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Yes that’s correct but unfortunately we didn’t have missed port cover on our insurance. We have definitely learnt our lesson and will make sure we have this next time :) I did read on one of the Facebook groups that someone’s insurance paid out :)

Aww thank you that means a lot 🥲. You’ll will love the cruise I hope you have better weather next year then we did. The cruise either side of us had clear blue skies ☀️ and 20°C we got really unlucky with the weather on this cruise. Ohh so yeah we just use a GoPro with a metal tripod handle brought from Amazon and an Insta 360 x3 to get shots of both of us and it’s awesome for photos so you don’t have to ask others for a photo. Whenever we’ve asked for photos the person taking it has been the worst photographer ever 😂. Thanks so much for watching 💙🥳

Ohhh nice thanks Tim well funny you should say we booked last night Carribean cruise on Arvia for February 2025 and we cannot wait to go 🙌🏼. Thanks so much for watching 💙

Paul that’s a genius tip! Thanks we’ve just booked to go on Arvia for a Carribean cruise in February 2025 we loved cruising so much you might catch the bug too 🤩. I’ll use your tip for disembarkation for that thanks for the heads up on that 👌🏼. Thanks you I’m glad our videos have helped you’ll have a great time on the cruise and hopefully you’ll have some cracking weather in Norway too 🤞🏼. Thanks so much for watching we really appreciate it 💙

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 💙

Thank you 🥰 haha I’m not a socks and sandals gal I promise but no way was I standing on that balcony without bed socks I’d have got frost bite 🤣🥶 Haha it was too hot to cope with 🤣 There was so much to do on the ship it was great and Captain Wesley Dunlop what a legend he is 🥰 Daphne lives in the living room 😆

Hey ohh no we have booked to come back this December to Cape Town when you mean high prices do you mean for accommodation at all? Cannot wait to come back South Africa 🇿🇦 🥳

@@JamesandElliesAdventures yes, the high season is from October to March. Between December and Mid Jan everyone in SA takes off from work and spend a couple of weeks at the coast. Maybe you got a real good deal. At the moment the exchange rate is nearly 25 rand to the pound.

@@MrFarr007 ohh woah! I’m sure it’ll be fine it’ll be nice with everyone out and about as July it was so cold we hardly saw anyone about really. Ohh woah that’s a good exchange rate we plan to do some shopping in Cape Town too. Shopping here isn’t as good for clothes in the UK.

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!

He’s the best Captain, I hope you have him on your cruise next year :)

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.

Iona is a beautiful ship, I hope you enjoy your time on her as much as we did 🤩 thank you for watching 🥰

Aww thank you it’s been a hard slog at times and us wanting to quit a lot of the time too but we’ve pulled through and these videos have made it worth while sticking around 😎 especially lovely comments like this make it worth it. Thank you so much for watching we appreciate it and joining our adventures 🙌🏼 💙💙

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 😉

Hey Dee 👋🏻 ohh August atleast you’ll hopefully get some cracking weather then. Hopefully your cabins decent and not near any lifts or just below the sky dome. To be honest we’d thought we’d go cinema as we love films but we loved walking along promenade and watching the sea go by and that sea air nothing beats it does it 🙂. The only trips that where full was olden the skylit and steryn or something like that 🤷🏼‍♂️ a few other but a lot had availability so you’ll be fine 🙂. If you can do Briksdal glacier by troll car we’d very highly recommend that 🙂 ohh we’re doing Arvia too but the Carribean Road in February we can’t wait for that booking it tomorrow teehee 🤭. Thanks for watching we appreciate it a lot 💙💙

@@JamesandElliesAdventures oh yes I'm looking at the Caribbean ones also I've told my grandaughter that I want to take her on one of those on Arvia or britannia those the ones that sail from Southampton all the way then go around the Caribbean islands then fly back so that's on my list also will look forward to seeing your videos on your Caribbean cruise I've only just found you On TH-cam my chance glad I did you are a lovely couple and I enjoy watching your videos keep up the good work 👏 ❤️

@@dee9917 aww thank you Dee 🥰 that’s lovely to hear. Yeah we’re be flying to Barbados and joining the ship for 15 days cannot wait the cruise bug has bit us really hard 😆. If you’ve never done a safari before once you get bitten by Safari bug your doomed for life also too 🤭. Thanks for finding and joining us on our adventures lovely to have you join along with the us 💙🥰

@@JamesandElliesAdventures your very welcome I look forward to seeing more of your adventures and giving me inspirational ideas 💡 thankyou ❤️

Yes glad you are team Ellie 🙌🏼😆 Ohh that’s good to know about the ducks we will definitely get some for our next cruise to hide ☺️ thank you, we are looking to do the Carribean cruise next year on Arvia. We do have some normal holidays planned for this year but I must admit we’re not looking forward to unpacking and repacking several times because we are doing some multi centre holidays. The beauty of a cruise is you only have to unpack once!

I’ve done cruises Alaska, Asia, Spain/ Portugal/ Madeira , Mexico and Belize, Mediterranean and 4 different short ones from Southampton and we have the Panama Canal one booked for next March .. I’ve cruised on celebrity, virgin and next year princess.. have a look at the virgin cruises the food is amazing I believe they have lots of vegetarian options and they are slightly younger demographic

Ohhhh 😮 you’ve done some good cruises we’ve got a few added to our list already and Virgin is up there along with NCL and MSC and a few others too many to name. 😮 Panama cruise wow! 😯 we want to go too we’ve been Costa Rica and love Central America with the wildlife. Good to know for Virgin with Veggie options too thanks for the recommendation 😎

Yes your team Me with cream and Jam get in 🙌🏼😜💪🏼. Haha funny I said to Ellie we’d be good on day 1 then it would all go to pot the day after and hello another extra 6/7lbs of weight lol 😂. Thanks guys 💙💙💙

Ohh no your team Ellie 🥺 no one’s on my team lol 😜. Ohh yes Mavericks an awesome film I’m due to watch again at some point. We didn’t see him if I did I would have fainted and died! He’s my hero 🥹. Ohh haha yeah socks and sandals is an illegal look that the fashion police will come after you 😂. We’re dreading Bali belly so I’m sticking to pizza and chips to stay safe 🫣🤭. Thanks Lucy we love your comments🥰💙

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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 💙

Hey Tony 👋🏻 😱 Noooo I hope they didn’t pick up anything from the video. Our videos aren’t meant for kids but when I get home tonight I’ll deffo add a line just below the actual description of the video so I’ll update it later on. So sorry about that we do get carried away at times 🫣. Thanks for subscribing it means a lot to us and following along with our journeys. You’ll throughly enjoy the cruise we’re about to book Arvia in Feb for a Carribean cruise and we cannot wait 😬. Thanks so much for watching 💙

You’re welcome, have an amazing time 🤩

Yes 🙌🏼 thanks so much for watching ☺️

Yes 🙌🏼

Hi David, sorry what do you mean?

@@JamesandElliesAdventuresapologies, it was confusion on my part , I commented on the wrong video …keep up the good work , great vlogs

@@user-ro8dw8ms9n no worries our faces were like this 😵‍💫 lol thanks so much appreciate it 🙌🏼 💙

Thank you so much. It’s lovely to hear you enjoyed them :) yes very addictive cannot wait to get another one booked :)

So so sad 😢

Thank you 🥰 x

Thank you so much :) funny you say that we have just been looking at Arvia 😜 and that restaurant it looks really good

Hey Arnie, thank you sooo much 🍻 💙 we have the Iona Cabin and ship tour next and we’ll have some Singapore and Bali videos as in a few months as we go 6th July and then we’re off to Cape Town 🇿🇦 and doing a safari for my (James) 35th this year in December so got some good content. Also we may be going on a cruise sooner than we think looking to do Arvia In Feb for Caribbean cruise 🤭 thank you so much for your support it means a lot and we appreciate it 💙

@JamesandElliesAdventures look forward to your future adventures and must catch up with some of your past vlogs too! We're on Arvia next May round the Mediterranean....can't wait! x

@@ArnieRelffe-Arnold ohh nice you’ll have to let us know how the med cruise is too next year we want to do this also. Thanks you’ll thoroughly enjoy them I hope 🤞🏼 😀

Thank you so much for watching 🥰 being first time cruisers we loved watching all the vlogs before we went so hoping our ones can now help people in return ☺️

Thanks guys so much that’s means a lot and we really appreciate it 💙. We always try give good tips where we can to help other fellow travellers 🙂

Ahh that’s such a shame your first two ports were missed I’m guessing one of the would have been olden? Yes Iona is massive but such a beautiful ship 🤩 Norway is absolutely stunning isn’t it 🥰 We didn’t get to visit Flam on this cruise but have heard it’s very nice. Olden done the same and played music and waved as we sailed away it was so special 🥹

Thank you :) ohhhhh god we’re definitely doomed then 🤣 but I guess you haven’t had a good cruise if lose weight rather than put it on 😆

Agreed 100% Cruise bug has bit us very hard and now we’re doomed! 😎🥳 in a good way 🙌🏼

@JamesandElliesAdventures oh yes you are doomed to a life on the ocean waves 😃

@@StephenEscott-tg9xc sounds great to us 🤣

@JamesandElliesAdventures I agree got us big time, now we can't stop

Ohh your team Ellie 🥺 no one chose me yet lol. And of course forgot the obvious being butter 1st hehe 😛

Jam then cream😊

Yes 🙌🏼

Team Ellie all the way! Jam then cream…the right way 🙌🏻

No cream, jam with extra butter😂

@@ClaireRouse-fk7ng yes Claire 🙌🏼

Epic memories created 🙌🏼

Thanks so much SA is by far our fav series and this cruise was epic thanks so much for tuning in 💙

Aww thanks so much we are 100% converted and can’t wait to book more now cruise bug has bite us really hard lol 😆. You’ll love the fjords hope the weather fantastic for you so you can get them absolutely picture perfect views and photos of the fjords 🤩. Thanks for watching 💙

Aww thank you so much ☺️. Funny you say that we’ve been looking at Arvia for the Carribean cruise next Feb but now we’re undecided between NCL for an Africa cruise in April too. Soo many great itinerary’s with cruises too. We love P&O they popped our cruise cherry so they’ll hold a very special place in our hearts 🫶🏼 💙 thank you so much for watching 😎

Ohhh we didn’t know that so that’s really good to know thank you ☺️ it was definitely worth the walk the view was stunning 🤩

I know I got half way up and had to come bk down, had a panic attack, as heights and me don't go

What’s the biscuit of choice? 😋

Hope you’ve got some biscuits aswell because it’s a long one 😆

Loved it!! Look forward to more travel blogs from you guys x

@@ClaireRouse-fk7ng thank you 🥰

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 💙