After travelling for 22 hours to get to Hawaii, we stayed overnight at the Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel before venturing to the ship. There we waited in line in the heat with our luggage for over an hour. Once inside the terminal, there were lines again to deposit luggage and then again to get to the registration desk. This seemed excessive, however sleep deprivation and jet lag made it seem worse.

Once on the ship, we had a 2:30 lunch in the Aloha Cafe and immediately felt better. The food was very good with a lot of variety.

Our cabin was ready and we were even a little early for the muster drill. It was surprising that we did not have to take our life jackets and it was very surprising to see the casual attitude of many of the passengers (late, chatting, carrying drinks) None of this was corrected by the crew. Our cabin was smaller than I have experienced on any other ship, but large enough for our clothing and luggage storage. It was clean and well maintained. We only ever saw our cabin steward once in the 7 days. Read more