I think everyone needs to do one Hawaiian cruise in their lives – for the simple reason you have the ability to check out each island cruise line stops at to see which island you like best, this is a taste of which island may want to go back to, however, there's just one cruise line in the game and that's NCL.

So here's the skinny on this cruise- I'm not going to go into big long detailed explanation and go day by day. I'm just going put it out there from my notes, and take what you need and and leave the rest, as this is just my perspective.

We typically cruise every other year, and when we cruise we stay in a suite. We like to relax and have a week of just being taken care of. The suites were just refurbished. You really couldn't tell that by me. The floors in the shower were cracked and the toilet have a hard time flushing. The latches on the closets didn't stay firmly in place so the nights the seas were rough the closet doors swing open and closed all night which was annoying. The bed is very tall so if you're short you may need to take a running start!! Read more