Roll Call - Feb. 7, Silver Shadow, Los Angeles to Papeete

[markindayton]

Is anyone else going to be on this sailing? This is our first cruise with SS and our fourth cruise to French Polynesia. I will be celebrating my 50th birthday on Feb. 6 and am bringing my mother who is retired and living in central Florida.

[dwelsh]

Mark: Check the previous posts in this link and you will find the CC'ers who will be aboard. Are you doing RT LA/LA?

Welcome to the thread and say "Hello" to your mother for us.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=996264

[Emtbsam]

This thread has been merged with another similar thread.

[dwelsh]

EMbtsam:

How do threads merge?

[Emtbsam]

Originally Posted by dwelsh

EMbtsam:

How do threads merge?

That is a very good question. (I'm tempted to say in a knot! LOL) Since I'm not high tech, I simply hope that people will be aware that there is another thread with significantly more posts and concentrate their posts there. The February 7 departure on the Shadow is composed of two one way cruises: LA to Tahiti and Tahiti to LA and the 26 day LA to LA round trip that we are on. Also, I understand that there are some custom itineraries that go from LA to Honolulu.

[dwelsh]

In cruise lingo that equals "b2b"!!.

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[spook1]

Originally Posted by Emtbsam

That is a very good question. (I'm tempted to say in a knot! LOL) Since I'm not high tech, I simply hope that people will be aware that there is another thread with significantly more posts and concentrate their posts there. The February 7 departure on the Shadow is composed of two one way cruises: LA to Tahiti and Tahiti to LA and the 26 day LA to LA round trip that we are on. Also, I understand that there are some custom itineraries that go from LA to Honolulu.

Correct.
LA to LA Voyage 3004
LA to Papeete Voyage 3004A
Papeete to LA Voyage 3004B
LA to Honolulu Voayage 3004D**

**This cannot be booked with Silversea but thru Honolulu travel agent, Davies Cruise Agencies

[Emtbsam]

Originally Posted by dwelsh

In cruise lingo that equals "b2b"!!.

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Well yes and no. The round trip is not cheaper than the sum of the A & B fares so, it is not a B2B but is also a single cruise. On our recent cruise from Vancouver to LA (via Alaska), some passengers got off at San Francisco, but I certainly wouldn't call it a back to back cruise. Now when we continued on to Mexico, that was a B2B cruise with the 5% B2B discount.

However, if you wish to call the LA to LA cruise a B2B, go for it. The important thing is that we're on the whole trip!