we have been on this particular cruise many times. Good points: the food and service is vastly improved over the past few years. Bad points: we will never get a cabin on NCL that has a window view. The window was never cleaned on the outside the entire trip. Even when we boarded the window was filthy. Really distorts the view. In a nut shell, a great way to see Hawaii. Just remember, you are staying on a ship that compare to a budget motel. They charge for everything. They will not even allow you to bring your own bottled water on board, but will sure sell it to you for $5.50 per liter bottle. My wife wants to give them another chance on another ship, but I'm hedging. I'd much rather be on a Disney cruise where the service, food, cabin, entertainment and activities are way above NCL's, and the price (when adding all NCL's extra charges) is not that much above,