Traveling from the U.S. mainland to Oahu and back by plane and cruise ship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My wife Elaine and I recently went on half-month vacation trip. We flew from Boise to Honolulu on April 24 and spent three days in Waikiki. Then on April 28 we boarded the Royal Caribbean liner Quantum of the Seas which went to Hawaii for a day and then cruised from April 30 to May 6 to Vancouver. We stayed in Vancouver for three days, and then flew back to Boise pm May 9. When we flew to Hawaii on an Airbus A320 it was at 500 mph, versus the sea cruise at 20 mph – 25 times slower and a very different experience.  

 

This was the end of a repositioning cruise where Quantum of the Seas changed from Australia to Alaska. There were still several satellite TV channels from Australia including the ‘other ABC.’ On April 28 I came down with a bad cold, so I spent the ocean cruise mostly in the stateroom watching TV and listening to my iPod.  

 

Back on October 28, 2023 I blogged about My first ocean cruise to Alaska via the Inside Passage on Ovation of the Seas.

 

Images of a plane, ship, and Oahu came from Wikimedia Commons.