Expensive Transportation should have flown to the islands instead

Item: Pride of America
Rating: 3.2
Author: KimberlyK10080

Pride of America Cruise Review to Hawaii

KimberlyK10080

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Hawaii (Honolulu Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 23, 2022

Ship: Pride of America

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10080

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Would pass on this cruise - limited entertainment, poor serviced and food. Consider booking airfare, hotels and cars at the various islands instead.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Great getting on and off the ship

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Specialty restaurants great and morning buffet good - main dining room served Luke warm food and took 20-25 minutes to get a drink from a bartender and no consistency in the drinks

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Fitness center good

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Entertainment? Comedian wasn’t funny - music poor and same every day - no shows compared to other cruise lines.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Service poor - bar staff took forever to get you a drink and most of the waiters forgot to bring it to you so you had to fend for yourself.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Good

Ship tip

Don’t go on this cruise - better option would have been to fly to the various islands and get hotel and car

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Ports of call

Honolulu, Oahu

3 out of 5

Glad I went to see Pearl Harbor, Iolani Palace and Diamondhead hike. Other than that expensive place and like any other big city in the USA

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Kahului, Maui

3 out of 5

Road to Hana was an experience not to be missed and so was the Molikini snorkeling adventure. Had to book the Road to Hana from third party vendor as they didn’t have any space no wanted to add another van for 10 people

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Hilo, Hawaii

4 out of 5

The Hilo crater hike was awesome!!! Don’t miss this one.

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Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

1 out of 5

Similar to the Bahamas - way to touristy of a site.

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Nawiliwili, Kauai

5 out of 5

Best Island in Hawaii - only Island I would come back to as this was the version of Hawaii everyone wants to experience.

Thumbs Up 0

Cruise Napali Coast, Kauai

4 out of 5

Awesome views

Thumbs Up 1

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

7 Comments

MountainMama08 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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redtail2 2 years ago

We were on this ship also in April. Never did we have the problems the reviewer said. Had a fantastic time I Hawaii and the ship.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

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Supavi 2 years ago

This was not our experience at all. We had heard some negative comments about the Pride of America and were pleasantly surprised at the service, food, and activities. The cruise director was awesome and remembered our names after the first night when my husband sang karaoke. We enjoyed the cultural activities such learning hula and making leis. We even were serenaded at dinner in our Anniversary with "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" which was very significant since my husband and I had given each other rings that said "kuuipo" which means "sweetheart" in Hawaiian. I' m sorry your experience wasn't as nice.

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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javawoody 2 years ago

I have been to the islands of Hawaii many times. You have just touched the surface with a cruise

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RetiredRay 2 years ago

Sounds about right.

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