Chose this this cruise to celebrate our (and our friend's) 35th wedding anniversary and the best way to see Hawaii. Very pricey by comparison to the 13 previous cruises we've been on (primarily the Caribbean), about double for balcony cabins and almost equal to the aft suite we had for Alaska.

Getting through security at the terminal was ridiculous, you'd think it was the first time this has been done. No curbside baggage check-in and the table to get an additional bag tag was literally at the other end of the terminal from the bag drop-off area. Very few signs and forget about stanchions to separate the madding crowd. Once through security the rest of the embarkation process was fine thanks to Micheal at the latitudes Check-In.

Our first balcony on Norwegian (primarily due to the prices) and we're probably headed back to a mini-suite the next time around. They are a bit cramped (see cabin review). Read more