In case you missed the   Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse yesterday . Yesterday also began my travel series with best airports.  Today,  best cruise lines , voted by subscribers to  Condé Nast . Mega Ships (more than 4,000 passengers) Norwegian Cruise Line   86.72 Royal Caribbean International   86.69 Carnival Cruise Line   85.35 MSC Cruises   83.42 Large Ships (2,500 to 4,000 passengers) Virgin Voyages   94.07 Disney Cruise Line   92.21 Cunard   89.55 Princess Cruises   89.42 Celebrity Cruises   88.57 Costa Cruises   87.95 Holland America Line   87.79 Norwegian Cruise Line   86.41 Royal Caribbean International   84.31 MSC Cruises   83.77 P&O Cruises   81.73 Carnival Cruise Line   80.37 Medium Ships (500 to 2,500 passengers) Viking   94.98 Disney Cruise Line   92.92 Seabourn   91.67 Regent Seven Seas Cruises   91.07 Oceania Cruises   87.99 Silversea   87.74 Azamara   87.50 Celebrity Cruises   86.68 Holland America Line   86.42 Cunard   86.33 Hurtigruten   86.23 Marella Cruises   85.60

Those who frequent this blog site know that I'm from Honolulu, haven't been on any kind of trip for 27 months and today will board the Norwegian Pride of American for a one-week cruise around the Hawaiian Islands.  Oahu, Kauai and Maui are on the red alert list from the  CDC , which means our COVID case count and positivity are high.  I live at 15 Craigside where a number of staff and residents are in quarantine, including a neighboring apartment.  So maybe getting away might be safer. The Pride of America requires that anyone (including staff) boarding the ship must have a negative test within the past 48 hours.  Simple to say, but getting tested was a major challenge.  Talked to Norwegian and Costco ( through which we worked ), and no one on their staff could tell us much of anything.  Costco said talk to Norwegian.  Norwegian said talk to Costco.   After considerable badgering, Norwegian sent us to a licensee in California,  Inspired Diagnostics , and they told us that we co