Hawaii Vacation - Norwegian Pride of America - November/December 2014 - Day 2 – Honolulu

Saturday November 30, 2013

Breakfast on the balcony overlooking the Honolulu city and ocean and then off to our tour of the city, Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona. The city tour was a good over view and we got to drive through the Punch Bowl Cemetery, which was very interesting. We got to Pearl Harbor around 11:30 AM and got right into the movie, but unfortunately it was too windy to get to the USS Arizona memorial. That was a huge let down, but we just walked around and saw the rest of the sites.

After the tour we left for the ship and boarded the Norwegian Pride of America. The embarkation was very quick and easy. They had some buff Hawaiian dancers for entertainment  as you waited to check in. Soon enough we were on-board. The entrance reminded me a very nice hotel and I was very impressed.

We were given an inside cabin on the 4^th level. The room is very small, but serves it purposes.  It could have been cleaned just a tad better and the shower had a slight leaking issue, but nothing was worth really complaining about. The location was nice though because it is really easy to get everywhere quickly.

Lunch was at the Aloha café. It is a smaller buffet, but served it purposes. The food was pretty good, especially the sandwiches.  

Next was the fire drill. They check your room, so you can no skip out, not like we would. It was a little long setting up and lasted 30 minutes. They did have it in smaller groups so when it was over it was not a mass mob scene going back to rooms, so that was nice.

We next headed to the wine bar and started our “happy” hours. The bartender was very informative and friendly. We met some Australians, and of course now we want to go there. We ordered the wine package since you get 20% off if you order 6 or more bottles. It is really worth it. There is a soda package, but no alcoholic package.

The first night we went to the complimentary restaurant Skyline late. This was not very impressive. The wait staff seemed more interested in talking then serving us. It just was different because on other lines the servers always became our friends and were very awesome. The food was so so. The French onion soup was beef broth, with a piece of bread with a little cheese on it. We both got spaghetti, which was nothing special either. It just was not a very impressive restaurant overall. The next day we went to see about lunch and it took someone five minutes to get to us and tell us it was closed. I just think the servers are done there.

Off to bed!