My wife and I took the Oosterdam for a 7 night Alaska inside passage cruise leaving Seattle on June 2 and returning June 9, 2007. We stayed in a balcony cabin on deck 5. Overall, we were very pleased with all aspects of the ship, the cruise, the itinerary and the service on board...except for the entertainment. Let me firstly get the bad news out of the way...we took in 6 shows...three of them that involved the singers and dancers were top notch...there was an acrobat/circus type performance one night...and a comedian from Brooklyn on another...these two were atrocious. From what I've read on other posts, this is an on-going problem with HAL...their entertainment productions are often third class...in our case, the Broadway style shows were actually very good...the others half the audience walked out of the theater. Now that that's out of the way...all else about this cruise was extraordinary. The service was wonderful...from our dinner server Remo...to our cabin attendant Novi.....to the entire staff...they couldn't do enough for us and all on board during the cruise. We ate at the 8PM late dinner sitting...and the food was very good....variety, quality and nice presentation....we were very pleased with the food. Typically, for breakfast and most lunches, we ate in the Lido and the food there was also fine. So you know, we don't take a cruise to eat and eat....like so many others seem to do.....but from what we did partake, it was very good all in all. The itinerary included Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Victoria and the Hubbard glacier......nicely planned...easy off/back on ship at all ports.....HAL seemed adept at moving people when needed. We would highly recommend HAL, the Oosterdam and this Alaska/Inside Passage cruise.