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Hawaiian Corals

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November 17, 2025

These are the slides from Steve The Naturalist’s Hawaiian Corals presentation. Be sure to follow Steve on social media at Steve The Naturalist.


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Hawaiian Radiance: Day 10

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November 14, 2025

Good morning! I slept in a bit and got some laundry ready. I had to ask the steward for more laundry bags. I could’ve filled two but I only had one. I knew I was going to have a lot of laundry. I changed clothes three times on the…


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Hawaiian Radiance: Hilo

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November 10, 2025

Good morning. We are working our way to Hilo on the big island of Hawaii. This isn’t the last port day, but it is the last Hawaii port day. The towel animal takeover is normally done with small towel animals. Today they have life size ones.

It looks like Big…


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Hawaiian Radiance: Volcanoes National Park

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November 7, 2025

When I read the reviews for Carnival’s Volcanoes National Park tour, I found many people were disappointed that they didn’t get to walk through a lava tube.
I decided to look for outside tours that included a lava tube and ended up booking the Big Island Volcanoes National Park tour….


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Hawaiian Radiance: Kauai

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November 3, 2025

Good morning! We are pulling into Kauai. Today we’re going to Waimea Canyon which is known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.

The 7:15 Coffee shop line is short again.

I’m grabbing a broken egg sandwich in the dining room. I was able to get it with egg whites only.

I…


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Waimea Canyon in Kauai

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October 31, 2025

Waimea Canyon is the main attraction in Kauai. It is known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. I booked the Waimea Canyon Tour through Carnival. At the time it was listed for $75, I got it for $$60 with a 20% discount sale then got an additional 10%…


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Hawaiian Radiance: Honolulu

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October 27, 2025

Good morning! Today is a big day in Honolulu. I’m going to Pearl Harbor, Punchbowl, downtown, Diamond Head, and a Luau on Waikiki.

This is the morning view from deck 10.

This is the morning view from deck 3. I’m just waiting for the coffee shop to open on deck 4.

That’s…


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Waikiki Luau & Rock-A-Hula

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October 24, 2025

Since I was going to be at Waikiki at the end of the day, I wanted to find a Waikiki luau. There are a few challenges here. The biggest is most of the luaus don’t operate on Saturday. I did find a few that do.
I ended up booking Rock-a-Hula….


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Diamond Head State Monument

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October 20, 2025

After Pearl Harbor the next thing I wanted to do most in Honolulu is climb Diamond Head. Diamond Head tickets have timed entry. Since that can be difficult to predict I picked the latest time (4-4:30pm) and booked a Luau on Waikiki so I could do that right after…


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Pearl Harbor and Honolulu City Tour

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October 17, 2025

I hadn’t planned on booking a guided tour in Honolulu but when I missed out on the free USS Arizona tickets, I started looking around at tours that included entry to the USS Arizona. 
I booked this tour for $49 ($63 after taxes and fees) which includes a city tour…

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