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Pride of Aloha - Hawaii

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Sail Date: Jun 2004
Cabin: Mid-Ship Inside

This relocation cruise was sorely lacking in organization. Sailing short-handed was clearly a stress to all concerned: there were lines at all of the "Freestyle" dining rooms and buffet/cafeteria, and instructions were often contradictory and frequently wrong. The Inside Stateroom was the biggest disappointment -- we expected small NOT dangerous! With 4 to a room, the one wall-mounted bunk was OK, but the pull-out couch blocked egress for the other 3 occupants -- that meant we had to climb across the bed -- LITERALLY -- to get to the bathroom in the night (we were fortunate that we didn't have an emergency evacuation situation).

Food was cafeteria quality in the buffet, and appeared to be running out by the end of the cruise! The service dining was plagued with mixed-up orders at first, but eventually improved to moderate quality meals with service that was painfully overworked which impacted the speed of service. The specialty dining was very good quality, but at $12.50 - $15 per meal, we thought it was a little ridiculous for the kind of quality we were expecting.

Entertainment was mostly very good, although we found some of the costuming offensively skimpy. Public rooms were generally crowded and suffered scheduling conflicts frequently. My family really enjoyed the Hula lessons and crafts, though. Hawaii was awesome, and the USA cruise line gave us more time in port which was fabulous. We even liked the relocation part of the cruise, because it gave us time to get over the jet lag. We had a couple of the Waiters/Waitresses that we really liked (they worked like dogs, though), and we found the room Steward to be excellent.

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