We were scheduled to sail the Celebrity Infinity March 27th out of Ensenada for Hawaii. After this was cancelled because of mechanical problems our agent managed to get us a short notice booking on the Pride of Aloha. We new things would be different as the both vessels offer a different cruise experience. We wanted to see the different islands and had a hotel booked for 7 days post cruise in Waikiki so we increased the post cruise to 10 days and booked the Pride of Aloha with 4 days notice.

Being short notice we had very little choice of cabins and that was to be expected. Although we always book an inside as we are in the cabin very little this one was extremely small at least 25% smaller than anything we had before, so much so we couldn't unpack completely but had to put full bags under the bed to be brought out when necessary for items. We would get a chuckle when dressing for dinner as there was not enough floor space for both to dress at once. Our room attendant did a good job which made things easier and the room was quiet. We had no complaints with the washroom, never had a problem with water temperature or pressure.

With regard to the deck activities we are on a 7 day cruise and have no main pool from Sunday to Thursday with 472 kids on board. This is not the time for the maintenance department to paint the pool. we understood it was shut down the cruise before as well. Around the deck there was a very good number of lounge chairs but the crew could not keep ahead of the demand for towels at any time and the ones available looked well worn. The vessel did have lots of deck space around the pool areas with tables as well as loungers. Read more