cruised 16-23sept07. our first hal cruise. service best weve had food very good. negatives vista dining room shakes rattles and vibrates thought i was back on a aircraft carrier.so there we were wearing a suit at formal night(just to get the lobster and steak) with silverware falling off table glasses rattling. hot tubs on noordam tiny only have 4.showroom also shakes vibrates.the shows on the noordam most were good with the exception of the comedians only 2 not so good. one being adult comedian barr. yeah noordam pictures you to the max including blocking gangway in port stopping you to take picture. think port was Ketchikan with only a 6 hr port time.back to plusses really liked the way everything was on time no delays.we had a excursion booked by the ship in Ketchikan boat and floatplane, we got out about 1hr by boat too rough floatplane canceled got full refund next day. overall your better off doing your own things . we were at mendenhall glacier 4 plus hrs hiking east trail fantastic seen falls fairy close,who ever said you need i hr at glacier has lost it. we seen one lady arrive in highheel shoes and it was raining to see the glacier.we bought rt blue bus to get to the glacier on the way back we found out the blue bus had stopped running for the day at 2pm. after missing one white bus we were advised they would take us back, yeah we would go again on hal and noordam.