our family went on the star 7/13-7/20. it was a wonderful cruise, probably the best cruise we have ever been on. we cruised with our14 year old daughter and my parents, celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. i will split this review into a couple of different post.

friday

my husband, daughter and i arrived 2 days before the cruise and stayed at the hilton hawaiian village. we rented a car through hertz as they have a rental site on the hotel and we were able to drop the car off there on sunday morning. we arrived on friday afternoon and checked into the hotel which is very lovely. within 30 minutes we were at the snack bar and beach. we were really hungry and then realized that there was a 4 hr. difference in the time and it was near the time we eat dinner. the beach was great and the pool was large. that night we went to the aloha friday king's jubilee & fireworks. then we went shopping at the markets around the hotel and bought cokes at abc and some other treats. as many people have mentioned food is expensive at the hilton. a large coke my daughter ordered on the beach was $3.50. hence the trip to abc for $2.99 a six pack. there was a fridge in the room. the time change really caught up with my daughter and husband and by 8:45 they were sound asleep. the next day we got up early as my daughter was going surfing. Read more