Booked our own air & hotel. Arrived in Honolulu the day before & stayed at Radisson in lovely 35th floor room w/mountainview. We arrived at pier around 12:45, after a 15-minute cab ride, & were on board shortly after 1. Suggest you join Latitude Club - they have separate check-in for members that moves very fast. Found our cabin, met our cabin steward Musa and his supervisor Marta. Left our carry-on bags and went to Skyline Restaurant for sit down lunch (there is also buffet lunch in Aloha Cafe). After lunch we familiarized ourselves with ship layout and went back to our cabin to find our luggage had been delivered. Unpacked - plenty of storage. Suggest packing all your toiletries in ziploc bags which can then be placed on shelf beneath sink area to keep bathroom neat. A folding multicompartment bag that can be hung on bathroom door hook was also handy for cosmetics, small toiletries, Q-tips, pills, etc. Room safe a must for jewelry, money, wallets, cameras, etc.

Our cabin was kept clean in a timely fashion each day, towels left on floor replaced twice a day and bed turned down w/chocolates on pillows each evening (towel animal once). Just remember to use wheel outside cabin to let steward know to make up or turn down room or if you don't want to be disturbed. Musa did a superb job and we tipped him extra at end of the cruise. Also praised him on comment card. Our room was midship & we felt very little movement, but we often felt the ship rock when we were in main restaurants (aft) or theater or lounge (fore).

We ate breakfast in both Skyline and Aloha, and used room service once for breakfast and were satisfied with all three. We preferred Skyline over Liberty for dinner - service seemed to be slightly better, but food was the same - average. We ate once in Little Italy, but not impressed with decor or food. No long waits at main restaurants. Read more