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We had breakfast at Sears the last time we were there and loved it. Definitely on our list for this trip. We're meeting a friend who has already made the reservations for dinner, but sounds like that might be our next night's stop. Thanks for the input, all.

We have dinner reservations here and it looks to be about a half mile walk from our hotel, Westin St Francis. Is this a safe area to walk? We'll be a group of 6 adults.

Thanks. I think we'll most likely just return the car before we go out for dinner. Budget says their last shuttle is at 8:30. And this way we dont have to worry about a designated driver if we want to have some cocktails out.

We'll be on the Grand to Hawaii in April. We're renting a car in Honolulu for the day (in port until 11 that night). We want to have a nice local dinner somewhere. My question is, is there parking at the cruise terminal if we want to go back to the ship to clean up for dinner? Or would we be better off returning the car ahead of time and Ubering to dinner (6 in our party)?

Were there taxis for hire for tours in most places? We have 6 in our group so we'd need a van of some sort.

Thanks, this gives me some great information. One question about the St Francis. I see landmark rooms and tower rooms. Any advantage to one or the other?

Sorry, you're right, I should have defined pricey. Ideally, our budget would be under $200, but it doesn't look like that's happening, so we'll be happy if we can find something nice for under $300. Looking at doing 2 days precruise and possibly a day after we get back on the 21st.

For some reason, hotels for my sail date are pretty pricey for the Fisherman's Wharf area. Maybe, I'm looking too early, sail 4/6/19. So, I'm expanding my search to the Union Square area. Does anyone have first hand experience with The Donatello?

Hubs had the shrimp and a couple of sides in Le Bistro on the Escape this summer. We were not charged an upcharge. Sent from my SM-G920V using Forums mobile app

Thanks, everyone. We do love Freestyle with NCL, but there are some aspects of Princess that we're looking forward to. And, as we've booked this under the Sip and Sail promo, as long as there's a bar near the dining room if we have to wait, we'll be fine! Sent from my SM-G920V using Forums mobile app

I must say I'm pretty excited about the laundry on a 15 day cruise, lol! Sent from my SM-G920V using Forums mobile app

I'm not sure who or what Elua is. Sounds like a Google search is in order! Sent from my SM-G920V using Forums mobile app

7 days is definitely not enough. We've done one b2b and a couple of 9 days. We're doing our first transatlantic in a couple of months. 14 days Copenhagen to Miami. Love, love sea days! Sent from my SM-G920V using Forums mobile app

Just booked our first Princess cruise for our first time to Hawaii! Long time cruisers and looking forward to trying something new (Platinum on NCL). Sent from my SM-G920V using Forums mobile app

We just got back and I can confirm that the hot tub is now HOT! Sent from my SM-G920V using Forums mobile app