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Come aboard the Paul Gauguin cruise ship as I discuss the ship and the 7 things I think you need to know, and the 5 important watch-outs you need to consider before cruising on this luxury cruise ship. The Paul Gauguin cruises out of Tahiti on cruise vacations around the French Polynesia islands on cruising vacations from 7 to 14 nights. I show you the facilities on the ship. Paul Gauguin became part of the French luxury Ponant Cruises group in August 2019.
Note: I travelled as a guest of Paul Gauguin before making this video. They had no input on the opinions or content of this video.
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you're about to discover everything you
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need to know about the poor Gauguin
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cruise ship hi I'm Gary Bainbridge and
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this is another of my tips so Travis I'm
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currently onboard the Paul Gauguin ship
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and I want to share with you everything
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that I discovered and saw and learnt
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about this cruise ship the Paul Gauguin
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ship is the ownership within Paul
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Gauguin cruises it operates out of
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pipette II in Tahiti offers seven ten
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and fourteen night cruises around French
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Polynesia focusing particularly on the
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society islands it's a luxury ship it's
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a small cruise ship and have
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specifically designed to cruise around
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the French Polynesian islands it's a
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pretty small ship it only has seven
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passenger decks
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it has 332 guests 217 crews have very
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high crew to passenger ratio it has a
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hundred and sixty-six suites ranging
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from big owners suites down to port all
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cabin suites over 70% of the cabins on
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board have a balcony which I think is
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really important if you're cruising this
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beautiful part of the world because the
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scenery is remarkable and amazing and
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you're docked a lot of the time
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someone's overnight in these beautiful
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islands and having a balcony is
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fantastic to get the incredible views
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the premium cabins have butler service
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as part of the whole luxury experience
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it also has one wheelchair-accessible
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stateroom and some side rooms can
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accommodate three guests which is really
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important if you're traveling with
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family because if your child is under 17
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and shares a stateroom with you that
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child actually travels for free another
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important thing to note about the paul
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gauguin is it's largely all-inclusive
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food your accommodation your gratuities
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your drinks the kids program use of the
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water sport facilities your snorkeling
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equipment
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the only extras on board are excursions
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Wi-Fi and of course if you do things
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like send stuff to the laundry use the
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medical center go to the spa or buy
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things in the shop let's take a deeper
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look at the facilities onboard
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starting with dining there are three key
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dining venues onboard so a lot of choice
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considering it's a small ship all of the
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dining venues are
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open cedar dining and they're all
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included within the fair the main dining
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room which is only open in the evenings
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which is L'Etoile it's a fabulous space
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I really like it and the great thing
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about the menu in there is if you're
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vegetarian or vegan like me you have a
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special section which is vegetarian and
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most of those options are vegan so
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that's great but a huge menu lots of
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choice very good quality food with the
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two alternative dining venues they both
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operate as a buffet breakfast and a
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buffet lunch and then they even then
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become specialized dining the first of
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those is La Miranda they have a great
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breakfast spread in here a great lunch
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spread and they'll often be different
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themes by day so Greek polynesian in the
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evening lover and it really turns into
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as a refresh cuisine focused dining
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where it has one part of the menu which
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is look like a tasting menu and then it
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has an ala carte menu the other Isla
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Grill which is actually hugely popular
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because it's up on the pool deck and
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largely open so very very popular as you
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can imagine cruising through the region
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great views
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breakfast and lunch is buffet it serves
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afternoon tea in here and as the name
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would suggest in the evening it becomes
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a more grill based venue so grilled fish
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grilled meat those two you just have to
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make reservations for liver and and the
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grill there is also a 24-hour room
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service menu with a pretty big choice
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which you can also order on the
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interactive television so one of the
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facilities are there onboard well first
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of all let's take a look at lounges and
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bars one of the most popular is the
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piano bar and link to that is the casino
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this is really popular for before dinner
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drinks and also after-dinner drinks
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there the pianist playing in here as it
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now says of course the name would
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suggest and as I mentioned you have a
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small casino with a roulette table a
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blackjack table and a room with the
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number of machines the other really
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popular venue and bar is known as la
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palette here they actually have an early
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riser and healthy options breakfast it's
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up on deck 8 at the rear of the ship so
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it has great views it's very popular
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place particularly at sellout time and
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again in the evenings they have things
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like
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karaoke and a band playing in here out
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on the pool deck there's a beautiful
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pool and lots of space to sit and
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there's also a bar up there in terms of
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activities I already mentioned that you
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have the pool is a huge big Sun Deck
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area as often organized activities out
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there if you walk around at 20 times you
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do a mile there's also a fitness center
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it's a small fitness center being a
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small ship but it certainly has a good
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range of cardio and weights as far as
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well which does the usual things hair
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dressing and various spa treatments
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there's a boutique actually quite a big
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boutique which sells clothes famous
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regional pearls there's toiletries and
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it has a lot of souvenirs that you can
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also buy in the shop there's actually a
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very small library which has books in
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different languages French Dutch English
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it also has a medical center what it
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doesn't have is a guest laundry so if
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you want to sense up a laundry you have
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to send that away it's not there's no
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guest laundry on board let me talk about
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the cabins there's a wide range of
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cabins from owners suites right down to
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Port au cabin so a big range and choice
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the main type of cabin though are
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balcony cabins so I was cruising in the
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balcony cavern I was in Cabin number
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seven one for it's a good-sized room it
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has a really comfortable bed which is
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actually a queen sized bed a lot of the
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cabins actually have queen-size beds
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rather than twin beds you have you have
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a very nice balcony you have a good
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bathroom actually which has a bath so a
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shower in bath and then one of the new
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innovations it has is an interactive TV
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now on the interactive TV you can do
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things like watch movies on demand you
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can order room service
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you can also watch various things about
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there from ports and you can actually
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book your various excursions through the
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television so I think have been really
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great I realized my cabin there actually
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eight different grades of cabins you got
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Turner's Suites you got a grand suite
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you've got two different grades of
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around or Suites two grades of balcony
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staterooms and then window and portal
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staterooms sort about entertainment on
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board the paul gauguin
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now most of the entertainment is focused
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around what is known as their Lego Gonz
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they are a troupe of Tahitian
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ambassadors and entertainers and they
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actually run most of the entertainment
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and activities on board and that could
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range everything from some dance classes
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it could be water aerobics they can also
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do crafts demonstrations and they also
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do a number of song and dance shows
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really of course focused very much on
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the traditional French Polynesian music
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and dance but they will be around the
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ship at all times they will pop up at
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meals sometimes singing songs wishing
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people happy birthday and they will also
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be key hosts at things like on the
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private beach in Bora Bora or the
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private island
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MOTU Mahana they pay a keeper there so
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they are the real heart and soul of the
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entertainment on board because bringing
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the whole French Polynesian experience
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to life there also be a couple of other
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things which are held in La Grande salon
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which is a big theatre space and this is
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where you will have known enrichment
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lectures but it's also where you have
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evening entertainment even an
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entertainment could be the let's go
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gowns performing that could be one of
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the big highlights which is the crew
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talent show or the band which was
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actually either Santa Rosa band women on
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board they would perform some tribute
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shows so relatively low-key
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entertainment they do also bring on
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local entertainers one of the big things
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that normally happens on a cruisee yo
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big Polynesian evening one night and I
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bring on board local entertainers
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musicians and dancers mostly
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entertainment it's relatively low-key so
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there'll be a band on board as a pianist
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on board so a lot of us around
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socializing and mixing so you don't have
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big production shows you have big guest
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entertainers the entertainment is much
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more linked to the traditions and the
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culture of the region a couple of things
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you need to know if you're considering
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the Paul Gauguin about the ship and the
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way it operates that I think are really
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important first of all it certainly I
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like on the society islands trip all of
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the ports were tender ports so none of
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them are where you're docked and so that
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means you need to be relatively active
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and comfortable getting on off the
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tenders now because most of those are
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within lagoons it's very cars you know
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the big swell so it's relatively easy to
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get on and off the dress code on board
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is pretty in
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and in the evenings all you're asked to
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do is follow a sort of a smart casual or
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Country Club casual look which for
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gentlemen means colored shirts are asked
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for then if we long-sleeve it's only
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collared shirts slacks rather than jeans
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but certainly you can't with scruffy
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jeans you can probably get away with a
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pair of smart dark jeans and equipment
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of course for ladies so relatively
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informal dressed code the omble currency
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is the US dollar and in terms of plugs
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it has both u.s. style plugs and wattage
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and European style plugs and wattage so
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you don't have to bring adapters but
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it's a good idea if you want to make
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take advantage of all of the different
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plugs on board in terms of onboard
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language it's both English and French
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they're announcements of men in English
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followed by French all the documentation
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is available in either English or French
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or in some cases multilingual so very
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much it's an English and French
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operation paul gauguin it's a small ship
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it's a luxurious ship it's very much
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designed the ship is designed
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specifically to operate in French
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Polynesia if you want to find out much
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more about the region I have lots of
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other videos so once you go and watch
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one of those videos right now and
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discover more about paul gauguin and the
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french polynesian region
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