Hawaii Cruise Reviews

Getting off the ship was a breeze. Finding my bag amongst the chaos of was not. But, found it and got to airport in plenty of time.

Most passengers were ill (cold, flu, etc) and most events, including where dinner was held or the waiting for a table area was extremely crowded in a unsafe space. My party of 15 all became sick and my mother ending up passing away because of this. I’m still dealing a a lost luggage that no one has contacted me back yet. This has important items of my (dead) mother. You as a company are insensitive, rude, disrespectful and unprofessional to say the least. I’m now faced with obtaining an attorney just to find my important missing luggage and to get closure from this horrific experience. To end this thought… it’s even more heartbreaking to think I saved years for this. My room alone was 10k. Add an additional 15k for my immediate family and an additional 50k for the rest of our party makes me SICK!!!!!!

HAL Hawaiian Circle cruise is great - if you do not like back-to-back sea days in excess of 2 sea days - recommend you fly to Hawaii and pick up the cruise there. The 10 days we spent cruising the Pacific Ocean with several days of large swells 6 - 8+ feet will give you an indelible memory of why it's called "blue water".

The weather was disappointing, though not HAL fault. No library which was a big disappointment. Staff was wonderful as always.

We will be talking about this 7 day period of our life, form now on.

Would recommend this cruise for those who would like to see Hawaii but also like the relaxing time at sea.

Very enjoyable cruise with the exception of the first and last day. Would I sail Princess again probably but definitely not our of San Diego. If you like relaxing days at sea this is the cruise for you.

HORRIBLE, worst every. If this was our first cruise it would be our last. Norwegian cruise line is starting to look better and better for future cruises. I see the over all rating is a 2.1 which I believe is misleading as I see it includes the excursions and not just the ship related points, embarking, service on board and disembarking.

Ship had limited things to do and lacked cultural events about Hawaii. Staff and food were excellent, friendly and helpful. Frustrating that we signed up for reservations for dinner beforehand, then they were cancelled and we had to rebook on ship.

Loved the comfort of the ship and all the specialty restaurants. The Mardi Gras lounge was fun. My

We were looking forward to our well deserved and over due vacation but there were a few disappointments with the services and cutting our cruise short back home.

Great cruise. I would not go over the Christmas holidays again. Too many children.

15 days was a bit long, food was good, we had a few concerns.

The ship was very nice but the staff was amazing!!! Without the stop in Mexico, it made for too many sea days in a row.

Having done the cruise, I would have rather spent more time on land but I understand and we signed up for this cruise. The sea days were rocky. The excursions were just ok. I feel like other cruise ships offer wow excursions. I feel the ones offered were advertised wrong and we could have just booked when we got off the ship. There were limited directions once we arrived at the location once dropped off by bus. The cruise director was not what Im use to. We didnt know when we had arrived at land each day. That would be nice no matter the time. The trip was boring but I got to rest.

I had a wonderful time. I am completely sold on Princess lines now especially that ship the crown princess We celebrated out 50th anniversary and had a wonderful cruise. Will definitely be cruising again with Princess.

Overall this cruise was very disappointing. Rooms are small! Food is at best just ok. It’s difficult to find coffee because they don’t provide it in room. Speciality dining was the best option. Getting on and off ship is chaotic, especially if you rent a car. Wait staff tried, but it seemed like they were understaffed and inexperienced. Pools are small. Cleaning staff did a good job.

Pricey, but if you want to experience all of Hawaii, this is a great and leisurely way to do it. We don't cruise much so the cruise experience was above average for us and we thought the crew did a tremendous job taking care of everyone. Would have enjoyed a little more nightly entertainment options and variety, but the cruise is really about the ports of call so understand the limits here.

We also went to Samoa, Tahiti and Moorea. French Polonesian was a special treat for us. On Tahiti we went to the Intercontinental Tahiti Resort and it was really amazing. We had a private tour of Tahiti was absolutely terrific. On Moorea we took an excursion and got a great deal of background on the area and saw a lot of the sites. It was a wonderful cruise and 28 days was just right to see a lot of the area.

Many aboard called it a cruise from hell. not quite that bad, but never again in winter. catching a cold or covid didn't help. a third of the ship was coughing. Upon getting back to LAX we had to sit on window ledge 2-3 hours due to airline won't check you in beyond 2 hrs and there are no chairs or restaurants in area outside of check in. And of course the bomb threat didn't help.