Cruise Ships?

When do the cruise ships come to shore and what tours, etc. should I avoid on those days? Does it make a difference?

Cruise Ships?

Hi this is El Camino and I just posted another message to you. We booked nothing beforehand, and asked that question when we arrived. Yes, it does in some cases. Timing for the Waimea Canyon where all of the bus traffic is could make a big difference. Best to check when you arrive.as I am sure some schedules change.

Cruise Ships?

Check out NCL%26#39;s Hawai`i schedule on vacationstogo.com or NCL%26#39;s website.

Vacationstogo is very simple. Pull up 7 day Hawai`i cruises on NCL for the month you will be in the Islands and you%26#39;ll get a list of what%26#39;s available.

You can check each ship (Pride of Aloha, Pride of Hawai`i, Pride of America) and see if they are in port when you are.

That way you can avoid them when you are there.

Lots of cruisers rent cars so book yours early.

Pride of Hawai`i will leave the Islands sometime this year permanently so there will be only 2 ships.

I always check CruiseCal - you can search by port, ship, today, etc

http://www.cruisecal.com/dnn3/

For Kauai, we looked at when ships were in port, and also when ships were leaving in the afternoon versus staying overnight. We booked a luau when no ship was in port for the evening, and have planned our ';canyon day'; to be on the one day when no ship is in port at all for our week.

We also did the same thing for Maui.... Road to Hana on the day when no ship is in port, sunrise on a morning when no ship arrives until 8:00 AM (so the ships miss sunrise that morning).

Excellent question!!!!! Last summer we hit Hilo Hatties when the cruise ship was in--good grief--parking lot was almost empty yet people were like ants crawling all over! Lines went forever, we had a tough time even getting around in the store. I finally asked one of the ladies working there and she said the cruise ship was in--ahhh haaaa! As you obviously figured out already, cruise ship day is a day to hang out somewhere not on that schedule!!!!

Aloha from Kaua%26#39;i!

I%26#39;m not 100% sure, but I believe that we now have cruise ships in port at Nawiliwili every day -- some days there are 2 of them in fact.

I don%26#39;t know how much tours are affected -- I certainly see lots of Poly Adv. Tours buses going down there for pick-up every day -- and I know that the lu%26#39;au at Kilohana is set up for the NCL passengers.

I wouldn%26#39;t be overly concerned -- I think they stay pretty spread out and lots of them either rent their own car or take the bus tour with Poly Adv.

Malama Pono,

Janet

Here%26#39;s a quick link to CruiseCal%26#39;s Nawiliwili schedule.... some days definitely have two ships in port for June, but Wednesdays are lookin%26#39; good....

cruisecal.info/portal/鈥efault.aspx

Forgot to tell you that we have more than just the three NCL ships here in Hawai`i. We also have the long distance/transpac ships from the mainland and Tahiti and seldom from Asia/New Zealand.

WOW...cruisecal.com is fabulous!

Mahalo to ';Luv 2 Travel TX'; for sharing this great website.