[wilkinsm1]

We did the Princess cruise from Honolulu and then over to Tahiti, with all the islands in between, etc. We stayed a few nights in Oahu and in Tahiti before and after. We were with friends so had companions to play with....if hubby didn't want to go on a whale watching tour, my friend would go with me. We did different things during the day...I liked bingo and exercising and reading by the pool. They would gamble or play bridge, etc. The ship we were on was very small but nice, but I think they sold it after our cruise and Princess is using a larger ship now for the same cruise. My friend had gone on Cruise Critic and hooked up with some other people going on our cruise so we all got together for a few cocktail parties and booked some of the same excursions. They seemed to know the best ones to take so it worked out great. They booked with Patrick in Bora Bora which I would greatly recommend. He has a web page which you can check out. He owns a private motu and served a great lunch there. That was the best excursion and it wasn't from Princess. It was a memorable cruise...but the air travel was soo long. We were on first class from Atlanta to Honolulu (upgraded with points) and that was great...but on the way from Tahiti we felt like sardines ...LAX was no picnic either.

[ellie123]

Maybe it best if you just skip the cruise and stay in the villages if you seem to enjoy it so much, or just take a different cruise where you dock each day

[VICAR OF DIBLEY]

We have been to Tahiti on Princess, but not from HI. We did a repositioning cruise from Sidney, Australia to San Francisco. Approximately 30 days. I would recommend this cruise to anyone.

Days at sea - we were concerned about this also, I think our longest back to back sea days was five. Yes, some things to do have already been mentioned that you enjoy doing. Another thing we do is post on the bulletin board what we enjoy doing and see if anyone else would like to join us.

We have always met other cruisers who have the same interest as ours, and we also tried things we have never done. Our days, like here in TV became full. Some of the things I tried were the craft classes, meditation, husband got very involved with Trivia (also met a lot of nice people through him), tried dancing, and sorry I do not recall what else we did.

One thing I did learn from going on this long cruise, that is for us, is that for most of our fellow passengers this was a short cruise. I learned a lot listening them tell of their expreriences.

Like you did in TV you created a fun filled day, that is what you will need to do on a cruse. We created a fun filled day for ourselves, fell into the rhythm of it, and did not want to leave the ship.