BnAv10 Posted May 27, 2015 Author #126 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Friday, April 3, 2015 Pride of America (POA) Our last full day of the cruise, second day on Kauai. Watched the sunrise and ate breakfast on the back lanai of the ship. Since it was a short day, we decided to stay close by the ship. We had planned to maybe just spend a few hours at the nice little beach that's an easy walk from the ship. However, we were feeling adventurous, so we decided to venture out to the lighthouse that you can see from the ship. An indispensible tool was the google maps app on my iphone. We figured out (using google search) that the lighthouse was called Ninini Point Lighthouse. Then typing that into google maps we were able to get walking directions, that were different from driving directions. Because of this we learned that there were "shoreline access" right of way paths through the private golf course. It felt a little weird walking on those paths through the golf course, at least the first way through. But on the way back felt more at ease and we enjoyed it. The golf course was deserted anyway, except for some grounds workers. The pathway takes you down past the public beach in front of the Marriott, then through the golf course to a nice little secluded beach, then back up onto the golf course, through an abandoned parking area, and through a backroad in back of the airport, and finally to the lighthouse. It was about 2.5 miles each way and i think we took about 3 hours round trip. Took a few pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BnAv10 Posted May 27, 2015 Author #127 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Friday, April 3, 2015 Pride of America (POA) continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BnAv10 Posted May 27, 2015 Author #128 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Friday, April 3, 2015 Pride of America (POA) continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BnAv10 Posted May 27, 2015 Author #129 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Friday, April 3, 2015 Pride of America (POA) continued Today's towel animal: I really enjoyed sailing away from Kauai and watching it from our private balcony. Took some pics and a short video [YOUTUBE]A8A2UdWjwgA[/YOUTUBE] And then just seeing this while relaxing on our private lanai. Bliss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BnAv10 Posted May 27, 2015 Author #130 Share Posted May 27, 2015 (edited) Friday, April 3, 2015 Pride of America (POA) continued Then a little later, as the Na Pali coastline went by. So beautiful. I really loved having a private balcony to view this. The good news is that no matter which side of the ship you are on, you will still be able to view it. The only different is that the first time past, is on the port (left) side, and that is when there is a narration to accompany it (you can turn your t.v. on in your stateroom if you're on port side to listen as you view.) However, we were on the starboard side so we viewed it after the ship sailed by going the other way -- the ship turns around and goes back the other way. Hope i'm explaining that well enough. You just don't hear the narration if you view it on the starboard side. Took some more pics and video [YOUTUBE]xBx1RxYB0Xg[/YOUTUBE] For dinner this last night on the ship we went back to the Liberty Dining room and had risotto with extra veggies. We weren't crazy about the sauce. We skipped the entertainment this evening. Up next: disembarkation day and day one post cruise! We stayed on Oahu 4 days post cruise and had some wonderful adventures! If you're interested in more of the land portion of our trip, stay tuned for more! Edited May 27, 2015 by BnAv10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relic2 Posted June 15, 2015 #131 Share Posted June 15, 2015 BnAv10, where have you gone? We're waiting for the rest of your report. [emoji20] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgawne Posted June 17, 2015 #132 Share Posted June 17, 2015 The former Pride of Hawaii was renamed and is now the Norwegian Jade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd1966 Posted June 18, 2015 #133 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Great pics! Brought back alot of memories. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kattus Posted June 18, 2015 #134 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Thanks for your review, getting very excited even though we're just under a year out :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiring cajun Posted June 30, 2015 #135 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Thx for awesome review And pics. We will be going in August[emoji4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiring cajun Posted June 30, 2015 #136 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I am enjoying your pics and posts!!! Headed to Hawaii mid August 2015:) I am curious about Maui port. Were there taxis around? Any info on using Maui bus line to get to Lahani? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiring cajun Posted June 30, 2015 #137 Share Posted June 30, 2015 You mentioned taking food back to your room! was there an issue with this? how did you carry it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlou Posted July 5, 2015 #138 Share Posted July 5, 2015 You mentioned taking food back to your room! was there an issue with this? how did you carry it? I'm sure I heard that NCL has reversed the new rule of not taking food to go. There was quite a backlash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongee Posted July 5, 2015 #139 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I am enjoying your pics and posts!!! Headed to Hawaii mid August 2015:) I am curious about Maui port. Were there taxis around? Any info on using Maui bus line to get to Lahani? Maui bus timetable, hope you see what you're after http://www.mauicounty.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/4353 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BnAv10 Posted March 9, 2017 Author #140 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Aloha! I am so sorry I forgot that I never finished this review! My father and husband both had health issues arise, and I never came back and finished this. Now that it's been TWO WHOLE YEARS (wow time flies) it seems silly to try. I just wanted to say I am really sorry for not finishing this up but I hope it was helpful anyway. Aloha and mahalo for following along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relic2 Posted March 9, 2017 #141 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Good to hear from you. I hope your father and husband are ok now. Life has a way with getting in the way of our fun. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobandalice Posted March 14, 2017 #142 Share Posted March 14, 2017 We just booked the POA for next March...so all of this is new to us! Just found your review a few hours ago. Well done! And it gives us ideas for our trip. Hope your family is well. Thanks for the effort you put into this review. We'll try to write one in a year! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candy Apple 12 Posted March 14, 2017 #143 Share Posted March 14, 2017 I really enjoyed your review. I was looking forward to hearing about your days on Oahu after the cruise because those are our plans. Did you do a luau on Oahu? If so, which one, and would you recommend it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeekingKillerWhales! Posted March 17, 2017 #144 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Aloha! I am so sorry I forgot that I never finished this review! My father and husband both had health issues arise, and I never came back and finished this. Now that it's been TWO WHOLE YEARS (wow time flies) it seems silly to try. I just wanted to say I am really sorry for not finishing this up but I hope it was helpful anyway. Aloha and mahalo for following along! If you hadn't come back I would not have seen this. And I'm glad I did. But I am really hoping everyone in your family is doing ok! Thanks for the review and great pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangorama Posted May 28, 2017 #145 Share Posted May 28, 2017 So sorry to hear about the health issues for your husband and father. However, having made it this far I just want to say that I have spent hundreds and hundreds of hours researching the POA cruise and NOTHING comes even close to what you have given us here. Thank you so much, and I hope the other matters work out OK. Again, thank you. quote=BnAv10;52501701]Aloha! I am so sorry I forgot that I never finished this review! My father and husband both had health issues arise, and I never came back and finished this. Now that it's been TWO WHOLE YEARS (wow time flies) it seems silly to try. I just wanted to say I am really sorry for not finishing this up but I hope it was helpful anyway. Aloha and mahalo for following along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anandaindonesia Posted February 21, 2018 #146 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Bumping this to the top. Sent from my SM-J730G using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babsee101 Posted February 25, 2018 #147 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Can't see the pictures. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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