Tahiti!

[put me on a ship]

We're SO excited! We leave for Tahiti in 15 days, then spend 17 days on Wind Spirit. Life is good!

[milepig]

That's right - rub it in!!  Have a great trip.

Edited November 15, 2019 by milepig

[put me on a ship]

21 hours ago, milepig said:

That's right - rub it in!!  Have a great trip.

Thanks, with such a great ship and itinerary, how can it NOT be a great trip?

[Strenz]

The Tahiti trip that WS has is beyond incredible and beautiful. If I went to the  islands and stayed in a hotel I would have felt I missed out and i would have. Sailing In the lagoon was so exceptional. You have every right to be excited. Happy Sailing

[Chipshot from Michigan]

1 hour ago, Strenz said:

The Tahiti trip that WS has is beyond incredible and beautiful. If I went to the  islands and stayed in a hotel I would have felt I missed out and i would have. Sailing In the lagoon was so exceptional. You have every right to be excited. Happy Sailing

I recommend doing both.  Best of all worlds.  Stay a while after flying all that way.

[milepig]

It’s the itin that ship was build for. Fantastic. 

[Chipshot from Michigan]

1 hour ago, milepig said:

It’s the itin that ship was build for. Fantastic. 

The Wind Song pioneered it.

[milepig]

2 minutes ago, Chipshot from Michigan said:

The Wind Song pioneered it.

I know that. But they were triplets so my point still obtains. 

[put me on a ship]

15 hours ago, Chipshot from Michigan said:

I recommend doing both.  Best of all worlds.  Stay a while after flying all that way.

We're flying in a couple days early. We'll be there a total of 3 weeks. 😃

[Chipshot from Michigan]

3 hours ago, put me on a ship said:

We're flying in a couple days early. We'll be there a total of 3 weeks. 😃

So you've enjoyed plenty of non-W* research.  🤓  May I ask which Islands?

[put me on a ship]

51 minutes ago, Chipshot from Michigan said:

So you've enjoyed plenty of non-W* research.  🤓  May I ask which Islands?

We're doing a B2B, so some islands are repeats:

Fakarava
Rangiroa
Taha'a x2
Bora Bora x2
Huahine x2
Moorea x2
Raiatea

[Chipshot from Michigan]

9 hours ago, put me on a ship said:

We're doing a B2B, so some islands are repeats:

So no land time?  On our honeymoon we stayed on Moorea before the cruise and Bora Bora after it.

 

I don't know whether we'd cruise if we went again, thought the Aranui 3 looks interesting.  Our last visit was land-only (Moorea and Bora Bora again) and very pleasant.  I'd like to try the Tuamotus and and spend some time exploring Tahiti beyond Papeete.

[put me on a ship]

11 hours ago, Chipshot from Michigan said:

So no land time?  On our honeymoon we stayed on Moorea before the cruise and Bora Bora after it.

 

I don't know whether we'd cruise if we went again, thought the Aranui 3 looks interesting.  Our last visit was land-only (Moorea and Bora Bora again) and very pleasant.  I'd like to try the Tuamotus and and spend some time exploring Tahiti beyond Papeete.

Yes, our land time is in Papeete. We may take the ferry over to Moorea, to spend more time there.

[dandee2]

On 11/17/2019 at 7:49 PM, Chipshot from Michigan said:

So no land time?  On our honeymoon we stayed on Moorea before the cruise and Bora Bora after it.

 

I don't know whether we'd cruise if we went again, thought the Aranui 3 looks interesting.  Our last visit was land-only (Moorea and Bora Bora again) and very pleasant.  I'd like to try the Tuamotus and and spend some time exploring Tahiti beyond Papeete.

They have the Aranui 5 now and are working an a new one.
https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/21461-deal-signed-for-new-aranui-6-as-details-emerge.html

 

[Chipshot from Michigan]

2 hours ago, dandee2 said:

They have the Aranui 5 now and are working an a new one.
https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/21461-deal-signed-for-new-aranui-6-as-details-emerge.html

Thanks for the update.  An interesting departure from historic.  I wonder whether there will be sufficient passenger volume to support a luxury vessel on a similar itinerary.