Noordam Review

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First Whale sighting on a transatlantic cruise

Review for Transatlantic Cruise on Noordam
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marlin2
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Oct 2008

This was our second Transatlantic and third cruise with HAL and I had forgotten all the little thing that make the differences. Fresh O.J. in the mornings, worldly foods, friendly English speaking staff and much more that I could go on and on about. The Noordam is not the biggest ship, but very comfortable and easy to get around. This was a "Big Band" cruise and the age's of the guests reflected that, The formal nights were enjoyed by all and brought out the Tux's and dinner gowns, very classy. We ate in the Vista dinning room for the most part and for us the AWS seating worked great. Some didn't like eating with different people, but Vinolady and I really enjoyed meeting new people and the stories that came along. We did eat at the Liddo in the mornings and a few Lunch's. Our biggest problem was once we had our food, finding each other and a seat. HAL also has fruit juices available at the dessert station all day long, nice for that afternoon cocktail hour. The entertainment was good, but nothing over the top, this could have been because on the Big Band theme. We are "high rollers" in the casino and played our $10.00 in the penny machine nightly, both of us came out ahead. It would have been nice to have had some snacks in the late evenings in the Casino, but the all night Pasta & pizza station more then made up for that.

Our Cabin(5020) was a forward balcony and was comfortable. We had great weather and took advantage of as much outside time as we could. I liked having nice and comfortable balcony furniture vs. the white plastic on other lines. This was real special for Vinolady, as she got to see her first Whale in open waters. Always a treat for anyone. We never did get room service, but friends did and enjoyed it. The on board activities I thought were nice, I enjoyed the cooking and food demonstrations, very nice venue.

Our Ports were very nice, I do wish we had more time in Rome, but another time. we didn't do any excursions except for a bike tour in Barcelona we used flat tire tours and had a blast a great way to get the feel of a city. in all the other ports we did our own touring, mostly walking and other then not speaking Spanish did great. We felt safe and comfortable all the time in every port.

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