OK< CAN I JUST SAY AWESOME, AMAZING, INSPIRING, UPLIFTING, BREATHTAKING, EXHILARATING...I could go on, but I think you get the picture! I LOVED OUR CRUISE! It even even bumped out Alaska! I had no idea I would love that cruise so much! The food was nothing to crow over...it was ok...but the places we went to made up for it! When I went to Hawaii in 1981, really the only place I got to go see was the Polynesian Cultural Center, and I LOVED IT! But, I really didn't have much to compare it with...the only other memorable thing we did on that trip was body-surf on the north shore area of Oahu. We were on our way back from Japan and just paid $25 extra to stop over in Hawaii. We were out of money...thus the tight budget. Anyway...Kim is in the process of pulling pictures to put on the blog and a picture is worth a thousand words...so you will "get the picture" (heh, heh!) My favorite places? Wow, that is hard! We loved the Captain Zodiac adventure to this WAY AWESO