Let me say, overall we did enjoy this trip. The islands in Hawaii are an awesome site and the weather is nearly perfect every day.

However, that being said the dining experience for us was poor to say the least. First of all the aloha cafe was closed after the first night we were there for re-tiling. This was the root of many of the problems with dining aboard the ship. Because of this, it left only one buffet open on the aft part of the ship. That buffet often ran out of food and the quality of the food was just okay at best. Due to that buffet being closed, it caused overcrowding on all the other restaurants. Seating was impossible most mornings and evenings. We had to get up early just to get a seat, to eat because we were booked on shore excursions almost daily. The salad bar was great, however the staff had a hard time keeping up with it. The entrees were just OK, nothing very exceptional at all. We dined mostly in the buffet, Cadillac diner (similar to a bar and grill type menu), and the liberty.

The staterooms were ok, once again nothing spectacular, but satisfactory. The beds were not very comfortable and the pillows were just horrible. The bathrooms were small, but again met the purpose. The one complaint I did have was 3-4 times we could not get hot water in out shower. Read more