Marginal At Best

Item: Pride of America
Rating: 2
Author: SunniOne

Pride of America Cruise Review to Hawaii

SunniOne

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

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7 Night Hawaii (Honolulu Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 23, 2016

Ship: Pride of America

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 4037

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The State of Hawaii is beautiful, but the cruise was marginal. Guests were prohibited from bringing water onboard, yet no water was accessible from the staterooms. This caused guests to go hunting for potable water at every turn- often carting small cups of water from the buffets at all hours in order to have a bedside drink. In addition, there was a terrible odor throughout the Champagne Lounge- it smelled of raw sewage. Finally, the lack of evening activities onboard the ship made for a boring trip and very early nights. I would not recommend this cruise to anyone.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Activities seemed to be scheduled during the day when most guests were off the ship. Evenings were quite boring.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

The shows were terrible and amateur.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Loved the décor, but the smells were terrible... In addition to the odor in the Champagne Lounge, the toilet odor in the cabins was sickening.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

There is no adults-only area, so if you are looking for peace and quiet, avoid this cruise. Also, pay the $10 to be able to text through the app. Relying on notes and telephones was aggravating. Buying one account for each cabin is sufficient.

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Ports of call

Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5

Kahului, Maui

5 out of 5

Hilo, Hawaii

5 out of 5

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

5 out of 5

Nawiliwili, Kauai

5 out of 5

6 Comments

bop65 7 years ago

My husband and I always take our own cups so we can fill them why on the ship. We also fill them with ice because we have been on excursions that offer water but with warm weather like the Caribbean it gets hot fast. I recommend anyone cruising to carry your own insulated cup or Walter bottle.

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ade12345 7 years ago

Plenty on offer re entertainment in the evening. The whole water ban is silly but is great for the local Hobos who collect the mountains of water bottle plastic at each port. It is a real waste and bad for the environment! However great opportunity for Poa to price gouge for their own bottled water (plus tax and gratuity and....$$$$)

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4ourthchild 8 years ago

We used the glasses in the staterooms at the sink, both for filling up our refillable water bottles for going off the ship and getting a drink.

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ferg54 8 years ago

Was there the option to buy bottled water on the ship?

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kknorr0320 8 years ago

You can drink any of the water on a cruise ship, it's all filtered by reverse osmosis.

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sinandace 8 years ago

What ship was this?

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