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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I find it easier to review my experience on the ship in one entry, then breaking it up by day. So I’m going to go ahead and review Pride of America now… Decisions, Decisions “Let’s go island hop! Hawaii! Let’s go island hop on Maui!” Does anyone else remember these Norwegian Cruise Line commercials from
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Saturday, November 27, 2010 We had a reservation for a guided tour of Iolani Palace this morning at 8:45 am but we were already getting exhausted with the early mornings and we’d have to wake up even earlier to pack, check out of the hotel, and eat breakfast to be at Iolani Palace by 8:45
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Friday, November 26, 2010 Instead of having breakfast at Duke’s again, we decided to get us some of those famous malasadas! We arrived at Leonard’s Bakery a little bit before 8 am. We each got a Portuguese sausage wrap and original malasada. I also tried a Haupia filled malasada and Chris tried a custard filled
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Thursday, November 25, 2010 We woke up around 7 am on Thanksgiving Day and was greeted to this gorgeous sight on our balcony! Morning view of Waikiki Beach from our balcony Not bad for a “City View” room, huh?! As I mentioned in my review of Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach, I loved having breakfast
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010 I was a bit anxious on the days leading up to our flight. The news was buzzing about the airport security body scanners and the “more thorough” pat downs. There was a campaign urging airline passengers to “protest” on this day by opting out of the body scanners in order to
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Monday, July 12, 2010 When we woke up at 6:45 am, we had already pulled into Vancouver, British Columbia. The final onboard account bill was delivered at 5 am and it was now correct. After having one last breakfast in buffet, we meet for our ship-sponsored Vancouver Overview tour at 8:20 am. Even though we
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