February 17, 2019 – Moorea, French Polynesia
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We arrived left Tahiti about an hour late because of weather and arrived at Moorea and found the same. Captain says 50 mph wind gusts and rain. They cancelled tendering on shore and we were unable to make a stop here. We learned this after spending 90 minutes in line for a tender ticket on the Lido deck.
The ship left Moorea for Bora Bora at 9 am in the roughest waters yet on the trip. We hit the gym after the announcement was made and I had the most exciting time on the treadmill yet. Nearly fell off a few times as the ship was navigating through huge swells.
All excursions booked through HAL were promptly refunded. Anyone booking third party tours lost out. We had nothing booked and planned to wing it once we arrived.
The ship staff quickly re-planned the entire schedule on the ship. Port days have few activities and sea days have many. We sat outside and watched the huge swells and whitecaps. This is what I imagined the Pacific would be like when we left a nearly a month ago.
Dinner was a tropical paradise theme.
The evening entertainment was Kieran Powell. Puppeteer and ventriloquist. Absolutely hysterical show.
He pulled a male “volunteer” out of the audience and had him stand there as he held a microphone and a big pair of lips that he could control in front of his face. He then “spoke” to the audience for the volunteer.
He did his own version of the “Dating Game” with one of his “male” puppets and three woman he pulled from the audience. One was the former personal assistant to the former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (Justin’s Father). It was hilarious as the puppet asked the women questions.
I would guess because of his age that he has youtube video clips. Great show. It be worth it to look.
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