My wife and I were looking for a different itinerary and Paul Gauguin offered that with a 7 night cruise around the Society Islands out of Tahiti. Highlights are two days in Bora Bora and Moorea. The Paul Gauguin is a small ship holding only 340 passengers we sailed with about 250. This gave us an almost one for one staff/passenger ratio. Service was OUTSTANDING, the Crew asked your name and then did a great job remembering it, nice touch. Food was excellent, no problems there unless you want a midnight buffet, not on the Gauguin.

Ship had a decent sized show room and nice piano bar. We spent most of our post dinner time in the piano bar mingling with people we met. Bar on the top deck aft was also a nice spot. If you are looking for great entertainment and you like the ship to be your destination then I would recommend you look for a bigger ship with more to do. We went on this cruise for the itinerary, not to hang out on the ship so it was not an issue for us.

Rooms are standard, balcony was small. Ship is getting a bit dated, but is scheduled for dry dock spring of 2017, I might wait until that happens, but not a deal breaker if looking to go. Read more