Pride of America Review

Worse ship ever! Best ports :)

Review for Hawaii Cruise on Pride of America
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karenlee36
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Feb 2018
Cabin: Large Balcony
Traveled with children

We are a family in our 40s that loves to cruise. We have been on Royal and Celebrity many times. Carnival only once. This was our first experience with NCL. We thought it would be a great way to see all the islands. The food was the horrible and horrible is being nice. Service was worse than that!! There are not many "Free" places but the food was not good even when you paid for it. The average age of our ship had to be 70 and up. The kids club for 13-17 had 3 teens.... closed most of the time anyway. Entertainment was sub-standard. We paid extra for a larger balcony and it was larger; however, it was longer not wider and the length took away from the size of the cabin making it smaller than any other ship we have been on. The room was in the worse location too and very noisy. The spa was the best part. We went there first and bought the thermal suites access for 100.00 each. (adults only) For them to lower the price 2 hours later to 75.00. Other ships have the thermal suites with a view but this one has no view just a wall. I tried to get my hair done 3 separate times and gave up. We never saw anyone actually getting their hair done but the staff always said they were booked. After 10 eating is limited to one place (Cadillac diner) which the food was ok but 45 min to 1 hour for chicken tender or a burger. The Aloha buffet has no variety and the close at odd times (breakfast over at 10 am, close all together between 5pm and 6pm. We ordered a Mai Tai (traditional Hawaiian drink) it tasted like a screw driver so we asked to make sure and the managers response was that they get complaints all the time that the bartenders do not make it right??? what? So we paid 25.00 for two 8oz drinks that were terrible. Lesson learned we just bought the rest off the ship.

Cabin Review

Large Balcony

Cabin B7

Cabin was noisy and located away from anywhere you want to go. Larger balcony is just longer cutting into the cabin size making it the smallest cabin we have ever seen. We had 3 people and it was impossible to move around if everyone is in the room. Storage is a joke and no electrical outlets in the bathroom.

Port Reviews

Maui

We rented a car and went into town.

Honolulu

Pearl Harbor/Wakiki

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