This was a 10 day cruise to and from Papeete, Tahiti, March 27 to April 6.

We booked air via Princess. We flew on Tuesday, the 27th from Dulles Airport near Washington, DC to LAX. From flight was on United at 10:30 AM. It was a good flight with a about a hour. The plane wasn't full and Lynn and I had an extra seat to share.

There was to be about a 3 hour layover at LAX. Our transfer between terminals was smooth. Air Tahiti Nui was an hour and a half late taking off due to an airport problem out of the control of the airline. That put us into Papeete and hour and a half late. The plane was full. The standard seating configuration on that type of Airbus allows scant leg room in cabin class. That lack of leg room affects anyone over five feet tall. There were decent movies to watch on our personal TV screens and plenty to drink, alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The service was very good. The flight was smooth. The food in cabin class was not good, but not likely to cause illness, either. Read more