A bit of background, we've been cruising for a number of years with our kids and have used several different companies. Last year we cruised for the first time with Norwegian and vowed to never cruise with them again for a host of reasons (being nickel and dimed to death, mediocre service, ship etc.). However we really wanted to explore the Hawaiian Islands without spending many days at sea and this is the only option. After many, many requests from my better half to reconsider we booked the cruise albeit half heartedly after reading some of the reviews on here. We still feel the nickel and diming is annoying but the cruise itself beat our expectations easily!

The Ship:

updated fairly recently it was always clean and is very easy to navigate, we had an obstructed view cabin and in all honesty it didn't matter - you're off the ship so much that an inside cabin would have been just as fine (and cheaper). Our room steward (Kris) was fantastic - always attentive to our requests and did a great job! Read more