Tahiti (Papeete) Cruise Reviews
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Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Paul Gauguin
rjeffb
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s
Summary: the islands and waters of French Polynesia are beautiful, exotic, and clean. The towns and roads are populated by people who are friendly, charming, inviting, and helpful. And I highly recommend you visit them on a cruise ship (especially if you are a scuba diver)…once alternatives to Paul Gauguin become available.
The M/S Paul Gauguin is a tired, clunky ship staffed by crew ranging ...
Read MoreSail Date: October 2019
Review for a Trans-Ocean Cruise on Marina
LWalber
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
We wanted to try a new line (we've cruised more than 20 times on Celebrity/Azamara) and Oceania had a cruise from French Polynesia to Peru. The selling point was a stop at Easter Island and then a post-tour of Machu Picchu.
The ship itself was good. Our suite was spacious. The food was excellent in the specialty restaurants, average in the main dining area.
Entertainment was hit and miss. ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite
Review for a World Cruise Cruise on Marina
Dileas01
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
Had been with Oceania in 2011 and thoroughly enjoyed it. That cruise was a comfortable, fairly sophisticated experience, and was always was keen to repeat the experience.
The company brochure is now really misleading. It shows elegant well dressed people, where in actual fact on this trip the majority of people were dressed in baseball caps, T shirts and dad trainers. We are in out late 60's ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom
Review for a World Cruise Cruise on Marina
chipper1234
10+ Cruises • Age 60s
We chose the cruise for the itinerary and the fact that we had been on the Mariner before and had liked it. This time however we were sorely disappointed. The captain seemed to have difficulty communicating with the passengers and any major announcements were handled by the cruise director. There was no warning that we would be without internet or communication the last half of the cruise. The ...
Read MoreSail Date: March 2019
Cabin Type: Concierge Level
Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Marina
drreena
10+ Cruises • Age 70s
We are not new to cruising as this was our 15th cruise but the first with Oceania. We were attracted to Oceania because of the French Polynesia itinerary as well as its reputation for good service and food. We absolutely loved the itinerary as well as the very good service by our cabin staff and butler as well as the food in the specialty restaurants. However, we found that the added costs were ...
Read MoreSail Date: February 2019
Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite
Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Marina
Ericmalinee
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s
We travelled on 30 January for a 10 day Polynesian cruise on the ms marina and what should have been the trip I dreamed off turned completely bad due to incompetent staff. I like to warn future travelers to have a good medical insurance, lucky we had one. But honestly I felt shy to present these bills to the insurance.
We were totally ripped off by the medical center. I understand that ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2019
Cabin Type: Verandah Stateroom
Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Wind Spirit
SpringValleyCarol
2-5 Cruises • Age 80s
This was advertised as a "sailing" ship," filling its sails with the tradewinds of Tahiti" in every advertisement, and we fell for it. As experienced sailors on a 40' sailboat, San Diego to Hawaii and back, pacific northwest, central america and panama canal, we know sailing. The feeble efforts to make this look like sailing consisted of releasing tiny pieces of storm jib type sails for photo ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2018
Cabin Type: Oceanview Stateroom
Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Wind Spirit
boandalice
10+ Cruises • Age 80s
If you are seeking a cruise with Tahitian culture, history and dancing, this one is not for you. We have taken two other Polynesian cruises and the crews were Polynesian. We learned a lot about the islands and their culture and history. The shows featured Polynesians and their dancing. The crew on the Wind Spirit is Asian and Eastern European and knew nothing about the islands. It seemed the ...
Read MoreSail Date: January 2018
Cabin Type: Oceanview Stateroom
Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Paul Gauguin
marykuhl
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s
Please understand the ship is nice and in good condition, but quite old. Our balcony was very small - like you could barely fit two chairs and a small table. The price of this cruise was triple any comparable cruise we've ever sailed.
If you book this cruise, you must take their pre-post package. We opted to stay longer so that we could use a timeshare week and were required to pay an extra ...
Read MoreSail Date: September 2017
Review for a South Pacific Cruise on Paul Gauguin
7figtrees
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s
Friends suggested this. I don't like cruises & shouldn't have gone. The only port PG docked was in Papeete. All other cruise involved waiting on launches & feeling like 2nd class citizen because priority is given to PG excursions (which are costly, despite the very expensive cruise). Once on the ship, and after visiting the first port, we learned that that port & Moorea (the last port) were the ...
Read MoreSail Date: August 2017
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