This is about the cruise from Tahiti to Fiji that departed Papeete on May 19, 2007. Consider this short review an add-on to the review by "Trinidad". I totally agree with his comments. If I met "trinidad" on the cruise, he did not reveal that he was a closet Cruise Critic writer, nor did I.

I feel some responsibility to write a review, since I have learned so much from other Member Reviews.

EMBARKATION: The most painless of the 17 cruises we have had. We booked through Grand Circle and were picked up at our hotel(Radisson) at 1100 and given a tour of Tahiti. We arrived at the dock around 1500, and by the time we were off the bus, our large bags, that were also on the bus were lined up just to the side of the bus. We verified with a crew member that our two bags were there, and walked up the gangway. We were presented with some kind of bubbly and waited a short time for a couple ahead of us to check in and then were checked in quickly. The whole process took less than 10 minutes. Read more