Fantastic Itinerary, Great Captain, HAL sub-par overall.

Item: Noordam
Rating: 3.8
Author: tnswas

Noordam Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

tnswas

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

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14 Night Great Alaskan Explorer (Vancouver Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 18, 2022

Ship: Noordam

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7008

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

First HAL cruise (45th cruise). Expectations for ship experience were not met. Itinerary was great. Probably won't do HAL again.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Main Dining: Slow, disjointed, OK food. Specialty: Pretty good Buffet: Mediocre, same almost all the time, often cold food, long lines yet stations still closed.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Games, Trivia, information talks. All OK

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Step One Dancers were GREAT. Legends shows were not good, walked out of both. Magician was OK. The BBC films with music were good. There were actually three nights with no show. Very underwhelmed with overall entertainment.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Food service OK. Room stewards were very good. Most ship personnel were helpful and friendly.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Typical size room and balcony. Bathroom was nice size. All clean.