Saturday November 30, 2013
Breakfast on the balcony overlooking the Honolulu city and ocean and
then off to our tour of the city, Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona. The city
tour was a good over view and we got to drive through the Punch Bowl Cemetery,
which was very interesting. We got to Pearl Harbor around 11:30 AM and got
right into the movie, but unfortunately it was too windy to get to the USS
Arizona memorial. That was a huge let down, but we just walked around and saw
the rest of the sites.
After the tour we left for the ship and boarded the
Norwegian Pride of America. The embarkation was very quick and easy. They had
some buff Hawaiian dancers for entertainment as you waited to check in. Soon enough we were on-board. The entrance reminded me a very nice hotel and I was very impressed.
We were given an inside cabin on the 4th
level. The room is very small, but serves it purposes. It could have been cleaned just a tad better
and the shower had a slight leaking issue, but nothing was worth really complaining
about. We really liked the colors of the room.The location was nice though because it is really easy to get everywhere
quickly.
Lunch was at the Aloha café. It is a smaller buffet, but
served it purposes. The food was pretty good, especially the sandwiches. As we later found, it seemed that the cold sandwiches were the best options there. Also, be warned that they had paneer with soy instead of cheese in it.
Next was the fire drill. They check your room, so you can no
skip out, not like we would. It was a little long setting up and lasted 30
minutes. They did have it in smaller groups so when it was over it was not a
mass mob scene going back to rooms, so that was nice.
We next headed to the wine bar and started our “happy”
hours. The bartender was very informative and friendly. We met some Australians, and of course now we want to go there. We ordered the wine package since you
get 20% off if you order 6 or more bottles. It is really worth it. There is a
soda package, but no alcoholic package.
The first night we went to the complimentary restaurant
Skyline late. This was not very impressive. The wait staff seemed more
interested in talking then serving us. It just was different because on other
lines the servers always became our friends and were very awesome. The food was
so so. The French onion soup was beef broth, with a piece of bread with a
little cheese on it. We both got spaghetti, which was nothing special either.
It just was not a very impressive restaurant overall. The next day we went
to see about lunch to give it a second chance and it took someone five minutes to get to us and tell us it
was closed. I just think the servers are done there.
