I would love to know .

I did the 7 day NCL Hawaii Cruise twice. Love the ports. Our first time about 11 years ago did not enjoy the ship at all. This past January big difference with the ship again loved the ports but it was storming the entire time but we still manage to have a good time. We will be doing Hawaii again.

I remember there used to be a port stop at "Fanning Island" which is an atoll a few hundred miles south of Hawaii. As a non-US territory it served the function of an intermittent foreign port.

Hawaii is on our bucket list, also. However it may still be awhile as we have 2 cruises on the books already for 2021 and we would like to do a European river cruise, too.

Never thought about doing that. It sounds great. Will have to consider doing the car rental also. Thank you so much.

Many years ago we did NCL Pride of America. It was our first time to the islands and a nice way to visit most of them and do daily excursions. We would rent a car at each stop and take in the sites. It was very nice having your hotel move to each island. Its a great sampler.

When we have the time, we really want to take a B2B from/to BC which gives you lots of sea days too to enjoy the ship.

We have one scheduled for November. Aint happening, most likely, but they will repeat it Nov. 2021-Jan 2022. It is an 18 day RT from San Diego on HAL Koningsdam.

We did the Celebrity Silhouette. Flew to Oahu, relaxing day and a half in port where we could come and go from ship without needing hotel. Stopping a couple days at the different islands. Stopped at both Kona and Hilo. We did have an interesting day as that’s when the volcano action escalated dramatically. Fellow cruisers got awesome shots looking down the volcano at the moment of eruption. That was my only complaint that despite the danger we were in, with several major earthquakes nearly knocking us off our feet, roads closing all around us due to lava fountains breaking out, our tour guide was not allowed to call it off early. Everywhere we went was under lava by the next day or two. There were a lot of locals wanting on our ship! Sea days added to the Hawaiian cultural experience as there were lei-making, ukulele and hula lessons. Returned to Vancouver BC to cover the Jones Act requirement. So nice not to have to fly back, and arrive home (Seattle area) rested. It’s a great way to get quick introduction to several islands in one trip. According to family and friends the NCL ship is a different experience than other cruises as it’s American staff has a different service ethic.

There are a few answers to the Jones Act issue.

1. The 1 cruise ship that does 7 night Hawaii cruises is USA flagged. NCL Pride of America

2. The 15 night round trip cruises from L.A. or S.F to Hawaii and back do have one port stop in Ensenada Mexico.

3. Lots of Cruises go from one US port and end in another US port, trick is they have to hit a non USA port. Like the Repositioning cruises from L.A. to Seattle have a port stop in Vancouver Canada. The West Coast cruises out of L.A. have a port stop in Baja Mexico.

The Jones Act (also known as the Passenger Services Act) prohibits ships of Non-U.S registry from embarking and debarking guests at two different U.S ports. Such travel would constitute point-to-point transportation between two U.S ports, which is prohibited on foreign flagged ships.had my Alaska Hawaii cruise in September because of this reason be careful if you book back to back.

Us too.