“Aren’t you going to be bored?” my brother Mark (yet to take his first ocean cruise) asked me. I had just told him that my husband, Carl, and I had booked an 18-day round-trip cruise on the Holland America Line Koningsdam from our San Diego hometown to five Hawaiian stops (and one in Ensenada, Mexico): Honolulu; Nawiliwili, Kauai; Kahului, Maui; Kona; and Hilo. It would be about six days over, six days in Hawaii, and six days back home.
I was looking forward to a relaxing cruise with no airport hassle. We had visited several Hawaiian islands over the years—but not since 2013 in Maui. This would be our 40th cruise and second around Hawaii.
