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I loved watching this video of yours and the cruise looked spectacular 👌🏼 loved seeing your experience and your first time reactions, can’t wait for part 2 next week. Thanks for sharing guys 🙂
Loved this vlog! You two are so down to earth & genuine. Loved how excited you were for your first time cruise experience. We are sailing on G420 to the fjords on Iona in just over 4 weeks and this has got us so excited. Hopefully we get the most amazing coffee views too! Some amazing hints & tips you guys shared thanks 🤩
Aww I hank you so much Claire 💙 we always try to give the best tips and advice for people as we know how annoying it can be when you watch and people don’t tell you these things we need to know. You will absolutely love the cruise 😍 we are cruise converts now can’t wait to get some booked for next year already. Stick around for our other 2 videos coming out over the next 2 Sundays 😬. Thank you so much for watching appreciate it 💙💙
This will be our second cruise but first with P&O. I’m a veggie like yourself so those were great tips thank you ❤ I have booked the beach house for our first and last nights on board and also booked the briskdal glacier trip by troll car for my daughter
Blimey, you guys are great, so natural and keeping it real. no flannel. See you on a cruise and I'm buying you a pint. Thanks for putting t his together !
I live near olden and go to school there! We see cruise ships almost everyday and we love to wave to them when they pass us. And yes briksdalen is very beautiful have been there a lot of times and tbh it’s not that steep for a Norwegian 😅
We absolutely loved Olden definitely one of the most beautiful places we have ever been to 🤩 we live in a part of the U.K. which is quite flat so we’re not used to steeper walks but absolutely loved it and glad we made the walk to see the glacier 🤩
Thank you so much ☺️, they are a good cruise line we’ve booked with them again for our Carribean Cruise in February on Arvia as we loved their itinerary other over cruise lines 😬. Thanks so much for watching 💙
We were also a tad nervous before we went but honestly you don’t have to be nervous we had the most incredible time and loved every minute, So much so we have just booked a Carribean cruise 🥰 Tip, take some sea sick tablets with you just incase. We didn’t really need them in the end but definitely better to have them and not need them then not have them and need them ☺️ Thanks so much for watching 🥰
A fantastic video, thank you. Wonderful down to earth experience. We are on Iona in a few weeks for our first sea cruise. After watching we are more excited 🙌🙌🏾. Watching part two in a bit. ☺️
Hey 👋🏻 thank you so much we’re glad you found our video really helpful. Hope you have a fantastic time and the weather is on your side for a great cruise 👌🏼. We loved our first cruise and it’s converted us, just makes it slightly easier for future holidays now hehe 😜. Thanks so much for watching 💙
We were on this cruise in a Mid ship balcony cabin, we were also first timers, and loved every minute of it. By the first sea day we were already looking what cruise to go on next. Great video, amusing thing the other P&O ship we passed as we left Southampton had another flogger we follow on it filming our departure.
@@tinysmallfryskitchen8610 I’m glad to hear you also loved it. Haha same we have booked to go on Arvia to the Caribbean in Feb can’t wait to get on our next cruise 🤭 yes Travel Blog Jamie was on that one 🙌🏼 Thanks so much for watching :)
Just started this series. I was very anti-cruise until I went on one and a absolutely loved it! I imagine it depends on the cruiseline but I'd definitely do one again.
Yes we both were too always said we would never cruise but like you absolutely loved it and we have booked another for next year 🤩 a few different cruise lines we want to try aswell :) thanks for watching ☺️
We have just booked our first cruise - and it's this exact one for next year. Your videos have been so helpful and we absolutely love how down to earth you guys are ☺️
Thank you so much for watching we really appreciate it 🥹 lovely to hear they have helped and I’m sure you’ll have a fab cruise we absolutely loved it and now cruise converts 🤣
Just found your channel. I’ve been on P&O a few times before but never been on Iona. Ive been to the Norwegian Fjords but on Princess. So great to see your experience on P&O to the Fjords. Looking forward to more videos. I’ve watched Brogan’s too!
Iona is a beautiful ship we really had the best week onboard and sliced sailing through the stunning fjords 🤩 Love Brogans videos 🥰 Thank you so much for watching, part 2 out this Sunday :)
Thank you for the video. We travelled on this cruise last August and have booked the fjords again for next June. I was glad to hear your experience of the Olive Grove as we also did not really enjoy our meal in there after hearing so many positive reviews. It was beautiful to see the briksdal glacier again.
Amazing that you’re going back :) It’s definitely a cruise we would do again it was incredible and had such a good time. Shame about the olive grove we had high expectations but we loved Sindhu 😋 The Briksdal glacier was amazing so glad we done this bucket list trip :) Thanks so much for watching and your comment :)
Aww thank you Sarah 💙💙 that’s so sweet made our day. You’ll absolutely love it. One tip I know it’s summer but pack for all seasons trust us 😎. Thank you so much for watching.
We were the older couple in front of you when boarding and heading to the muster station. Really enjoyed your video and we had an amazing time on this trip. Going to Spain and Portugal on Iona, in 7 weeks time. We can't wait. Thanks again guys.
Ahh it’s great to hear you also had a great time on the cruise we absolutely loved it and can’t wait to get cruising again in Feb in the Caribbean 🥰 ahhhh lovely have an amazing time, Iona is a beautiful ship isn’t she! Thank you for watching :)
We did our first cruise this year after saying it wasn't for us. Just 4 nights on Ventura to Amsterdam. It was amazing and we won't be doing anything else now. We have Iona booked for March 2025 and I am already really excited. Loved the video, I am even more excited now - Thanks 😀
Ahh it’s great to hear you loved your first cruise too like we did :) Iona is lovely ship I hope you enjoy your time onboard as much as we did :) we’re sailing on Arvia in Feb around the Caribbean can’t wait to get back cruising again :) thank you so much for watching we appreciate it ☺️
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this video… My friend and I are going on this cruise early September! And we are very excited… I found your Vlog to be very informative… And funny!
I “liked” and commented yesterday when half way through the video. I have just finished it and wish I could “like” again. It made me laugh and the photography was great. I’m going up to the glacier for the first time in June and am looking forward to it even more now I’ve seen your video.
Hiya, aww thanks so much for watching the rest of it (it was a long one 🙈) The glacier was absolutely incredible and the footage we got does not do it justice. Make sure to listen out once your at the glacier because we could hear the ice cracking it sounded like thunder! Thank you again for watching 🥰
Hi Elllie&James. Hope you enjoyed your cruise. We are going on Iona in 2 weeks and just want to say your video is fantastic. So much information on it especially Embarkation which will make much easier for us as we are using the same parking company. ThAnks again looking forward to your next videos. 😀
Hey 👋🏻 we certainly did we loved the cruise that much we’ve booked to go on Arvia for 14 nights in the Carribean next Feb 1st 🤭 cannot wait. That’s means a lot thank you so much ☺️ it’s comments like these that help our fellow travellers make it worth while doing this 🙌🏼. Thank you so much for watching and subscribing it means a lot 💙
We went on the same cruise in April, the ship is amazing, the staff was really lovely and friendly,the only problem we had was gale force winds which made the ship very rocky that I found quite frightening,but I would definitely do it again.
It’s great to hear you also had a lovely time on your cruise :) yes we had the same and missed one of our ports due to extreme weather but I must say although we could feel the ship moving it didn’t make us feel ill which was a massive bonus but I understand that it can be quite frightening!
Great video Thankyou My partner and I doing the same trip on Saturday, it will be our 1st cruise so great to watch you're video and get an idea of what to expect.
We were on that cruise (May 4th 2024) and it was our first. We were in stitches watching this as you both said all the things we said as first time cruisers. We went up to the glacier and it was awsome. We have rebooked for the first week in May 2025. Travelling down from Essex so might stay over the night before this time. Right, off to watch part 2.
@@BRICKSTRIDENT Nice! You obviously enjoyed the cruise to rebook again, we’ve booked to do Carribean cruise for Feb on Arvia cannot wait 😬. The glacier was a real bucket list item to tick off the hike was fun too to get there. Big up Essex 🙌🏼 we’re from Essex too 😜. Thanks so much for watching enjoy part 2 💙😎
Hello 🙋🏼♂️ ohh you’re going to blooming love it like we did exciting 😬. I hope you become cruise converts like we are now. Cruise life is so much easier. Just be careful in the food intake lol I (James) put on 8lbs in 7 days 😳. Thanks so much for watching 😎💙
Jamie, I feel the same, I feel really uncomfortable dressing up in the bib and tucker, but you both looked really smart! I’m off on this cruise in September - I did it before I; 2022 but we couldn’t dock in stavanger, and we did different port to alesund. Really excited about it after watching this!
Thank you :) We’re so glad we participated in celebration night, it was lovely to see everyone dressed up ☺️ Ahh amazing I didn’t realise they did different itineraries for Norway so will have to keep an eye out. We loved every second 🤩 Thank you for watching we appreciate it :)
@@JamesandElliesAdventures we had an extra sea day exploring some of the fjords as we couldn’t get into stavanger and they replaced another port call with hellesylt - I’m doing it this time as it stops at stavanger which I missed and also alesund which I want to visit.
Hey there I was in this cruise the following week from you guys absolutely loved it and the ship its got me hooked on cruising cant wait to book the next one ❤🛳
Yeah another cruise convert 🙌🏼 glad you enjoyed it I think this itinerary is perfect for a first cruise. Wet envious you guys had stunning weather ☀️ compared to us. Thanks so much for watching 💙
We love Iona. We really want to do this cruise next year. We totally agree with feeling like you know the ship before you go by watching loads of vids. We watched soooo many! We loved reliving Iona again through your video and we loved how excited you were for your first cruise. Sea days are amazing on Iona. Cheers 🍻
Hey 👋🏻 😎 she’s a stunning ship isn’t she! We feel in love with the ship straight away and it felt like home after only being onboard a few hours which we really loved. I’d highly recommend booking it, we’re cruise converts now can’t wait to go on more in the future. Just makes life easier then packing and unpacking all the time. Thanks so much for watching 💙😬
Hey 👋🏻 Laura, you so should treat yourself 😬 if you haven’t done a cruise before I’d recommend a Norwegian fjord one as it’s calmer etc it’s fantastic. Cruise converts now. Book it for yourself 🤩. Thank you for watching 💙
We are going next year in June and cannot wait. We have cruised before about 5 times, but not on the Iona. We also live in Eastleigh (where you stayed) and find it so easy to get to the port. Looks like you had fun!
We have definitely caught the cruise bug now we have done this one so I can see why you like it :) Iona is a beautiful ship :) Ohh wow so handy that your so close we loved sailing from Southampton is so easy and convenient! We absolutely loved our first cruise and cannot wait to get another one booked! Thank you for watching :)
Ohhh 😮 you’re going to absolutely love your cruise, this one was super special and we’d do another Norwegian one in a heart beat. Thank you so much for watching appreciate it 💙
Thankyou Carol 🙂, ohh 😧 nooo in June you expect nice weather we’re always unlucky with weather no matter where we go just got to make the best of it. I hope you managed to claim back through missed port insurance and it wasn’t too bad missing the ports. Thanks for watching 💙
Thoroughly enjoyed watching you both experience your first cruise. I took my son and grandson on 7 day cruise to Portugal and Spain last year and my son from being totally not interested in cruising, thoroughly enjoyed it. (we are all from Bournemouth area). I was on same cruise as you 2 weeks earlier and the snow was blizzard like in Alesund. You sound like you will be regular cruisers now. There is nothing like unpacking once and then seeing so many interesting places not to mention how much there is to do onboard, the fabulous entertainment and wonderful food. Thank you for the fantastic video, I appreciate how much time goes into making it.
Thank you so much for watching. This was like a taster cruise for us incase we didn’t like it but we honestly had the best time and can’t wait to get cruising again. So glad to hear your son also loved his first cruise. I hope you had a lovely time on your cruise. Norway weather is wild isn’t it that’s mad you had snow in Ålesund 😯 We love to explore new places but hate packing and unpacking all the time so cruising definitely is the best of both worlds we love it 🥰 and the food was a little too good we both put on a fair amount of weight 🤣 Thank you again for watching and your kind words.
Omg guys this brought back such great memories for us! We did a Disney Cruise to Norway in 2022 and absolutely loved it! We had such rough seas you f through the North Sea thought we were all 🤢. Looks like you guys got lucky with the seas! Stavanger was our last stop on our cruise and we remember those cute little houses right next to the ship and we were in the Starbucks too! Can’t wait to see the rest! Hope you’ve both been well! 🫶🏻
We loved watching your Disney cruise vids to Norway. After watching your ones we said we have to do a Norwegian fjords cruise :) Ohhh wow that’s crazy the North Sea can be wild can’t it. We did have crazy weather one of the days in the next video but we had our sea sick tablets so didn’t feel much to be honest and Iona is a big big ship! Stavanger is cute right?! Thanks so much for watching guys, we are good thank you we hope you are all well too 🥰
Hello Fraser 👋🏻 thanks so much for subscribing to our channel we appreciate it. Iona is stunning worth a trip in her or her sister ship Arvia 😎. Thanks for watching dude 💙
Aww thank you guys 😀💙 that’s so sweet, we’d highly or extremely recommend doing this cruise and the hike to Briksdal glacier was awe inspiring. Thanks so much and thanks for joining the community 🤩🎊
Aw this looks amazing guys!! So fun following along and that you did several days over 1 video! You two looked so lovely all dressed up for the celebration night! 🤩Norway just looks stunning, so many beautiful views and the glacier as well, wow! 😍 Such a shame that it’s not as big as it used to be, so sad! Look forward to part 2! Fab job guys! 🩵🩵
It was bloomin amazing we loved every second 🥹 ahh thanks we felt so out of our comfort zone at first but it was so nice seeing everyone dressed up for the evening. Norway is absolutely stunning the videos don’t do it justice 🥰
Fantastic vlog, we were on the cruise with you, hope you didnt find it too much in the overnight storm to Haugesand, we are from Coventry, this was our 49th cruise
Hey 👋🏻 Mark thanks for the nice comment 😬😎. You know what I (James) didn’t feel a thing from that overnight storm when we were near Haugesund but Ellie said to me did you not feel the ship rocking back and forth I definitely graduated and got my sea legs this cruise as I didn’t even feel the ship rocking during our cancelled port day either and Ellie kept feeling it sway back and forth. We’re cruise converts and love it now! Can’t wait to do some cruises in 2025 🤩. Wow 49th cruise is impressive 👌🏼 hope we can reach that number hope you got a good one planned for your 50th cruise? Thanks so much for watching really appreciate it 💙
Hey, so I know it’s the very first big shop you see just past the big mural painting of Stavanger and before you get to the bit where the harbour is and all the shops if that help much lol 😜 sorry had with taking names of shops and that. Let us know how you get on 👌🏼.
Yay, you're back with a new video. It was so sweet seeing you super excited, the holiday feels are the best ❤. I was in Orlando at the same time you went and it was 35 degrees, sorry to rub it in(it was too hot though, especially after the crappy weather we've had this year, we just weren't used to it) I was surprised of the size of your room, I thought it'd be like a box! 🤣 I'm glad you enjoyed your first few days. I think I'd be the size of a house if I did a cruise, the food looked lovely 😊
It was so exciting doing something that was completely new to us we absolutely loved every minute 🥹 haha thanks Lucy rub it in 35 degrees sounds amazing 🤩 I hope you had a lovely time in Orlando! We were super surprised with the size of our cabin and like you thought it would be tiny. The bathroom was tiny tho but wasn’t too bad :) We did come back the size of houses 🤣 we both put on 6-7 pounds each, yes that’s right each 😳🤣😳
Hi!! I was on your cruise with my husband, it was our first cruise ever. We loved every minute. Disappointed of course not to be able to go to the last port, but really enjoyed the whole experience. We had a balcony cabin, amazing sailing into Olden at 4.30 in the morning . We would definitely do it again 😊
Hiya, ahh I’m so pleased to hear you enjoyed the cruise too :) yes we were so disappointed but just means we have to go back and do it again 😉 The sail into Olden was just magical wasn’t it 🤩 Thank you for watching and your awesome comment :)
I would 💕 to follow you more often will you be doing more cruising vlogs? Because I and my wife are doing our first cruise in October ( 2024 ) with hahm Morelia cruise Voyager I'm asking for future updates of your cruising to help us enjoy our future possible cruises.
@@stephenb9400 hey, we will be doing more cruises in the future for sure 🤓 we’re doing a Carribean cruise with P&O on Arvia in February we booked as soon as we got home from doing this cruise 😬 we love cruising so you can guarantee we’ll have stuff on our channel. Hopefully you’ll thoroughly love your first cruise and you’ll be hooked like us 😎. Thanks so much for watching appreciate it 💙
James was correct when he said the stones were the inspiration for the trolls in frozen 😊 Great vlog guys and i subscribed straight away, hopefully doing this exact cruise may/june next year with my sister and our husbands 😊
Don’t tell him that he won’t fit through the door 🤣 maybe his big book of something does have some facts in it 😆😆 Thank you so much for watching. We would definitely recommend this one Norway is stunning and Iona is a beautiful ship 🥰
I was on this cruise too, I made my own vlogs too but I’m still editing the last 2 days😭😭 I loved watching this video and seeing some of the things and restraunts I didn’t go to, I’m definitely going to the olive grove next time that pizza looked good!!
@nikitahoward28 I feel you, it takes so much time to edit them doesn’t it, but think of the memories you’ll have once they are edited 🤩 we absolutely loved this cruise I hope you did too :)
Hi James & Ellie, really enjoying your videos, fun & very helpful. Planning to book Iona in Sept and have a Q 1) Do you have to take your passport with you every time you disembark at port/excursion? Many thanks 🚢
Thank you so much for watching :) We didn’t have to take our passport off the ship with us for any of the ports we stopped at however the crew will advise (on the day) and also in the daily horizon mag you get in your cabin if you are required to take your passport with you. I hope you have a great time :)
@@JamesandElliesAdventures fab, that's really useful to know. I did have another Q but it's gone out of my head for now! Thank you so much and, yes we will 🙏 Many thanks again
Hi I am looking to book this cruise next year with my twin daughters who will be 15. Do you know if there is an age restriction for the silent disco? Also how much was your tour to the glacier. Love you video very helpful. Thanks guys Kirsty
Hiya, no age restriction as far as we are aware we see young children at the silent disco having the times of their lives :) We paid around £69 per person but you can do this cheaper with olden adventures. I hope this helps :) thanks so mum for watching :)
Absolutely loved this vlog. Seeing you both so excited and having such a good time. You both looked amazing in your “Swanky Wanky” clothes 😂😂 Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Hahah 🤣 you should hear some of the stuff Ellie comes out with before she’s had a coffee sometimes it’s like word vomit 😅. I guess you can tell from our videos how much we love cruise life now 😍😍😍 proper converts now 💙
Hi guys 😊we were there and I just saw myself on your video at the Briksdal 😂😂 we went on skylift after this by the way and don’t regret at all! Of course it was cloudy, but we still saw the Fjord from the top. And enjoyed some snow.
Hey, haha no way 🤩 the Briksdal glacier was stunning wasn’t it! Ahhh don’t tell us that we’re gutted we didn’t just do it now but just means we have to go back one day 😉
Hiya! Sorry for the silly question. Loving this video, it's inspired me to book this trip for next year. I've never been on a cruise before! Is all the food included? Or is there certain packages ?
@@emmywilkos684 hey Emmy 👋🏻, thank you so much, if you haven’t done a cruise I’d highly recommend it. We were totally surprised on how amazing it was and it’s nice not packing and unpacking at each stop like we’ve done with other holidays. So yes the foods included in the main dining room and some other restaurants. Most of them you pay a small surcharge like Sindhi £10 each then your meals cost but the total comes of the £10 despot you pay, the beach house is between £7 and £14 but only one or two item you’ll pay extra for food but majority of it no extra charge. I think the only other two you pay a small surcharge is Glass house (in Atrium) and certain things in the epicurean and possibly keep and cow. You get tea, Coffee and milk throughout the day with 3 water refilling stations around the ship. You can get juice included from the machines in the morning. At breakfast you be et your juices in the main dining rooms 🙂. Hope this helps and thanks for watching 💙💙
You had us at Swanky Wanky, but sealed the deal with James'Bog Book of Bulls*#t!!!! A fabulous vlog very informative thank you from The Vagrants on Vacation 😊
We only have word vomit before our am coffee we promise 🤣 although James book of something is a permanent thing, that’s not going anywhere 😆 Thank you for watching 😊
@@JamesandElliesAdventures Same here! I can't see us doing any other type of holiday now. It just gets expensive wanting to cruise all these special locations. Where is your next destination? Just subbed so we can follow your travels. 👍👋
@CruiseLife22 we already had our holidays planned for 2024 before we went on this cruise but kind of wish we had more cruises booked for this year. We are off to Singapore and Bali in July and then South Africa in December but can’t wait to get some cruises booked for 2025 🥰 Thank you for subscribing :)
Iona is massive makes it even more massive when you walk in the wrong direction to your cabin too like we did one day and thought why are the cabin numbers getting higher adding more steps in 😂. We would definitely do another Norwegian fjords cruise in the future with another cruise line. Thanks so much for watching 💙
Would you mind sharing your itinerary so I can match the cruise up ports wise please 😊 looks like there are more than one itinerary and I like the look of yours the most so far 😄 thank you
Hey Jodie of course this cruise was G412 so apart from starting at S’hampton we then had a sea day, 1st port was Stavanger, then Olden, Alesund and Haugesund, sea day then S’hampton again 😎 hope this helps and thank you for watching 💙
Hahaha…… omg guys this has had me in stitches 😅 Swanky Wanky, The Captain’s announcement (what a cool guy), The Silent Disco 💃 …brilliant. We have never been on a cruise either but it looks like such good fun 🤩 there is soooo much going on all the time, love a bit of Bingo and as I said on IG you both looked stunning on Celebration Night. I am glad you really enjoyed your first experience cruising, looking forward to more, more more 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Your room view at the front of the ship 🚢 is AMAZING 🤩 Do you know what….we had the same weather wise for 4 days In Skiathos…..the one jumper and cardigan we travelled in became far to handy 😂😂😂😂😂
I shouldn’t talk before I’ve had my morning coffee, I have no idea where swanky wanky come from 🤣 Awww the captain was the best 🥰 We spent hours at the silent disco it was sooooo much fun and absolutely loved the cruise as you can tell 😆 Thank you so much it was so nice seeing everyone dressed up for celebration night! Ahhhh that’s a shame you had crazy weather in Skiathos because it’s even more of a beautiful island when the sun is shining. I hope you still had an amazing holiday though despite the weather?
weve just booked the same cruise for the same time next year cant wait just one question did you need your travel sickness tablets and if you did which ones and did they work? many thanks
Hey 👋🏻 ohhh lovely you will have a fantastic time! Soo we’ve used them all and the best ones were Boots own ones they work within 20 mins and last up to 8 hours only cost £3.50 for 12 of them too we used them when we set sail and that’s it we never touched them and we packed 3 packs of them. The Kwells ones are also good :) Thanks so much for watching 💙😎
@@JamesandElliesAdventures it was boiling hot every day we couldn’t believe it! We didn’t know what to pack & so I took way too many hoodies with me! 🤣 beautiful ship though isn’t it & the fjords are just stunning!
@@emmalouise7159 ohh woah 😮 you got lucky with the weather then, we got really unlucky with the weather you’ll see in part 2 next Sunday we had a missed port due to it 😧.
@@JamesandElliesAdventures oh no way!! I have subscribed so looking forward to seeing the next one! 🙂 can’t believe that though that is crazy how different the weather can be just one week to the next - we got sunburnt lol! 21 degrees ish every day we were so shocked! Also so cool you had a cabin at the front of the ship - we loved walking around there it was so windy! 🤣
I'm going on this next year what app is it to check your balance and does it need Internet to work? I don't have the drinks package so not sure how it all works
Hiya, you will need to connect to the ships wifi to access your account (there will be instructions on how to do this when you board) but you don’t need to purchase the wifi package for this or I think you can view your account on the tv in your cabin. We didn’t have the drinks package either so anything you purchase onboard will be added to your on board account. I hope this helps :)
I am Norwegian from Stavanger, and somehow I find it fascinating to see what foreigners think of the city and Norway in general. We see cruise ships in town all the time, but rarely ever speak to anyone of the cruisers.
Hello 👋🏻 your country is absolutely stunning and we loved Stavanger I wish we had more time to explore, gutted we didn’t get a chance to see the 3 swords either, need to come back again one day 🙂. Thank you so much for watching 💙
We both get sea sick when on normal boats but we didn’t get sea sick at all on the cruise. We took travel sick tablets for the first 2 days but then stopped. Would always travel with them on future cruises just in case. We couldn’t really feel the ship move apart from when the sea was really rough one day but it was fine :)
Thank you so much for your kind comment 🥰. The fjords are great we’d go back and do one again in a heart beat. I wish we had your weather the week before our sailing they had stunning weather around 20°C 🥺. We got really unlucky. Thanks so much for watching 💙
Iam doing royal on 2025, an one 2026 going to copenhagen an later alaska, also first police cruiser an solo, 😢, i been looking for norway for 2027, but undecided on holland vs celebrity
Nice cruises lined up 👌🏼 it’s always great having something booked to look forward too. We’ve only ever done P&O so far but I would choose a liner that does a good itinerary but also better in board stuff than the other cost wise if so you can get the best for your Norway cruise 🤓. Thanks so much for watching 💙
We went the following week, and the weather was fabulous every day, and our thermals never got unpacked. We should have taken more summer clothes. Didn’t like The Quays or Horizon. Wish we’d discovered the band in the 710 club sooner, they were top class. Didn’t enjoy The Greatest Days show, so didn’t revisit the theatre. Food was hit and miss, apart from Sindhu which we absolutely loved so went twice. We walked miles each port day. Trips we booked locally: Briksdal Glacier Troll Cars in the morning and Laon Skylift in the afternoon at Olden. Rib ride taking in the island villages in Haugesund. We got a taxi out the the Swords in Stavanger and walked back. Spent time in the colourful street later. Walked the 410 steps in Alesund. Walked out to the Rising Tides in Haugesund in the afternoon, stopping for a drink (only one small beer) in the Irish pub on the way back. Leaving there I slipped and managed to badly twist my ankle and later found out two small bone fractures. Thankfully it was the end of the final port day. Had to hobble about for the rest of the time on board. It was a fantastic holiday. We saved money by booking the excursions through local companies, rather than pay the high P&O prices. We’re not usually cruise people.
Aww you guys had great weather after we went envious! Can’t believe we had bad weather week before us had weather like you did 🥺. Thanks so much for watching 💙
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We are going in April. Can't wait
Thanks for sharing this video!
Your going to have a brilliant time 😎😬 I prey for good weather for your cruise when it comes to it, thanks for watching 💙
This is the only video so far to make me exited . Nice one guys ✌️
@@jamesharris5955 thanks so much you’ll have a fantastic trip when it comes to it 😎 thanks for watching.
I loved watching this video of yours and the cruise looked spectacular 👌🏼 loved seeing your experience and your first time reactions, can’t wait for part 2 next week. Thanks for sharing guys 🙂
Thank you so much we had the best week 🤩
Can’t wait to see what’s in store for you; we so in awe of what you have achieved already… it’s incredible ❤
Thank you so much that’s so kind 🥹🥰
Loved this vlog! You two are so down to earth & genuine. Loved how excited you were for your first time cruise experience. We are sailing on G420 to the fjords on Iona in just over 4 weeks and this has got us so excited. Hopefully we get the most amazing coffee views too! Some amazing hints & tips you guys shared thanks 🤩
Aww I hank you so much Claire 💙 we always try to give the best tips and advice for people as we know how annoying it can be when you watch and people don’t tell you these things we need to know.
You will absolutely love the cruise 😍 we are cruise converts now can’t wait to get some booked for next year already. Stick around for our other 2 videos coming out over the next 2 Sundays 😬.
Thank you so much for watching appreciate it 💙💙
This will be our second cruise but first with P&O. I’m a veggie like yourself so those were great tips thank you ❤ I have booked the beach house for our first and last nights on board and also booked the briskdal glacier trip by troll car for my daughter
Also gutted we need to wait a week for your next video 😢😂❤
@@EmmaRouse-fk7ng it’ll be worth it trust us 😬💙
We had captain wesely dunlop when he was captain on brittania, were going on iona next year cant wait
He’s the best Captain, I hope you have him on your cruise next year :)
Great video - we are going onto the Iona in 68 days! Very excited!
Thank you for watching :) I hope you have a great time :)
Blimey, you guys are great, so natural and keeping it real. no flannel. See you on a cruise and I'm buying you a pint. Thanks for putting t his together !
Thank you so much for watching we appreciate the support ☺️ looking forward to our next one on Arvia in Feb :)
We’re going on this cruise in September cant wait so thank you for all the tips and info I really enjoyed watching look forward to seeing the rest 👍
I hope you enjoy your time onboard as much as we did ☺️ thank you so much for watching :)
Really enjoyed these Iona videos, can't wait to go ourselves 👍
Thank you, I hope you have a lovely time ☺️
I live near olden and go to school there! We see cruise ships almost everyday and we love to wave to them when they pass us. And yes briksdalen is very beautiful have been there a lot of times and tbh it’s not that steep for a Norwegian 😅
We absolutely loved Olden definitely one of the most beautiful places we have ever been to 🤩 we live in a part of the U.K. which is quite flat so we’re not used to steeper walks but absolutely loved it and glad we made the walk to see the glacier 🤩
Thanks for an honest review, looking to go with P and O sometime in the future. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much ☺️, they are a good cruise line we’ve booked with them again for our Carribean Cruise in February on Arvia as we loved their itinerary other over cruise lines 😬.
Thanks so much for watching 💙
I live right acoss from the beautifull mountain you saw in the early morning sailing to Olden! Love that mountain!
Hey thanks so much for watching your town is absolutely stunning your lucky to wake up to spectacular scenery every day 😍
Im doing this cruise next year as a first time cruiser also! Very excited but nervous not sure what to expect 😬 love the vlogs xx
We were also a tad nervous before we went but honestly you don’t have to be nervous we had the most incredible time and loved every minute, So much so we have just booked a Carribean cruise 🥰
Tip, take some sea sick tablets with you just incase. We didn’t really need them in the end but definitely better to have them and not need them then not have them and need them ☺️
Thanks so much for watching 🥰
A fantastic video, thank you. Wonderful down to earth experience. We are on Iona in a few weeks for our first sea cruise. After watching we are more excited 🙌🙌🏾. Watching part two in a bit. ☺️
Hey 👋🏻 thank you so much we’re glad you found our video really helpful. Hope you have a fantastic time and the weather is on your side for a great cruise 👌🏼. We loved our first cruise and it’s converted us, just makes it slightly easier for future holidays now hehe 😜.
Thanks so much for watching 💙
We were on this cruise in a Mid ship balcony cabin, we were also first timers, and loved every minute of it. By the first sea day we were already looking what cruise to go on next. Great video, amusing thing the other P&O ship we passed as we left Southampton had another flogger we follow on it filming our departure.
@@tinysmallfryskitchen8610 I’m glad to hear you also loved it. Haha same we have booked to go on Arvia to the Caribbean in Feb can’t wait to get on our next cruise 🤭 yes Travel Blog Jamie was on that one 🙌🏼
Thanks so much for watching :)
Just started this series. I was very anti-cruise until I went on one and a absolutely loved it! I imagine it depends on the cruiseline but I'd definitely do one again.
Yes we both were too always said we would never cruise but like you absolutely loved it and we have booked another for next year 🤩 a few different cruise lines we want to try aswell :) thanks for watching ☺️
We have just booked our first cruise - and it's this exact one for next year. Your videos have been so helpful and we absolutely love how down to earth you guys are ☺️
Thank you so much for watching we really appreciate it 🥹 lovely to hear they have helped and I’m sure you’ll have a fab cruise we absolutely loved it and now cruise converts 🤣
Just found your channel. I’ve been on P&O a few times before but never been on Iona. Ive been to the Norwegian Fjords but on Princess. So great to see your experience on P&O to the Fjords. Looking forward to more videos. I’ve watched Brogan’s too!
Iona is a beautiful ship we really had the best week onboard and sliced sailing through the stunning fjords 🤩 Love Brogans videos 🥰
Thank you so much for watching, part 2 out this Sunday :)
Thank you for the video. We travelled on this cruise last August and have booked the fjords again for next June. I was glad to hear your experience of the Olive Grove as we also did not really enjoy our meal in there after hearing so many positive reviews. It was beautiful to see the briksdal glacier again.
Amazing that you’re going back :) It’s definitely a cruise we would do again it was incredible and had such a good time.
Shame about the olive grove we had high expectations but we loved Sindhu 😋
The Briksdal glacier was amazing so glad we done this bucket list trip :)
Thanks so much for watching and your comment :)
Also fantastic vlog so far 😅 good work 😘 loving it your honesty is really great
Thank you so much 🥰
Off to the Fjords on Saturday, can’t wait so excited . Just found you guys I think your great x 😊
Aww thank you Sarah 💙💙 that’s so sweet made our day. You’ll absolutely love it. One tip I know it’s summer but pack for all seasons trust us 😎. Thank you so much for watching.
Thanks I’ve just added a Hat and Gloves to my case after watching your vlog .😀
We were the older couple in front of you when boarding and heading to the muster station. Really enjoyed your video and we had an amazing time on this trip. Going to Spain and Portugal on Iona, in 7 weeks time. We can't wait. Thanks again guys.
Ahh it’s great to hear you also had a great time on the cruise we absolutely loved it and can’t wait to get cruising again in Feb in the Caribbean 🥰 ahhhh lovely have an amazing time, Iona is a beautiful ship isn’t she!
Thank you for watching :)
Great vlog, we are on this cruise in a couple of weeks, lots of great tips and info.
Thank you so much, I hope you have a great time 🤩
We did our first cruise this year after saying it wasn't for us. Just 4 nights on Ventura to Amsterdam. It was amazing and we won't be doing anything else now. We have Iona booked for March 2025 and I am already really excited. Loved the video, I am even more excited now - Thanks 😀
Ahh it’s great to hear you loved your first cruise too like we did :) Iona is lovely ship I hope you enjoy your time onboard as much as we did :) we’re sailing on Arvia in Feb around the Caribbean can’t wait to get back cruising again :) thank you so much for watching we appreciate it ☺️
Thoroughly enjoyed watching this video… My friend and I are going on this cruise early September! And we are very excited… I found your Vlog to be very informative… And funny!
Thank you so much for watching 😊 it’s lovely to hear you found our vlog helpful, I hope you and your friend have the best time 🥰
I “liked” and commented yesterday when half way through the video. I have just finished it and wish I could “like” again. It made me laugh and the photography was great. I’m going up to the glacier for the first time in June and am looking forward to it even more now I’ve seen your video.
Hiya, aww thanks so much for watching the rest of it (it was a long one 🙈)
The glacier was absolutely incredible and the footage we got does not do it justice. Make sure to listen out once your at the glacier because we could hear the ice cracking it sounded like thunder!
Thank you again for watching 🥰
Hi Elllie&James. Hope you enjoyed your cruise. We are going on Iona in 2 weeks and just want to say your video is fantastic. So much information on it especially Embarkation which will make much easier for us as we are using the same parking company. ThAnks again looking forward to your next videos. 😀
Hey 👋🏻 we certainly did we loved the cruise that much we’ve booked to go on Arvia for 14 nights in the Carribean next Feb 1st 🤭 cannot wait. That’s means a lot thank you so much ☺️ it’s comments like these that help our fellow travellers make it worth while doing this 🙌🏼. Thank you so much for watching and subscribing it means a lot 💙
Great cruise video, proper down to earth couple. Breath of fresh air. Can’t wait to keep watching more videos ❤
Thank you so much for watching and your kind words 😊
Can’t wait for part 2. We’re doing this cruise next Easter.
Thank you for watching :) we had the most incredible time 🥰
We went on the same cruise in April, the ship is amazing, the staff was really lovely and friendly,the only problem we had was gale force winds which made the ship very rocky that I found quite frightening,but I would definitely do it again.
It’s great to hear you also had a lovely time on your cruise :) yes we had the same and missed one of our ports due to extreme weather but I must say although we could feel the ship moving it didn’t make us feel ill which was a massive bonus but I understand that it can be quite frightening!
Great video
Thankyou
My partner and I doing the same trip on Saturday, it will be our 1st cruise so great to watch you're video and get an idea of what to expect.
So lovey to hear our video has helped :) have a great time on your first cruise we had the best time 🤩
Thank you so much for watching :)
We were on that cruise (May 4th 2024) and it was our first. We were in stitches watching this as you both said all the things we said as first time cruisers. We went up to the glacier and it was awsome.
We have rebooked for the first week in May 2025. Travelling down from Essex so might stay over the night before this time.
Right, off to watch part 2.
@@BRICKSTRIDENT Nice! You obviously enjoyed the cruise to rebook again, we’ve booked to do Carribean cruise for Feb on Arvia cannot wait 😬.
The glacier was a real bucket list item to tick off the hike was fun too to get there.
Big up Essex 🙌🏼 we’re from Essex too 😜. Thanks so much for watching enjoy part 2 💙😎
Great vid! Enjoyed the content. Keep up the great work! We are considering this exact cruise. The ship looks great.
Thank you so much :) Iona is a beautiful ship and we loved Norway 🤩
Myself and Hubby are on the Iona in October to France and Spain. Like yourselves we will be first time cruisers .Great vlog guys 😊
Hello 🙋🏼♂️ ohh you’re going to blooming love it like we did exciting 😬. I hope you become cruise converts like we are now. Cruise life is so much easier. Just be careful in the food intake lol I (James) put on 8lbs in 7 days 😳. Thanks so much for watching 😎💙
Jamie, I feel the same, I feel really uncomfortable dressing up in the bib and tucker, but you both looked really smart! I’m off on this cruise in September - I did it before I; 2022 but we couldn’t dock in stavanger, and we did different port to alesund. Really excited about it after watching this!
Thank you :) We’re so glad we participated in celebration night, it was lovely to see everyone dressed up ☺️
Ahh amazing I didn’t realise they did different itineraries for Norway so will have to keep an eye out. We loved every second 🤩
Thank you for watching we appreciate it :)
@@JamesandElliesAdventures we had an extra sea day exploring some of the fjords as we couldn’t get into stavanger and they replaced another port call with hellesylt - I’m doing it this time as it stops at stavanger which I missed and also alesund which I want to visit.
Hey there I was in this cruise the following week from you guys absolutely loved it and the ship its got me hooked on cruising cant wait to book the next one ❤🛳
Yeah another cruise convert 🙌🏼 glad you enjoyed it I think this itinerary is perfect for a first cruise. Wet envious you guys had stunning weather ☀️ compared to us. Thanks so much for watching 💙
We love Iona. We really want to do this cruise next year. We totally agree with feeling like you know the ship before you go by watching loads of vids. We watched soooo many! We loved reliving Iona again through your video and we loved how excited you were for your first cruise. Sea days are amazing on Iona. Cheers 🍻
Hey 👋🏻 😎 she’s a stunning ship isn’t she! We feel in love with the ship straight away and it felt like home after only being onboard a few hours which we really loved.
I’d highly recommend booking it, we’re cruise converts now can’t wait to go on more in the future. Just makes life easier then packing and unpacking all the time.
Thanks so much for watching 💙😬
Watching this on my tele with a cheeky Nando’s ☺️ It’s giving me so much inspiration to possibly book a cruise for my 40th next year
Hey 👋🏻 Laura, you so should treat yourself 😬 if you haven’t done a cruise before I’d recommend a Norwegian fjord one as it’s calmer etc it’s fantastic. Cruise converts now. Book it for yourself 🤩. Thank you for watching 💙
We are going next year in June and cannot wait. We have cruised before about 5 times, but not on the Iona. We also live in Eastleigh (where you stayed) and find it so easy to get to the port. Looks like you had fun!
We have definitely caught the cruise bug now we have done this one so I can see why you like it :) Iona is a beautiful ship :)
Ohh wow so handy that your so close we loved sailing from Southampton is so easy and convenient!
We absolutely loved our first cruise and cannot wait to get another one booked!
Thank you for watching :)
Loved this vlog! We’ve just booked our first cruise for next May so this has been really helpful 😊
Ohhh 😮 you’re going to absolutely love your cruise, this one was super special and we’d do another Norwegian one in a heart beat. Thank you so much for watching appreciate it 💙
Enjoyed that video. Also it reminded me of my cruise in June 2022, it poured with rain, it was sooo cold and we had to miss 2 or 3 ports.
Thankyou Carol 🙂, ohh 😧 nooo in June you expect nice weather we’re always unlucky with weather no matter where we go just got to make the best of it. I hope you managed to claim back through missed port insurance and it wasn’t too bad missing the ports. Thanks for watching 💙
You had me at Swanky wanky! 😂 Love that you are just yourselves. Looking forward to more. 💚💚
Haha I should have probably had my coffee before I opened my mouth 🤣 thank you for watching :)
Just found you Guys. Great fun and looked amazing. Have subscribed. Look forward to the next one x
Hey 👋🏻 thank you so much for subscribing to us we really appreciate it and glad you enjoyed our first cruise vlog 😬🤘🏼
Thoroughly enjoyed watching you both experience your first cruise. I took my son and grandson on 7 day cruise to Portugal and Spain last year and my son from being totally not interested in cruising, thoroughly enjoyed it. (we are all from Bournemouth area). I was on same cruise as you 2 weeks earlier and the snow was blizzard like in Alesund. You sound like you will be regular cruisers now. There is nothing like unpacking once and then seeing so many interesting places not to mention how much there is to do onboard, the fabulous entertainment and wonderful food. Thank you for the fantastic video, I appreciate how much time goes into making it.
Thank you so much for watching.
This was like a taster cruise for us incase we didn’t like it but we honestly had the best time and can’t wait to get cruising again. So glad to hear your son also loved his first cruise.
I hope you had a lovely time on your cruise. Norway weather is wild isn’t it that’s mad you had snow in Ålesund 😯
We love to explore new places but hate packing and unpacking all the time so cruising definitely is the best of both worlds we love it 🥰 and the food was a little too good we both put on a fair amount of weight 🤣
Thank you again for watching and your kind words.
I was on G410 too loved the snow in Alesund and on top of the skylift it was 2ft deep and snowing heavily
Omg guys this brought back such great memories for us! We did a Disney Cruise to Norway in 2022 and absolutely loved it!
We had such rough seas you f through the North Sea thought we were all 🤢. Looks like you guys got lucky with the seas!
Stavanger was our last stop on our cruise and we remember those cute little houses right next to the ship and we were in the Starbucks too!
Can’t wait to see the rest! Hope you’ve both been well! 🫶🏻
We loved watching your Disney cruise vids to Norway. After watching your ones we said we have to do a Norwegian fjords cruise :)
Ohhh wow that’s crazy the North Sea can be wild can’t it. We did have crazy weather one of the days in the next video but we had our sea sick tablets so didn’t feel much to be honest and Iona is a big big ship!
Stavanger is cute right?! Thanks so much for watching guys, we are good thank you we hope you are all well too 🥰
Great video - have just found your channel, and glad I did.
I haven't cruised on Iona yet, but she looks a real beauty!
Hello Fraser 👋🏻 thanks so much for subscribing to our channel we appreciate it. Iona is stunning worth a trip in her or her sister ship Arvia 😎. Thanks for watching dude 💙
Best coffee view!! Thanks for sharing this. Its on our bucket list!! Just subscribed!!
Aww thank you guys 😀💙 that’s so sweet, we’d highly or extremely recommend doing this cruise and the hike to Briksdal glacier was awe inspiring. Thanks so much and thanks for joining the community 🤩🎊
Aw this looks amazing guys!! So fun following along and that you did several days over 1 video! You two looked so lovely all dressed up for the celebration night! 🤩Norway just looks stunning, so many beautiful views and the glacier as well, wow! 😍 Such a shame that it’s not as big as it used to be, so sad! Look forward to part 2! Fab job guys! 🩵🩵
It was bloomin amazing we loved every second 🥹 ahh thanks we felt so out of our comfort zone at first but it was so nice seeing everyone dressed up for the evening. Norway is absolutely stunning the videos don’t do it justice 🥰
Fantastic vlog, we were on the cruise with you, hope you didnt find it too much in the overnight storm to Haugesand, we are from Coventry, this was our 49th cruise
Hey 👋🏻 Mark thanks for the nice comment 😬😎. You know what I (James) didn’t feel a thing from that overnight storm when we were near Haugesund but Ellie said to me did you not feel the ship rocking back and forth I definitely graduated and got my sea legs this cruise as I didn’t even feel the ship rocking during our cancelled port day either and Ellie kept feeling it sway back and forth. We’re cruise converts and love it now! Can’t wait to do some cruises in 2025 🤩.
Wow 49th cruise is impressive 👌🏼 hope we can reach that number hope you got a good one planned for your 50th cruise?
Thanks so much for watching really appreciate it 💙
Great video, guys! We have just found your page! Just waiting for part 2 now 😬😂
Thank you so much for watching 😊 part 2 is out this Sunday 😊
At stavenger now can you remember what shop was called were you got coat from thanks great video
Hey, so I know it’s the very first big shop you see just past the big mural painting of Stavanger and before you get to the bit where the harbour is and all the shops if that help much lol 😜 sorry had with taking names of shops and that. Let us know how you get on 👌🏼.
Yay, you're back with a new video. It was so sweet seeing you super excited, the holiday feels are the best ❤. I was in Orlando at the same time you went and it was 35 degrees, sorry to rub it in(it was too hot though, especially after the crappy weather we've had this year, we just weren't used to it) I was surprised of the size of your room, I thought it'd be like a box! 🤣 I'm glad you enjoyed your first few days. I think I'd be the size of a house if I did a cruise, the food looked lovely 😊
It was so exciting doing something that was completely new to us we absolutely loved every minute 🥹 haha thanks Lucy rub it in 35 degrees sounds amazing 🤩 I hope you had a lovely time in Orlando!
We were super surprised with the size of our cabin and like you thought it would be tiny. The bathroom was tiny tho but wasn’t too bad :)
We did come back the size of houses 🤣 we both put on 6-7 pounds each, yes that’s right each 😳🤣😳
Hi!! I was on your cruise with my husband, it was our first cruise ever. We loved every minute. Disappointed of course not to be able to go to the last port, but really enjoyed the whole experience. We had a balcony cabin, amazing sailing into Olden at 4.30 in the morning . We would definitely do it again 😊
Hiya, ahh I’m so pleased to hear you enjoyed the cruise too :) yes we were so disappointed but just means we have to go back and do it again 😉
The sail into Olden was just magical wasn’t it 🤩
Thank you for watching and your awesome comment :)
I would 💕 to follow you more often will you be doing more cruising vlogs?
Because I and my wife are doing our first cruise in October ( 2024 ) with hahm Morelia cruise Voyager I'm asking for future updates of your cruising to help us enjoy our future possible cruises.
@@stephenb9400 hey, we will be doing more cruises in the future for sure 🤓 we’re doing a Carribean cruise with P&O on Arvia in February we booked as soon as we got home from doing this cruise 😬 we love cruising so you can guarantee we’ll have stuff on our channel. Hopefully you’ll thoroughly love your first cruise and you’ll be hooked like us 😎. Thanks so much for watching appreciate it 💙
@@JamesandElliesAdventures
Great thanks p.s could you please give a bit more time for your food part because they seem very rushed 😭
Apologies we get really awkward filming at dinner that’s why there isn’t much footage :)
James was correct when he said the stones were the inspiration for the trolls in frozen 😊 Great vlog guys and i subscribed straight away, hopefully doing this exact cruise may/june next year with my sister and our husbands 😊
Don’t tell him that he won’t fit through the door 🤣 maybe his big book of something does have some facts in it 😆😆
Thank you so much for watching. We would definitely recommend this one Norway is stunning and Iona is a beautiful ship 🥰
Very enjoyable watch. Thought an argument was about to break out when you were discussing the rocks and Disney film 🫣🤣
Thanks Chris :) haha James and his big book of something 🤣🤣
@@JamesandElliesAdventures 🤣
If anyone was on this cruise G412 with P&O say hello down below and where you’re from. This sailing was 4th May 2024. May the 4th be with you 😬
I was!!!
@@simplybored685 hello fellow traveller 😎👋🏻
I was on this cruise too, I made my own vlogs too but I’m still editing the last 2 days😭😭 I loved watching this video and seeing some of the things and restraunts I didn’t go to, I’m definitely going to the olive grove next time that pizza looked good!!
@nikitahoward28 I feel you, it takes so much time to edit them doesn’t it, but think of the memories you’ll have once they are edited 🤩 we absolutely loved this cruise I hope you did too :)
I'm from Southport UK
Hiya enjoy from Lanzarote
Hi James & Ellie, really enjoying your videos, fun & very helpful. Planning to book Iona in Sept and have a Q 1) Do you have to take your passport with you every time you disembark at port/excursion? Many thanks 🚢
Thank you so much for watching :)
We didn’t have to take our passport off the ship with us for any of the ports we stopped at however the crew will advise (on the day) and also in the daily horizon mag you get in your cabin if you are required to take your passport with you. I hope you have a great time :)
@@JamesandElliesAdventures fab, that's really useful to know. I did have another Q but it's gone out of my head for now! Thank you so much and, yes we will 🙏 Many thanks again
If you think of it just drop us a message will be happy to help where we can :)
Hi I am looking to book this cruise next year with my twin daughters who will be 15. Do you know if there is an age restriction for the silent disco?
Also how much was your tour to the glacier.
Love you video very helpful. Thanks guys
Kirsty
Hiya, no age restriction as far as we are aware we see young children at the silent disco having the times of their lives :)
We paid around £69 per person but you can do this cheaper with olden adventures.
I hope this helps :) thanks so mum for watching :)
Absolutely loved this vlog. Seeing you both so excited and having such a good time.
You both looked amazing in your “Swanky Wanky” clothes 😂😂
Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Hahah 🤣 you should hear some of the stuff Ellie comes out with before she’s had a coffee sometimes it’s like word vomit 😅. I guess you can tell from our videos how much we love cruise life now 😍😍😍 proper converts now 💙
Hi guys 😊we were there and I just saw myself on your video at the Briksdal 😂😂 we went on skylift after this by the way and don’t regret at all! Of course it was cloudy, but we still saw the Fjord from the top. And enjoyed some snow.
Hey, haha no way 🤩 the Briksdal glacier was stunning wasn’t it! Ahhh don’t tell us that we’re gutted we didn’t just do it now but just means we have to go back one day 😉
Hiya! Sorry for the silly question. Loving this video, it's inspired me to book this trip for next year. I've never been on a cruise before! Is all the food included? Or is there certain packages ?
@@emmywilkos684 hey Emmy 👋🏻, thank you so much, if you haven’t done a cruise I’d highly recommend it. We were totally surprised on how amazing it was and it’s nice not packing and unpacking at each stop like we’ve done with other holidays.
So yes the foods included in the main dining room and some other restaurants. Most of them you pay a small surcharge like Sindhi £10 each then your meals cost but the total comes of the £10 despot you pay, the beach house is between £7 and £14 but only one or two item you’ll pay extra for food but majority of it no extra charge. I think the only other two you pay a small surcharge is Glass house (in Atrium) and certain things in the epicurean and possibly keep and cow.
You get tea, Coffee and milk throughout the day with 3 water refilling stations around the ship. You can get juice included from the machines in the morning. At breakfast you be et your juices in the main dining rooms 🙂. Hope this helps and thanks for watching 💙💙
Great watch 😁👍 we are doing this cruise August 2025 😍
Thank you ☺️ it’s a great cruise we lived every minute 🤩
Me and my daughter were on the ship on May the 4th our first cruise we had such a lovely time
Lovely to hear you had a lovely time. We loved our time in Norway and on Iona 🥰
I w really enjoyed watching this so much. I loved it all ❤❤❤💯💯
Thank you 🥰🥰🥰
You had us at Swanky Wanky, but sealed the deal with James'Bog Book of Bulls*#t!!!! A fabulous vlog very informative thank you from The Vagrants on Vacation 😊
We only have word vomit before our am coffee we promise 🤣 although James book of something is a permanent thing, that’s not going anywhere 😆
Thank you for watching 😊
Hey guys, great Vlog! This brings back some great memories of our cruise last year! Some Epic scenes in Olden. Assume you have the cruise bug now?
Hey, thank you so much :) olden is absolutely stunning isn’t it 😍
Haha yes the cruise bug has bitten hard 😆
@@JamesandElliesAdventures Same here! I can't see us doing any other type of holiday now. It just gets expensive wanting to cruise all these special locations. Where is your next destination? Just subbed so we can follow your travels. 👍👋
@CruiseLife22 we already had our holidays planned for 2024 before we went on this cruise but kind of wish we had more cruises booked for this year. We are off to Singapore and Bali in July and then South Africa in December but can’t wait to get some cruises booked for 2025 🥰
Thank you for subscribing :)
@JamesandElliesAdventures wow, well that will keep you more than occupied! 👍
Iona is a massive ship.
We did the fjords 2 years ago, and cant wait to go back next year.
Iona is massive makes it even more massive when you walk in the wrong direction to your cabin too like we did one day and thought why are the cabin numbers getting higher adding more steps in 😂. We would definitely do another Norwegian fjords cruise in the future with another cruise line. Thanks so much for watching 💙
@JamesandElliesAdventures I agree with you, the best is to look at the carpet, different on each side, so you know which side to go
@StephenEscott-tg9xc well I never 😯 we didn’t know this but certainly will remember this for future, thank you 😆
@@JamesandElliesAdventures ypu are most welcome. Where did the wife get her blue dress from the wife liked it
@@StephenEscott-tg9xc I got it online from Club L London :)
I was on this cruise with my husband. We loved it!
Ahh that’s great to hear you also loved it 🥰
We’re going on her next April. Hopefully it will be good
I’m sure you’ll have a great time we loved every minute ☺️
Hi. I am new to the channel. Can't wait to see where you go.
Hey 👋🏻 welcome to our channel, thanks so much for watching appreciate it 💙💙
Would you mind sharing your itinerary so I can match the cruise up ports wise please 😊 looks like there are more than one itinerary and I like the look of yours the most so far 😄 thank you
Hey Jodie of course this cruise was G412 so apart from starting at S’hampton we then had a sea day, 1st port was Stavanger, then Olden, Alesund and Haugesund, sea day then S’hampton again 😎 hope this helps and thank you for watching 💙
Thank you, I have subscribed to the channel 😊
@@JodieVassello aww thank you really appreciate it 💙😎
Hahaha…… omg guys this has had me in stitches 😅 Swanky Wanky, The Captain’s announcement (what a cool guy), The Silent Disco 💃 …brilliant. We have never been on a cruise either but it looks like such good fun 🤩 there is soooo much going on all the time, love a bit of Bingo and as I said on IG you both looked stunning on Celebration Night. I am glad you really enjoyed your first experience cruising, looking forward to more, more more 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Your room view at the front of the ship 🚢 is AMAZING 🤩 Do you know what….we had the same weather wise for 4 days In Skiathos…..the one jumper and cardigan we travelled in became far to handy 😂😂😂😂😂
I shouldn’t talk before I’ve had my morning coffee, I have no idea where swanky wanky come from 🤣
Awww the captain was the best 🥰
We spent hours at the silent disco it was sooooo much fun and absolutely loved the cruise as you can tell 😆
Thank you so much it was so nice seeing everyone dressed up for celebration night!
Ahhhh that’s a shame you had crazy weather in Skiathos because it’s even more of a beautiful island when the sun is shining. I hope you still had an amazing holiday though despite the weather?
@@JamesandElliesAdventures yes, it was a brilliant week, we just needed it to be a couple of degrees warmer but we still came back with a tan 😂😂
@kezzacollinson621 aww lovely I’m glad you had a lovely time 🥰
weve just booked the same cruise for the same time next year cant wait just one question did you need your travel sickness tablets and if you did which ones and did they work? many thanks
Hey 👋🏻 ohhh lovely you will have a fantastic time! Soo we’ve used them all and the best ones were Boots own ones they work within 20 mins and last up to 8 hours only cost £3.50 for 12 of them too we used them when we set sail and that’s it we never touched them and we packed 3 packs of them. The Kwells ones are also good :)
Thanks so much for watching 💙😎
Will be our first time cruising next year may 2025 were very excited.
Your in for a treat we absolutely loved our first cruise and we can’t wait to get another one booked 🤩 thank you for watching :)
Hi guys, how much was the excursion on the rib at 50 minutes?
Hello, it was quite expensive and cost £105 per person but was a great experience :)
with Apple phones you can use the scanner function in Notes to scan the Horizon magazine then highlight within notes ;)
Noo way! I didn’t know that that’s awesome thanks for the tip Mark. Legend 😎 thanks so much for watching 💙
We went on Iona on the 11th May to the fjords it was incredible!
Ohh you boarded as we left, did you have nice weather on your cruise? Thanks so much for watching 😎💙
@@JamesandElliesAdventures it was boiling hot every day we couldn’t believe it! We didn’t know what to pack & so I took way too many hoodies with me! 🤣 beautiful ship though isn’t it & the fjords are just stunning!
@@emmalouise7159 ohh woah 😮 you got lucky with the weather then, we got really unlucky with the weather you’ll see in part 2 next Sunday we had a missed port due to it 😧.
@@JamesandElliesAdventures oh no way!! I have subscribed so looking forward to seeing the next one! 🙂 can’t believe that though that is crazy how different the weather can be just one week to the next - we got sunburnt lol! 21 degrees ish every day we were so shocked! Also so cool you had a cabin at the front of the ship - we loved walking around there it was so windy! 🤣
🥹 We miss this cruise 🚢, can we go back and re do please 🙏🏼 but with 20°C weather like the cruise before and after us had 😂
We had the best week minus the weather 😆
enjoying you6 vlog.❤
Thankyou Susan 💙
I'm going on this next year what app is it to check your balance and does it need Internet to work? I don't have the drinks package so not sure how it all works
Hiya, you will need to connect to the ships wifi to access your account (there will be instructions on how to do this when you board) but you don’t need to purchase the wifi package for this or I think you can view your account on the tv in your cabin.
We didn’t have the drinks package either so anything you purchase onboard will be added to your on board account. I hope this helps :)
Hi how was the walk back down. Did it take long. ?
The walk down was fine we enjoyed it and it took about 30mins :)
I am Norwegian from Stavanger, and somehow I find it fascinating to see what foreigners think of the city and Norway in general. We see cruise ships in town all the time, but rarely ever speak to anyone of the cruisers.
Hello 👋🏻 your country is absolutely stunning and we loved Stavanger I wish we had more time to explore, gutted we didn’t get a chance to see the 3 swords either, need to come back again one day 🙂.
Thank you so much for watching 💙
when your on the cruise can you feel the ship moving, do you get travel sick?
We both get sea sick when on normal boats but we didn’t get sea sick at all on the cruise. We took travel sick tablets for the first 2 days but then stopped. Would always travel with them on future cruises just in case.
We couldn’t really feel the ship move apart from when the sea was really rough one day but it was fine :)
Waiting for the second video
Second one will be out tomorrow 4pm 😬
❤😂🎉😅 like it 👍 you can do it
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We went on the following week and it was 20-26 degrees all week. We packed mainly warm clothing.
Loved watching your video, making me want to go back!
Thank you so much for your kind comment 🥰. The fjords are great we’d go back and do one again in a heart beat.
I wish we had your weather the week before our sailing they had stunning weather around 20°C 🥺. We got really unlucky.
Thanks so much for watching 💙
Is there a Part2 ???
Indeed there will be this Sunday 4pm BST 😬🙌🏼
How did the sea sickness go ?
Hey we actually stopped taking our sea sick tablet couldn’t feel a thing 😎. Thanks for watching 💙
Did you guys pay for a WiFi package on the cruise?
No we didn’t we just paid for one day to have WiFi whilst on a sea day :)
Iam doing royal on 2025, an one 2026 going to copenhagen an later alaska, also first police cruiser an solo, 😢, i been looking for norway for 2027, but undecided on holland vs celebrity
Nice cruises lined up 👌🏼 it’s always great having something booked to look forward too. We’ve only ever done P&O so far but I would choose a liner that does a good itinerary but also better in board stuff than the other cost wise if so you can get the best for your Norway cruise 🤓. Thanks so much for watching 💙
Also I admire you drinking 🚰 that fresh water 🌊💦 I would have too thumb 👍 brave
It was super fresh water 🤤
We went the following week, and the weather was fabulous every day, and our thermals never got unpacked. We should have taken more summer clothes. Didn’t like The Quays or Horizon. Wish we’d discovered the band in the 710 club sooner, they were top class. Didn’t enjoy The Greatest Days show, so didn’t revisit the theatre. Food was hit and miss, apart from Sindhu which we absolutely loved so went twice. We walked miles each port day. Trips we booked locally: Briksdal Glacier Troll Cars in the morning and Laon Skylift in the afternoon at Olden. Rib ride taking in the island villages in Haugesund. We got a taxi out the the Swords in Stavanger and walked back. Spent time in the colourful street later. Walked the 410 steps in Alesund. Walked out to the Rising Tides in Haugesund in the afternoon, stopping for a drink (only one small beer) in the Irish pub on the way back. Leaving there I slipped and managed to badly twist my ankle and later found out two small bone fractures. Thankfully it was the end of the final port day. Had to hobble about for the rest of the time on board. It was a fantastic holiday. We saved money by booking the excursions through local companies, rather than pay the high P&O prices. We’re not usually cruise people.
Aww you guys had great weather after we went envious! Can’t believe we had bad weather week before us had weather like you did 🥺.
Thanks so much for watching 💙
@@JamesandElliesAdventures we were very fortunate indeed. There was still snow at the Laon Skylift, but it was melting fast. I have some great photos.
What was your room number as I think we was in that room😮
@@jacquelinehodson we were in 9.104 our room was 🤓 loved that room!
Sorry 😔 got a lot Excited I'm 66 this year but young in My mind and heart ❤️
No need to apologise thank you for watching :)
I was interested in your vlog but use of JC as an expletive completely offensive. Maybe ok where you come from. Best of luck on the trip
Apologies you found this offensive we don’t mean to offend anyone in any way so we are sorry for that.
Yep I would feel uncomfortable in a suit
@@gagiman7273 thanks I’m glad I’m not the only one 🙂. However, it was nice seeing everyone dressed up so didn’t feel bad after leaving the cabin 🤓