Our Top 10 Hawaii Cruise Tips

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We enjoyed a fantastic trip to Hawaii including visiting several islands on an NCL Pride of America cruise. Here are our top 10 Hawaii cruise tips. Since this was a big bucket list trip, we did a lot of research before the trip. And we learned as we experienced our trip to Hawaii. To help you get the most out of your trip, we are sharing our tips for a Hawaiian Islands Adventure.
0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Luggage Tag Holders
2:30 - Pack Light & Casual
4:48 - Laundry Sheets
6:00 - Souvenirs
9:50 - Which Side
18:52 - Secret Waterfalls
10:49 - Arrive Early
13:00 - Daily Plan
13:53 - Make Reservations
15:05 - Pay in Advance
16:16 - Go
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@kathyownbey9128 4 дня назад

We did this cruise in March 2023 and loved it! You need to remember that this is NOT a Caribbean cruise. It is very port intensive. For us, the ports were more important than the ship itself. We treated the NCL Pride of America like a floating hotel. No idea on what the entertainment was because we’d get back to the ship each day, relax a bit, eat dinner, sit on the aft deck behind the buffet area and then head to bed and get ready for the next days activities. We typically ate breakfast and most dinners on the ship but had lunch on whatever island we’re on. Try all the different foods that you cannot get back home. Try a shave ice. Do recommend getting there a few days early to tour Oahu & take in the sites. We stayed in Lai’e at the North Shore Courtyard Marriott. Just a walk across the street and you can be at the beach and it was way more relaxing & less crowded than any beach in Waikiki. Another recommendation is to get a day use hotel on your last day there. There are a couple of websites for this. It was a normal hotel but they had some rooms that they make available just for the day. We had the room from 8-6 but the hotel clerk gave us an extra hour without us even asking. A lot of flights back to the mainland USA are really late at night. We got off the ship, took a taxi to the hotel we reserved , dropped off our luggage and explored Waikiki. Swam on the beach, took a dip in the hotel pool, were able to take showers and then checked out at 7 pm. Headed to the airport for our 11:30 pm flight home. We came from the eastern time zone. Saw many sunrises but very few sunsets. Didn’t suffer from jet lag until 2 days after we got back home.

@traveltrailsail 4 дня назад

Awesome! Sounds like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing. We also enjoyed visiting all the islands and experiencing great foods like shave ice. Appreciate hearing about your experience and your tips.

@kathykoenderink3742 21 час назад

Thank you so much for these videos. You have answered so many of the questions I had.

@traveltrailsail 19 часов назад

We are happy to be helpful. Thanks for letting us know it was useful.

@maryroberts2099 14 дней назад

I’ve heard that about Costco

@maryroberts2099 14 дней назад

I’m doing this cruise July 12 2025. My travel agency is putting together a 3 or 4 day pre cruise tour

@debraray5786 Месяц назад

SO helpful!! How much is the "Free at Sea" option? I would love for us not to be worrying about gratuities, drinks and the specialty dining!! Thank you for all your videos! I asked a couple questions on another video-I hope you will see and answer those those too-😀

@traveltrailsail Месяц назад

Thanks for your questions. We appreciate it. Free at Sea is a promotional rate offered by NCL. We found it worked well for us as the things it included were things were a good fit for us. On prior cruises, we would typically have a bill for things like gratuities, dining, and beverages. While we likely didn't get the maximum value out of all of the perks, it was great to have no surprise bill at the end of the cruise. The alternative is to book a basic cruise. NCL calls that a sailaway rate. It appears that with that rate, you may get the lowest fare but you may not be able to select your stateroom. To find out how much Free at Sea costs, I guess the best thing would be to price out the cruise two ways. Once with selecting your room and including Free at Sea. Then try it a second time with the basic rate plus gratuities. To that, add on things you are likely to do such as purchase water, soda, a glass of wine with dinner, etc. While that isn't an easy answer to how much it costs, I hope that helps.

@debraray5786 Месяц назад

This is the perfect answer. Thank you so much!

@jeandantica2464 2 месяца назад

Thank you for the tips, I have read that renting a car and exploring is the best way to see the island and it appears as if you utilized tour guides which is fantastic! If you could do it over, would you rent a car and explore or do guided tours?

@traveltrailsail 2 месяца назад

This was our first time in Hawaii. We opted to do excursions for most of our adventures. It worked great - we had good guides who explained things we likely would have missed. We did rent a car one day in Kauai which gave us a bit more flexibility and enabled us to spend more time at Waimea Canyon. If we are lucky enough to go again, we'll likely use a mix of excursions and exploring on our own. As the ship is in port overnight in Maui and Kuai, exploring on your own there might be an option. If you want to see what we did, check out our NCL Pride of America Excursions video.

@josn1053 22 дня назад

Is there Uber to take you to NCL port for embarkation if we book at Waikiki Marriott?

@traveltrailsail 22 дня назад

Thanks for the question. Short answer - I think Uber would work for your ride to the port. Longer answer. We had arranged shuttles & taxis for our transportation between the airport, hotels, and cruise terminal. Those generally worked well. However, we did have a few issues. When we ran into an issue with our shuttle from the port to Aulani, we used Lyft and it worked great. And, the Lyft ride, similar to Uber, ended up being less expensive than the transportation we had arranged. Since you asked specifically about Uber, you may want to check out this article from Uber on transportation in Honolulu. www.uber.com/global/en/r/cities/honolulu-hi-us/ Hope that helps.