Question: how much does the ncl cruise line Hawaii pay their housekeepers/ stateroom stewardess? I currently work for a hotel as a room attendant/ housekeeper and i am applying for a job with the ncl cruise line hawaii does anyone know how much they pay stateroom stewardess and do they recieve good tips?
Answer: My friend worked for the NCL and she tole me that she worked 7 days a week 8hrs a day or more it all depends for around 6dlls an hour
She told me that the only good thing about all the experience is that you dont pay for nothing... so you can actually save you money and plus you get to travel alot and see other countries, but the pay not that good. But then again it will be up to the cruise line to tell you how much they can pay you.
Good luck!
Question: Best cruise line for Hawaii? Which is the best cruise line for Hawaii? I found 2 options -
1) 14 nights cruise from California or
2) 7 days cruise from Honolulu
Thanks for sharing your experiences / opinions.
Answer: You actually have two questions for us to answer 1) which cruise line is best and 2) how long a cruise should you take???
Here's my opinion.
I have been to Hawaii by air 5 times and thus have seen pretty much all of the islands, some 2 or 3 times. Hawaii is pretty enough for you to spend time there and/or go back again (and again). Norwegian Cruise line has a monopoly on cruises that originate in Hawaii but three other cruise lines (Celebrity, Holland America and Royal Caribbean) offer longer round trip cruises from the West coast of the US.
You need to decide whether you are more interested in cruising or more interested in seeing Hawaii. If you primary interest is in cruising then take one of the cruise lines from the West Coast, all three are great cruise lines. If you take the west coast cruise you will not have the option of an extended stay in Hawaii. You will get an introduction to the activities in Hawaii and I do not believe as much time to really enjoy Hawaii the way you would with a stay on one of the islands. You will have time to do some tours but not the time to sit on the beach in Maui and watch a sunset (gorgeous!!). You may or may not have time to do the 35 mile downhill bike ride on Haleakala mountain on Maui, or drive the Road to Hana on Maui.
On the other hand if you take the NCL cruise around the island you will probably have the almost exact same stops as on the longer cruise, but also the option to extend your stay in Hawaii before or after the cruise. Each time that I have a gone to Hawaii I have arranged my trip to include visiting at least two islands, usually Oahu (with Pearl Harbor and all of the crowds) and also Maui which has beautiful beaches and a lot fewer people (plus the bike ride which I have done twice).
One of the things that you can do when you stay there, vs cruising around the islands, is arrange for day and/or overnight trips to the other islands. I have used a company called Roberts several times. They have packages with air, car and hotel, or air and car or tour. Flights between islands run about every 30 minutes all day.
NCL has the "freestyle" cruising which I personally don't care for (its really only different for dinner ... no assigned time or table or waiter) but I still go on their cruises. But I prefer the other three cruise lines I mentioned ahead of NCL; been on RC and Celebrity. So you need to decide what's more important, cruising or seeing Hawaii up close. Since I have seen Hawaii, I have already booked the 15 day RC cruise from San Diego to Hawaii for next year.
