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...

Today I was punished for sleeping in so late yesterday. I was awake at 5:15. I went out on the verandah to read for a while and then headed to deck 4 and walked for two miles. Then up to deck 9 to grab a drink. It was about 6:45 at this time and already people had staked out their lounge chairs by the pool. There was not one without personal items on them but, surprisingly, the pool was empty and at least ¾ of the chairs were too. I then headed back down to...

Today we slept in until after 8 (by we, I mean me, Nikki was up just after 7). Nikki and I went to the Cruise Director's Morning presentation in the Promenade Lounge where Christiaan presented the daily activities as well as interviewed the Professor who is presenting the Hawaii History Classes during the Cruise. Afterwards, we went to the store to pick up our pins then went back to the room, Nikki got ready and I headed up to Deck 10 to read for a while until ...

Nikki woke me up around 7:10 to let me know what time it was because today we had to line up to get one of 500 wrist bands for the opportunity to purchase the Disney Cruise Hawaii Pin Sets. I knew that there were people who were sleeping outside of the store to be sure that they got their pin set so I knew I couldn't wait too late to go down and get in line. The cruise line did it this way a few years back and fist fights broke out over it so they changed it and ...