It's OK we didn't enjoy it; you have to do things to learn sometimes. It has saved me from making the mistake in other countries now, and there are far less scenic places to be "stuck" than the Norwegian Fjords!
I did not mean to give you the impression that as an American I was surprised about the long days - we're well traveled and know. My brother lives in Leiden and he smirks about their extra hour in the summer, I smirk in the winter. We just didn't think it'd matter, since it has never bothered us before. For the Norwegian Fjords though it mattered. The short port times we had were irksome.
I am just weird all around I guess...! We preferred Alaska and the wildlife, hands down. If you remove the wildlife I would agree though. We went back and did Alaska a second time, and I want to go on a line that visits Glacier Bay as well. The second time we did make sure to add on some days at the end to tour around Anchorage and Denali - we went with a line that does one ways and also saw Hubbard which gave us our best view of calving until our recent cruise around the west and north shores of Svalbard.
I agree that food prices in Norway are a whole different level, and portions are smaller for what you buy to boot.