My friend and I took the Pride of America cruise around the Hawaiian islands. We were disappointed with many aspects of the cruise.
I've never seen such an impersonal cattle drive posing as a cruise. So much for being pampered. And this cruise was not inexpensive by any means. Cheap in quality, yes, but not inexpensive.
Our airline arrangements were dismal. We had to backtrack from Phoenix to Denver to catch a flight to Honolulu, when Hawaiian Air has nonstops from Phoenix to Honolulu daily. After disembarking at the end of the cruise we had some 14 hours to kill until our plane left at 11 PM. Ridiculous.