Just finished our first cruise on HAL - the Noordam Xmas and New Year cruise out of New York. Overall we had a brilliant cruise, but this was mainly due to the friends we cruised with, the brilliant tours we did, and the itinerary. We have only cruised Celebrity before this one so thought it was interesting to note the differences with HAL, some we liked but many we did not. So overall, we have decided that HAL is not for us and we are back to Celebrity for our next two cruises at least.

Anyway, for anyone that might be interested, these observations are our personal opinion, of course others may have a completely different view. BTW, we had a balcony cabin on deck 5.

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