We wanted to visit several of the Hawaiian islands other than Oahu. These surpassed expectations and were simply wonderful and are highly recommended. The ship itself, from our point of view, had 3 problems: (1) half of the crew were great, but the other half seemed disinterested and unfriendly (in the Teppanyaki restaurant the two waitresses seemed positively hostile to guests, doing their best to ruin an otherwise wonderful foody experience); (2) the range of food in the cafes was adequate but poor by comparison with, e.g. Princess on which we usually travel; (but we very much enjoyed 3 specialty restaurants); (3) we were on Deck 10 forward portside and had constant early morning loud noise from crew moving furniture, which Guest Services pretended they knew nothing about though it must be a normal feature of those cabins - avoid Deck 10! The overall result: we loved the islands but would tend to avoid Norwegian again if we could. However, there was no other choice for this trip. Also an hour's queue to check in!