My family of four sailed on the inaugural Pride of Aloha sailing from San Francisco to Los Angeles on June 7 through June 11. The ship stopped in Monterey, Santa Barbara, and San Diego. My philosophy is that every cruise is a good cruise, but some are better than others. This was the worst cruise I have experienced. I've cruised eight times on most of the different cruise lines. It was still better than being at work.
The ship just came out of dry dock where it was refurbished with a Hawaiian atmosphere and now is a United States flagged vessel.
Embarkation was terrible. The ship was supposed to begin boarding at 2:30 PM but didn't start boarding until after 3:00PM. We stood on the sidewalk in the sun and wind for almost 3 hours until getting inside the pier to register and board. No one at NCL seemed to know what was going on. Passengers were calling out groups so we would know it was our time to register.