Pride of America Review
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We recently returned to the Pride of America (POA) for another spin around the islands. We had sailed on her in 2007, about the same time of year, so the weather conditions were similar. We were once again greeted with an orchid flower lei for me and a shell lei for my husband. They had Hawaiian music playing and water available.
Since we were returning cruisers, we were able to get in the ‘short line’ so had our photos taken for our key card and were walking across the gangway in a short amount of time. Since our cabin was not yet available, we decided to go to the Skyline Dining Room for lunch rather than the buffet for a change. We were ushered to Table 1, a great little table for two in the corner at the window. I had a FABULOUS marinated shrimp salad and my husband had a cobb salad and fish and chips - the salads were brought promptly, but the fish and chips took quite a while to be served.
After lunch we went back out to see if our cabin was ready and they were announcing that cabins were ready floor by floor - there didn’t seem to be any logic or reason to the order as the first deck to be announced was Deck 4, then Deck 9 then us on 11 - I would have thought it would have been the deck with the suites, but apparently not.
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The cabin was nice, although the overhang from Deck 12 was not good as it did impair our views. The arrangement of the drawers and storage in the closet area was a little tight. Although there were drawers near the media center, they were basically unusable for clothes since it was all the way across the room. Storage in the bathroom, as is usual for a cruise ship, is just NOT enough. This was our first time this far forward and this high up. I think I prefer to be more aft and on a lower deck - much more convenient to getting around that way.