Hurtigruten Polarlys Cruise Reviews

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The whole experience blew my mind!

Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Polarlys

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ADB123
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

I will start off by Hurtigruten make it very clear in their advertising the coastal voyage is not a cruise, so if you go with that expectation you have not done your homework properly and might be disappointed. If you want to have an authentic adventure, voyage to the Artic and back, learn and experience Norwegian culture and coastal life, see the most wonderful scenery, relax and escape the ...
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Sail Date: December 2021


Exceptional nature, ship and services not up to standards

Review for a Europe - All Cruise on Polarlys

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cruiserzoetermeer60
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

The first thing to be noted is that a classic Hurtigruten voyage is not a cruise. The Hurtigruten concept is based on a combination of transporting freight as well as passengers along the Norwegian coast. During the full voyage from Bergen to Kirkenes and back 34 ports are entered, some of them even twice. In most of the ports the ship only stops 15-30 minutes to load and unload freight and ...
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Sail Date: July 2021


fantastic, relaxing sailing with beautiful scenery and great food

Review for a Europe - River Cruise Cruise on Polarlys

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Norgesfarerne
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We are a married couple of 63 and 66 years, and have long wanted this trip to see Norway from the coastal side. It was a wonderful experience. Norway showed its high mountains and deep fjords from its best side. On the ship which is not very big, we got beautiful food from Norwegian local ingredients and good service, and good information about the places we passed. No stressful ...
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Sail Date: July 2021


Disappointing

Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Polarlys

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SVE21
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

We had chosen this cruise to be able to experience the coast of Norway and sample Norwegian specialities. The cruise delivered on the former but not the latter. Restaurant are in urgent need of training to be customer oriented, and acted like they were doing passengers a favour by being there. Although there was an effort to accommodate the food restrictions of some of the passengers in our ...
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Sail Date: July 2021


Public areas don’t have enough seats, generally overpriced

Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Polarlys

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fredehorn
First Time Cruiser • Age 30s

Even in times of corona, where the ship is maximum 60% full, the seats in the public areas are not enough. I would not want to travel on this or similar ships when 100% of its capacity can be used. Looking at the Norwegian coastline surely is beautiful but it’s also more or less the only thing you can do on board so it’s very disappointing if you can’t enjoy it properly because of not enough ...
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Sail Date: July 2020


Great cruise - highly recommended

Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Polarlys

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Madradiant
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

I went on this cruise with my brother and his wife. We had always wanted to visit Norway and thought the winter cruise with the possibility of seeing the Northern Lights would be a great idea. We were not disappointed - we did see the lights although personally I was disappointed that they appeared like grey "clouds" and it was only through a good camera lens where the exposure could be left ...
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Sail Date: February 2020


Trip of a lifetime

Review for a Norwegian Fjords Cruise on Polarlys

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Nashash
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

We chose this cruise as it is a ferry and not overally "touristy" as an anniversary and birthday present for us. This was such an experience. The staff are amazing the scenery is fantastic. Normally we never repeat a holiday BUT this is an exception. We had a partial view cabin which was very comfy as we thought we may spend some time there on the days we had nothing planned, however there ...
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Sail Date: February 2020


The Hurtigruten Northern Lights Promise

Review for a Europe - British Isles & Western Cruise on Polarlys

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Peter P
2-5 Cruises • Age 80s

The Hurtigruten Classic Round Voyage with the Northern Lights Promise, 24 March to 4 April 2019 on the ship Polarlys. Did we see the northern lights? That is a good question! Although we had some good daytime weather, the sky was cloudy for the first nine nights. Since Hurtigruten promise that we will see the lights, I predicted to my wife that on the tenth night (2 April), when the forecast ...
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Sail Date: March 2019


Great experience with an amazing scenery

Review for a Norwegian Fjords Cruise on Polarlys

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JonasW
2-5 Cruises • Age 30s

The ship was renovated in 2016 and is newer and nicer than some of the other Hurtigruten ships. We sailed from Tromsø to Trondheim in March and the scenery was amazing all the way. We stayed at the Arctic Superior cabin which was quite small, but nice and comfortable. However, be aware that you risk to get a cabin on deck 5 with the panorama deck right outside your window with somewhat reduced ...
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Sail Date: March 2019



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