lisah168

Yes you did. Thanks！

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It's official! French Blue is now called French Bee. But the big news is they now have traffic rights to pickup passengers in SFO and deliver to PPT plus the return.

 

 

 

 

 

They will operate two R/T per week between SFO to PPT. Flights will be:

 

 

 

 

 

BF710 San Francisco to Papeete departing 11:55PM arriving 5:15AM (+1 day)

 

 

 

 

 

BF711 Papeete to San Francisco departing 7:30AM arriving 6:30PM

 

 

 

 

 

It appears the airline is working on getting up a English website to purchase tickets. Currently the French language website only has PPT - SFO R/T but that should change soon.

 

 

 

 

 

In terms of the fares, right now I see 334.50EUR roundtrip fares from Tahiti to San Francisco. FYI that is $413 USD :O

 

That’s fantastic. Thanks for posting. Do you know if such flights are available for booking in US now?

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I did send both of you an email. Let me know if you did not receive it.

 

Doug

Doug, I would love to have your agent's contact info as well. Just began to plan a PG cruise hopefully for 2018. You can send it to lisah168 at yahoo dot com

Thanks!

There is a shuttle bus going back and forth between port and bus terminal. You should be fine.

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Please believe that there are probably many folks looking at your thread on a daily basis but not being part of the 'action'! :)

Ditto! Would love to see you continue with this thread...

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I’m so sorry for your losses. Passing of a loved one is never easy to deal with, especially during holiday time and under such extreme circumstance. May they Rest In Peace...

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Excellent. Can’t wait for Bora Bora...thanks again!

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This is one of the best threads on CC. I have been lurking for a while. Thank you for providing such detailed info. I have been thinking about taking a trip to FP. Now I’m fully convinced that our first trip should be on PG. One quick question: what is the best time to take such a trip if I want to balance between lower prices for cruise/airfares and relatively good weather? We are into snorkeling and general sightseeing, and are flexible about when to travel. Thanks!

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BTW, I just bought the tickets! Very easy. Thanks again!

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Once again, excellent info. Thank you so much JBare. We will give it a try.

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Thank you so much, JBare, for the detailed info. This sounds like something that could be easily dealt with. May I ask who is providing the minibus to port of entry, city of San Antonio or cruise ship? I would guess it’s the former. Also, how long does it take to reach Santiago? Did you take a cab or metro from there to your hotel?

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We sailed on HAL Zuiderdam in May/June this year and I thought the ship was fine, even though it’s a bit worn compared to when we did its Alaska sailing in 2011. Food was good, similar to Princess and Celebrity level. We enjoyed all the ports visited. The only issue we had was due to bad weather, we didn’t reach Warnemunde until much later. As a result, we only spent a couple of hours in Berlin after a long drive to get there. This is really no one’s fault but it’s disappointing nonetheless. We will have to visit Berlin again.

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We didn't make any small purchases, but we paid for our Volunteer Point excursion (with Patrick Watts) in USD.

How much does he charge for Volunteer Point excursion?

The story is old (2007) but it was our Antarctic Experience and it was the trip of a lifetime for us. So much so that we are planning a second run at Antarctica in 2019.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=480550

Wow. What an adventure! I hope the kind of storms you encountered was an exception this time of the year rather than the norm and our upcoming Zaandam cruise to SA/Antarctica will not be as exciting as yours :D

BTW, I laughed out loud a few times reading your posts, to my DH's amusement. Love your writing!

We plan to take a bus to Santiago when we debark on Jan 28. Will report back.

I have a question: on Lower Prom LP, is there rear access to the outside deck from cabin 3431 or 3430? It's not clear to me from the deck plan.

Thanks for posting the patters and dinner menus! I looked over and saw Bayou Cafe opens every day at 5:30. I thought the pub lunch will be held there. so, where will be the pub lunch, and on which day?

Also, for afternoon tea, do they offer every day or only on sea days? Where will that be?

 

If you don't want to wait, load up a slot machine with credit from your account, spin once or twice and then cash out. :D

Great idea! Can you get cash back this way with non-purchased OBCs given by Princess as part of a promotion?

Just finished reading your excellent reports and thoroughly enjoyed it. One question regarding Princess@sea app: do you need to connect to wifi in order to use it?

Last week we were on Mediterranea and were offered special wine discount four times in seven days. We were more than happy with the offering. There were at least one red and one white to choose from.

We don't drink much alcohol but I wonder if Costa has a coffee/hot drink only package, like Some other cruise lines?

Damn. I love Illy coffee. Thanks for the replies though.

Is the coffee machine in cabins on every Costa ship?

If Costa cancels tours due to not enough participation, when will they notify those who book the tour?

So，do you have to fill the bag with 25 pieces all at once, or can you spread them out for a few days?