gwenmarie

19 hours ago, MisterMatthew said:

I am especially sorry for that.  I will try to complete it shortly.  To anyone that I left "hanging", err... my fault.

 

---MisterMatthew

Thanks for your reply, I was wondering if you could comment on how you were able to enter Mexico without a Passport?

Thanks so much for your reply, I will use one of those.

We are leaving from Bergen on a 6:30am flight, we get off our ship the day before. Need to know where we should stay near the airport for this early flight.

I was wondering what happened to his blog after Porto Vallarta? It suddenly stopped on day 8.

Any information from anyone?

I fo not care for loud music on the pool decks but my experience on the Regatta recently was great. I actually liked the music and not at all too loud.

13 hours ago, su-arizona said:

Back in the stone ages, we cruised on a Renaissance ship (R3) from Papeete.  For a bit of history, when Renaissance went out of business those ships became the first Oceania R-class ships, including the Regatta.

 

During that cruise, I and a number of other passengers became ill with a virus, probably norovirus though I had never heard that word at the time.  I was too sick to leave our cabin, but no one was quarantined in those days.  Many passengers were ill on the cruise, and my husband became ill on the flight home.  As we all know, back in pre-pandemic days outbreaks of noro became more frequent, and passengers were quarantined.  But pre-pandemic, that was accepted as a risk of cruising, hand sanitizers started appearing everywhere, and the Oceania buffet was no longer self-service (Yay!).

 

As we all continue to debate the need for masks and the risks for cruising (and just generally going back to living) it reminds me that viruses have always been with us. I worry as much as anyone about the risks of Covid on our cruise next month.  But we chose to continue cruising after Tahiti, and we've chosen to accept the risk and continue to cruise now.  And I bet there will still be cruises where norovirus outbreaks occur.

 

But we got our second booster last week and ordered a bunch of KN85 masks from Amazon🙃

 

 

My husband and I may have been on the same Tahiti 10 cruise around the islands as you 21 years ago on the R 3. When we booked the recent Regatta cruise from Tahiti to LAX I was not aware it was this same ship. We have gone full circle I guess and enjoyed both cruises and were not I’ll, so yes that makes a big difference. We were 10 days on Moorea prior to this last cruise and it was also the same Hilton resort from 21 years ago. Many fond memories of the islands. We plan to return to Tahiti in the future.

On 3/26/2022 at 3:46 PM, Leela said:

Thank you for the update! Now I'm thinking I'll cancel the RT-PCR test because I don't really want to drive over an hour each way to the testing clinic the day before our departure to PPT.

We arrived in Tahiti last night using Hawaiian Air from Honolulu, no question regarding our testing. Whew! I’ll use is to board the ship April 6

I used the emed test for our flight to Tahiti today on Hawaiian Air. No problem with the test and I printed the results.

1 hour ago, patty1955 said:

Thank you for the information. Unfortunately, it puts me in a quandary. We fly from Seattle to Honolulu on 4/1 and from Honolulu to Tahiti on 4/2. We'll be in Hawaii for around 20 hours and our hotel is nowhere near a testing site. 

I emailed Hawaiian Airlines and they referred me to the Tahiti website so no help there.

When we flew to Europe in October, no one looked at our covid test. I don't suppose we'll be that lucky this time. 

We are in the same situation as you but starting in Portland, Oregon. I have done massive research on the emed tests, Honolulu testing, airport, pharmacy and walk in clinic. I purchased the emed Covid-19 AG card home test. This is not the Now test of the same company. I wrote to Tahiti tourism and my hotel connection in Tahiti where we will be for 10 nights prior to the April 6 cruise. 
The Covid-19 AG card test is with a person during FaceTime from beginning to end. I have verified the test is allowed for entry ad an antigen type test. I am using these for entry to Tahiti and Oceania. I have my emails to verify that it is excepted.

I will be coming off the Regatta on April 24 from Tahiti. We are flying out of LAX, can anyone suggest transportation from the port to that airport?

I’m in this same situation as you are but we are from Oregon doing an overnight in Honolulu to take the one day a week flight to Tahiti. Our Sheraton hotel in the area has given me a few possibilities including a walk in clinic that may work. Very stressful 

Thanks for the heads up on LAX airport 

Thanks I was wondering what it might be.

Can anyone recommend a shuttle or car service from this port to LAX airport? We are returning from Tahiti in April on the Regatta.

We are booked on this ship for October 16-27,2022. Have anyone been on one of these new ships yet?

 We are interested in your experience.

I am happy to hear that you were given an option to switch to a March 2022 cruise. We are booked for the April Tahiti to LAX CRUISE 

3 hours ago, Twiga said:

Gwenmarie, where will you stay in Tahiti?  I hope your cruise sails.  I have a similar cruise booked for 2023 and I plan on spending time on Moorea before the cruise.

We have stayed at the Sheraton on Moorea 20 years ago. Very nice beach and if you can grab over the water bungalow 

I was wondering where the ship was. I live in Oregon and have seen it in Astoria for the past year or so and then it went to dry dock in Portland recently. I have a feeling that we will not be going anywhere on that ship. We have a travel zoo booking at the Sheraton Moorea for the 10 days prior with a full refund. Our Hawaiian flight can be changed to RT Hawaii for a vacation there in March/April. 

I have found that contacting the card company you used if very helpful for a quick response 

I am hopeful that we are still going on our transpacific from Tahiti to LAX in April. We also have 10 days on land prior to leaving Tahiti. 

On 11/6/2021 at 7:21 PM, Petoonya said:

@Silver Sweethearts

Can think of a bunch of stuff to keep me busy on Moorea for 10 days! Not the same expense as Bora Bora either. I'd even be happy with a car to explore for 2 of the days. And if it's the Hilton Moorea just hanging out at the (small but nice) beach and snorkel is lovely for a few days. Then jetski around the island, or take a private boat tour day with Mermaid Moorea Private tours, do the Lagoonarium, Temae Beach, hike around Belvedere, 4x4 back country tour, and the biggest deal if you go May-October....swim with whales! I could be happy 20 days in Moorea if I had a sugar daddy to pay for it 😉

 

@gwenmarie We did that in 2019. Amazing- loved it. Doing again 2023. Till then doing 18 day Wind Spirit FP next summer.

The PPT-HNL-LAX is ideal. Enough run around play time; enough relax time. Regatta is just right to sail across the Pacific 🙂

I am happy to spend the 10 days land portion on Moorea at the Sheraton. Our accommodation is a unit with private small pool. I love being in the pool and ocean play. We are happy relaxing and reading and enjoying the water. The cruise back to LAX Is icing on the cake.

October 24 embarked from San Diego on the Konisgdam and according to a staff member 1200 guests 

I am booked for the 18 day cruise next April from FP to Los Angeles. We are flying from portland, or to Honolulu (5 Hrs) spending the night and taking Hawaiian Air to FP (6 hrs). Taking a 10 day land trip on Moorea prior to the cruise. 

Back in the olden days the first night was half price, does that still apply?