I am going to try to give you a good source of a cruise by writing every day. We scheduled this cruise way in advance for this is our 30th Anniversary cruise. My wife chose it for she has never been to Hawaii.
Early: We chose to come down early by one day. We did that for making sure we were refreshed before getting on the ship. Our adventure started from the hotel to the cruise Pier and we were let off to meet the Luggage team right away and to get into the security line. From being screened we were met by a representative who saw by our "express” check in we were in a suite and she escorted us to the VIP line which took us right away. Wow we were on the ship instantly. No hassles at all in San Diego.
Five plus days at Sea. Why Plus? We started out on time in some nice sunshine, just to turn around a get a passenger to a hospital I San Diego. We arrived about 2 AM after our start at 5PM the day before. But we were on time getting to Honolulu. You can see that Safety is their model. We should all like that. One thing about Sea days there was lots to do. Every :30 minutes something else starts as classes, Making Lei’s, Golfing with the Officers, Bingo most boards are for completely wiping out the numbers one game a day, how to Gamble, but I loved the History Seminars about WWII and Pearl Harbor. If you like movies they play a first run DVD movie daily 3 times a day.