I am looking way ahead to next summer here. My wife and I are taking a Scandinavia vacation in 2004. I want to do the Hurtigruten coastal voyage. The southbound trip is a day shorter and somewhat less expensive than the northbound trip. Is there any particular disadvantage to southbound vs. northbound? Of course this will depend somewhat on which ships are leaving when, but I won't know that until next year. Also I will need one-way airfare between OSL and KKN regardless of which direction I go, so that's not a factor. If you could give me any advice I'd really appreciate it!

I haven't yet done this myself, but one thing I did notice when looking at brochures was that Geiranger is a port in only one direction (northbound, IIRC). Friends and relatives who've done the Norwegian fjords on the Hurtigruten and other cruises say it's worth making sure you get there.

Hope this helps.