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  1. Imo most of it has to do with Food Safety. Sourcing locally means that you don‘t follow your supply chain and if something happens, the company will be in tremendous trouble. I was working in a big chocolate factory, and one day, the supplied butter was not good anymore. So the head of production send workers over to buy butter at the local supermarket to keep on producing. He was fired for that oversight… big drama and it was made sure that this would never happen again. And that is 20 years ago
  2. Bora Bora has limited their port to passenger numbers of 1200 max. after reopening after Covid >>Ships with a capacity of more than 2,500 passengers would be restricted to only Tahiti, Raiatea and Moorea while Bora Bora will only be allowed to welcome 1,200 cruise passengers per day.<< https://www.worldofcruising.co.uk/cruise-news/french-polynesia-bans-cruise-ships-tahiti-cruises
  3. We always book a rental car, pick it up at the airport and return off at the port. Most car rentals offer a free shuttle to the port, I personally prefer dropping DW and luggage off at the pier, then drive to the car rental and return by shuttle.
  4. In am afraid the new CEO and team have been mainly installed to execute significant cuttings of cost and not so much to maximize the customer experience. However I hope that the visit brings some positive changes for all of us passengers.
  5. Apologies for asking the same question: Did the Polynesian Folklore Group make an appearance in Papeete or did they stop that as well?
  6. We have always booked with Avis, unlimited miles and insurance covered. I‘d take the car only for 1 day to loop around the island and do the rest by walk. If you don‘t know to drive stick, make sure that you rent the correct car. Our cars always had manual gear shift.
  7. Did Celebrity treat you with a Hawaiian Folklore Combo?
  8. We did this already 3 times and are looking forward to your trip report. Too bad that Bora Bora limits access to larger Cruiseships like Solstice, it has been always the highlight on your cruises.
  9. We have been on Edge during a TA back in 2019 and loved every minute on her!
  10. I don‘t enter a long haul flight without my Bose QC20 in-ears. They have a cable, but the NC function lasts for over 10 hours. I never liked the over-ears as if you touch the seatrest with them, the vibration will be transmitted.
  11. Have you booked the cruise already? It's only 20euro per day when you choose the 'all in' price category to get the easy package when you book. After you booked the cruise, the easy package costs around 32euro per day. If you are going to have a couple of drinks per day, then they easy package will be more than worth it. A glass of wine costs around 6euro plus 15% tax on board, a glass of Diet Coke is around 3euro, a bottle of water 1L is around 3euro. A cappuccino is around 4euro.
  12. Here is my experience in June. You can find the ticket(s) with the daily program the night before. Fill in the ticket and bring it with you, it will be charged to your cabin. I forgot to bring the ticket with me, the staff provided me a ticket at the shuttle stand. The price was around 17 or 18 euro in Helsinki and Stockholm. Since I wanted to avoid the crowd, it was around 10am when I boarded the shuttle, it was quite empty.
  13. Hi there, I have never sail with YC so I cannot give you any opinion. You are travelling with 2 teenagers, have you consider booking 2 balcony cabins with connection door? It will be more comfortable for everyone.
  14. One severe outbreak on a cruiseship - no matter what line - and probably denial of going into port can put the entire cruise industry on their knees - again. And that is the only reason, why you still need a test to board a cruiseship. Personally, I have no idea where the issue is with testing. I‘d rather know that the person that I meet on a plane/ship/train has tested negative - so is not symptomatic and my risk of getting infected by him/her is not zero but minimal.
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