Well, we read all the warnings and still attempted to make this a great trip!! I am only trying to make this point by telling you that we booked an AA suite, costing a total of $8632 with taxes, fees and one night at the Marriott Waikiki in advance.

Our arrival in Waikiki was non-eventful - we cabbed to the hotel and the cost was about $40 plus tip. Our room was nice - we had a tiny view of the ocean and what more could one want? We were almost ready to go to sleep&except we hadn't had lunch yet! Soooo, we went to the restaurant, which was like walking across country! I's down a ramp and quite a long trip for 2 tired campers. Afterwards, we got our paper work completed took our pictures for the boarding passes, which we still had to pick up at the dock next day.

After breakfast, we waited for the bus&the ship was late in docking, so the trip was an hour late to begin with no big deal. We were on board in less than 10 minutes!! We were next told to go to meet our concierge on the 13th deck. Couldn't find him, so we just went to our suite, which was LOVELY!!!. You can't complain about 3 HD TV's, including one in the bath and a WONDERFUL verandah, complete with hot tub and a bottle of champagne. Read more