This was my third cruise with NCL and the one that I liked the least. Don't get me wrong, the ship is beautiful having been refurbished in March. It was the service that I experienced that left a lot to be desired.

We arrived in Honolulu on Wednesday June 26. We stayed at Embassy Suites. I've written a trip report and hotel review over on Trip Advisor if you'd care to read it there.

We returned our rental car back to the airport and took a cab to board the POA. Taxi with tip was $32.00. We arrived at the pier around 1:30. I wanted to be sure to get on board for our cruise critic meet and greet which was scheduled for 3:45. Once we arrived we had to wait in a very long line to check our luggage. I forgot to print out our luggage tags at home so I had to wait extra long to get them at the pier. Once the luggage was checked and we went through the security line and then we entered the very spacious terminal. We had to stop to have our picture taken. I'm a photography buff so I really didn't mind. Once through that line we were then ushered to another line to get our key cards and finish some last minute paperwork. I've sailed NCL before so there is a special (shorter) line called Latitudes that we had to go to. We didn't have to wait very long and then it was time to board the ship. We also stopped to buy my 18 yr old son a soda card which I think was around 49.00 for the week. Read more