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Pride of America Cruise Review to Hawaii

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Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Pride of America

7 Night Hawaii (Honolulu Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 14, 2015

Ship: Pride of America

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8041

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Sad to say that other cruise lines outshine by far Norwegian. Rooms tiny. Food boring and unimaginative. Servers blaze, uncaring and forgetful. Buffet unorganized and foods that are to be warm cold. I do have to admit that the professional shows were excellent. The ship was clean. The steward that tended our room had to b tracked down. The ships motto "I can I can is not true. The first thing asked for ( a.99 cent extension cord for my hubbys breathing machine)we had to go to the service desk and sign a paper that we would return it or we would be charged 25 dollars. Ha! The ports we arrived at in all the islands were shipping ports with nothing around so that u had to either take an excursion or hire a taxi to get away from all the cargo containers. The excursions were very expensive for the value. Guess NCL has the corner on market there. In other words I believe we'll spend our time and hard earned money on the cut above cruise lines. Royal carribean, Princess, Disney , Holland American........etc. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Addressed it in review

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Funny comedian, fantastic quartet . singers n dancers good.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
In review

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
In review. Tinyest we've ever had

Ship tip

Neat n clean. Nothing to rave about.

Ports of call

Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5

Kahului, Maui

5 out of 5
Went to lahaina . nice day

Hilo, Hawaii

3 out of 5
Rainy. Port pathetic
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5 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

deboftheseas    8 years ago

we did a Royal Caribbean repositioning from Honolulu to Vancouver, flew into Hnl 3 Days early, cruised 6 Days in Hawaii, then 5 sea days to Victoria for a day, then got off following day in Vancouver. we've done 20 cruises, this was a favorite and a great way to cruise Hawaii without the seas days from LA there and back. Ncl obviously gets most the business as they are the only game there year round, but the ship looks tired and I've heard the crew could care less ad well

Ohiostripes    8 years ago

we took this cruise in 2011, and enjoyed it so much we are taking it again in January. this is our 16th cruise on various lines and have enjoyed them all.

littlescraper    8 years ago

We had the same feelings. If I could do it over again, I would like leave from California. Add a few days to your vacation. an enjoy your cruise.

jallaway    8 years ago

hmmm, some people would say because you had a large American crew. That ship is also a pretty old design (by today's standards)

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