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My bad, you are correct.

Sugar Free Vitamin water is available, not sure about Red Bull or Teas. Premium gets you glass bottles of water vs tin cans. Wines selections are hit or miss depending on where you dine, what is on the list may not actually be available . As far as wines at bars, Cellar Masters has the largest variety of wines by the glass but they don't open until after 4pm. Bring the 4 bottles of wine and decide onboard if you want to upgrade. If you upgrade to the premium pkg there is no corkage fee, if you don't, just take a glass of wine to dinner.

We’ve had 3 cruises on EC since Dec including the same cruise as the OP. We had 11+ days in each dining room, MD, Blu and Luminae. There were many very good meals, some average and even a couple that we returned. As to the comment of no Prime Rib, it was on the MDR menu for the last Chic night, was it not available? Been cruising X for 20+ years and the food is not as good as it once was but IMO it certainly doesn't suck. If you eat breakfast early, go to your assigned dining room for better quality food. We tend to eat later and did the breakfast buffet many times for made to order eggs, which is an option until 11am.

Just off a 12 night and as I recall no menu repeated (although some items did repeat).

We’ve done both directions, discovered after the most recent cruise that we like HI to Vancouver. It was nice to have a few days on Oahu pre cruise, followed by activities on the other islands then 5 relaxing sea days. We had a port side cabin and enjoyed beautiful sunsets and enjoyed some afternoons relaxing on the balcony.

Does snorkeing interest you? Or depending on the time of year, book a whale watch tour.

One option if you are seriously considering this is to book a hotel with a liberal cancellation policy on a couple of the islands and also book a car for the same days then cancel if you decide not to revisit.

When you sail from SF you’ll want to be on an open deck especially if you have never sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge. We’re currently on our way to Vancouver and are port side, we’ve had some nice sunsets but since you’re RT that doesn't matter 😆

You can also bring 2 bottle pp at embarkation. They used to sell 3,5 or 7 bottle packages onboard, not sure if they still do that. If you only drink 3-5 glasses of wine and only at dinner, purchasing the bev package may not be the best option for you, unless you are interested in the bottled water, coffee, soda, etc.

Im actually surprised companies are still offering whale watching in May. I hope you get lucky. Excited to be back on Eclipse in 9 days 😁

What did you learn about Whales and Dolphins in Hawaii? I imagine the whales will mostly be heading to Alaska. Maybe we’ll see some dolphins on a snorkel excursion.?

We really enjoyed Carderos. Good food, and after dinner a nice walk back to Canada Place

We’ve snorkeled with Trilogy a few times, they have a 10am Lanai snorkel trip.

Excited to follow your travels across the Pacific, it will be my countdown to the May 6 cruise.

In Jan the smoking area on deck 5 was forward on the port-side, not outside al Bacio.

Definitely one of the most entertaining trivia we have ever gone to and just as much fun the 2nd time!

Its a long shot but…if you are on Instagram, you could message Sue, the director and ask her to provide Mazy with your email.

Pre covid we did, we rented a car from YVR to BLI. Don't know if one way rentals are still available.

Another duplicate, sorry

We were onboard in Feb, we ate in the Spa cafe several times. Lunch was the typical pre plated salad type stuff. There was a turkey sandwich which could be made to order (i dont do mayo). Plus the usual juices and smoothies. Were not early risers, we enjoyed breakfast a couple of times. Don't recall what we had but it was good enough to go more than once.

Looks like 2B. We’ll probably just return the car first.

We were in a forward facing slanted cabin on deck 8 port side. We thought our neighbors were smoking, it was the smoke from deck 5 forward smoking area. If you don't like smoke, go starboard, unless you are on a higher deck. Since the balconies are deep and the dividers go all the way to the railing, we have never experienced more wind in a forward facing unless we are standing at the railing and even then not really unless extreme weather.

We were in EC in Dec and Jan, so envious, but we will be back in May. is Captain Leo still at the helm? Seems like he is due for vacation soon. Enjoy

We have disembarked in Honolulu previously but this will be our first time boarding a ship there. Is it easy enough to get into the port area in a rental car to drop off our bags early, then leave to drop off our car at HNL?