We chose this cruise because we wanted to be in Hawaii during whale season. Have done two other round trip HI cruises (one from Vancouver and the other from San Diego) but never this time of year. We did see whales - yeah!
Poor Emerald, where to start. I'll go with the good first:
The MDR staff (ATD) and our room steward were simply excellent. I can't overstate how efficient both areas of service were.