My husband and I just returned from our 7 day cruise around the Hawaiian islands on the Pride of America. This was our very first cruise so I had nothing to compare it to...which was a good thing.

Everything went quickly and smoothly from the minute we got off the plane. Even though there was a crowd checking in at the ship at one time we probably waited 30 seconds at the most in line. We didn't even have to wait to have our first picture taken when we were on the way to board the ship. When we checked in with the first security check and he said "welcome aboard" I just looked at him and said...ok...so what do we do now? And he looked at me like I should know that and started telling me places I could go on the ship. What I was trying to say is...which way to our rooms, elevators, do we need to check in somewhere else or what? He finally realized what I was asking and pointed the way to the elevators.

The room was small as I expected, but it wasn't so small I felt cramped. The balcony really helped make the room look larger. Now the bathroom is another matter. You REALLY don't want to drop anything while you are in the shower. I don't know how overly large people shower in it, but we have a horse trailer with living quarters, so this was nothing new to me. The only thing I didn't like about the bathroom was the awful sound the commode made while flushing. I literally had to hold my ears I dreaded the noise so much! I was glad to read other reviews about the hidden medicine cabinet in the restroom, or I would have never found it. The cabin had plenty of room for our clothes although I'm glad I brought extra clothes hangers for I packed WAY too many clothes. Our luggage arrived about 10 minutes after us. The room was clean and always kept that way every morning. Towards the end of our week our cabin steward would even come in and turn our bed down (without requesting it) and leave us a mint on the bed and one night left us some kind of animal made out of our towels! We were very pleased with room service. Read more