Wonderful cruise to Hawaii

Item: Pride of America
Rating: 3
Author: LorieD

Pride of America Cruise Review to Hawaii

LorieD

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Reviews: 0

Helpful Votes: 2

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Hawaii (Honolulu Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 29, 2008

Ship: Pride of America

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 15 years ago

Review summary

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.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Dinning room lacked quality and quantity. Often at the Buffet the food was luke warm or cold, however the selection was excellent.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Lots of choices, something for everyone. The daily news letter was excellent...very well done.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff were all friendly and very knowledgeable. They really seemed to enjoy their jobs and working for NCL.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Very nice and easy to get around to the various activities. Boarding and disembarking was very easy and well organized.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We had requested a non smoking room, however the mattress and pillows smelled of smoke. When brining it to the attention of customer service we did get fresh pillow, however till had a problem with the mattress that smelled of smoke which did cause a problem with our allergies.

Ports of call

Nawiliwili, Kauai

5 out of 5

This was our favorite place. The boat ride up the river was great, beautiful. We also had a bus tour around the port. The second day we took a walk through the shops and enjoyed the beach.

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Don't Miss: Boat ride up the river and the fern grotto

Hilo, Hawaii

5 out of 5

We took the excursion to the volcano and other sights.

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Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

3 out of 5

We did not take a tour, we took the tender into the port and walked around, enjoyed the numerous shops and the beach.

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Kahului, Maui

3 out of 5