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Wisely reasoned as always, Chief. Let me correct that. The problem keeping the ship at Hilo was specific to one generator only. The member of the "technical team" to whom you spoke was inadequately informed or speculating. Other, unrelated, routine maintenance was ongoing as usual. The time to repair was less than 40 hours, with teams working 24 hours a day. The total time in port was longer in duration than the total time needed for repairs, as the issue was not discovered at the instant of arrival. Naturally, time was also needed to prepare for departure after the issue was corrected. It was a successful example of routine checks identifying the problems they are meant to identify. Your information is correct. The hull inspection period at Pearl Harbor, which had been planned long in advance, was routine. It did not involve any maintenance and was unrelated to the generator issue that had been successfuly resolved a few days earlier. The ship departed early from Pearl Harbor. The only unexpected challenge was the crew being prohibited from going ashore at Pearl Harbor, due to the security policies of the surrounding military installation. After boarding passengers and departing from Honolulu on time, a medical issue caused the ship to return briefly to port to disembark the affected passenger. This also is a routine occurrence. Neither the drydock period nor the return to Honolulu were related to any kind of maintenance issue, though I admire the capable imaginations of those who suggest a much more dramatic series of events.

No such maintenance is planned or anticipated in June, so I'm afraid that the post referenced above was made in error. However, as others have mentioned, there will be two days in drydock for a routine hull inspection next week, April 26-27, as indicated on the NCL website by the two 6-day cruises before and after those dates. To provide some factual details, an issue with one of the seven generators on board was identified during routine checks around 10 am on Tuesday, April 16th. The issue was corrected as quickly as possible, and the voyage resumed as quickly as possible. The total time needed to correct the issue was just over 40 hours. It was an extremely dedicated effort by the engineers and outside technical specialists, with teams working in shifts 24 hours a day to minimize the impact to passengers. The most recent snow between Hilo and Kona was four days ago on April 15th, as reported by multiple media outlets. Here is one such link.

Some of the details referenced above are now public. Quoting a different poster in another thread: "Just back from B2B PoA cruises. The American crew was very friendly and tried very hard to please. We heard that dispensation had been obtained, for a limited time, to reduce the ratio of American to International crew to 50%… In any case, the cruises were very enjoyable." On a similar note, the CEO has publicly confirmed that staffing levels should approach normal next month: …[H]e addressed the Hawaii staffing: “So, for Hawaii, the magic [crew] number is 900,” Sommer noted. “We’re now sitting at just under 800 [crew members on Pride of America], so we’ve made significant progress,” he explained. "We think we’ll be at the full 900 by early January,” adding that the ship is fully sold out through June.

Potential for some movement in this space, but I don't know if any details are publicly available at the moment.

Some updates since the shipyard periods last year. PoA burns only MGO/ISO 8217:2010 at the moment, though HFO capability and scrubbers are still in place. Fuel is received by truck weekly at Honolulu as the bunker barge operating company ceased operations during Covid.