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Have a great time Claudia, I know you will make the most of it with the changes.

When I went in 2022 we did not have a boat ride in Copenhagen we visited the Frederiksborg and Christianborg palaces, also no choice of Fram or Kontiki only Fram.

So it looks like they made changes to the tour for the better.

We are booked for this tour and just got our final documents overnight. There has been several changes to the tour and I called Tauck this morning for some clarification.

Stockholm - Day 1 - there has been some questions about the Vasa museum tour before the welcome dinner. It is only 30 minutes. It's unguided so you can wander as you wish. It closes at 5 and our time there is 6:15-6:45. Welcome reception is at 4 and dinner follows the Vasa visit.

The overnight ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo is no longer part of the tour. The ferries were bought by a different company last year and Tauck couldn't reach agreement so you fly to Oslo instead. This has caused changes to both the Copenhagen and Oslo days. Here's my notes from talking to the agent:

Day 4 - arrive in Copenhagen late afternoon. Tickets to Tivoli gardens provided to be used anytime you want while in the city. It will be the Phoenix hotel not the NH as previously advertised in some documents.

Day 5 - 10:30-12:30 canal boat ride city tour - 5pm departure for afterhours tour of Frederiksborg Palace and dinner at a restaurant. Free time in btwn the boat ride and leaving for the palace. You could use this to visit Tivoli or there are a bunch of other museums closer to the hotel which might be what we chose. (might be a better idea if Tauck just offered a choice and reimbursement instead of the Tivoli only)

Day 6 - 9am dep for the airport - arrive Oslo early afternoon - 4pm Oslo short orientation tour

Day 7 - morning - choice of Fram or Kontiki guided tour - lunch at 12:30 - back at hotel at 1:30 with free time the rest of the afternoon and evening. I'm going to look into booking a fjord cruise or bike excursion - maybe both

Day 9 - I don't have the timing for this but it includes the Glacier Museum, lunch in Skei, travel to Loen and the skylift up Mt Hoven - 2 night hotel stay in Loen.

In spite of the changes (and mental readjustments) we're still hoping it's a great tour.