This cruise was for our 25th wedding anniversary. This was our 7th cruise, 1st with NCL. We chose this ship for the itinerary. I've heard people say that the ship is just a "floating hotel". The ship was very nice and clean. We didn't do much on the ship, after all, we were in Hawaii!
ARRIVAL: We went 2 days pre-cruise. We had the NCL transfer from the airport to the hotel. One thing that was funny was there was a lady on our plane that fussed about not getting a lei. I told her that unless she arranged for it, she wouldn't get one. She fussed all the way to the hotel (DH and my hotel was the first stop, thank goodness!!) Thursday, it was late, we went to get something to eat and went to bed. Friday, we arranged an excursion to Pearl Harbor/city tour with Roberts Hawaii. That was great!!
Embarkation: Very easy. Shuttle picked us up at our hotel. No offense to anyone, but at first we thought we were on a "senior citizens" cruise! We were the youngest couple on the bus and we are 43 and 44!! One nice little lady even said, "honey, are you sure you are on the right bus?" Everything went smoothly. We went to the Aloha cafe for lunch and by the time we were through eating, our cabin was ready. We had a balcony and it was great!!