Oh, Hawaii...lucky you!!! We have wanted to do this for years. I know we will love the pampering. My husband is already saying that he might not leave the ship when the cruise is over..."I'm ready, lets go again"

How exciting! And for it to be all inclusive like that is really the best, no surprises at the end when you get your bill unless you go crazy shopping on board. I am sure you will have a great time.

Edited to add, if they have a spa go check it out. It is often worth it to pay the extra fee to use the spa.

Very disappointed. We try to go every year. We had a fire at our other house and the insurance doesn't cover the total cost of repairs. i will be on the lookout for a bargain...hopefully next year if we do ok with our tax refund.

I do hope your tax refund is a healthy one and you can score a bargain...maybe a last minute cancellation that happens to be a good cabin, on a ship going somewhere you want to see.

We have been on several and the last one was Hawaii !1 I love to cruise and its one vacations my husband enjoys too...We always go in Feb now, the weather is fabulous and we have never had a bad one yet ..ENJOY !!!!!!!!
We did have one where we were at the tail end of a hurricane (Halloween) it was a different ....but we didnt let it ruin our trip.

The "all inclusive" really appeals to us. We don't want to think about every espresso, diet coke, or glass of wine we drink, or how much the the specialty restaurant meals are costing.

When we bought our current home (new construction) the builder nickled and dimed us to death. "Oh, you want rain gutters?? That will be $$$ extra" "You want a full backsplash behind the cooktop??? That will be $$$ extra"

I know we are paying for all these "it's included" in the fare, but psychologically it feels better than seeing a lower fare price and then a long list of extra charges. This just works better for us.

Sounds like a great trip. Have a great time.

Congratulations!! How exciting!

Congrats. Lucky you.

That might be a good idea. When my hubby went on a cruise with his parents my mother in law was in bed for the first day and a half sick sick sick. She had bought every motion sickness pill, patch, what have you. She knew she would need it and wanted to be prepared. It didn't help. But what did help her was when she finally went down and got the motion sickness pills they had on the boat.
So when we went on our first cruise together my hubby insisted that I didn't need to buy anything. I was so apprehensive. I get sick on swings, car rides, everything. When we got on the boat one of the first things he did was hunt down those special pills they had on the boat for me lol. They worked. Not sure what they are. He is convinced that it was something totally different then what you can buy since his mom was so sick and they made her SOOO much better when the other stuff didn't.

On a side note: I LOVED our cruise! We went as a homecoming trip when my husband came home from Iraq. It was wonderful. So much fun. And the all inclusive is very nice. Having almost everything already paid for makes you vacation easy. You don't have to worry about how quickly everything is adding up! I would go again in a heart beat! Congratulations and happy cruising!