PRIDE OF AMERICA

15 Craigside Place is 2.5 miles up the hill from the Pier 2 terminal, where we will board the Pride of America this afternoon, and return to Honolulu in a week.  You might wonder, why again?  Yes, we took this cruise a year ago, and was nothing much.  I guess we like cruises to enhance the joy of life.  In addition, for this ship, we don't need to take lengthy plane rides and pay huge sums for any hotel stay.

Date / Time	Port
02 Sep 19:00	Departing from Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii hotels
03 Sep 08:00 - 04 Sep 18:00	Kahului, Maui Island, Hawaii
05 Sep 08:00 - 18:00	Hilo, Hawaii Island
06 Sep 07:00 - 17:30	Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Island
07 Sep 08:00 - 08 Sep 17:30	Nawiliwili, Lihue, Kauai Island, Hawaii
09 Sep 07:00	Arriving in Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii hotels

The Pride of America is 18 years old  and 922 feet long, with a passenger capacity of 2630 plus 927 crew members.  It was refurbished in 2021.  There are 14 decks with 1096 cabins.

The ship will dock at Kahului on Maui.  Lahaina is 25 miles away.  This will be the first cruise ship allowed into this island since that wildfire devastated that Lahaina on August 8.  This a photo of the Pride of America berthed in Kahului when we last visited.

Interestingly enough, there was a rather serious wildfire when were last there.  A photo from our cabin.

What do we plan to do when we get to Maui?  Don't know.  Return to see what, if anything.

Adios Margaritaville, the Hawaii version.  Jimmy Buffet passed away at the age of 76.

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