Would not recommend NCL!
Pride of Hawaii Cruise Review to Hawaii
7 Night Hawaii (Honolulu Roundtrip)
Sail date: December 18, 2006
Ship: Pride of Hawaii
Cabin type: Inside
Traveled as: Family (older children)
Reviewed: 17 years ago
Review summary
My family and I (4 adults) just returned from a cruise on the Pride of Hawaii. While cruising was the way for us to travel to the other islands, the cruise line was not enjoyable. There were way too many extra costs! Soft drinks were $1.82 a can or we could purchase a sticker that would allow us to drink soft drinks unlimited for $35.00 each person (that adds up to $140.00 for drinks that didn't include bottled water). We reluctantly purchased the stickers and when we wanted a soft drink, they would fill their small glasses up with ice then pour in the drink...No we cannot give you the can they would say....only a glass with the drink in it. BAD IDEA!!! If this wasn't bad enough, to get a drink was like an act of congress..another bad deal. Then we find out that some of the restaurants we wanted to eat at required a SERVICE CHARGE(?). What's up with that? The charge was from $10. to $20., add that up and that is $80.00 for our family to sit and dine in this restaurant...BAD IDEA!! There were also restaurants that you HAD to have reservations to dine at, didn't matter if there were tables available and no one would be using them. Reservations required...BAD IDEA! The service at any of the places we ate at was sad. The waiter/waitress would bring our food and see that we needed refills on drinks but would not offer to refill, even if we put them on the edge of the table were they would almost knock them over but never offer a refill, always had to ask...BAD SERVICE! The food wasn't good at the buffet and drink choices were not good there either. One of my son's had a bug crawl out off his plate...YUCK! Only one ice cream machine and the condiment counter was either empty or didn't work. I do have one positive comment; the ship was clean and nicely decorated.Ship experiences
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Pros: Was very clean
Cons: extra costs to dine and for soft drinks