This was a family vacation for us, which included my hubby and myself, my two sons and their wives and one set of in-laws; 8 of us in all. Four of us flew in from Los Angeles, and four flew in from Las Vegas. The Vegas group spent a few days on Maui before the cruise. Our group flew in on the day of the cruise.

We arrived at the airport in Honolulu approximately 11:30am. After gathering our luggage, we headed to the front of the airport and immediately found a shuttle to get us to the port. We had heard different costs for getting to the port, but in the end, it cost us a total of $9.00/person because we bought the roundtrip ticket. If we hadn't, it would have cost us $15.00/person. The Vegas group took a limo ride to the port, and it cost them a total of $27. (when we got off the ship later in the week, after the cruise, there was no line at all for the shuttle, while there was a very long line for people waiting for taxis).

When we arrived at the port, there was a very long line to check in, even though we were told we wouldn't be able to get on the ship until 1:00pm. We stood on the line for a total of about 2 minutes until I looked around and realized there was a separate line for Latitudes members. We had sailed on NCL one time before, about 13 years ago, and we are Latitudes members. I did have my number with me, but not the numbers of any of the other members of our group. The lines for Latitudes members had about 5 people on it. They never asked for my membership number, and we were onboard within about 15 minutes. Read more