This was our third cruise and our second HAL experience. We enjoyed the Prinsendame, its size and its decor. Not to say it had no problems at all.
We sailed from Montreal for New York on a fall leaf change time cruise. We went from Montreal to Quebec where we woke up to people walking on the dock next to us. (Windows are tinted or something so that they could not see in. Unless you were right in the windows, you were not visible from outside. We were on Main Deck (6), aft and on the port side. Near the aft elevators which we needed because of being disabled and using a walker.
The QE2 was tied up just ahead of us. It was in Quebec on its last visit to the New World before it begins its life as a cruise ship in Europe. The dock was really crowded as it was Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Friends who took some of the trips offered by HAL said they had a good time.