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Princess Cruise Norway Fjords
Thanks to a casino deal, I recently took the Sky Princess to Norway. I took this trip with my 17-year-old son, Tanner. We were joined by my parents in their mid-70s. I love cruising for multi-generational trips. If you want to learn how I save big on this amazing trip using points and miles, click here.
Rocky Start
Our trip started rocky due to weather delays here in the States. I always recommend flying the day before, and thankfully, we did. It gave us time to re-route to Boston and then to London instead of our scheduled trip through Atlanta. Thanks to some amazing people at Delta, we were able to arrive in London the day of our cruise in time to get to Southampton and board the beautiful Sky Princess. We ended up missing a hotel stay in London. I will file a claim with my Chase Sapphire card to get reimbursed for the fee I had to pay. I had booked my night in London on points. However, when you cancel a point stay after the cutoff, Hyatt charges us the one-night fee instead of using our points. Our points were returned. I will say I have never no-showed at a hotel before. However, this was a crazy travel 36 hours, and I simply did not have the energy to call them. I had rebooked my flights on my own about 5x’s, and then I ran out of options on the delta app, and the amazing desk agents in Nashville and Boston had to do the rest. I have already sent a big thank you to Delta, including all the names of the amazing people who helped us make this trip a reality. I thought at several points we weren’t going to make it.
London
We had booked a transfer from our London Hotel to Southampton. When we realized we were not going to make our hotel, I contacted the company I had booked through Viator to see if they would instead pick us up from Heathrow. They were very accommodating and made this work. When we arrived at Heathrow, we were greeted by our driver, and he helped us with our luggage into his van to take us to Heathrow. After our plane arrived at 6:30 in the morning, we were greeted by our driver at 7:20 and in Southampton at 8:30. Luckily, we were able to board the ship at around 10:15 that morning. We found comfy seats and relaxed until lunch in the main dining room started at Noon. We used two different companies for transportation to and from Southampton. They were both great! Learn more here: Southampton Transfers
Southampton Cruise port
Waiting area at the cruise port
Cruise
We sailed 7 days on the Sky Princess. Our trip was the first week of August. We were scheduled for 4 ports for this cruise. However, we ended up missing a port due to a storm. We missed our port in Olden. Of course, we were sad we had booked a fun hike to a glacier. My son and I were both looking forward to it. On a positive note, the company we used Olden Adventures, sent us a message saying they had notice we would not be in port the day of our excursions. We would receive a refund for our excursion. We had it before we even left the ship.
We did make the following ports: (You can click the port name to learn more about what we did at the port)
Haugesand - We visited a Viking Farm. I chose this one for my dad specifically. After searching his ancestry, we knew he had Viking blood. I thought he would enjoy seeing what life was like for his ancestors. I was right!
Skjolden - This is a charming village. We ended up exploring on foot. If I had known we would not be going to Olden, I would have booked a RIB tour for my son and me. They were sold out way in advance; this was not an option at this point. We did enjoy a beautiful walk around the area.
Stavenger - We booked a boat ride through the Fjords to Pulput rock. It was a fun day and perfect for our multi-generational group. I would do it again.
This was the 2nd time I had sailed Sky Princess. She is a gorgeous ship. I was so glad I was able to sail her again to Norway. We all really enjoyed this trip. I had also sailed her back in February to the Caribbean. You can read about that here.
London
After our cruise, we spent a day in London before heading back to the States. We stayed at the Hyatt Regency Blackfriars. This was a beautiful hotel. The hotel staff was amazing and the location was fantastic. We were about a mile away from Parliament Square. We took a beautiful walk along the Thames and visited Trafalgar Square and the Churchill War Rooms.
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