Another way of seeing Hawaii is by Cruise Ship. There are two types of Hawaiian Islands Cruises. The first is the standard cruise ship way of boarding a ship on the mainland and using the ship as transportation to Hawaii. The second is to fly to Hawaii and board the Cruise Ship on Hawaii (strictly Hawaiian Island itinerary). The value of the second approach is that you save sailing time, shorter time at sea and more land time. Inter Island Cruises is the new cool way to see the most of Hawaii possible in one vacation. Boarding on Oahu at the Honolulu port, the ship will go to Maui (Kahului or Lahaina port), Kauai (Lihue port) and the Big Island (Hilo and Kailua-Kona port). All four main islands in one vacation! Plus it begins and ends on Oahu which is the most convenient place to fly in and out, and stay in Hawaii.