Terrible experience

Pride of America Cruise Review to Hawaii

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5
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Pride of America

7 Night Hawaii (Honolulu Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 03, 2024

Ship: Pride of America

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9539

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

We were told to go find our luggage when it never showed up at our room. When they completely changed port stops which ruined everyone’s itineraries they had ZERO sympathy. Lost money and spent the entire first day rescheduling rental cars. Gave us TWO days at sea which NO ONE paid for in this old ship that rocked and rolled nonstop. In no way forthcoming about the reality of how old this boat is and cannot handle rough seas so they will change ports. They also withheld this information. I was notified almost 12 hours before by an excursion I booked outside of them. They conveniently waited until at later in the day after we were all on board for hours to say we wouldn’t even be leaving port and then would have an entire day at sea and they changed ALL port days and didn’t give us two days at Maui. They never communicate and would not let you off the ship at the times they said despite being docked. You’d stand in line for almost an hour with ZERO communication as to why. Imagine being in Hawaii and stuck on a ship for days at sea and then not being able to get off when you paid for NO days at sea. Sad that this is what represents the “pride of America.” Do us all a favor and let someone else take over so people can actually enjoy it.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Bartenders at Key west bar were the ONLY positive about this ship. Food was not good.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Many things not available as advertised like golf range.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Had a good magician, otherwise nothing good.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
We were told to go find our luggage when it never showed up at our room. When they completely changed port stops which ruined everyone’s itineraries they had ZERO sympathy. Lost money and spent the entire first day rescheduling rental cars. Gave us TWO days at sea which NO ONE paid for in this old ship that rocked and rolled nonstop. In no way forthcoming about the reality of how old this boat is and cannot handle rough seas so they will change ports. They also withheld this information. I was notified almost 12 hours before by an excursion I booked outside of them. They conveniently waited until at later in the day after we were all on board for hours to say we wouldn’t even be leaving port and then would have an entire day at sea and they changed ALL port days and didn’t give us two days at Maui.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Old and needs to be a new ship

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Ship tip

Go travel the islands on your own. Hopefully some day they get a new cruise company to do this. An honest one that actually provides good service and an updated ship with effort put into their food.

Ports of call

Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5
Go on your own

Kahului, Maui

5 out of 5
Go on your own

Hilo, Hawaii

5 out of 5
Go on your own

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

5 out of 5
Go on your own

Nawiliwili, Kauai

5 out of 5
Go on your own

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Wouldn’t let people off the ship on time. Just like our port stops. Zero communication ever. Just made you stand there. Celebrity cruises is way more organized and has excellent ships and service.
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5 Comments

HowdyMike     9 months ago

This is the only ship doing this itinerary, so they don't feel they have to compete. Unfortunately it makes for some miserable boat experiences. Being off the boat and the beauty you see in the process was the value!

javawoody     9 months ago

Thanks for the write up

Gwbigdog     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

NavasotaCruiser     9 months ago

Wow. Thank you for sharing your cruise experience with us. We were booked for this a few years ago and were cancelled due to Covid. We'll look ok for improvement before booking again.

karlgrgurich     9 months ago

Well. Glad you at least enjoyed the ports