Pride of America cruise next December

[collector]

Just starting to research the 11 day cruise tour on the POA for next December. Has anyone done this? Is the hotel nice? Is this better than doing the 15 day cruises on the other cruise lines? Thank you in advance.

[mcmomny]

We did the 7 day cruise and did our own thing 3 days before and 2 days after, super easy to plan and do.

 

Loved our POA cruise.

 

Rented cars on each island and just enjoyed ourselves so much

[Sauer-kraut]

Is this better than doing the 15 day cruises on the other cruise lines? Thank you in advance.

 

The other cruise lines take a week just to sail down to Hawaii, so if you like a long string of sea days you might want to do it that way.

[herdingdogmom]

We did the 7 day POA cruise the first part of December several years ago. It is a great way to see the islands. No sea days like the two week trip from the west coast. I think the hotel is the Marriott in Waikiki. It is across the street from the beach and in the heart of all the action in Waikiki. I was there last week to see a musical performance and it looked like a nice hotel.

[Ilovesailing]

There are hundreds of hotels in and around Honolulu and you can do the land portion cheaper on your own, even price out the hotel they are offering.

Personally I would push the vacation to Jan. just for whale watching.

[buckeye82]

Did the POA in December and saw plenty of whales!

 

 

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[azappraiser]

Did the POA in December and saw plenty of whales!

 

 

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We sailed the PoA last month... what a great trip! I highly recommend flying over a few days early to spend some time on Oahu. Unfortunately for us, we lost a day due to a "maintenance issue" with our flight out of Phoenix. Our original flight got cancelled; but not before we endured a 3-hour gate delay, 4-hours of flying in circles to burn off excess fuel, and two landings at LAX.

 

Eventually, we did get to Honolulu... albeit a day later than anticipated.

 

We too saw plenty of whales... feeding at the buffet! :rolleyes: