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elmaexec

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    Green Bay, WI
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    Celebrity, Paul Gauguin, Azamara

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  1. I’ll be on the Muse in September! I have a question for you: Are the steam room, sauna, and whirlpool that are located in the spa area available for use by all passengers or are they only available for booked spa services?
  2. I'm wondering if use of the steam room, sauna, and whirlpool in the spa is free of charge. From what I've seen it appears the steam room and sauna may be available FOC, but I can't find any reference to that big whirlpool located behind the Thermal Suite. Also, to use these facilities if they are offered free, can one simply show up? It doesn't require reserving a time or anything like that, does it?
  3. Thank you! Glad to hear they at least carry Guinness. I don't understand why cruise companies, particularly the luxury lines, don't offer more craft beer options. There's certainly a market for them.
  4. New Silversea cruiser here. I'm a big fan of stouts and I'm wondering if Silversea carries any. I'm hoping they have Guinness at least? What other beers are offered?
  5. You can’t avoid the runny eggs if you’re an early riser. The only eggs available when the buffet opens are those eggs.
  6. There may be a difference in plans, but the plan I was on allowed up to three divices but could not be used simultaneously. One had to be signed off before another could be signed on.
  7. The difference is that with multiple devices for one person, you can only use one device at a time. So if you’re trying to share it, one device has to sign out before the next device can be signed on. With multiple people, each with one device, they can be using them at the same time.
  8. I’m not sure. Possibly shown with “shore excursions” for that day. Someone told us they arranged a driver with the tourist office in Ravenna so that may be worth looking into.
  9. No! And be warned: there are very few taxis available at the port. Arrange a shuttle or private driver. The line was a couple of hours long for cabs when we disembarked forcing us to trek a half mile on city streets with all our baggage and pack in to a city bus loaded with Celebrity passengers and their luggage. I would have appreciated a warning about this situation ahead of time. I heard rumor that Royal Caribbean warned their passengers. Lucky for us, it wasn’t raining that day. Edit: I should be clearer, they do offer a pre paid shuttle, not a free shuttle. Pay ahead for the shuttle or arrange a private driver. Don’t depend on cab service.
  10. We did the tour with Ato on Fakarava as recommended above. Frankly the communication wasn’t great and we didn’t know if the tour was confirmed right up to the moment we got off the dock because he needed a total of 8 participants and didn’t get that until the last minute. Also, Ato’s son ran our tour and didn’t have great English. Nevertheless, it was an amazing trip to one of the most breathtaking locations I’ve ever seen. As a diver, you might prefer the South Pass, famous for the wall of sharks but that’s a long boat trip. In both Bora Bora and Moorea we rented our own boat on one of our two days. No license is needed, prices are very reasonable and it’s lovely to have the freedom to come and go to various snorkel spots on your own time and without anyone crowding you. We used Tip Nautic in Moorea and La Plage in Bora Bora. On our first day in Bora Bora we did a snorkel tour around the island, then rented the boat on the second day. In Moorea, I’d suggest an interior tour on one of the days, seeing the pineapple fields, marae, and Belvedere lookout. In Huahine, we used Janou with Huahine-private tours. Her price was reasonable for a private tour around the island and you can make your own itinerary. She provides a list of suggestions. In Rangiroa, drift snorkeling (or diving) one of the passes is a great experience!
  11. I’m sorry, but I don’t recall. We were usually more concerned with our tour start times than the end times. I would think 16:30 is reasonable.
  12. Tahitianbigkahuna has much more experience than I do with Paul Gauguin, but since I started this thread, I thought I’d relay my experience on our October cruise. We had all private tours booked except for the Tahaa drift snorkel. After the first day, we no longer bothered going to the Piano Bar prior to heading down to the tender boarding area. We just showed up at the boarding area early and waited as the line formed. People using Gauguin excursions were brought down in a line and proceeded onto the tender, then the rest of us were boarded. We did have a full ship on that cruise, but we still got on the first tender every time. At that time, they were not restricting the number of people on the tenders as we had no Covid spread and the tenders hold a remarkable number of people when filled. The reason we no longer bothered with the Piano Bar is this: on that first day, we were left to follow out behind the line of Gauguin tour people, but as they passed the boarding area, others who had been waiting there filled in behind them and we ended up being behind those who had lined up at the boarding area.
  13. Don’t rush off the ship if you can swing the extra two days in French Polynesia! You can take the ferry across for a day or two in Moorea or just enjoy the time exploring Tahiti - black sand beaches, the drive across the center of the island, waterfalls, giant surf waves, etc.
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