Hawaii Cruise Reviews

Out of 5 cruises this was the least enjoyable due to the amount of kids on board (400) Parents weren't responsible for them and staff seemed afraid to say anything to them.

This was our third cruise, the second time with NCL. Overall we had a very good time. Lots of choices for shore activites and lots of ship events to pick from during the day. We did feel that the drinks were a bit overpriced.. $5.75 for a beer. As well, we noticed a large number of picture not purchased from the photography studio. If the picture were less money, I am sure more would have been purchased. $14.95 for a 5X7 is a bit high. I know we would have purchased most of ours had the price been more in the $5.00 to $7.50 for the 5X7 size. We would definity consider NCL for our next cruise which will be to Alaska in 2 years.

2nd. Time on this ship and Service is down a bit Maintanance needed bad, stuck in elevator and one day at a port to get of they were out of order had to walk down from deck 8 to 2 to get off

Great Ship. Do not trust , they will give you a runaround,

This was our first cruise on a "Dam" Ships and we thoroughly enjoyed it. We looked forward to each night to see what kind of towel animal we would be seeing. The food was wonderful and we appreciated the choice weather or not to dine in the dining room or buffet according to our schedule. The size of the ship afforded the opportunity of meeting many other guests and forming enjoyable new acquaintances.

to much time on ship, had to skip kaui (rough sea) 14 day trip and only 3 days in Hawaii just not enough. food was great, intertainment was good. Bingo was expensive. Casino had pro and con's, some of the employee were less the "nice" other were great. The rest of the ship employee were great and frendly.

I have written a letter with all my concerns. I hope that I hear from you soon. To say the least at this time....I should never have had a cabin above the stabilizer which made us unable to sleep when we were sailing on the open seas---8 days. I blame your company for booking this cabin and our travel mates, as well.

We met some very nice people. The waiters were all good at any deck. Our cabin was clean. The entertainment was excellent.

Since this was my first cruise and my first time to Hawaii, I could not believe that the experience turned out better than I had expected. The ship was not brand new but was in excellent condition. Most of the staff and people on the ship were awesome and I was very surprised at that. I will be definitely cruising in the near future with Princess Cruises!

Very pleased with the entire operation, except the disembarkation at Honolulu was anything but smooth. The luggage taken to the pier worked well however the bus and luggage loading for the airport was a nightmare.

This was our first cruise so we had no preconceived ideas of how it should by or what to expect. My first thought when boarding the ship was that the demographic of the other guest was very very old (80-90+). The first few days out at sea we were somewhat disappointed with the energy level of the cruise given the older audience, especially the activities and entertainment. We knew they should cater to this audience since that was the majority on board but felt that very little effort was made to please younger people. The majority of the activities were bingo, trivia, crafts, you get the idea. One thing to note is that most aspects of cruising seems to be tailored to a 7 day cruise, the menus, activities, entertainment, etc. so for a 15 day cruise like this it really felt like the staff was 'treading water" trying to spread out their pre-determined agenda with lots of filler. Another small nit-pic for me was that "free" drinks like lemonade and ice tea are only available in the buffet, so if you're lounging at the pool you have to walk all the way to the back of the ship to get a drink you don't have to pay for when there are two bars right there. That felt a little like we were being punished for not getting paid drinks. Having said all that, the ports and excursions were amazing and the trip was amazing value. We still had fun and relaxed a lot. We would probably do it again.

the food was great the ship was beautiful, always get a balcony room,housekeeping was great. ship was clean

Ship was clean and very efficient. Staff were all friendly and helpful. Very pleasant to have an all American staff.

listen take this cruise at ur own peral thats all im going to say????

Older ship with inadequate service and food

I enjoyed the ship finding things to do for everyone in the family. We did not eat in any of the restaraunts that required a fee, but found the other places to have a variety for everyone. Not having a scheduled time to eat or seating assignment was nice.

The ship was beautiful....very American, which one should expect from the name of the ship.

loved the ports of call, the ship actually went slowly down the na pali coastline and then u turned and went back again, enjoyed watching the lava flow into the ocean. The food was good, actually better in the buffet than in the dining room, but we had excellent service in the dining room, and the food was good just choices were a little weird. the entertainment was the bigest disappointment. i was used to broadway or las vegas type shows with the costumes and the sets, the broadway night was just 6 singers and no costumes or sets. they sang songs from cats in their evening dress. just not as good as i've seen on other cruise lines

The ship was wonderful. But as far as overall entertainment there was not much. They had the same live acts one after another and the cruise did not feature much for mid-20 honeymooners to age 40. If you want to see Hawaii through a quick cruise I would recommend this one but other than that this cruise did not have a WOW factor.

Pride of America is a very pretty ship. The theme and decor was well coordinated. Especially liked the Libery Dining Room.