Cruising Hawaii: CREEPY Lava Tube, Rainbow Falls, and Huge Kilauea Volcano Crater - Royal Caribbean
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- čas přidán 15. 07. 2024
- Cruising Around Hawaii - Hilo on Big Island!
Our second stop onboard the Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas was Hilo on Big Island (Hawaii). There, we did a ship sponsored excursion to Rainbow Falls, Volcanoes National Park with stops at the Kilauea Crater and Thurston Lava Tube, and a lot of time in the bus :-P This half day excursion cost over $200 per person and did not include any kind of food or drink. Is that too much? #cruise #royalcaribbean #hawaii
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So cool to watch you visit all the places we've been to so many times! Makes me "homesick" for Hilo.
I would love to go back!
"Francis Walter Tube". This. This is why I watch every one of your videos. I love this stuff (and your editing) and you deliver it spectacularly.
Did you not learn about Francis Walter Tube in high school? :-P
Beautiful
Great footage of your adventures.
Thank you for your inf.
Great video Morgan, thanks. We were there on the cruise last summer and LOVE Hawaii. It was our second cruise there (both with NCL). We have not been to the volcano park, YET, but definitely on my list. We do a mix on cruise line excursions and excursions on our own. We also did the canal tubing adventure and LOVED it. Looking forward to your experience. BTW, in several of the ports we used Turo, a private car rental app and loved it. We picked up our cars directly at the cruise port and returned them there as well. If you can’t pick it up at the cruise port, the party renting their car will come and pick you up and drop you back off. It is much cheaper than the car rental companies and also recommended by several other CZcamsrs (think ParoDeejay, etc.). And NO, I’m not affiliated with Turo at all 😉
Seriously!? No door in the men’s bathroom? Yikes! This is the US for Pete’s sake! Definitely not a Morgan-approved bathroom.
I’m enjoying the Hawaii cruise vlogs. Walking through the lava tube looked cool. Glad you bought the fast pass to skip the 300 minute line.
P.S. I verified I’m stilled subscribed with all the bells and whistles selected.
Yes, I would have not been happy if I didn't get that fast pass. :-P
Born & raised here on the Big Island. I work at a car rental agency. We get A LOT of cruise ship passengers. Rentals average about $45/day. It does depend on the type of vehicle & the time of the year, though.
I've stayed at Volcano House in a crater view room - I LOVED it!!
Oh wow that sounds amazing! Was there lava when you were there?
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides No lava - we were there in 2005 and you could hike through the main crater - you can't do that now hahahaha
@@monarusch4087 Oh no, uh uh you can not do that now! lol
I've been to Maui 4 times and Honolulu and Kauai once. I would definitely visit the Big Island and skip Oahu. As I own a Maui timeshare, I may return there in 2027 (it's a bi-annual timeshare) and then from Maui, take a side trip for around 5 days at Volcano National Park. I loved Haleakala Park (Maui) with it's "Mars-looking" surface so I know I'd enjoy seeing an active volcano.
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I rented a Turo when I went to Hilo in June. Had them leave it on Silva St near the general store. Easy walk from the port. It was really nice to just do my own thing. I had my National Parks pass, so I was able to go right into the park and explore. I was so bummed the ring of craters road off limits due to the activity, but really enjoyed my time there
Going in September.... looking forward to seeing this in person!
Are you cruising or staying on the islands?
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides Cruising on Princess... the "lava tube" excursion and Volcanoes National Park sounded interesting, so I booked. Thanks to your video, I have some idea of what to expect. (Thanks also for the info about the bathroom with no door on the stall. Definitely something to make a mental note of!)
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We stopped at Kona rather than Hilo. It is a tender port. However, the town is right off the tender. It would have been a long ride to the volcanos.
Just listened to Eruption a novel by Michael Crichton and James Patterson. You were in areas described in the book. I would love that excursion
Ooh, maybe I'll have to check that out.
The cost of living is Hugh in Hawaii since Foo, fuel and busses have to be imported. If you had gone on your own, you would likely see less and definitely had less information about what you are seeing. Also, sometimes people have a hard time finding transportation back to ship if they don't pay for the driver to stay with them the whole time.
Great video Morgan thanks for sharing 👍. Looking forward to the tubing video..
Hmm, no subscribe button at all but I'm fairly certain that I am still subscribed because the video was in my feed.
Regarding price and the guarantee for the ship on top of the cost to go to those places on your own. I'd do $210 PP and have water and packaged snacks. As well as bug spray and suntan lotion.
I’m still subscribed. ❤️ I checked . ❤️
And I‘m glad!
We stayed at Volcano House a few weeks after you were there. One of the rangers told me that the lava tube actually extends for like 45 miles. Crazy stuff. It was such a cool place to visit.
I think I’d rent a car and drive if I were visiting Hilo on a ship. I didn’t see many taxis while we were staying there.
i definitely need to go here
Hawaii is incredibly expensive. We went on Celebrity Vancouver to Honolulu and around Islands in 2019 and again in 2023. The prices went up so much. Everything is just so expensive. I try and book long in advance and then look for sales for excursions around the holidays...I did have $1000 OBC on my last Hawaii cruise..not sure how I got so much. I did a last minute right before the final payment due date. I upgraded the balcony to concierge got all included which was still gratuities back , $250 OBC additional for $20. It was an unreal sale I fell into...doesn't always happen. Not sure about RC, but Celebrity has great excursion sales. I do book cruises 1-2 years in advance.
A few other cruisetoobers rented a car and self explored. I’m looking forward to the tubing on
kauai. That was the one thing my wife really wanted to do. It was a lot of fun and is a unique activity
We took a tour with another CZcamsr from Hilo a year and a half ago. He started filming from Lelani Estates during the 2018 eruption. Amazing videos of the neighborhood as the lava overtook it. His channel is ApauHawaii tours. Would love to go back and see things we didn’t have time for.
I did suggest Scott to Morgan as I think his tours are great value and more informative, but I guess Morgan did not get the message!
I’m still subscribed but I had been unsubscribed from another channel. Very irritating !
I rented a car for each stop of my Hawaii cruise. It averaged $100/day for an SUV, plus Uber to/from the airport (it’s close) to pick up. Then you have a lot more control of your time. There are also drivers who show up at the cruise port that you can hire for the day.
How long does it take from leaving the ship to getting into the car and driving away? I have had rental car experiences where it took over an hour just to get to the counter, which is what discourages me from renting a car for an afternoon in a cruise port. Do they do it differently? I'm glad it worked for you!
@@VeryunOfficialTravelGuides not long, I have presidents circle with Hertz for having an Amex platinum, so basically as fast as you can get to the airport you can choose a car (usually) and drive away. The airports are so close to the Hawaii ports (and small, except Oahu) that it was really fast. A couple of times the drop off was stressful though since you have to taxi or Uber back to the port and hopefully there is somebody close to take you.