Room- I believe 162 sq feet, so not the smallest we’ve been in.  The mirrors in the room help the room feel bigger.  The 2 lower beds can’t be put together because of the uppers. Of course, you have to watch not to bang your head if the Pullmans are down (even if they are up, the hang off the walls).

8.	Outlets- The most we’ve had with 4, usually only get 1 or 2. (see pics)
9.	Bed=A: Princess has very comfortable floor beds, the uppers are not as nice. 
10.	Pillows= I bring my own but they seem fine. 
11.	Heating and air= We stayed comfortable but we always bring a little fan for white noise and air circulation. 
12.	Metal walls= The doors took magnets very well. 
13.	Bathroom- Pretty small, shelf space is ok, could use more since it’s so small. (see pics)
14.	shower size= Smallest, drain backing up, soap smells like lilac flowers and men don’t want to smell like flowers.  Hand soap smelled like lard.  Carnival has a nice citrus scent, same company so they should use this instead. 
15.	noise= The room was almost in the front of the ship, with only rooms above and below, so it was very quiet.

Nice port with places to visit near by, like Battleship USS Iowa Museum, nice free pic opportunities for free from the outside. 

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Ensenada: We walked to the Riviera of Ensenada, an old luxury hotel that is completely free to tour and have a bar that is famous for their Margaritas that only cost a few bucks.  I enjoyed the walk and especially the cost.  They have vendors in the courtyard selling many items, even hand made for your souvenirs for cheap. 

We then walked over to watch the fountain show synced with Latino and US music and was pretty impressive.  I’m sure the night show would be even more spectacular. 

The arroyo (brook) Ensenada was almost dried up showing a lot of trash and smelled pretty bad.  They did have a boat in the bay picking up trash. 

Overall I really enjoyed my visit to Ensenada. 


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-	Kaui: Booked a helicopter tour on the internet with Safari and our young pilot Paka was very professional and enjoyed his knowledge and love of the island.  I was pleasantly surprised being sat in a middle seat how good my views where, possibly better than a window seat because I had a clear view over the pilot's shoulder as well has the huge clear door, much larger than all the other choppers that were there. The only way to have gotten a better view would have been if the doors were off.  Air worked well and told us he likes to run it cold to help with sickness. Another bonus is the price is the same no matter what tour time I booked.
Looking at the other helicopters on the airstrip, this was the best one (unless you want the doors off).  It also was the best priced. A+ rating for these folks!!

-	Maui: We rented a little Hyundai (which I would recommend a small car or sports, not a jeep for all the tight corners) and made it all the way to Hana.  We got an early start so the traffic wasn't bad.  Going back was definitely longer because we didn't have to hardly every yield at the bridges on the way there but we did on the way back but still maintained a much higher speed than the posted 15MPH. We did most of our stops on the way back including the black sand beach with the lava cave (tube was closed, which was a huge disappointment) but the beach was awesome and not very crowded.  The smoothed lave rocks to feel is a very unique experience and much better than Richards black sand beach that is super, super tiny and crowded. 
We captured pictures of few waterfalls, the peninsula on the large waves crashing the shore. 

I have to mention the spectacular sunrise peaking over the mountains has been some the best pictures taken on the cruise so far so you probably don't want to miss that. 

-	Honolulu: Took the bus and decided it was the wrong choice for our party of 3.  We should have taken the 16.50 and put it toward a rental for ~$60 and would have done more time traveling to do what we wanted instead of a lot of waiting for the right bus to ride. 

We did go to the top of diamond head (~20 minute walk from the bus stop to even get into the park) and took us around another hour to go up the long winding path then the 270+ stairs to get to the top.  The views are spectacular. It was tiring but even little kids where climbing to the top. 

We stopped at the palace on the way back to capture some pictures but we had run outta time to do anything else because we have a 4:20 Luau excursion to go to. 

Germain&rsquo;s Luau: We planned on taking an Uber, but figured it out to saving only $15 PP so we made a very good choice to just book through the ship.  This gave us better seating as well as a roomy tour bus to kick back and relax and learn about the island from our 82 year old escort Ron, what a nice man.  Not sure how anyone can write a bad review of this place.  We brought a grandma and without even asking a worker told her when it's time to eat, you stay right there and I will bring your food to you and true to his word, that's what he did long before our table was excused.  The food was very good and ran 3 buffet tables on both sides so the lines went pretty quick.  The show was great, the crowd interaction was great.  We got some of the most gorgeous sunset pictures ever.  The whole thing was a great experience.  

It's a lot of waiting for the city bus, its cheap but too time consuming so unless you go to Hawaii every month, rent a car.  It took pretty much the whole day to use the bus to go to Diamond head, then ~20 minute uphill walk to even get into the park to even start our ascend to the peak.  Views are great and had to get my "I climbed Diamond Head" t-shirt at an ABC store (popular convenience store in the islands)

-	Hilo:  Docked at a pier and getting off the ship was pretty quick.  The port is very unwelcoming.  There are no welcoming signs and nothing to tell you that you are even in the paradise Hawaii, just dilapidated buildings everywhere in the port.  The port authorities match the scene, very rude, yelling at passengers as they are trying to make their way. 

We rented a car and drove up to the volcano house and the views are really grand, I esp noticed and enjoyed the smell that reminded me of barbeque. 

We travel to the lava walls and was impressive the size of this thing.

We went to Richards very busy very tiny black sand beach then back to the ship.
			
When we got back the ship, around 4 an there was hardly any traffic but the port authorities' moods where no different. 

It's a shame the only interaction we had with Hawaiians on this island was anything but "Aloha"

laundry= We were at the front of the ship, the laundry was in the back so we were happy we had facilities, it’s a good walk back and forth.Summary=Ship was tight, buffet much to be desired, dining room was good and the Hawaiian Islands were awesome.

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