Saga Sapphire Review

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Sapphire comes up trumps again!

Review for Norwegian Fjords Cruise on Saga Sapphire
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Princess Suki
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jul 2016

We wanted to visit the fjords and see the Midnight Sun and wanted to cruise on Sapphire again, so of course opted for this cruise. It was excellent from start to finish. Booking was easy over the phone. The door to door transport was really good and embarkation simple and quick. In no time at all we were on board and shown to our cabin which was as expected. We felt at home straightaway and headed on up to our favourite bar where we were greeted by the same smiling bar staff from our previous cruise. It was the same for the rest of the cruise. We chose to eat mainly in the waited-on restaurant, Pole to Pole, and as we prefer to eat alone in the evening were given a fixed table for two. However the table was not to our liking, but, no problem, the Maitre d' Kirsten changed it for us to one we were completely happy with. We had lovely food, not a bad meal all the way through, ,and a good choice of courses. The waiting staff were excellent, nothing was too much trouble, and we were greeted by the same friendly faces as last year.

Show entertainment is not our thing so we preferred to go up to the drawing room after dinner for quiet drinks, laid back music and quizzing! Service all through the ship was excellent, we wanted for nothing, from the early tea-tray brought by the steward to the turned down bed at night with the chocolate on our pillows. The ports we visited were interesting, although we feel some of the excursions were too expensive for what they were. It was good to have the free shuttle bus service at the ports where we had not booked a trip. Unlike a previous reviewer we felt we had enough information about the itinerary and we did get to see the fjords and the Midnight Sun. In fact it seemed as though the previous reviewers had been on a different cruise to us! We have already put our names down for another cruise on Sapphire in 2018 and eagerly await the new brochure.

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Cabin Superior Outside

We knew what to expect from our superior outside cabin as we had had one previously. This time though, we had a twin bedded, as all the double bedded had gone by the time we booked. In fact this one was better as there was more storage space - a big chest of drawers and lots of wardrobe space. Could do with hooks to hang coats on. There was a comfy sofa, table and easy chair as well as an upright chair. The bathroom was plenty big enough, nice hot water, a powerful shower and lovely complimentary toiletries, as well as fluffy towels replaced daily. Lots of cupboard and shelf room for personal toiletries.

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