All About Cruises to Hawaii

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Most Hawaii Cruises are between 7 and 14 nights and leave from Honolulu or Los Angeles. You'll normally have to get to the departure city on your own. Many Hawaii Cruises stop at the following Ports of Call: Honolulu on Oahu - Hilo on the Big Island - Kona on the Big Island - Kahului on Maui - Lahaina on Maui - Port Allen (Nawiliwili) on Kauai. What this means is that you will get on board the cruise ship at the departing city and travel to your first port of call. You can stay on board the ship or get out and travel around the island for a few hours (the cruises usually never stay in one port for more than a day or maybe two) - and then you head of to the next port. The ship itself will have pools and entertainment on board for cruising and port time.

Each cruise is different in many ways - ship sizes and ages vary widely, as do things as simple as staff attitudes and available entertainment. For example, the Hawaii-only Pride of Aloha is very local-friendly with an aloha spirit, while the Norwegian Star is more formal.

A possible cruise route would be: Depart from Honolulu and head to the Big Island, spend a the day in Hilo, then head to Maui and spend a day or two in Kahalui or Lahaina, head back to the Big Island and spend a day in Kona, head to Kauai and spend two days in Nawiliwili, then finish back in Honolulu.

Cruises are actually some of the easier vacations to pick and book. The details are always the same so the booking sites do a good job of laying out exactly how much it will cost and what you get. When you get to the ports there are usually plenty of options for tours or transportation (people wanting to help you spend your money) just waiting for you at port. The best booking companies for cruises are: Vacation Outlet and Cruise Direct.

Lines offering cruises to Hawaii are: Norwegian Cruise Line, Holland America, Princess Cruises, Carnival, Royal Caribbean International.

• Celebrity Infinity 14 day Hawaii Cruise Review
  
  
• Google Cruises Groups
  
  
• Hawaii Cruise Reviews
  Tons and tons of reviews on the cruise lines that travel to Hawaii, but no necessarily on the Hawaii cruise itself. The reviews are so long that you could really waste a lot of time here trying to figure out the value of a cruise line - but so comprehensive it's worth mentioning.
  
  
• Cruise Addicts Forum
  Active forums plus reviews and discussion.
  
  
• Cruise Critic
  Active community and reviews site with lost of good information.