I’ll start by saying the trip will be fondly remembered by my wife and I, but not for the time spent on the ship. The sites and scenery were wonderful once you get past the dock areas at each port. Before you sign up for this cruise be informed it’s not a cruise but a hotel room for getting you from one set of excursions to the next. Most all the sailing is done at night so when you wake up you are ready to leave the ship for whatever that island has to offer. We signed up for the 11-day land and sea package since this was a retirement gift for the misses. This is our 6th cruise. First with NOL.

We arrived HNL about 2:30 PM local time and were greeted in baggage claim by a NOL representative who guided us to the Marriott hotel transfer. Rather smooth I must say.

The next 2.5 days were spent being bused to all the tourist stops in Oahu. Very interesting and some beautiful, but very rushed. The routine is the same, stop the bus everybody off, and snap a few pictures, everybody back on and to the next stop. Don’t forget the gift shop; every excursion has at least one. We wasted little money there. On Saturday afternoon we were bused to the ship arriving about 3:30PM Read more