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Thanks—your thoughts are much appreciated! I was thinking that the included tour would likely be pretty superficial. also appreciate the food tour recommendation!

Thank you for the information—very helpful!

Hoping someone who has traveled with Avalon to Prague and Vienna can help us! We are on a Christmas Market cruise in December on the Danube, Nuremberg to Vienna. We have a few days pre cruise in Prague booked through Avalon and two additional nights in Vienna at the end. There is an included tour in Prague whose description says: CLASSIC Take a Guided City Walk to visit Hradčany Castle Grounds; see St. Vitus Cathedral, and Old Town’s Astronomical Clock. We were hoping to determine if that was the extent of the tour? We will have a couple days prior to this "tour" so would like to avoid duplicating sites. In Vienna, the tour description states: CLASSIC Explore the Habsburg empire this morning on a Guided City Tour of Vienna’s gilded landmarks. See the Imperial Palace complex—the winter residence of the Imperial Family, the iconic Vienna Opera House and stunning St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Spend free time on your own to enjoy the Christkindlesmarkt, or relax by the fire’s glow in a Viennese café. You may join a Guided Optional Tour of Schönbrunn Palace—summer home of the Habsburg dynasty for 300 years. I have contacted Avalon and my travel agent and they just send me the same description back. Thanks for any help!

Definitely do a tour that takes you to the Manta Rays! They were very cool to see

We did not really see many options to book when you got off the ship. We did a tour with Bora Bora H2O as well and they were fantastic! We also rented a small boat with La Plage and they provided transport to and from the dock.

We just were on the Windstar Star Breeze and our tender went to the Hotel Kaveka. The Paul Gaugin cruise was docked in Ōpūnohu Bay so you probably need to check with the cruise line to verify.

We were just on the Breeze and had the wifi package. we found it to work really well--great for texting and surfing the net. We were able to do a couple FaceTime calls as well.

Awesome--thanks for all the helpful replies! and I assume catching ferry to Moorea is straightforward as well? Are the taxis cash only? assume there is an ATM at the airport to get local currency?

I am looking at flights on air Tahiti. any advice on flying with them? I think we are going to fly in and spend three days on Moorea and then the 7 night cruise.

Thank you for your input! I think we are leaning towards a 7 day cruise and a few days on "land".

Appreciate your input--I also care way too much about seat assignments etc and like to be in control of those aspects! May I ask where you stayed on arrival? the intercontinental? I was intrigued by doing a few nights on Moorea either at the start or end as well. Thank you again!

Thank you for your thoughts and insight! Did you use the Windstar package for airfare and hotels?

Hello--we just had to cancel a cruise this month secondary to family illness and now are looking to travel to Tahiti in February or March 2024. I see there are options for cruise only or some options with airfare and added hotel stays. I wanted to ask what people's thoughts were regarding booking it as a package through Windstar vs doing separately. Also, is 7-8 days is enough? I see the longer cruises as well. Just wondering if it gets repetitive? We are traveling with the goal of relaxing and unwinding post retirement and a long year! Thank you for any constructive input!