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43 minutes ago, Leejnd4 said:

I agree that could be tight, and it's even possible you won't have time to have lunch at all if you miss a tender. I think they only run every 30 minutes. 

 

Why not take the afternoon off and head to the PG's private motu? They don't have much in the way of amenities on the motu (unlike Motu Mahana), but it's a gorgeous beach and a nice way to spend an afternoon. I don't like to cram my cruises with too many excursions...time to relax is important as well!

Yeah, if we don't find some other "unstructured" activity for the afternoon, we might just do that.  Do they run tenders directly from the ship to the PG motu?

We will be on the PG from July 1 to July 12. For one of our two days in Bora Bora, I have booked a 4WD sightseeing tour which departs at 9:00 a.m. and lasts "approx. 3 hours".  Rather than having nothing arranged for the afternoon, I'm thinking of booking the Aqua Safari Introductory Helmet Dive which starts at 1:30 p.m.  I'm concerned though that with tending to the ship, we'd only have about 30 minutes to grab lunch and change, which of course is tight.  Any suggestions as to what else we could do that afternoon (we're doing the PG Lagoon Cruise and Polynesian Feast the other day)?  Thanks!

On 8/16/2022 at 4:36 PM, beezercatz said:

We are from Bend, Oregon and are booked on the11 night cruise on the Paul Gauguin on July 1st. Anyone else booked for this same sailing???

Hi, we're from Fort Lauderdale, Florida and we'll be on that cruise!  Can't wait.  Been researching some independent excursions on the islands while waiting for PG to open up theirs.

Winks, could you advise how the situation with deck chairs was on the day at sea? Primarily interested in deck 11 and the solarium pool. Will we be able to find 2 chairs together in these areas around 10'ish or are they long gone by then? Thanks.

You're referring to the second formal night? If that's the case, then they're really not enforcing the dress code in the MDR! Yeah, I know there's a dedicated thread for that....

Winks, thanks so much for this review - we're going on the same itinerary on January 2nd. I notice in the Dailies it shows that for formal nights, the dress code for men is: "Tuxedo, suit or jacket with slacks." This differs from Celebrity's "official policy" of "Tuxedo, suit or DINNER jacket with slacks." What did you observe - would a regular sports jacket/blazer, with dress slacks, shirt and tie be a good bet in the MDR on formal nights?