Not so great

Pride of America Cruise Review to Hawaii

MarkS34

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

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Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

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Pride of America

7 Night Hawaii (Honolulu Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 14, 2006

Ship: Pride of America

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 18 years ago

Review summary

Captain ran over two buoys! Prop got messed up. Did not visit two of the ports and one was shortened. Staff was friendly but poorly trained. Rooms were filthy at checkin. Sheets were changed once. Food was poor except in specialty restaurants. This ship and crew are poor in comparison to Carribbean cruises. NCL staff was hard to deal with when we wanted compensation for the poor cruise. Our second NCL cruise and our last. Hawaii is beautiful but visit in a way that does NOT include NCL or Pride of America

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Poor food in the main restaurants but great in the specialty ones that you pay additional for.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Shows and entertainment clearly below our standards as we have sailed nearly 20 times. Activities director was a step above the rest of the ship.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Friendly, willing but poorly trained. Very rarely went above and beyond. More the opposite

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Rooms filthy. Ship dusty and not as well kept as other ships

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Very large but we had a handicapped room. Found hair, razor and dirt when checked in.

Ports of call

Kahului, Maui

3 out of 5

Nice island but get far, far away from the ship. Rent a car, do your homework and drive far into the island

Don't Miss: Interesting small towns

Nawiliwili, Kauai

5 out of 5

Prettiest of the islands

Don't Miss: Got to see the Grand canyon of the Pacific

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

3 out of 5

Been there before. Very interesting. Had an earthquake when we were supposed to visit and captain screwed up the screw

Don't Miss: Never got there

Pros: beautiful ship

Cons: poorly trained staff, pretty dirty

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