I would like to make this brief and just hit the highlights. Precruise we stayed at Doubletree San Pedro. It was wonderful! Got an upgrade to a suite and looked right out on the marina! Complementary van to take us to dinner and to pick up a little wine for the trip and to the port the next day. Embarkation was a breeze. We arrived about 11:30 and checked in immediately. Waited for a short time in a very large lobby and were on the ship and in our stateroom in less than an hour. The Pacific crossing was very smooth and enjoyable in every way. We did the Ultimate Balcony Dinner on the last full sea day before Hawaii and it was absolutely perfect!! Don't miss Bob Basso the naturalist. His lectures were captivating -- and I am normally not one to sit through lectures!! We booked all of our excursions through Princess because I like the convenience that that offers. Our first port was Lahaina. We had booked a whale watching tour and were delayed getting off the ship (no fault of Princess) and subsequently our early morning tour was combined with the later tour and it was very crowded and hot and not very fun. The boat never left the marina area where the Diamond was anchored. We could have seen the same whales from our balcony. We went on the Jungle Falls Kayak excursion in Kauai and really enjoyed it despite DH being Kayak steering dyslexic. Great guides with this adventure! It was quite a muddy trek through the jungle, but enjoyable nonetheless! In Honolulu we did Pearl Harbor and the Mighty Mo. Our tour guide threw in the City Tour because we had enough time! A nice bonus. Kona was our favorite port because we had the best excursion imaginable!! We did the Captain Zodiac snorkel excursion. I can't say enough wonderful things about this! Keep in mind, it is not for the faint of heart! It is definitely a thrill ride. Our guides, Colin and Brittany, were wonderful. Colin's skill with the raft and knowledge of the island were very impressive. In Hilo we did Volcano National Park and enjoyed it. The return trip home was fairly calm as well, with the exception of one night being pretty rocky! The ONLY negative on this trip was disembarkation! This was a nightmare and a terrible way to end such a wonderful cruise. I hope whatever they did the morning we disembarked was a test run and they will make some major improvements!! Overall, this cruise was an eleven on a scale of ten!!