A great destination, with some disappointments in the journey

Item: Pride of America
Rating: 3.5
Author: jdsoden

Pride of America Cruise Review to Hawaii

jdsoden

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5

7 Night Hawaii (Honolulu Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 24, 2018

Ship: Pride of America

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

The biggest problem is that NCL has no competition for this cruise. The only other choice is leaving or returning to a non US port, involving more costs, more time and spending several days at sea. But if you enjoy sailing the open sea, you may wish to consider the alternatives.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The Aloha Buffet was terrible, avoid if possible. The two main dining rooms were mediocre at best. The best places to eat are the Cadillac Diner for breakfast and lunch and East Meets West for diner.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

The stateroom was what we had expected for this class of ship, but was surprisingly quiet compared to other ships we have been on.

Ship tip

If you have an early excursion, have breakfast in the Cadillac Diner. They are open all day so you can get up a little earlier, avoid the crowds, eat a hot fresh cook beakfast, and still have time to return to your room before meeting your tour.

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Ports of call

Honolulu, Oahu

4 out of 5

Kahului, Maui

4 out of 5

Hilo, Hawaii

4 out of 5

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

4 out of 5

Nawiliwili, Kauai

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

6 Comments

MountainMama08 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruisellama 5 years ago

Thanks

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66gt350ps 5 years ago

Competition? POA is only US registered ship in world allowing to go to each island port in the state without diversion to foreign port thousands of miles away. Thanks to archaic Jones Act.

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AZTX 5 years ago

A little competition would be nice... I guess other lines have pondered it & decided there wasn’t enough demand to do it.

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66gt350ps 5 years ago

On Pride now for our 6th time and loving it. Buffet gas loads of good choices at all meals for the variety of passengers. We find POAhas best staff service of all our cruises. We know that all provisions from food to fuel have to come 2500 miles or more to Hawaii and U S. work rules require higher pay and fewer work hours. But the cruise is about Hawaii with being in port each day and only at sea on a few nights. We find it a fantastic voyage that us casual and fun.

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surfandsnorkel 5 years ago

We had fabulous time on PRIDE OF AMERICA.

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