We spent 2 nights in Kaanapali, Maui from September 16-17, 2011 before sailing Norwegian Cruise Line’s Pride of America for the second time from September 18-27, 2011. Until I have time to write a full trip report, here is a rundown of what we did: Friday night (Maui): Costco & Walmart shopping Saturday (Maui): Kapalua […]
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About Us Chris and I are a married couple of DINKS (Double Income No Kids) in our early 30’s. We live near Dallas, Texas but are originally from Los Angeles, California. This was our 5th cruise and 4th cruise in the last 2 years. We have sailed Disney twice, Royal Caribbean once, and Princess once
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Sunday, December 5, 2010 It was our last day in Hawaii and our plan was to spend it in remembrance of the men & women who served at Pearl Harbor. Our flight home was at 8 pm but Chris is a HUGE war history buff so I knew he’d want to see every single exhibit
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Saturday, December 4, 2010 Our wonderful cruise on Pride of America came to an end on this day but we took our sweet time getting off the ship. We picked the latest time available for disembarkation, which was 9 am. We had one last breakfast in Aloha Cafe at 8:30 am, returned to our room
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Friday, December 3, 2010 We were booked on Blue Hawaiian Helicopters’ Kauai Eco Tour for 10 am this morning. We were required to check in by 9:15 am so we got off the ship at 8:50 am to make sure we had enough time to walk to Harbor Mall. We lucked out and the Harbor
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Thursday, December 2, 2010 Nawiliwili Lighthouse from our balcony Just like in Hilo and Maui, we got off the ship and took the Thrifty shuttle to their office. We picked up our car and were off the lot by 8:37 am. We had to stop by Walmart again because Chris needed something and there, we
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010 For this morning, we booked Body Glove Snorkel (called Dolphin & Snorkeling Adventure on their web site) through Norwegian Cruise Line. If you want to do a snorkel cruise excursion in Kona, you have many options but the most popular are Fair Wind, Captain Zodiac, Sea Quest, and Body Glove. Chris
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010 This was the only day that we packed sandwiches from the breakfast buffet at Aloha Cafe because we expected that we would be in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park during lunch time and they don’t sell food. In addition to packing sandwiches, we brought a half-full stack of chips that we had
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Monday, November 29, 2010 We wanted to do the Road to Hana during our visit to Maui but we had to do it on the second day in port because we were planning to go to Old Lahaina Luau the first day and would not have time to do both in one day. Since we
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Sunday, November 28, 2010 We rented a car at every port on this cruise, except in Kona. We made reservations at Thrifty through Hawaiian Cruise Cars (which is no longer in business). Every port had a shuttle to the Thrifty office and back to the pier, except in Kona. In Kona, Thrifty is across the
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