Today we arrived in Nawiliwili Harbor on the island of Kauai. I watched the ship dock before we met the girls for breakfast at Beach Blanket Buffet before meeting in Studio Sea for our shore excursion at 7:30. After leaving the ship we loaded in vans and traveled to the Kauai Backcountry Adventures store where we were issued gloves and helmets with lights for our ride through the ditches. Then back on the van for a 30 minute drive to the entry point into the dit...

When we got up this morning we could see Waikiki from the verandah. It was a nice morning, the sun was just coming up and there was a mist in the air. We watched the ship sail along Waikiki Beach before docking near Aloha Tower. Our shore excursion met at 8:30 so we headed up to breakfast around 7:45. We ate in Beach Blanket Buffet again because it is easy. We then met our shore excursion at Studio Sea before heading out to vans that would take us to our waterf...

The ship arrived in Maui at about 6:45 and the ship was cleared by 7:20. We met the girls in Beach Blanket Buffet at 7:00 and got off the ship by 7:30. We met Bryan Miner, our private guide, and Tonda, our private photographer, right off the ship. We loaded in his van and headed toward Hana. The road winds along the north east side of the island through the rain forest. We stopped and saw many waterfalls and scenery as we drove along. We stopped at a Black Sa...

Today we arrived in Hilo Hawaii! We woke up around 7 and went out on the balcony. It was a nice day with some low clouds but we were able to see the island of Hawaii in the distance. We were set to dock around 9:30 so we still had a little while before we arrived. We met the girls at Beach Blanket Buffet for breakfast at 9:00. By this time we were alongside the shore line. It began to rain pretty hard. Since Hilo is the rainiest city in the world, this was expec...