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I find the WS website easy to navigate enough And at first glance it looks easy to book their shore excursions - First the portal is giving us the 5% shore excursion discount - Second I am able to apply OBC - This seems terrific That is, lol, until it won't add a new credit card or rejects every CC I use (aaaargggg) So it's calling them by telephone and siting there waiting, waiting, and waiting, to what should be um a simple purchase, lol

Spectacular and SEXY! We tend to do 1:00p afternoon excursions (when possible) and use the water sports platform as a free excursion of sorts after breakfast - Couple of hours of swimming in the ocean, playing on the floatees, maybe take out a kayak, etc We used the platform a ton in on WS Cruises in the Panama Canal and in Croatia as well but it's a daily 'destination' in FP (minus Raiteria which is docked and the Taha Moto day) I've yet to feel a 'crowd' on any of our four WS cruises to date - There's never a ton of pax using the sports platform which is kind of crazy....

4 WS Cruises - 2 on FP, 1 in Europe, 1 Panama Canal - Never worn 'dress shoes' to dinner - I've worn sandals, Springsteen converse all stars, Texas Frye boots, and sketches, lol Never had an issue My spouse and I keep choosing WS because it's not 'old school' like Silverseas and or Seaborne and we adore the refined luxury product but also the casualness Mind you we've yet to try Azamara, Regent, or Oceana

We're also on the Breeze in Oct (2024) A reminder that the 2nd night in Bora Bora is the island Motu fire dance night and you 100% do not want to miss that - The BBQ seafood is terrific and the fire dancing is always spectacular - It's also an organic way to meet other passengers! (seated on large picnic tables, feet in sand) My spouse and I always go to Villa Mahana on the first night/overniter for dinner (tasting course) but this time we area doing it on land prior to the cruise - I would equally reccomend numerous bars and eateries on Matira Beach (we usually do a lunch there and swim) and BB Beach Club is hands down our fave lunch destination on the Island (we always go there after a private (non cruise) paddle board excursion in the area (last time we cabbed with the infamous Dora) Unfort Bloody Mary's is still closed By the way if you want to book non WS excursion we really recommend using Patrick's entity (I think he finally retired though) but his family is keeping the co going - We adore the 3/4 Lagoon snorkelling and lunch tour

I have sailed both and also the Wind surf (or one of those, lol) in Tahiti and they are equally wonderful products - My preference though is both WS and the Breeze - Why? First WS is a little less expensive - Second I find WS generally just bit more 'casual' - Third love love love the WS staff - Fourth The ship is a bit more 'modern' - Fifth I love love the all inclusive packaging However apart from the basic 7 day cruise PG does offer more interesting itin's - Food wise they are both way above average Will b e sailing on the WS Breeze Oct 24th for a week - Can't wait jc

WS Breeze in Oct 2024 - It'll be our 4th cruise in Tahiti - We've sailed once with PG and 3 times with WS, 2nd time on the Breeze - We love love the WS product - We always combine it with a couple of chill nights in a PPT resort and a fly in for 3-4 nights somewhere, this time in Bora Bora jc

Personally speaking the last thing I want to doing after a humungously long flight to PPT is an active excursion on the first full day in Tahiti - When we first got to the islands we had read PPT was nothing much to experience so we used to just book an inexpensive room for the night and fly right out to Bora Bora early the next day - We had to go, go, go! However more recently my spouse and I discovered how to chill better, lol, and now we purposely park ourselves at a resort in PPT for at least 2-3 nights to work off the jet lag in the pool or ocean - Get used to the time change, the weather, the poisson cru, the creme brûlée, the vibe, slow our life down, etc - Yes, the option for a last minute excursion to Morrea is always there, be it a whale watch, snorkle, or renting those silly racing cars, but as we got older we starting really enjoying the down time of doing nothing at all at the start of our vacation - And the PPT resorts serve a useful purpose for that end, lol - We then find ourselves more ready and in the right frame of mind so to speak to fly off to another island or then board a cruise ship - IC is our fave but the Hilton works too and in Oct we are gonna try Te Moana for the fist time - We'll save the OW Bungalow for Bora Bora as the standard rooms at the IC are IMO better priced

Only been on 4 WS cruises but we've been offered 'upgrades' 3 times - Each time though we passed, as the 'upgrade' wasn't free and we didn't see the monetary value First we tend to book the lowest cat cabin because my wife and I are quite social and barely spend any time in the room, especially say in Tahiti or warmer weather Oddly enough though we've only been on Holland America twice, and this May 2023, got offered a seriously nice suite upgrade for very little cost - We jumped on that one as we were traveling with another couple and our massive suite was a terrific place too gather b4 dinner, and or on at sea glacier days, pus the much larger balcony Now we've yet to be on a WS cruise any longer than 10 nights but I will say the Pride/Breeze size yacht cabins are significantly spacious/comfy as compared to the ole smaller surf/wind, etc, so much so we don't pine for upgrades to french balconies or suites, but sure that would be different once you're talking about 12 night plus, if offered and free, of course we'd jump at it jc Toronto

My wife and have been lucky to travel to Tahiti 3 times and twice with WS (once with PG) - Usually we book a night for a tasting menu at Villa Mahana in Bora Bora or a similar eatery skipping the cruise dinner However in Oct 2021 aboard the Breeze we simply forgot about the BBQ motu in Bora and had pre booked Mahana on the 2nd night weeks in advance! That is until we boarded, got reminded about the Bora motu BBQ and my wife insisted we cancel Mahana Why? Well in our opinion that Bora evening BBQ is one of those can't miss Tahitian Cruise events, not only is the 4 Seasons island location stunning, the buffet dinner fresh and scrumptious, but we still get a major kick from the touristy evening fire show, even though we've seen it 3-4 times, lol It's flat out special So is the full day beach day at WS private island, on our first WS cruise we mistakenly booked a morning half day excursion, which sort of sucked because then you get way less time on the motu Thus we correct the mistake on the Breeze, once on board, we re-arranged our excursion, so we could get off as early as possible and spend the entire day on the motu, socialize, swim, supt, float, drink, feels if the world has literally stopped for us, in paradise, forever smiling in casual bliss, and then be amongst the very last zodiac to leave to we can savour every moment off the ship Also don't forget to take advantage of the sports deck! - There's something very very very sexy about jumping in the middle of an ocean from your cruise ship - Every would be cruiser should have that life experience, be it with WS or one of the smaller yacht cruise ships We hope to sail with WS Pride next this Dec in Panama and then back to Tahiti for 4th time in Oct 2024, here we come poisson cru and Tahitian vanilla creme brulle jc Toronto