We sailed on NCL - Pride of America for Christmas. Staff was definitely the best I have ever seen and I have been on 7 other cruises with various cruiselines. The ship itself was old and I knew that before hand and the rooms are definitely tight. We had 4 of us in a rooom, 2 adults, and a 16 and 12 year old. It was manageable but room for all of our stuff was tight, especially in the closet. The only real complaint that I had about the room was that the bathroom always smelt like urine, and my in-laws said the same thing about there room at the other end of the ship!

If you are looking for nightly entertainment, this ship is not for you unless you like to just sit in a bar. After the show there really is nothing else to do, which wer were ok with since we are not realy partiers. The ship does get rocking around at night when you are sailing so if you are one who gets sea sick, be prepared. I really didn't think it would be rough, but man was I wrong.

The islands were great, but we did have some problem with excersions booked through NCL always running late!!! Also we had booked the Circle of Fire helecopter tour and all of the flights that day were ground due to weather (which apparently happens alot) which I was very dissapointed about, since it was the one thing we were really looking forward to! The food in the restaurants was alright, but nothing great. The main diningroom, seemed like it always had new people working in them and there was always soemthing wrong with our food, or wrong food or no food at all. This happened during breakfest and at dinner. The Cadillac diner had amazing wings!!! This cruise is definitely one you book for the islands so dont expect alot from ship itself, but it is a great way to see Hawaii and the staff definitely help make the ship enjoyable!