Today we’re in Kaua’i, which is another overnight stay. They have shuttles running to several locations such as Walmart, Hilo Hatties and Anchor Cove, which is where we were to meet our car to go on a flightseeing trip over the island. We took the shuttle and the driver told us to be sure to …
NCL’s Pride of America – Kona
Today we were on the other side of the Big Island at Kona. This port has a lot of coral so you have to tender to the dock. From the ship we could see a lot of dolphins playing around the boats that were tied out in the water, which was great fun to watch. …
NCL’s Pride of America – Hilo
Today we were at Hilo, on the Big Island. We had rented a car from Thrifty so went out to wait on their shuttle. Like we’d seen on Maui, there is nothing near the port so it’s not like you can easily walk to the shops. We took the car up to Hawaii Volcanoes National …
NCL’s Pride of America – Maui
Today was Maui, which I was really looking forward to since one of my co-workers had lived there and talked about its beauty. We hit the buffet, and yes, it was Walmart on sale! Like everyone else, we wanted to eat and get off the ship so we could start exploring. We had rented a …
NCL’s Pride of America in Hawaii
Check in at the cruise terminal was by far the easiest and nicest I’ve ever gone through. There weren’t a ton of people getting on, probably since the ship didn’t leave until later in the day and a lot of people weren’t there yet, but the immigration people in the terminal were actually extremely …