EngIceDave

No pier runners, I guess. We were out on time. They were dropping lines 10 mins after scheduled last aboard time of 10:30.

Think I may have an answer for you. Tour guide today mentioned that before Covid, the shops and restaurants in and around the cruise terminal were very busy, but they couldnt survive the shutdowns and never came back. It is now part of (I think it's called) Hawaii Pacific University. Only other things in the whole terminal is a small convenience store and a Spaghetti Factory restaurant. That's it

Honolulu at night They closed the pool weather cover. Not sure if for rest of voyage or if this is a test for upcoming Alaska cruises

Am I complaining a lot? We're having a good time. I think I mentioned early on, that I planned to be a bit critical and honest because there's so little information on Luminosa If y'all think I am just complaining to much, I can stop end the thread here. Let me know. Clocks change again tonight, forward one hour. All aboard at 10:30 Misc pics of the day and around town

Had a great dinner at Shabuya Ala Moana. Shabuya is a Japanese hotpot dish featuring thinly sliced meat, seafood and fresh vegetables in boiling flavored broth with a variety of dipping sauces.

World famous and for good reason. Damn good. Look at that line!

Unless you live on the west coast, you may be getting a Dole Pineapple but NOT a Hawaiian Dole Pineapple

Visit to Green World Coffee Farms.

Hey kids, learned we pay taxes on beverages here like they do in Galveston.

Realized this morning, Carnival is missing out on another revenue opportunity, phone re-charge battery rentals, like Fuel Rod. They're dispensers of portable batteries, fully charged w/cable and all, so keep your phone charged or to recharge. Carnival should put out a few of these on port days because people always have power issues with their phones.... These are common in many airports and casinos in Las Vegas

Quantum of the Seas has arrived...

Ala Moana Center closes at 8 and many (almost all) of the restaurants within. At the port, there is one restaurant, "Old Spaghetti Factory"....it closes at like 9, I think? And there's nothing else. It's dark and slow near the port. Nothing is open after 8. Yes, could have gone here and there.....had we known, had we had time to discover, might have gone a different way. But down by the port, what looks like a downtown area, everything closed at 8 or earlier.

Never been open to my knowledge

Misc photo dump

Their terminal building is very cool inside

Went to the chic-chic mall, Ala Moana Center Checked out the Japanese grocery store.....wild stuff. Wish I had one local to fool around and try stuff.

Well, what a clusterfork this all was today. If you remember this below....it says no one can return to the ship until everyone has cleared customs....We're on deck 8, so we were done in maybe 30 mins (w/lines and all) That was about 5pm Did some shopping (More on that in a minute), checked in with others on the FB at 7:30, and they were only to deck 4!! Somehow they did the rest faster and we were able to re-board at about 8:30 or so. Now, Honolulu closes at 8pm. Stores and many (most) restaurants in the area close at 8pm, so many folks didn't get to do squat today. We were hungry and couldn't get back on, so found a super cool dive bar....I mean, any place that has a Mach 5 on the shelf can't be too bad. Place called "The Nighthawk" about 1/4 from the ship. Deep fried pork belly with tots....was good. Host dude was super cool. Few others from the ship discovered the place as well to wait it out for re-boarding

Long line even once inside

Oh yeah..... We have yet to see a Cariloha, Del-Sol, Panama Jacks, Piranha Joe's or Senior Frogs

Pokey slow…..the big tease…..

This is some weird sports bar/racing theme that has been totally ignored and closed all trip FUGLY