My husband and I took our first cruise on the Norwegian Dawn December 27, 2015- January 2, 2016. Our cruise departed out of New Orleans, LA. We received the Ultimate Beverage Package for free, which included unlimited beer, wine, cocktails, and soda. We opted for a Balcony Stateroom since it was our first time cruising! …
Breaking Away to Bermuda
Last week I was fortunate enough to sail on the Norwegian Breakaway for the second time this year. This time on a sailing that included 3 days/2 nights in Bermuda. This was my 8th visit to Bermuda on various cruise ships, and I never tire of the island and it’s inhabitants. Departure was from the Manhattan …
Cruising on the Norwegian Breakaway
In February of this year, I sailed on one of Norwegian Cruise Lines newest ships, the Breakaway, sister ship to the newer Norwegian Getaway. I had been on the Breakaway for a lunch and tour a few months back, but never had the chance to sail on her. The Breakaway is home ported year round …
NCL’s Pride of America – Kaua’i
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 …