Princess or Carnival to Hawaii?

[Trueblueky]

Anyone taken both? Which do you recommend? Why?

[CruiserBruce]

Do you have experience with either? Their product will be the same on a Hawaii as on their other cruises. Princess is known for some of their Hawaiian cultural entertainment.

[Trueblueky]

14 hours ago, CruiserBruce said:

Do you have experience with either? Their product will be the same on a Hawaii as on their other cruises. Princess is known for some of their Hawaiian cultural entertainment

Princess takes five days to sail CA to Hawaii. Carnival takes four.

 

Princess has three or four ports in Hawaii. Carnival has four or five.

 

Princess appears to have Hawaiian themed events on sea days.

 

Anything else?

[Silver Sweethearts]

54 minutes ago, Trueblueky said:

Anything else?

 

A small thing, but perhaps worth mentioning:  As a rule, on Maui the Princess ships tender in at Lahaina, while Carnival docks at Kahului.  Two totally different locations and situations.  Give thought to which will best satisfy your needs.

[Elsa Maki]

Stepping into this one 🙂 

 

I think that Carnival ship is Miracle and it departure form San Fran and Princess ship is Emerald from LA. I think that Miracle is much smaller ship than Emerald, does it affect a lot if the sea is rough?

 

Which port is more convenient San Fran or LA? Is there any difference? Being a non-US this is something to figure out for me.

[CruiserBruce]

2 hours ago, Elsa Maki said:

Stepping into this one 🙂 

 

I think that Carnival ship is Miracle and it departure form San Fran and Princess ship is Emerald from LA. I think that Miracle is much smaller ship than Emerald, does it affect a lot if the sea is rough?

 

Which port is more convenient San Fran or LA? Is there any difference? Being a non-US this is something to figure out for me.

The size of the ship has little to do with how it rides, its the design.

 

San Francisco port is in the main downtown, about 30 or so minutes from the airport, lots of hotels to choose from, lots of activities in the immediate area, but more expensive. LA Harbor (called San Pedro) is 40 or so minutes, a smallish town area, with a few hotels and activities, far less than SF.

 

Sailing under the Golden Gate in SF is a special event.

 

All of these things are commonly discussed on the West Coast Departures board.

[Elsa Maki]

21 hours ago, CruiserBruce said:

All of these things are commonly discussed on the West Coast Departures board.

Thank you for the tip, I will check that board too 🙂 

[KeepCalmBearOn]

On 1/2/2023 at 1:33 AM, Elsa Maki said:

I think that Carnival ship is Miracle and it departure form San Fran and Princess ship is Emerald from LA. I think that Miracle is much smaller ship than Emerald, does it affect a lot if the sea is rough?

 

Princess departs both from Los Angeles and San Francisco (primarily, but one or to from San Diego) and with three ships, the Royal, Emerald and Crown. It just depends on the time of year. Discovery makes a couple, Sapphire one and Diamond one.

 

Miracle departs from Long Beach (Los Angeles).

 

On 1/2/2023 at 1:33 AM, Elsa Maki said:

Which port is more convenient San Fran or LA? Is there any difference? Being a non-US this is something to figure out for me.

 

More convenient is a matter of opinion. Los Angeles (and San Diego) have better weather than San Francisco.

 

Which I would choose might depend on who was going. If my grandkids were going, they might enjoy Carnival more. Just adults, and older adults, I think I'd choose Princess.