Just wanted to write my review of the Pride of america ship. My wife and I took this cruise on may 19th. I booked this vacation as a surprise for my wife and before I read any reviews on it. After booking it I was online reading the reviews on this sight and I must say we were both very concerned about the bad reviews and were not sure of what to expect. We have been on three carnival cruises and were very happy with them. Now back to the cruise.

First of all I am happy to report that we DID NOT find any of the bad things in these reviews to be true. We flew into Honolulu a day early to try to get somewhat on Hawaiian time. We flew from the east coast so it was a long day. One note on flying to hawaii. We had to fly into Maui first then to Honolulu. There were no direct flights the day we flew in. We got to Honolulu and the airline lost all of our luggage. We did get it later that night at about midnight, but the guy at the claims desk at the airport told us that they always have problems with luggage arriving when people go to Maui before they go to Honolulu. So if at all possible ,make a direct flight to Honolulu. We stayed at Ala Moana hotel in Honolulu. Very reasonable price, $140.00 a night for a very nice room with a view of the city and ocean. Extremely nice hotel and remodeled recently. Probably the most comfortable bed I have slept in a hotel.

The boarding of the ship is very easy as everyone said. We got there at 12:30pm and only waited in line for 10 or 15 mins and we were on the ship. Our cabin was not ready, but we knew it wouldn't be that early. We went to the Aloha cafe and had lunch at the buffet and then explored the ship. As for the food: We did not eat at any of the cover charge restaurants so I can't speak of them. We ate mostly at the buffet, which I must say had good food and deserts. We did find the selection to be a little "boring" after 7 days but the food was good and we could always find something to eat. Every one is right about eating outside on the back of the ship. We always found a place to sit with no problems. There is another Aloha buffet outside, but we couldn't figure out what it was for except for a place where they prepared room service food because it was never open. We did eat at the diner one time, good wings but order more than one order of them because you only get 4 to an order. Burgers are good but they are the same ones as the buffet. breakfast buffet was great in the Aloha cafe, we ate that every day. Read more