Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Aloha to the Pride of Aloha

NCL announces that, not only is the Pride of Hawaii leaving the Hawaii route to become the NCL Jade but the Pride of Aloha is leaving also. The Pride of Hawaii is stopping in Los Angeles for a wet dock to revamp some of its interior then sailing to Europe for a dry dock to add a casino. Presto chango, it will then be the Norwegian Jade.

The Pride of Aloha will be transferred to Star Cruises ( the parent company) and reflagged (different company so a different name) for sailing in Asia. This is sort of sad for me because it doesn't seem that many years ago that I toured the Pride of Aloha when it stopped in my home port prior to its maiden voyage to Hawaii.

The remaining NCL ship in the Hawaii market will be the Pride of America. It will undergo a dry dock from April 26 through May 10 to allow conversion to all of the Freestyle 2.0 amenities. From then it will sail its 4 main island cruises with a few modifications in the traditional itinerary.

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