Not really because of the itinerary, but the 10 night, because it's longer.Which of the two itineraries do you like better and why?
Apologies but I didn’t see maui on the list I saw .... can anyone show the correct ports please
I had posted this in the 2020 watch thread:Apologies but I didn’t see maui on the list I saw .... can anyone show the correct ports please
The timing doesn't work for us, but hypothetically...I'd do the 10 nt, partly due to preferring the longer flights before the trip vs. at the end of the trip. I'd also prefer the days at sea at the end to relax more. (And the extra day in Hawaii doesn't hurt...)
I had posted this in the 2020 watch thread:
Kahului is in Maui; and Nawiliwili is in Kauai. Hilo is on Hawaii Big Island
I did the Vancouver to Hawaii back in 2015, and I loved how you gradually gained hours cruising there. It also gradually got warmer and warmer. Of course in 2015 it was also a 10 night, so there’s that. But you don’t have that big time adjustment when touring the islands, because you’ve been adjusting for days. So, if we did this cruise we will do that route again, and maybe spend a night in aulani after.
The flight home from Hawaii is a killer for us and almost always an overnight flight. That's a big reason I was leaning towards Hawaii to Vancouver.
What we did in 2015 worked great and we will do it again for this cruise in 2020
We flew from Ft Lauderdale to LA and spent the day in LA, then the next day we flew to Hawaii. It worked great splitting it into two 6 hour flights.
Overnight flights are awful.
We visited our daughter in San Francisco over the weekend, then flew to Honolulu 3 days before our Honolulu to Vancouver cruise on Royal Caribbean in May 2017. On the other hand - Honolulu is a great stopover on the way to Australia.