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Topic: Cruise ships in Norwegian fjords 2007

Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 04-29-2007 12:14 PM

Then is the cruise season here...some ports in norway have already get visits by a ship....Olden get first visit 7 may and Geiranger 9 may

Took a trip to Geiranger today to get some photos of the old hurtigrute ship *Nordstjernen* before she leave the coast and start season at Svalbard

Here she is..a old beauty :

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 04-29-2007 12:19 PM

It is the first time I see her with the new funnel livery - the first Hurtigruten ship where I like it.

Is she doing a 'traditional' Bergen-Kirkenes rountrip? (going to the Geiranger is actually not the traditional way - you know what I mean)

Thanks for the picture.

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 04-29-2007 12:39 PM

Yes,she doing Bergen-Kirkenes from september/october to May...Then she move to Spitsbergen/Svalbard in summer season whit cruises there

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 05-07-2007 02:53 PM

Then have the cruise season started....first visit to Olden this year was Albatros

And next is Artemis 22 may..

More to see at : www.portofolden.com

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 05-07-2007 06:19 PM

Nice to see the season back again with some lovely photos and I look forward to your updates throughout the year

Pam

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OceanVoyager
First Class Passenger
Member # 5585

posted 05-08-2007 02:20 AM

quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
Nice to see the season back again with some lovely photos and I look forward to your updates throughout the year
Pam

Couldn't agree more, somehow photos of cruise ships in UK water's just do not look the same...

Andrew

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Cambodge
First Class Passenger
Member # 906

posted 05-08-2007 04:43 PM

Nancy and I sailed on her in 1960! I assume that is the same ship. Looks to be of the proper age. Did they ever put heads in all the cabins?

[ 05-08-2007: Message edited by: Cambodge ]

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 05-23-2007 02:09 PM

Today here was 2 Fred Olsen ship's... Not every year here is 2 ships from the same cruise line on the same day

Black Prince

Black Watch

There is also a photo of them bouth on my web site

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Galaxy
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Member # 5160

posted 05-27-2007 02:40 PM

Today was Ocean Majesty in Olden....the sun have also visit us after a week whit much rain

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annnthony
First Class Passenger
Member # 3733

posted 05-27-2007 04:56 PM

Get ready for Queen Mary 2......she does 10 day RT S'ampton June 16-26!

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cruiseshipluver
First Class Passenger
Member # 5104

posted 05-27-2007 07:57 PM

Oh my goodness.. your pics are really nice and the scenery is soo beautiful and non polluted...
cruiseshipluver

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Tom Burke
First Class Passenger
Member # 5238

posted 05-28-2007 04:59 AM

I'll echo everybody else and say "please keep them coming!".

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 05-28-2007 11:20 AM

Thanks everyone

Today i was a trip to Geiranger to take some photos of the hurtigrute ship *Vesterålen* :

And over the mountain there still is a lots of snow :

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 05-28-2007 05:16 PM

Lovely photos Galaxy. Interesting that BW was alongside and BP at anchor? Love the photo of the 2 of them. Was this because BP has fewer pax to tender?

All that snow still! Brrr But makes for a lovely setting for the ships and views for the passengers.
Will you be aboard QM2 then Annnthony?

Pam

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 05-28-2007 06:53 PM

Thank you PamM

I belive its like you say....ships whit most pax go along side and the ship whit fewer use tender...OR first ship to port go along side...BW arrive 08 and BP 09 that day....but i have seen that the bigest ship always go along side...so it is something whit how many pax on eatch ship

But from 2008 Olden have a new and bigger quay ready...she will cost around 30 mill NOK and 2 gigant ships are going to go along side at the same time...or 3 medium ships They are going to start build the quay this winter...

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annnthony
First Class Passenger
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posted 05-29-2007 02:48 PM

Hi Pam,

Yes, we will be aboard QM 2, 22 day round trip NYC.

We did a 14 dayer on Crystal Serenity last year, all the way to Spitsbergen. We just couldn't resist doing Norway again, especially from NYC without flying!

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Pascal
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posted 05-29-2007 04:00 PM

Europe has Norway, America has Alaska. What are the main differences between the 2 ?

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 05-29-2007 04:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Pascal:
Europe has Norway, America has Alaska. What are the main differences between the 2 ?

Slartibartfast won an award for Norway - not for Alaska.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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Member # 301

posted 05-29-2007 04:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Pascal:
Europe has Norway, America has Alaska. What are the main differences between the 2 ?

I've cruised to both.

Norway is still very unspoilt. Ports like 'Skagway' in Alaska look loverly, yet the many traditional style buildings are all tourist shops selling: "My Friends went to Alaska and all they brought me back was this crummy T-Shirt".

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
Member # 5369

posted 05-29-2007 04:52 PM

These villages which have been turned into shopping malls are indeed typical for Alaska BUT these 'hot spots' in Alaska are usually also very isolated - many ports of call on a typcial cruise to Alaska can not even be reached via streets or trains - Alaska is VERY large and there IS still a LOT of wilderness in Alaska.

Norway is not really densely populated either - but the settlement structure is older and more streaky.

Another major difference between Alaska and Norway is that the parts of Alaska visited by cruise ships are more southern than Norway.

Also, there is no glacier in the mainland of Norway that reaches the sea (if I remember right - there are of course many in Svalbard) - whereas there are many calving glaciers in Alaska.

[ 05-29-2007: Message edited by: Ernst ]

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Tom Burke
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posted 05-29-2007 05:37 PM

quote:
Slartibartfast won an award for Norway - not for Alaska.

So he did. What an excellent comment! Thank you Ernst, that made me laugh more than anything else has today.

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 05-31-2007 07:10 PM

Today was Thomson Spirit in Olden for first time....a nice ship just like her sister

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 06-02-2007 05:20 PM

Today was AIDAvita in Geiranger and Saga Ruby visit Olden for a last time this year.... :

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Cambodge
First Class Passenger
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posted 06-02-2007 07:42 PM

Beautiful or classic ships in magnificent geography are hard to beat in the photo dept.

Thanks all for some spectacular photos.

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Galaxy
First Class Passenger
Member # 5160

posted 06-03-2007 04:01 PM

No problem Cambodge

Today in Geiranger was Funchal , Alexander Von Humboldt and Ocean Majesty :

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