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Spent 40 days on the Noordam in March/April was required to attend a drill once every 30 days.

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Just came off 40 Noordam cruise, actually had a 250 card with 225 remaining, the ship gave me cash for the balance. I like using the cards vs having all these charges appear on my account much easier to spot mistakes without all the drink card charges.

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Just came off Noordam 40day cruise, we were told by a ships officer dry dock has been changed to a wet dock, and were waiting for the dates.

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Just came off a 40 day Noordam cruise, had 7 gala nights, dress was from A to Z, formal dress, collared shirts, polo shirts, tee shirts and sweat pants, to the best of my knowledge no one was turned away.

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Currently on the Noordam the ship is in great condition, if one wants to nick pick you can always find something wrong. Our cabin and balcony including furniture are in great condition

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Currently on the Noordam room 7069 two rooms down from elevators and stairs, only noise we hear is the occasional ring of the elevator bell as it arrives on the 7th deck. Not loud enough to bother us

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I am currently on the Noordam one of the music/dance venues in the evening is restricted to 18 and above

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Currently on the Noordam for 40 days he has been outside the dining room deck two every night.

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We are as well boarding 28 March should be a fun trip

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No flight our daughter is driving up from Whidbey Island (75 minute drive). So no concerns there, to give us time went ahead and booked the 1045 bus which arrives Bellingham at 1340. Thanks for the info a great help.

We arrive Vancouver on 6 May from Sydney. We are scheduled to take the quick bus from the terminal to Bellingham airport at 10AM, how long to clear customs etc? The people at quick bus said we should plan on disembarking at 0800, to give us sufficient time. Will be two other ships arriving the same day. Not sure that will impact time to clear customs.

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We are on the Noordam March 28th thru May 6th, our TA got a letter for us from HAL to get off Noordam on 6 April in Wellington and re-board 3 days later (April 9th) in Auckland. We were told the reason HAL gave us the letter is because we can clear customs/immigration in both wellington and Auckland, as Ruth mentioned in her post.

Schooner-ca. We are on the Noordam in March 40 days sydney to Vancouver, did you have any lectures etc on board during your sea days? Thank you

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my mistake getting off in Wellington, joining the ship 3 days later in Auckland. Sorry for the mistake.

We have received a letter from HAL authorizing us to Disembark in Wellington and re join the Ship in Wellington. HAL told us we needed to clear customs in Wellington, which might be your problem, as you indicated customs is not available.

you should post this on the Volendam roll call for 17 January found on CC

we asked for the 10 year visa, I think our options were 30 days, 3 months or 10 years. My brother in also going on this trip, they received their visa's early June. I am not sure how far in advance you can apply.

We are going to China in January first week of July we applied for our Chinese Visa's through a company here in Seattle, we had our passports back 8 days later with a 10 year visa. If you are going in April I would apply in November and be done with it.

Article was written by the editor of a online cruise magazine, FOX just ran the article. It also appeared on YAHOO news.