starscollide Posted March 10, 2014 #1 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Has anyone sailed Hawaii with NCL POA ship? How are the waters? Good/bad time to sail? Where/when did you find the best deal? Anything you can tell me about the ship/experience overall? Looking into it for our honeymoon......and would love insider info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdmike Posted March 10, 2014 #2 Share Posted March 10, 2014 using the search function: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1955840 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1997976 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1969578 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1948906 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1896087 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2005335 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1997976 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1798201 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1935483 http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1873437 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyskie Posted March 10, 2014 #3 Share Posted March 10, 2014 We found the waters quite calm - we cruised the first week of June. Also, found that the prices remained fairly constant. No bargains to be had. If this is what you want to do, I would book asap. POA sometimes gets bad reviews but we had an awesome experience, staff and service couldn't have been better! We would go back in a heartbeat! Plan on staying in Waikiki for a few days prior to get adjusted to the time zone. sdmike gave you a lot of great links, happy planning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShannonSC2 Posted March 10, 2014 #4 Share Posted March 10, 2014 We have been watching the prices for POA for about a year now (Since our Alaska cruise in June 2013). The prices seem to stay the same with no good deals out there. I hope to go one day on this cruise. Getting to Hawaii is the problem. Airfare is so expensive now. My husband and I went to Hawaii in 2007 and our tickets were only $450 round trip. Now I can't find anything under $1200. Maybe one day though! :) Enjoy planning. What a great honeymoon experience it would be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilovesailing Posted March 10, 2014 #5 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Your best bet is to book this cruise a year out and watch the price increase. We've had $500 to $800 pp increase on the Hawaii cruise we have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TifffanyD Posted March 10, 2014 #6 Share Posted March 10, 2014 We went last June (2013). We found the waters calm. It is an expensive cruise... we had booked an oceanview and there were big price drops after final payment and we ended up paying a little to get an extended balcony. So that was nice. Weather was great in June. It was a marvelous vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js4rq Posted March 10, 2014 #7 Share Posted March 10, 2014 We booked in April last year for our POA cruise last month and we saw prices increase from there. Our sailing was sold out from mid January onwards. It was a terrific cruise, great ship, fantastic way to see the Hawaiian islands. Highly recommended!!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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