See The World With The Kids
See The World With The Kids
Family travel adventures | Family Resorts | Activities & FOOD!! :D
Follow our family on our travel adventures as we try and tick off as many countries as we can. Join us on our holidays, day trips and short breaks. We'll share activities, excursions and more as we discover the world one country at a time! (Maybe two if we're lucky! 😉 )
We're a family of four; Micheal, Nikki, Spencer & Charlie based in the UK. Travelling with older children who love to explore as much as we do.
Get in touch, we'd love to chat! - [email protected]
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Yes, we found plenty of things to do on the extra sea day. We did a quiz, and I went to a talk by Clarendon galleries. Just a question. Did you claim for the missed port? I have used it toward a deposit for a summer break in France.
Hi Neil! Yes it was good, they were very quick to put extra activities on for everyone. We did claim with Holiday Extras for the missed port, we're doing the same! We did it last year too when our flight got cancelled, may as well put it towards something we love 🤩
@neilgray7586 Have a lovely time in France, which area are you visiting? The children still haven't been to France so if there's anywhere you'd recommend please let us know 😊
@seetheworldwiththekids We are staying in the Loire Valley near Le. Mans. If you like a bit of being, then Versailles is worth a visit along with a visit to Paris.
@@seetheworldwiththekids Two completely different theme parks worth researching are Puy du Fou in Les Epessess Futuroscope, close to Poitiers. We went to both some time ago when we had teenagers.
Oooh thank you, I will take a look into Versailles. Yes would love to go to Paris to do a bit of sightseeing 😊
I had heard about the steak that you cook on a slab and seen a couple of quick videos as it was delivered, but you showed it much better and clearer with the whole meal - thank you so much - it’s convinced me to definitely give it a try when we are onboard in a few weeks. Also thanks for showing the drinks menu and prices at the club afterwards. We haven’t gone for drinks package as not big drinkers, so watching your videos have a better idea of how much things will be. Another great video 👍
Hi Paul, thanks again for watching! Yes definitely try The Beach House, the boys were all looking forward to cooking their own steak. They said it was one of the best they've had... and they've eaten a LOT of steak! 😂 We ended up leaving the Club House as it was a little too busy for us, great atmosphere with the live music but just very loud and lots of people! We ended up in the Emerald Bar but all the prices are pretty similar, especially for beers, wines and mixer drinks. I thought the prices were very good, I've heard that drinks from other cruise lines are more expensive, so better to get the packages from them. P&O are more like average pub prices in the UK so if you aren't big drinkers it probably would be better to pay as you go. Thanks again for watching, I'm glad it's helped you decide to try The Beach House! If we went again we would book this without hesitation. Well worth it in our opinion. 👍
Just wanted to say think your videos are really great. Really down to earth and show you things you want to see in a simple , helpful way. I've learned more from your vlogs than I have the previous five or six I watched.
Hi Martin & Holly! Aw thank you so much for your lovely comment, I'm glad you've found them helpful. Will you be going on Iona soon? If so, I hope you have a great time! 🤩🫶 Thank you for watching!
Looks very nice
Hi Alan, thank you, it was lovely 😋 Would definitely book to eat here again. Thank you for watching 🙏🏼
Thank you for visiting!
@loenskylift1011 Thank you for running such a wonderful experience, you have a very special place there. We had a great time! Thank you for your comment ☺️🫶🏼
Going on this cruise, booked yesterday for April 2026! My wife and i are both 60 in 26 and its our wedding anniversary the week after we're back! Only 679 sleeps to go! April 18-25. Can't wait always wanted to go to Norway 👍👍
Hi Paul! 👋🏻 Ahh that's fantastic news! And congratulations for 2026, what a way to celebrate! 🤩 It will soon come round, we booked over a year in advance and it flew! It helped watching everyone's videos pop up on KZread, they really help you to look forward to it and plan things you want to do. Do you have Facebook? If you haven't already there's some groups on there which have lots of useful info. There should also be one to join for the week you're going if you search for your cruise number... ours was G403 I think. I'm sure you will really love Norway, we would go back in a heartbeat. Thank you so much for watching the vlogs! 🙏🏼🤗
@@seetheworldwiththekids not on Facebook at the moment but maybe nearer the time I'll have a look on it. Really can't wait. Norway looks so good . Cruise number G610. Cabin number 14226
Ahh deck 14, same as us! ☺️ Have a wonderful time! 🤩
@@seetheworldwiththekids small world eh? Lol. Take care
Another great video, really enjoyed watching. Pleased to see you showing how us northern folk are not afraid of a bit of cold, wind and rain and braved the outside of the Aquarium to see the penguin and seals. (Although I have to admit it looked freeeeeezing 😂). Looking forward to watching the next instalment as I count down the weeks until it’s our turn to go. Thanks again for sharing your experiences with us all.
Thank you Paul! Oh yes, we have to do things even when the weather is bad, if not we'd never do anything with how our weather is here in England! 😄 We were reeeeally cold though even with our big coats on! Soon warmed up back on the ship though 👍 Eeee! Wish we were counting down to go again 🤩 Bet you can't wait!!
Hi Michael , Nikki & kids . Great vlog again , we’ve watched lots of vlogs on the P & O Norwegian Fjords cruises and yours seems to be the only one ,who have done the Atlantic Sea Park . So a couple of questions how much was the excursion and secondly would you know if it was possible to do it yourselves . Keep the great vlogs coming
@dazzaangie Good morning! 👋🏻 Thank you so much for watching the vlogs, glad to hear you like them! The excursion we booked with P&O was £42 for adults and £26 for children. You check which coach to get on on the board next to the lifts, jump on and takes you straight to the aquarium. I'd day it takes about 10-15 minutes. It then picked us back up at lunchtime. If you fancy doing the trip on your own you can either walk which is around 45 minutes I believe. Go by taxi, I'll add the link to book one in the description box above. Not sure exactly how much this is, but from what I've read should be around £10-£15. Or you could get the hop on bus. More expensive, but could be a good option to be able to see other sites on the way and back again. This is about £32 for adults and £16 for children. The tickets from the sea park are about £19 for adults, £9 for children up to 15 and a family ticket is about £145. All the prices are around about as they're dependent on the exchange rate but gives you an idea. 👍🏻 Links to the Atlantic Sea Park, hop on bus & land train are in the description box and I'll add the taxi link now 😊 I'd say it was nice that we booked it with P&O as all the planning was sorted and didn't have to think about it, just jumped on the coach that morning. But, I think we would have been fine to make our own way there, I think we'd have been confident in getting there and back ok. There's also public buses but read that they can be a little bit unreliable so timings might be a bit off from the schedule. I hope this helps and have a wonderful time! 🤩 ~ Nikki 🙋🏼♀️ Ps... sorry for the essay! 🙈
Hi. Many thanks for the info
What a cold, wet and windy day that was. We went for a walk around the shops and bought some dried elk, which was very tasty. We were meant to go on the ski lift, but it was snowed off. The aquarium looked good fun.
Hiya Neil! It really was... sooo cold! The aquarium was really good though, the boys enjoyed it. It's a shame we didn't see much of Alesund itself but we needed to warm up after our morning of getting soaked 😂 It looked a lovely place from the bits we did see. Ooh dried elk sounds different, was it a little bit like jerky? Mike and Spencer like to try things like that, they're more adventurous than me! 😆
@@seetheworldwiththekids The elk was like a salami, but a lot more expensive. It was half price at 50Kr. We made it to the top of the viewing point, even windier and colder at the top.
Good that it was on offer 👍🏻 especially if you haven't tried it before. I bet it was! Did you do the steps?! They looked hard work! I was hoping to get the land train up there, one to do next time 🙂
@seetheworldwiththekids Yes, we did the steps. I didn't realise that there was a land train. By the time we reached the top, we only had time for a couple of photographs, and then we had to come down again to go and get our coach.
@neilgray7586 Oh no, that's a shame you didn't get much time up there 😔 I bet you're happy to say you conquered the steps though 👏🏼 That's a challenge in itself! Have a lovely Sunday whatever you may be up to 😊 We're off to the park in a bit for the boys to go on their bike and scooter, making the most of some sunshine, finally! 🚲🛴🌞
Hope you liked our day at the Atlantic Sea Park! Let us know below if you're visiting Norway soon! As always, useful links and information are posted in the description box but let us know if you have any questions! Always happy to help! See you next week guys! 🙋♀
Hi would you say you can do the sea park and then visit the town all in one day ? X
@danievans3246 Hi Dani! Yes definitely. Plenty of time to do both. This would have been our plan if the weather wasn't so bad that day. It really was freezing 🥶 😂 Have a great time if you visit 💕
Thank you for the video! I am off there next week. Did they have any labelling for allergies on each dish at all?
Hi Natasha! Thank you for watching! Yes they did, I believe they had little pictures of the allergens. Our youngest, Charlie has a peanut allergy and as they were simple for him to check whether the dishes were safe, we didn't mind him going up by himself. I hope you have a lovely time! - I'm sure you will ☺️ It was a lovely place. All the staff were really nice so if you do have an issue or need to double check anything I'm sure they would happily help. Any other questions let me know! 🤗
@@seetheworldwiththekids thank you so much for a quick response! That’s so helpful to know and definitely puts me at ease! I have a gluten allergy so it’s reassuring to hear you and your little one had a positive experience with the food! 😊
Ahh I see, I don't think I showed much of the gluten free options, so sorry about that... That will be something I will focus on in future trips as like you say, knowing things like this in advance does put your mind at ease. Thank you for that 😊 Have a fantastic time!! 🤩🌞🏖
We went last June. It was glorious weather and we loved it too. We didn’t see the igloo though. That would have been amazing. My daughter is going in just over a week and taking her little boy who is nearly 2. I hope there’s some snow left for him to see 😊
Hi Jane! 👋🏻 Thank you so much for your comment and watching the vlog! Glad to hear you enjoyed your cruise too! I've seen some beautiful pictures with the sun shining recently, it's making me want to book a summer cruise to Norway. It looks even more breathtaking! I bet they will have a great time, fingers crossed there's a little bit of snow left. I know the igloo has been closed off now as it's unsafe to go inside as it's melting unfortunately. Thanks again! ~ Nikki 💕
It's almost exactly a year since we were in Norway but we sailed with Royal Caribbean. We have not sailed P&O yet but the ship looks amazing. We had to stay off the snow as parts were quite deep in Olden! Thanks for sharing. Pete & Lisa 👍👋
Ah really? There were a few deep spots while we were there! How was Royal Caribbean? Their ships look fantastic! Hopefully we'll get to try them out, I think Spencer & Charlie would love them with all the amenities. Which ports did you visit? I can imagine the different cruise lines like to add a few different ones to their itineraries from others to give a bit of variation? Thank you so much for watching and for subscribing! We hope you like our next adventures! 🤗🌟🌍
@@seetheworldwiththekids we sailed to Haugesund which initially seemed a bit boring but there is so much history and sitës to visit there. We done Olden which is amazing and we have half decent Vlogs on the Glacier and Sky Lift. Bergen and Geiranger were also both great! We sailed Anthem of the Seas which would be great for kids. It had bumper cars and a playstion room as well as the other kids areas. The larger Royal ships would be amazing but everyone seems to be building bigger and better to complete with each other! Look forward to following your travels and thanks very much for subbing us. Pete & Lisa 👍👋
I'm looking forward to seeing what you got up to, we missed Haugesund unfortunately as the weather was awful. Just means we'll have to go again! We would like to see the Glacier next time too 🤩 Anthem of the Seas sounds amazing!! Definitely going to have to give that one a try! Yes they do seem to be getting bigger... I wonder how big they'll go, surely can't get any bigger! 😄 Lovely to talk to you Pete & Lisa, I'll be looking forward to seeing your adventures too! Speak to you soon ~ Nikki 🙋🏼♀️
Thanks for sharing your video. It is veru useful foe ppl who are going soon. How much is the excursion. Is it cheaper than booking with the cruise?
Hiya, thank you for watching. We paid £177.70 for the 4 of us. But prices change from May. All the prices can be found here: www.oldencruise.com/shore-excursions/loen-skylift-including-transfer/ You just need to put the prices into Google to see what they exchange into as GBP. If this link doesn't work, there's one in the description box to this video you can click on. Hope this helps! 😊
Which restaurant did you get the lemon meringue eclair from? Our turn in three weeks and we have got to get a couple of those ❤
Hi Tony! Oooh not long now! The eclair was from the Horizon Buffet around 3pm-ish. They serve afternoon tea type items around that time which I think is a lovely idea 😊 Have a great time! 🤩 Thank you for watching!
The food you had looked amazing and delicious 😋
It really was 😋 The boys said their pizzas were really good and the dessert I had was one of the best I've had. Love lemon things though! 🍋 😄
Hi, Thank you so much for sharing your holiday. We go in august on our first cruise as a family of 3 in a similar style cabin to yours and we cannot wait to share these videos with our little one. Can you explain how the restaurants work please? For example the olive grove, is it included or is there an additional fee or is it for certain dishes? Do others work in a similar way? Thanks again! X
Aww thank you so much for watching and your lovely comment! I bet you all can't wait! Of course, most of the Olive Grove dishes were included apart from just a few items which had a small charge, not expensive at all. The Beach House and Sindhu you have to prebook before you sail and you pay a cost per person as a service charge/deposit so to speak. Then again, same as the Olive Grove, most items on the Beach House menu are included, there's just a few items like the lava rock steak etc that have a small fee on top. (Any extras just get added to your account which you can pay at reception whenever you like... some people pay it all at the end, whereas we settled up half way through our holiday just so we knew where we stood) At Sindhu everything has a small fee, around £5 for a main meal around £3 for starters and desserts. And I believe Keel & Cow, the Glass House and Epicurean are the same as Sindhu where dishes have a small cost, but we didn't get chance to try these this time. All the food in The Quays is totally included, we really liked eating here, more so than the Horizon Buffet. And we enjoyed all of the main dining rooms which are also included. (These are Coral & Pearl and the back on deck 7 & 6. And Aqua & Opal to the sides of deck 6.) On Celebration night we pre booked the Chef's Table, this is included and was very nice, the food was extra special. Charlie tried his best but it was just a little too fancy for him, I've heard if you ask your server they're able to bring children something different but I'm not 100% sure on whether this is true. If you have any allergies they're really good with handling those too, Charlie has a peanut allergy so if you go to the restaurant the evening before you can speak to them about it and pre order their meal and it will be prepared and cooked safely away from the allergen. I hope this makes sense and I hope you have a fantastic time! 🤩 If you have any other questions at all let me know, I'll try my best to help! ☺️ Thanks again for watching! 💕
Hi sorry me again, What was the cover charge for the olive grove? Also personal question, did you pay for a drinks package? Xx
Hiya, there wasn't a cover charge for the Olive Grove 😊 We didn't have a drinks package in the end, we did think about it but glad we didn't as I don't think we would have got our moneys worth. We saw that the drinks were around the same price as they are locally here where we live so not too bad. We took some cans of pop with us and our drinks bottles from home and the little dilute juice bottles to make squash with. Then usually bought a drink in the afternoon and a couple in the evening. 😊
I never been in Cruise Ship. Thanks for showing it, Thoroughly enjoyed the video.
Hi! Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it. We had never been on a cruise ship before this one too. It was great fun! 🤗
We’ve just done Norway went on the 11th May, with MSC Virtuoso, we had stunning hot weather, there was still a bit of snow on the mountains still, Olden looks beautiful, we went to Flam and that was spectacular as well, the scenery sailing up the fjord to Flam was out of this world and Olden looks very similar.
Hi Kath, ahhh that sounds perfect! We saw people's pictures on a Facebook group we're in of the lovely weather you had! Tempted to do a summer cruise to the Fjords now! It looks even more beautiful in the sunshine! How was MSC? I've been thinking we'd like to try one of their ships. They look quite fun for the children with the waterslides and games. Yes I've heard Flam is similar to Olden scenery wise, it really was stunning! 😍 Thank you for watching and your comment 🙏🏼🩷
Ship was stunningly beautiful, everything was great except food was never hot in restaurant, buffet was ok, had to queue for drinks quite a lot. We did 3 back to back to cruises the first 2 the ship was full and that was just too many people but on the Norway trip there was I think about 4200 it was much more manageable. Entertainment fantastic. Pools warm. Didn’t think pools were disabled friendly, didn’t see any disabled equipment to get a disabled person into pools.
Sounds like ours with the drinks, got one in the end but took a little while to get served. Ours was at capacity too but it was the school hols. I bet doing 3 cruises back to back was brilliant! We wasn't ready to go home at all and could have easily stayed on another week, if not 2! 😊 It's a shame to hear the access equipment was limited for the pools but good that the pools were warm, ours were a little chilly but might have been due to the weather we had. We ended up sticking to the hotubs 😊
Really enjoying these videos and thank you for sharing them. What a lovely a family and you’re making magical memories that you will all keep. We’re doing this cruise in July and cannot wait, everywhere looks amazing.
@0172PAUL Thank you so much for your kind words, they really do mean a lot. ☺️ I'm glad you are enjoying the videos, you must be looking forward to your cruise... remember the feeling of our cruise countdown well! It will soon be here! I hope you have a wonderful time, I'm positive you will! Norway was wonderful and would do it all again in a heartbeat, Iona was pretty special too! 🤩 Thank you for watching and leaving a comment 🙏🏼 🌟
What time did you get the Skylift tickets in the morning..it’s fully booked for our trip, so I planned on booking externally. Thanks :)
@seekingwanderlust Hiya! We got them as soon as we were allowed off the ship. We waited about 5/10 minutes in a queue on the stairs before they let us off, then went straight to the grey hut and got served pretty much straight away. Jumped on the second shuttle bus and was on the skylift in no time. 🙂 I hope you manage to get up there and have a great time when you do! 🤩✨️
@@seetheworldwiththekids amazing thank you! I have just seen that you have popped a pre booking link, so I’m thinking I may do that! Looking forward to the rest of the vlogs :)
@seekingwanderlust You are able to pre book via the link... we did think of doing this, however, if the weather was awful on the day or if we missed the port I'm not sure if we would have been able to get any money back. That's the only thing that put us off doing that. As it's spring and coming into summer I'm sure the weather will be alot better now. I'm sure it will give you all the info about cancellations etc on their website... if you've not seen it already the webcam is really good! We loved looking on there before we went, still do! 😂 There's a link to that too if you fancy a look. Thank you for watching the vlogs! 🤗
If we do this cruise again, we will do this excursion . To experience 'real' snow and the views, no wonder that you didn't want to go down. To go into the iglo must have been a special time for you all, one that you will remember.
Hi Neil! Oh yes definitely do it if you can. We've never seen anything like it 😍 We will remember it forever, and so glad we have this vlog to look back on. The igloo was amazing! Didn't expect it to be that big at all. It's definitely made me want to stay in an ice hotel! That would be an experience! Thanks again for watching! 🙂
Thanks so much for watching, we hope you enjoyed the views! Isn't Olden beautiful?! Would you dare go on the Loen Skylift? I did get the wobbles slightly when I saw how high it was but strangly didn't bother me when I got on it... I think I was just in awe of the scenery! Let us know if you've done the trip or are planning to, we hope you have an amazing time if you're going! 💕✨️🚠
great vlog, hope you had a fantastic food. So many food choices, how good is that. New Subbie.
Heya! 👋🏻 Thank you for watching and subscribing! It's great to have you! Yes the food was so nice and lots of variation so had something different everyday... apart from Mike and his late night curries 😂😋 They were delicious though! Do you have a trip on Iona coming up?
Great video guys! Thanks for sharing your experience! We are on Iona next month and Stavanger is one of our stops, cant wait to see it!
@kellydoug8817 Ahh thank you, and thank you for watching! Ohhh that's exciting. I bet you can't wait! 🤩 Stavanger is very pretty, it's one of my favourites! Have you got any trips planned at any ports or are you exploring the area while you're there? Either way I hope you have a wonderful time! I'm sure you will! 🤩✨️
@@seetheworldwiththekids Yeah, we both cant wait now! Me more so than Doug! No trips planned just gonna enjoy the journey and explore the ports and landscape and hopefully do a few little walking trails while we are there!
@kellydoug8817 That sounds perfect! We need to go back to explore a bit more as we did trips in Olden and Alesund this time. Give us an excuse to go again! 😉
Ohhh I love Iona 😊 great vlogs 😊
Aw thank you, and thank you for watching! Yes we love Iona too, I think we'll be comparing every other ship we go on now though 😊
We enjoyed our day in Stavanger. It was a common theme that all the phones moved on another hour. It took a while to sort it out. We found that the shops seemed very expensive to us. We were also in the atrium listening to the choir.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who did that then 🙈 I just didn't twig on and thought time had just gone really fast! 😆 Mike and Spencer's phone were right though, I think their settings were set to automatically change when they switched their data back on. We didn't end up going in the shops unfortunately, we were going to get back off later on to nip in the souvenir shop but ran out of time after our dip in the hot tub. We did hear rumours Norway is quite expensive before we went but was happy with the price of the museum we went to. I think you can claim your tax back if you save your receipts which could be worth looking into, even on food. The choir were fab to hear! Thank you for watching Neil! ☺️
The music was too loud when you were talking... sorry
Sorry to hear that, which part is too loud? I will look to what volume the audio was set to in the editor and will adjust it in the next one 🙂 Thank you for letting me know 👍🏻
@@seetheworldwiththekids When you was showing us the room. 5:18
Ahh ok, thank you. I'll look into it for next time 🙂
What was your room number at the Holiday Inn
I'm so sorry, we didn't take note of our room number and as it's a few weeks ago now we can't remember the number 🙈 We were on floor 5 with an ocean terminal view. We had the room opposite the lifts. ☺️
We'll have to give that holiday inn a go next time. It looks nice and really well located. It was great to see Iona again. Norway is right up there on a cruise we want to do. Bye bye Southampton for a week!! Cheers 🍻
Heya! 🙋♀ Thank you for watching! Yes we were very comfortable in the Holiday Inn and the location was perfect. Also, if you sign up to their rewards club (it's free) there's special rates to book with that work out a bit cheaper and you can collect points to save up for your next trip 😃 I do hope you get to go, it was one of the best holidays we've had and would do it again in a heartbeat! ❤ Cheers to you too! 🍻
I've loved these vlogs. We go on Iona next Saturday. I've loved watching your time on the ship!
Aww thanks Donna! 💕 Oh gosh! I bet you're so excited! 🤩 Have you done a cruise before? If not, I'm sure you will love it, we're itching to book another! Just trying to find one with availability for us all. 😣 Thank you for watching the vlogs lovely, glad you liked them! 🤍
I love watching your travel day vlogs…makes me so excited for my holidays this summer !! ✈️
Aw! Hi Elsie! 🙋♀️Yay!! Bet you can't wait! I love watching travel day vlogs too, they just make me want to book again though! Haha! 🤩
Aww what a lovely family vlog. I live on the Isle of Wight and regularly nip over to Southampton so often see the Iona. Cruising on Cunard Queen Victoria later this year which will be nice. Looking forward to your next vlog😊
Hi Jonathan! 🙋🏼♀️ Thank you so much for your comment and for watching our vlog! Oh, do you really?! You're in a good spot to be able to see them. They're amazing! We holidayed near Bournemouth after covid but before the cruises were allowed to go ahead and they were all sat just off the pier. It was a sight to see! Ooh I bet that will be lovely! Maybe one day we'll get to experience a Cunard cruise too. They look stunning 😍 Have a fantastic time! 🤩
@@seetheworldwiththekids thanks guys. It's a trip with my in laws and might be abit too formal for me but we shall see. I'm more into chilling without having to get dressed up lol.
It will be an experience that's for sure, you never know it might surprise you 😊 I know what you mean though, it's nice having the option on P&O ships 👍🏻
Hi. We're going the same week as you next year! How busy would you say the ship felt? Also, were the bars mainly walk up, waiters come to you or a bit of both?
Hi Richard! 👋🏻 Fantastic news! Will it be your first time on a cruise? Apparently the ship was at capacity, with it being the school holidays, but it didn't feel over crowded. On sea days at certain times the bars in the atrium were the busiest and being so made service a little slower but still got drinks served. I'd say the longest we waited was about 20 minutes. The odd occasion we did go up to the bar as we saw others doing it 🤭 but they move you to the side to take your order as I don't think they like you going up, they then ask where you're sat and they bring the drinks over. Our favourite places were the Crow's Nest and outdoor Infinity Bar at the back. Any question before you go, feel free to ask 😊
@seetheworldwiththekids that's great. Thank you very much! We went on a cruise 13 years ago but that was more like a ferry in comparison to Iona 😂
Golly yes, I still can't believe the size of it! Have a great time, it will soon come round! 😊
You found areas of the ship, that we never saw. Splash zone and sports area. Outdoor pools were too cold for us and indoor pool too busy. Looking forward to see what you did in Stavanger.
Hi Neil! 👋🏻 Yes the Splash Zone was quite out of the way really. You're right the outdoor pools were cold! 🥶 We ended up in a hot tub a couple of times... much better! The round whirlpool ones, there's a bit more room for us all in those. We found a couple that weren't as busy and more out of the way to the sides of the ship on deck 17 and 18. Not as many people walking past as the ones at the back and on deck 8. 👍🏻 The indoor pool was very busy, Charlie only tried it once and said it was too busy for him unfortunately, he's like me though and doesn't like crowds too much 🙂 Thanks for watching Neil, Stavanger was fab! All being well, it will be live on Friday! ☺️ Have a lovely weekend! ✨️
Are you sailing on Iona soon? If so let us know below! 🤩🛳 As always thank you so much for watching! 🙏🏼💕
Just booked this for next summer, was wondering where to book a hotel as coming from northern Ireland so actually really helpful aswell. Can wait.
Ahh fab! Glad it's helped! Yes there's a couple in that area, I'm not sure what the one over the road is like (Leonardo Royal Hotel) or what their views are like from their rooms, but the Holiday Inn was perfect for us 👍🏻 It will soon come round! We booked about a year in advance too and felt ages away at the time but it crept up so quick!
Where was the market you were at? We go in 4 weeks😊
Hi @nicfranc4991 It was Kardamena town, there's a long narrow street full of little market shops so isn't a market as such as it's open all season I believe. Oooh 4 weeks isn't long at all! Have a fantastic time! 🤩
How do you get your boarding card number before you get on
Hi Brenda, the number will be on your boarding passes which are issued a couple of weeks before your departure date. You can either print them or download them to a device so you will have your number on the day. To log on to MyHoliday app/webpage you need the last six digits of the number on your pass, it will be under the barcode. I hope this helps, if you have any other questions let me know 🙂
Thank you so much this is very helpful as we have a very late boarding time
Very welcome, ah yes we had a pretty late one so glad I knew about this too. Have a great cruise! 🛳🤩
We were on this cruise. Super week, great food. We preferred Horizon to The Quays.
Hi Neil, oh really! It's was a great week! We went to the Horizon, mainly late evenings and for breakfast a couple of times. Our eldest, loved the Katsu curry so went to The Quays quite often so he could have that. Lunch in the main dining rooms was nice too we thought. Will you be going on a cruise again?
Yes, definitely, we are thinking of The Med. Did you go on any excursions? We went to the glacier and cable car, which was snowed off! How did you manage in an inside cabin with 4 of you?
Yes we'd like to do the Spain and Portugal one or one of the fly cruises to the Med or Caribbean. I keep looking at them! 😄 I was a little apprehensive with the inside cabin before we went but it was absolutely fine. We coped with the space really well and didn't find it a problem. To be fair we didnt spend that much time in it. It definitley hasn't put us off having an inside again, plus it makes cruising more affordable and gives you extra pennies to spend on other things 😊 The balcony cabins did look lovely though! Trip wise we did the petroleum museum in Stavanger, the cable car in Olden, but bought our tickets on the day and we did the aquarium in Alesund with P&O. We enjoyed them all. 😍
I bet the glacier was good! We would like to do that if we go again. Did you get a troll car up or walk all the way?
We walked to the glacier, 45 minutes each way. It was interesting to see how much it has receded over the last few years.
Which week did you sail on? We returned on the Norway Iona cruise today:( from the April 20th to 27th.
Ohh that's so sad 😢, we were upset to be leaving! I hope you had a fab time 🙂 We were on the first cruise of the season G408. We sailed on the 6th of April and arrived back on the 13th. Feels like ages ago now.
@@seetheworldwiththekidsWe were on the cruise between you both, 13th til 20th! Had such a fab time. It goes so fast 😢
Hi Jade! Ahh well have been leaving with sad faces as you were getting on then! 😄 Glad you had an amazing time, it sure does, goes so fast. We all said we wasn't ready to get off and would have happily stayed on another week. 😍