HELP: Hawaii Cruises and where to stay few days prior

thinking about a brand new ship for summer 2004 on N.C.L. 'Pride of America'.
It does not leave until the 9/12 (wedding is 9/5) so would plan to stay a few days prior.

What do you know about hawaii cruises, hotels to stay at, what to do there, etc?

THANKS!!!!!

We just booked that cruise for December of 2004 and we are spending christmas at the Hilton Hawaiin Village. Norwegian book a nice room for us their for a great price, so you may want to check them out.
Amidala is taking the same cruise around the same time you will be and she is taying a few days before since her wedding is about a week before the cruise sets out so you may want to FM her.

I would suggest checking out cruise critic They are a posting board for cruises - it is the major board. Everyone over there is very helpful and informative. There is a section for NCL as well as a section for hawaii. You could ask this question over there and I am sure you will get a lot of help!

I agree with Christine. Check out cruise critics. I am always on that board. We are going on the Star in March and before hand we are staying at the Halekulani in Oahu for 4 days. It is a really nice hotel. You can also check out Mandarin something or other. I am not sure of the complete name. That is I believe in the northern area of Oahu away from Waikiki and the hustle and bustle of it all.

This is the itinerary...
Sun DEPART HONOLULU, US 8:00 PM
Mon ARRIVE-DOCK NAWILIWILI (KAUAI), US 7:00 AM
Tue DEPART NAWILIWILI (KAUAI), US 1:00 PM
Wed ARRIVE-DOCK HILO, US 9:00 AM
Wed DEPART HILO, US 6:00 PM
Thu ARRIVE-ANCHOR KONA, US 7:00 AM
Thu DEPART KONA, US 5:00 PM
Fri ARRIVE-DOCK KAHULUI (MAUI), US 8:00 AM
Sat DEPART KAHULUI (MAUI), US 6:00 PM
Sun ARRIVE-DOCK HONOLULU, US 7:00 AM

I wanted to arrive a few days prior since it does not leave until a week after wedding.