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ringbahn Sep 26, 2006 11:32 pm

@Latinrusso

From NY I`d make a TA with QM2.Six days without a port and after-perhaps-some days in London,six days back.We loved the ship.

latinrusso Oct 4, 2006 6:55 pm

Holland America - Ms Noordam
 
Hi, I did some more research and was advised that Holland America, partucularily the Noordam ship is much better than NCL? It certainly looked very new... 2006. Any experiences? Comments?

Thank you all so much.

Eugene

greatam Oct 5, 2006 9:05 am

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Originally Posted by latinrusso
Hi, I did some more research and was advised that Holland America, partucularily the Noordam ship is much better than NCL? It certainly looked very new... 2006. Any experiences? Comments?

Thank you all so much.

Eugene

New ship, much more elegant, formal experience. NCL has "freestyle" dining (eat when you want, where you want). HAL has fixed time dining in a formal dining room or there is always the buffet. NCL has no formal nights, HAL has at least two-you will see a lot of tuxes on HAL. NCL is more party (conga lines, belly flop contests, etc), HAL is more lectures, quiet exploration and ballroom dancing. Food on HAL is generally much better than quite a few lines (Carnival, Costa, NCL, RCCL). HAL's new "signature of excellence" bedding and amenities are MUCH more upscale than quite a few. HAL is "old time, elegant cruising".

HAL is a "premium" cruise line. Not quite the luxury class, but far above NCL. You will generally have an older democratic-45+

greatam Oct 10, 2006 6:37 pm

Here's the link to a pretty good review of the Noordam on a NYC sailing.

http://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/...cfm?ShipID=362


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