| I've traveled to Hawaii twice, now. Both | | | | If you have time, there's a better way. Don't |
| times, I've flown. | | | | just go to Hawaii to vacation, vacation TO |
| | | | Hawaii. |
| The first time I went to Hawaii, we lived in | | | | |
| Nebraska. It wasn't exactly the middle of | | | | Take a cruise, board a luxury ship and cruise |
| nowhere, but you could see the middle from | | | | to Hawaii. The trip takes about 2 days from |
| our place. Normally, flying anywhere meant | | | | the west coast of the USA, and you arrive |
| driving to a major airport - either Omaha or | | | | rested and refreshed (if you can stay out of |
| usually Kansas City. | | | | the disco!). |
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| This time, we had a family emergency and had | | | | Counting the commuting time, plane changing, |
| to get to Honolulu pronto. So we took a | | | | luggage hauling, taxi catching and so on, the |
| commuter plane from Kearney, Nebraska to | | | | amount of real time spent is about the same. |
| Denver. From Denver, we flew to Los Angeles | | | | |
| and changed planes. From L. A. we continued | | | | If you choose to begin your Hawaii cruise at |
| to Honolulu. Elapsed time by the clock, about | | | | a mainland port, you'll board the ship |
| 8 hours. Real time, more like 13. | | | | somewhere between Vancouver, Canada and |
| | | | Ensenada, Mexico. You'll check into your |
| The second time we went to Hawaii, we lived | | | | cabin, then enjoy a buffet lunch while you |
| in Florida and the airport was only 40 miles | | | | wait for your luggage to arrive at your |
| away. We flew from Fort Myers to Houston, | | | | cabin. You'll unpack once, then relax and |
| Texas. In Houston, we changed planes for a | | | | enjoy until it's time to disembark and head |
| long, non-stop flight to Honolulu. Again, the | | | | home. |
| clock time was about 6 hours. Real time, more | | | | |
| like 12. | | | | I can tell you this - next time we go on a |
| | | | Hawaiian vacation, we'll vacation to Hawaii |
| Both times, we arrived exhausted and | | | | and enjoy the cruise to Hawaii as well as the |
| jet-lagged... | | | | final destination. |
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