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Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Good advice – especially about the unpredictability of nature! We tend to travel off-peak to get the best deals so we’ve been to Alaska in May, late August and September. Probably enjoyed May a little more due to the extended sunlight, but souvenir shopping was really cheap when we were on the last ship of the year!

Wow – those all sound like amazing experiences!

So are the less traditional tours available in English as well? Between the two of us we can probably handle going to a restaurant in German, French or Spanish, but there’s no way we’re conversant enough to enjoy a tour!

Very cool Paul! Can you tell us what ship that was on?

So many cruises, so little time!

Thanks for sharing your story Dave! So glad you’re doing well and looking forward to your next real cruise!

Welcome to CruiseCrazies! We all love cruising and this is a great place for help planning your next trip and talking about past adventures!

Well said Tim!

Volcanoes National Park is a must-do! We loved walking through the lava tubes and hiking across the cooled lava flows. There was also a great black sand beach when we visited but it’s possible that it has been lost to new lava flows since then. We had fantastic snorkeling in Kealakekua Bay near the Captain Cook Monument. The Puuhonua o Honaunau “place of refuge” is a fascinating and beautiful historical location. We had good whale watching out of Kailua-Kona when we visited in January one year. The south shore is home to Punalu’u Bake Shop – creators of the most wonderful Hawaiian Sweetbread ever made! (You’ll be able to find it on the Big Island for sale in most grocery stores and even Wal-Mart if you can’t make it to the shop though.) We’re not big coffee drinkers but our friends who are loved touring the Kona coffee plantations – and all the free samples!

Oahu is our least favorite Hawaiian Island as well, but just because we’re not too interested in the big resort hotels. We thought Waikiki felt like Las Vegas without casinos. The Dole Pineapple plantation was surprisingly fun and interesting. We enjoyed the north shore of Oahu more. Be sure to check out the surfers and try some shrimp from one of the famous food trucks!