Pride of America Review

Enjoyable family vacation on Pride of America

Review for Hawaii Cruise on Pride of America
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soxfan1495
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jun 2012
Cabin: Family Balcony
Traveled with children

As others have said, this cruise is more about the ports than it is about the ship. It is the only cruise ship with this wonderful itinerary. But it is not just a floating hotel with small rooms. It is an interesting and fun way, especially for a family, to visit Hawaii. Our 15 and 11 year olds loved the trip (and so did their parents).

We found the crew to be hard working, professional, and upbeat. Not much different really than a crew on a ship that is not American-flagged. In fact, it was nice to be able to chat with crew members from the USA, it was different than what we have found on other ships, but not in a bad way. We also appreciated the willingness of the ship's officers to visit with cruise critic members at the meet and greet, and the officers impressed us with their earnestness and interest in making the cruise a wonderful one.

The ship was generally clean and well maintained. We did see some things that made us feel that this is not up to the same standards as some other ships. For example, drawers that do not open smoothly, small rust spots in the railings of our balcony, some worn spots in the upholstery in our room, and a safe that did not work. These were small things, however, that did not in any way spoil our trip. The ship did roll a little, perhaps because of the weather or large Pacific swells. This was more fun than anything, as it was interesting to watch people walking down the long passageways, weaving from one side to the other as they went. The ocean view cabin with balcony we had was small but adequate (and we had four people in it). "Adequate" means that there was room under the beds for most everything, even though it was hard to move around in the room unless someone went out to the balcony or was in the bathroom. The beds were very comfortable.

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Family Balcony

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