NCL, Norwegian Cruise Line
Pride of America Cruise Review
7-Day Hawaii

Cristie
Age: 40
Occupation: nurse
Number of Cruises: 1
Sailing Date: December 2nd, 2005

I will probably not cruise again after the experience I had on this one. My husband and I arrived in our state room-I'll just briefly list the problems from there:
not enough room to move around in--we had to wait for one to leave the bathroom and get to the balcony area before the other could get by or climb over the bed--(we are average sized, healthy and limber people) so when the description on the website states square footage may vary--believe me--they put that there so they can put you in a cracker box. (trapped at sea)
Room was dirty--bloody stain on comforter.
old water in ice bucket when we arrived
refrigerator filthy inside and out----
glass door to balcony and all mirrors spotted with something and fingerprints all over them.
one trash can--no trash can liners--ever---day after day-(pretty sure this wasn't sanitized either)
housekeeper did not speak English--kept leaving decaf coffee--had to explain to her 2 times with package in hand that we did not want decaf. communicated mostly by showing her with hand motions what to do--would have cleaned it myself, but they don't sell clorox clean-ups on the ship
toilets stink-everytime you flush them.
if you hold your arms up above your head to shampoo your hair--elbows will be bruised from hitting the shower.
the ship stunk while in port---sewer gasses--very strong---if you were on the deck---it was not tolerable.
bars closed at different times, sometimes for a meeting, party, whatever--you could just walk to the bar area to sit or meet family--it would be closed, no signs/ nothing.
the tour bus driver that helped drive us to the 95$ per person luau--well she was not glad to have the mainlanders there--when a group of us (about a dozen people and one man in a wheelchair) gathered at the buses prior to the luau being over and ask if we could get on one of the buses and sit down, she told one of the other drivers, "let them on there, close the door and then turn off the air conditioner."

One thing for sure is that this is not a 100% ENGLISH SPEAKING CREW----unless it involves the exchange of money--those people understood English very well.

Poor service everywhere--these people act like they don't need your business and don't need this job.

We will not use this line again and will probably visit the Hawaiian Islands by plane if ever we decide to grace the Hawaiian's with our presence!