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No. Reincarnation is believed in a certain form by certain Jews, and whilst a Noachide can take on that belief, I don't believe he is bound by it.
Many questions and little time to write them down (because I am going to bed in a couple of hours.) Take your time answering, or skip if you'd rather.
Something I am curious about is whether or not you find your current path more satisfying spiritually than the Noahide stuff?
Do Noahides believe in universal salvation for followers of religions such as Hinduism and others?
I'll let Rival give her take on this, but personally I understand him to having been deeply depressed. Almost everyone he knew had just died and now he has the burden of repopulating the world to boot. Harsh is an understatement. There's a nidrash that states that Noach brought two types of plants with him onto the ark: grapevines and fig shoots. Both show that he planned things ahead: Figs are plants that burn well, so they were used as firewood for the altar he built. And the grapes? His world was collapsing. He knew how he would feel when he left the ark.
It would firstly depend on what one believes about Noach; whether he existed as a historical figure.
It is a sign in that it tells you there is a covenant and reminds you of it. Other words may be used in other versions.
Bnei Noach, strictly speaking, have no scripture and they were around before the Moasaic Covenant, so they're akin to pretty much everyone in Genesis. One may call it more a spirituality that goes to Judaism for direction if it wants it, but all of this hasn't really been worked out halachicly yet. It's a new phenomenon as most of the world was and is Christian and Islamic, so dealing with the finer points of a Noachide society is yet to happen.
Noach is not necessarily a wise man, but, according to one reading, only more righteous than everyone around him at the time - not a very high bar in those days. I suspect he was just doing what most folks would have been accustomed to do. As far as I can tell, God told him to be fruitful twice, and Noach never was. We only have his sons' genealogies. Noach is a complex figure.
I still find myself praying to HaShem when I'm really distressed. Make of that what you will.
'Salvation' in this sense is a Christian concept, so the question makes no sense in that context. If you mean, can followers of other religions reach a kind of meaningful afterlife then yes, if they've been good. There seem to be a few takes on this though and the afterlife as a whole is more complex than one finds in other Abrahamic religions.
That's interesting, though I don't really understand why the kiddush was incomplete if he did end up drinking the wine.
That's what I meant, can a good idol worshipper attain a meaningful afterlife?
Just decide to, basically. You can take a formal ceremony but most don't.
If they've been worshipping idols they might spend some time in Hell.
So i can just decide, i do not need to visit a Rabbi?
No, and as Harel explained in the other thread, philosophically Judaism considers all non-Jews to be bound to the Noachide Covenant.
Same boundaries as most Abrahamic religions, really. So whatever they want as long as it's religiously acceptable.