I have Recently returned from a 4 day Honolulu stay and a 10day Repositioning cruise from Honolulu to Vancouver.. visiting Lahaina Maui, Island of Hawaii visiting Kona and Hilo while sailing on the wonderful Celebrity Eclipse.

Below will be a summarization of what we saw and experienced.

Honolulu/Waikiki

Pearl Harbor - this is a must to see for anybody wanting to see the Arizona Memorial , the Mighty Mo (Missouri) and simply to have a vague idea what happened on the 7 Dec 1941.

Chiefs Luau-a smaller Luau but I feel much better than the larger ones. Great venue, Meals/buffet was excellent. highly recommend taking the Royal Experience package. you get much more then just the meal and priority location to watch the show.

Also attended Spam Fest -now before you say Spam !! It was a huge event with vendors local sites,tourist vendors and of course Spam sampling ..This is a huge annual event and very popular..so much more then just 2 or 3 types of Spam i.e. Teriyaki, spicy ,black pepper and more and more..it is not just the mystery meat anymore.

In 2017 I was fortunate to go on a Celebrity Cruise to Italy and Sicily ,Santorini, Mykonos ,Rhodes and Kusadasi in Turkey.

Stunning beaches, Blue waters and amazing food and People. If you combine it with a Celebrity Cruise it was nothing  more the spectacular.

Rome, Sicily ,Taormina and  Beautiful Naples

4.5 out of 5 only just because nothing is perfect ! but I am willing to go back again to find out!

Royal Caribbean Cruise lines-Western Mediterranean  Sailing

outstanding service and ports of call Rome,Taoromina(Sicily) ,Kusadasi Turkey, Athens and Crete