i'm always undecided when i hear about cruises to places like Asia - i much prefer ground touring (on my own, not in an organized group)....
on the other hand, like another poster said, hong kong is much closer and easier for me to get to than orlando, so i could just view it as a cruise to wherever, the destination being less important than the cruise itself....
but i'm betting , like the med cruises, these will be much longer cruises....something that is very difficult for us.... unless they've improved the communication from ship to shore, which perhaps they have...