The NCL ship, "Pride of America," is able to do closed-loop cruises within the Hawaiian islands. In doing so, they must abide by USA employment laws, which increases the expense and makes supervision of employees more complex.

After opening this thread I said to Mrs747FC, "Hey, you want to go on NCL around Hawaii?" (we live here), and her immediate response was "Do you really think I want to get on a cruise ship?" Case closed. OT, we have been thinking of flying to NZ when flights resume, but that transpac flight will still be a barrier we need to cross.