The Dinner Cruise

Our fifth buffet took place on a sunset cruise aboard the Navatek I, a beautiful catamaran. It was advertised as one of the "smoothest cruises" available, but there were periods when the silverware rattled audibly and my coffee was more shaken than stirred. If that was smooth, then I'd really hate to see where the coffee would end up on another ship.

The cruise began near the Aloha Tower Marketplace, made its way around and beyond Diamond Head before looping back to port. The whole journey lasted about two or three hours. There was live entertainment (a singer and hula show) and many opportunities to take photos of the spectacular views. The sunset was mostly obscured by the growing cloud cover, but that didn't prevent most of the passengers from gathering at the ship's bow to sneak a peek and avoid the conga line forming before the main stage.

We eventually made it back to the hotel and I hit the sack early, knowing we had another tour first thing in the morning.