Pride of America Review

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Review for Hawaii Cruise on Pride of America
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debi
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Aug 2008

I read the reviews of other members before leaving to cruise on Pride of America and I am happy to report the cruise line was listening! There were plenty of activities to choose from after 6pm. Here are my thoughts on this cruise:

We flew American Airlines and the flight attendants were very festive. The food was actually edible.

We stayed in the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort and Spa at Ko Olina. The resort is wonderful - they have three lagoons-therefore you can swim without the worry of riptides and undertows. The bar serves pina coladas in a real pineapple. Be warned the food is expensive (as we expected from a resort) but there is a small town close by. Also the air conditioning in the room is not the best and August is the hottest time of year in Hawaii therefore we were a little warm in our room at night - if you book in August don't get an ocean view room because the afternoon sun heats up the room. We rented a car for the three days we were in Oahu before the cruise- we returned the car to the airport after we checked our bags with the cruiseline-this was easier than lugging our luggage in a taxi back to the pier. Most people on this site said checking in was fast- we found it took a while because they did not have every counter open - (20 counters and only 7 of them were staffed)-still we got on the ship within 35 minutes. We were VERY impressed with the interior design of this ship. The murals in all the public rooms depicted an important place or time in history of America. The Great Seal of the President of the United States on deck 5 is incredible.

Cabin Review

Good closet space - three tiny shelves inside the closet with two baskets and two drawers outside the closet. The bathroom did not have enough shelves for our stuff. Hallway to noisy right by the elevators and we got to hear everyone yell goodnight to the friends that had made onboard.

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