Hawaii Cruise Reviews

It is a good cruise for a quick visit to Hawaiian islands. It's convenient and economical.

It is a good cruise for a quick visit to Hawaiian islands. It's convenient and economical.

Ports of call where great. The ship is old and needs updating.

Overall, I was disappointed with this cruise. I felt like I was on the Staten Island Ferry - ok maybe the Circle Line. Kool-aid Cruise at Champagne Price. PROS: Departing and returning to Honolulu compared to other cruise lines that start and end in different locations. Visiting the several different islands, some with overnight stays. Lots of ports makes for an emptier ship so lots of room to spread out. Staff was friendly and professional* CONS: Not a good value. I have cruised on newer/larger NCL ships for less. Food was sub-par. Best meal was at East Meets West. The ship is dated, despite supposedly being recently refurbished. Balcony room was OK but bathroom very small with shower curtain - not ideal. Not much entertainment/activities while ship was sailing. Excursions were quite pricey. *Some staff were not placed in the proper roles. Felt like some crew was new and had little guidance or training. Some crew in customer service positions should probably be moved to background roles or definitely need to shadow more seasoned employees. While I am eager to return to Hawaii, it WILL NOT be with NCL unless they significantly upgrade the on-board experience.

Never cruised Princes before enjoyed it the food was great and the entertainment was as well just have to watch out what is charged to your account

Wonderful time. I was worried about the cost of the vacation not being worth it but this being my first experience with Hawaii, it surpassed the already high expectation because the beauty and activities on the islands was worth the expense.

We took this same cruise 12 years ago and the ease of getting a car rental at every island was fantastic. In addition, the ability to have the car in a secure parking lot near the ship was very good and efficient. 12 years later it is anything but that. The only port that was organized for your onboard customers was in Kauai where at least the car rental agencies had a shuttle like 12 years ago. In addition, we had the ability to leave the car overnight close by. The way you run this part of the trip now is not good & not set up for your customers on the ship. The trip & time on each island is short already. Why is is not managed like it was on my prior NCL cruise makes no sense. How management accepts going backwards for its customers on total time on the islands makes no sense to me.

My group all booked thru the same cruise.com travel agent. We informed him we were traveling 4 other family members. He booked us into side by side rooms which was fine but he failed elsewhere. On the second day of the cruise we realized the agent had us on different excursions. The point of our trip was to be with elderly family members, but the luau ended up costing double as cruise.com refused to refund our cancelation. I will never book through a third party and particularly not with cruise.com again, but I will always book directly with the cruise line. Cruise.com was just another hand out for additional expenses...just another middleman.

Overall, it was a wonderful and very relaxing cruise. We were hesitant about going on a longer cruise, especially many days at sea, but were pleasantly surprised that we had plenty to do, and it was what we needed - anniversary vacation. In addition, we heard that it was 100% booked and Princess even offered us a good incentive if we could give up our cruise/cabin, but we decided not to take the offer. So, we were concerned it might be too crowded, but it did not feel crowded except for when attending some of the bigger shows. Those you have to go early like 20-30 minutes before; otherwise, you won't get good or any seats.

I have been on over 20 Princess cruises and this was one of my least favorite ships.

Old ship, poor Entertainement, for two days self-serve buffet, the remainder of the cruise crew served buffet, very poor service, not our first time on NCL, first time on Pride of America, not pleased at all. major overall difference between NCL Dawn and Pride of America Regards Oronzo and Lucia Panico

We enjoyed this cruise. A great way to see the islands.

Excitement way to see Hawaii! I work giggly suggest out

If we had to do it all over again, we would not. The days at Sea were very cool in the 60s very little deck time to enjoy the sun. The staff was not very customer centered. Everything was pretty much self service or you had to buy into activities. Not much to do on the ship, the islands were fabulous but next time we will just take a land trip and not cruise very disappointed in princess, they did not live up to our previous expectations

It wasn't the best cruise we've ever been on but it wasn't terrible. The staff was amazing and our cabin attendant was AWESOME...he really took care of us!!

I enjoyed the first part of my cruise. It ended badly because of catching Covid onboard, and then being quarantined. I was feeling great when I boarded and had zero signs of illness. Perhaps passengers should have their temperatures taken or some simple way of proving that they are not ill when they board. I was definitely not the only person who came down with Covid. The crew puts a small ottoman in front of your cabin door when you are quarantined. They place your meals and your clean towels on this ottoman. My husband, who did not catch Covid, saw several of these ottomans in front of other cabin doors. Someone came on board with Covid.

Not at all wheelchair friendly. Not enough area for smokers. This is the walmart of cruises. Not turn down service. Restaurants were closed. NCL circle the island/ airport drop off was a nightmare from beginning to end. I love my travel agent Kathy, but this trip missed the point. I will still always use her.

Excellent way to visit the Hawaiian Islands. Cruise is excellent and the excursions are very good.

It started off on a sour note because of having to pay an additional $600.00 to add our middle name to the reservation. I found out that it was unnecessary and I would like to get my money back.

We enjoyed the cruise. We liked the sea days(transpacific) near the end and not the beginning of the cruise. I would choose Celebrity again for another cruise. I loved that we flew into Hawaii instead of 2 sea crossings from and to California.