This is a warning to any prospective passengers of Hurtigruten.

The Midnatsol is 20,000 DWT and carries a maximum number of passengers of 1,000. This actually makes it a very crowded ship in comparison to other cruise ships. Its staffing levels are nowhere as high as what you find on a conventional cruise ship

The staffing in the restaurant is totally inadequate about 12 or 13 bodies serving meals at dinner to upwards of 500 passengers. This resulted in a very leisurely dinner starting at 8:30pm and often ending well after 10pm. The buffet breakfasts and lunches are absolute chaos due to the bad design of the buffet counters. The food for breakfast and lunch was nothing special, the evening dinner were very small portions. Read more