutes walk.

 

 

 

 

 

Nordic Store - not opened yet at 10 AM

 

Citi bikes (NY style ... everywhere 😉 )

 

[schmoopie17]

1 hour ago, mking8288 said:

Iceland hotdog 

 

 

That's quite an impressive weenie.

(Will now go back under my rock before I comment further...)

[mking8288]

Bookstore on the side street near the Nordic Store was our stop to buy souvenirs, very few stores open early for ship pax dropped off in the area by tour buses.

 

 

 

 

24 hour store - Pizza NY style 😆

 

[graphicguy]

I am so LOVING this cruise looking at all the pictures.  Given I already love the Prima, I'm now shopping the same itinerary.

 

 

Edited May 6 by graphicguy