shadowmeboy

On 10/18/2024 at 10:21 PM, Mattymo12 said:

Does the itinerary still include the Nepali Coast?

no, unfortunately 

1 hour ago, AKR2011 said:

I love your shirts and sign. So much fun, and I can't wait for the cruise part coming up ❤️⚓️

The sign took some convincing on my part to get it approved by Susan. She was like hell no at first! We came to a compromise, the shirt may have been part of the compromise to get the sign. I just knew it was my only opportunity to be that tongue in cheek!

 

Hey, you have to admit I am moving right along. I am working on it every chance I can, since I know I have a back-to-back coming up soon!

2 hours ago, NikiPinkston said:

Hey, I've been on that Hawaiian Airlines flight a few times! Loving your photos of the views from your balcony, the POA arriving, the airport, Hickham Field, and everything else! You are so talented and excellent at sharing your point of view, shadowmeboy. I think this review is my favorite ever so far!

ah, thanks! Glad you are enjoying it!

 

 

 

 

 

All checked in! Time for our boarding photo. Waiting our turn!

 

 

 

 

Here is the sign!

 

State Capitol - Building on the left

 

 

Here are some better shots

 

 

 

 

 

There she is!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time to go drop our bags!

 

We had refrigerated our lei's from arrival, so they were fresh for today!

 

 

Off to the POA we go!

 

 

 

We had a full size tour bus for 5 of us on the transfer to the Cruise pier. 

 

 

 

Waikiki

 

 

 

 

 

We drove by the State Capitol on our way

 

 

The one in the back left with the tall columns

 

It was time to put on our custom shirts for embarkation

 

 

We were ready and just waiting till shuttle pickup time. 

 

I went outside and was plane spotting again.

 

 

FedEx 767, this plane was headed for Asia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Nippon Airways A380 taxiing to Runway 8R

 

 

Takeoff of the A380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANA has 2 A380's leaving within an hour of each other both going to Tokyo.

So we got the Bakery goods and made our way back to the Beachcomber

 

 

Banyan Tree from level 3

 

 

 

Ordering Breakfast 

 

 

 

 

So, when you sit down in the cafe and eat, they give you salad. When its to go, you get chips.

 

 

The breakfast sandwich with the salad was refreshing.

 

 

Our pastries from the Bakery

 

 

 

We had those and the last bit of the remaining fruit we had bought.

I forgot to put the video from the entire tour up yesterday when i got to the end of the tour part.

 

Here it is:

 

 

20 minutes ago, TSUmom said:

A question or two about your Pearl Harbor tour.....Was the tour a small group and were you able to spend some time walking around Punch Bowl and Iolani Palace grounds?  

 

Yes, the tour had 12 total people on it.

 

Punchbowl was a drive through and stop and talk about different graves. Organized Tours aren't allowed to drop up there.

 

Iolani Palace grounds we could have walked over to. We had like 15 to 20 minutes total, but we were exhausted from whole experience by the time we got there. Plus, we were going to visit post-cruise to Iolani Palace, so I didn't have a need to go over there.

7 hours ago, QuattroRomeo said:

Love the bird photos! and the bakery- my, there were a lot of choices!

The military ship beds look sooo comfortable😖, but the floors are very shiny!

 

Thanks!

 

It took me almost 10 minutes to decide what to get at the Bakery. I wanted to get ten different items, but it was cruise day and I knew we would have lots of food onboard POA.

 

I came to the conclusion that I would have needed to have been an officer, if I had been in the Navy, just to avoid the coffin rack beds!

9 hours ago, drumming cruisers said:

Looked like a parrot tried to attack you! Was a pretty bird 

 

He or She is still out there tormenting other unsuspecting Hotel guests!

9 hours ago, YVRteacher said:

Matthew, as always I am loving this trip review! Thank you for sharing your fabulous photos and experiences.

 

ah, Thank you!

 

Time for Breakfast! We had a quick stop we wanted to make before we redeemed our vouchers.

 

 

We went next door to the International Market Place

 

 

 

Nice Banyan Tree inside

 

 

 

 

 

We stopped here for a sweet treat!

 

 

 

 

I was nearly attacked on my Hotel balcony.

 

 

By this bird

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watching from a far

 

 

 

 

 

A few more surfers...

 

 

 

Plane taking off from HNL runway 8R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alaska Airlines flight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United was next

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rainbow!

 

 

 

 

 

Elevator!

 

 

oh look! Another plane!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southwest 737

 

 

 

 

 

Delta took off after Southwest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This bird showed up!

 

 

work it!

 

 

 

 

Styling!

 

 

 

 

 

 

oh look another 717!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The white building is part of Honolulu International Airport, and the hangars past that are part of Hickam Air Force Base, part of Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawaiian Airlines - Boeing 717-200 - Hawaiian uses them on the interisland flights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The front of POA snuck through as I was focused on the plane

 

 

 

 

small stalls - we walked through here and got something for the travel wall

 

 

 

Peek-a-boo I see you POA!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Early morning views!

 

 

 

 

 

It was at this point I checked Cruisemapper and saw Pride of America was close to arrival!

 

 

There she is!

 

These are taken from my hotel balcony with my zoom lens. She is likely a mile away.

 

 

 

 

 

Southwest Airlines flight heading for the mainland

 

 

 

There is a better judge of where the ship is compared to me.

 

 

 

 

Back at the Beachcomber

 

 

After the tour, we got a sandwich to share from the ABC store. We had that and some more of our fruit for a light lunch ahead of our dinner tonight.

 

 

Walking along Kalakaua Ave

 

 

 

 

 

We went and visited the Park West Gallery located in the Waikiki Beach Walk on Lewers St

 

 

No photos were allowed for obvious reasons.

 

After the Gallery, we walked a block or so to dinner.

 

 

We love visiting different Hard Rock locations when we travel, so this was our opportunity to pick up Honolulu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I got a lemonade in a collectable glass.

 

 

 

Pulled Pork Sandwich for Susan

 

 

My Bacon Cheeseburger (Unfortunately, I had to send this one back because it was quite raw in the middle)

 

 

 

Once I got the replacement burger dinner was great.

 

We finished up and walked back to the Hotel.

 

We repacked some stuff and then relaxed a bit before falling asleep! 

 

Cruise Day tomorrow!

 

Overlooking Honolulu as we arrive at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in the Punchbowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We didn't stay long here.

 

Our final tour stop was Historic Downtown Honolulu

 

 

Iolani Palace

 

 

King Kamehameha Statue in front of the Hawaii Supreme Court

 

 

 

 

 

After this stop, we got dropped off near our hotels.

 

 

Us with our awesome tour guide Will!

8 hours ago, www3traveler said:

Did they say if the ashes of the Pearl Harbor Survivors are still being allowed to be interned on or near the Arizona Memorial?  I had a neighbor for years who was a Pearl Harbor Survivor.  He had said that he wanted to be interned at Pearl harbor.  I wonder if it happened.

 

I couldn't tell you if they are or are not. I have never heard anything about this.

8 hours ago, trivia addict said:

We were on POA in September with pre cruise days in Waikiki. We also stayed at the Beachcomber booked through Costco, so enjoying the memories your pictures invoke. 
I know that Dukes restaurant is a must for any first timer to Waikiki, and we have eaten there a few times, but on our last trip a friend recommended Monkeypod Kitchen, and we found that to be much more to our liking than Dukes. I recommend you try it if you have time. And close by it is House Without A Key if you enjoy Mai Tais!

 

We had a list of things we wanted to do and a list of things that would be cool to do if we had time. Dukes was recommended by several people and I didn't hear about Moneypod Kitchen until we were in Honolulu for the first time. By then we had the plan set, mainly to help with budgeting purposes.