Iona-Norway

Iona Cruise Review

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Iona

Norwegian Fjords

Sail date: August 06, 2022

Ship: Iona

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Had a wonderful time celebrating with three generations

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Big queue outside, luckily weather good! Had to queue to see someone who took vaccination/insurance info, bit slow but friendly staff, then moved to formal checkin desk. Security staff were awful, very rude. Once on board very easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
As a group of ten we were able to easily eat in the MDR, Coral and Pearl had more bigger tables. Aqua felt dark and Opal cosy. Horizon was great and The Quays fabulous-used for lunch a few times. Wasn’t overly impressed with the Chefs table as it was in the Horizon buffet area.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Great entertainment in the evenings. Enjoyed Joe McElderry in the limelight. Tom Ball was amazing too. The 710 club was good, big queue to get in at certain times/not bookable tho. Lots of great choices. Would have liked to know the weeks cinema viewings at the beginning of the week rather than each day. Plenty of whirlpools, lovely to sit in early morning and watch the views. Young children often in them unaccompanied though.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Lots of staff onboard, very friendly and caring. Nothing too much trouble.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Very clean, new ship so everything in really good order, You certainly get your daily steps in walking around.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Beautiful balcony cabin, nice sofa area to chill in and we thought the balcony was big enough. Lots of storage, I took a few soft baskets for underwear in the wardrobe shelving area Super comfy bed, no turn down in the evening but didn’t bother us at all

Ship tip

Research independent trips, very easy to get transport once in port.

Ports of call

Cruise Geirangerfjord

5 out of 5
Beautiful scenery

Olden, Norway

4 out of 5
We were going to do the skylift, there is a shuttle bus so you can do this independently but it was a foggy day so did a land train tour around olden.

Stavanger, Norway

5 out of 5
Beautiful town, lots to see here. We did our own walking tour.

Haugesund

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Had to book a time to get off but was able to just walk off whenever! Usual chaos getting suitcases and why allow the best part of 5000 people walk through one small exit??! I’m sure this could be organised more efficiently.
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4 Comments

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Awesome itinerary. Glad you enjoyed your cruise!

stacy1231    2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your experience😊

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