Not worth the cost.

Item: Pride of America
Rating: 2.4
Author: ckong170

Pride of America Cruise Review to Hawaii

ckong170

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 61

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5

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7 Night Hawaii (Honolulu Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 13, 2019

Ship: Pride of America

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10596

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Not worth the cost. The food is the worst of all cruises I have been on. They are able to over charge for this cruise because Norwegian is the only cruise line does this kind of island hop. It is cheaper to island hop on your own.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Average regular embark and checkin experience

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

I am a regular cruiser and have been on other cruise lines, and Norwegian has had the worst food whether it was going to Bahamas or to Hawaii.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Pool is a good size.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Room steward was extremely rude! She did not refill the lotion or change sheets. She was irritated when I requested another lotion. Or when I even told her she didn’t have to make our room up on 2 of the nights since we were just gonna relax.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

It was a smaller balcony room. The pull out sofa was hard and a worn out cushion. All of the 10 floor balconies had obstructed views because of support beams between each room. It was supposed to be an upgraded room and ended up being a downgrade because of the walls separating each balcony and the overhang roof above each balcony.

Ship tip

Stay away from the 10th floor balconies. Don’t expect the food to be any good.

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Ports of call

Honolulu, Oahu

3 out of 5

Didn’t do any excursion.

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Kahului, Maui

4 out of 5

The port was nice. We did Atlantis sub excursion and it was ok. The beaches were really nice and sand was soft.

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Hilo, Hawaii

2 out of 5

Port was ok. Walked to town and was boring. Not many shops or anything to look at.

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Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

4 out of 5

Was a nice port. Did snorkeling and that was nice.

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Nawiliwili, Kauai

3 out of 5

Beautiful island. The smiths luau food was good but luau show was terrible. Dancers were not in sync and were did not look authentic as claimed.

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Cruise Napali Coast, Kauai

5 out of 5

Beautiful!

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Average like other cruises

5 Comments

MountainMama08 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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sprint180 3 years ago

Attitude is everything!

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66gt350ps 5 years ago

Cruise is way cheaper than air fare, food and hotel to four islands. Done both ways over many years. And only unpack once plus not wasting half day per airport. Good food, great food in specialty dining. Doing 7th cruise in few months. Love the scenery of each island coast.

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nims 5 years ago

I loved the pride of America. It had ports that gave you a good variety of Hawaiian stops. My rule of thumb is not to go on a cruise expecting THEM to make sure I have a good time.

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Daniel1961 5 years ago

Your comments shows maybe skip this ship period! 😀

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