Hello Reviewers, My wife and I wanted to see Bora Bora and Moorea on our honeymoon, and taking a cruise was the most affordable way to accomplish this. Plus it allowed us to see the other islands.

We were traveling from Toronto, and the main way to get to Tahiti is through LAX. I watched the prices climb and climb and climb to the point where it was $3500 a person for flight alone which was cost prohibitive, so we decided to fly to Honolulu for two nights before the cruise on United Airlines, then take Hawaiian airlines to Tahiti. The problem is Hawaiian airlines only flies to Tahiti on Saturdays so, after the cruise we had four nights to burn, so we stayed on longer. These two flights were about $1300 per person so we put the savings toward extra days on our vacation.

My wife is gluten free so meals is a challenge. United doesn't provide meals on the 9 hour flight from Toronto (via Chicago) to Honolulu. You have to buy them. You can't buy gluten free meals, you can't call ahead and order something either. Taking food across the border is challenging because everything gets inspected. I would not fly United again. Hawaiian airlines provided a free meal during the 6 hour flight but no gluten free meals, and no you can't order ahead of time either. Read more