Celebrity Edge - Tahitian Treasures: Honolulu to Sydney
Celebrity Edge's 19-night Tahitian Treasures crossing sails Honolulu to Sydney via long calls in Moorea, Papeete and Raiatea, then New Zealand's Bay of Islands and Tauranga.
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Ship Details — Celebrity Edge
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Year Built
2018
Tonnage
130,818 GT
Passengers
2,918
Crew
1,320
Decks
16
Class
Edge
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Where this cruise calls, day by day
7 ports and 13 sea days over 19 Nights.
- Day 1
Honolulu
United StatesDepartShips dock at Pier 2 beside the Aloha Tower, which for decades was the tallest building in Hawaii and still marks the edge of downtown Honolulu. You step off into a real working capital city of office towers and Chinatown lunch counters, not a resort strip - Waikiki is a separate place three or four miles east. Most Hawaii itineraries either start here or stay overnight.
- Pearl Harbor: the USS Arizona Memorial, the Battleship Missouri and the Bowfin submarine
- Diamond Head crater hike, which requires an advance reservation for out-of-state visitors
- Iolani Palace, the only royal palace on American soil, with the room where Queen Liliuokalani was imprisoned
- Waikiki Beach and the Honolulu Museum of Art
- Getting ashore
- Docks downtown at Pier 2 by the Aloha Tower; Chinatown and the palace are walkable, Waikiki and Pearl Harbor are not.
- Best months
- Year-round (Apr-Oct driest; Dec-Apr for humpback whales offshore)
Day 2 · At sea
Day 3 · At sea
Day 4 · At sea
Day 5 · At sea
Day 6 · At sea
- Day 7
Moorea
French PolynesiaPortMoorea is 17km across the water from Tahiti and looks like what people imagine Tahiti will look like - two deep bays cut into a ridge of jagged green spires. Ships anchor off and tender in, usually near Opunohu or Cook's Bay. The interior is the draw as much as the lagoon here, because the road climbs high enough to look down on both bays at once.
- Belvedere Lookout above the saddle between Cook's and Opunohu bays
- Snorkelling with stingrays and blacktip sharks in the shallow lagoon
- Magic Mountain 4WD track for the view over the barrier reef
- Temae Beach, the island's best public stretch of sand
- Getting ashore
- Tender in to a small pier in Opunohu Bay near Papetoai, or occasionally into Cook's Bay; either landing is a minor village, with the main commercial strip at Maharepa a good 10-15km away, so arrange transport.
- Best months
- May-Oct (dry season)
- Day 8
Papeete
French PolynesiaPortPapeete is the administrative and shipping capital of French Polynesia rather than the postcard version of it, and most Tahiti itineraries begin or end here. The quay is right in town, so you step off into traffic, gendarmes and a French-Polynesian city that works for a living. The scenery people came for is mostly on the other islands, or up in Tahiti's interior valleys.
- Marche de Papeete, the two-storey municipal market for vanilla, monoi and pareu
- Les roulottes, the food-truck park at Place Vaiete that fills up after dark
- Point Venus and Matavai Bay, where Cook observed the transit of Venus
- Musee de Tahiti et des Iles at Punaauia for Polynesian navigation and tattoo history
- Getting ashore
- Docked at the Quai d'Honneur in the middle of town; the market is about a block away and no shuttle is needed.
- Best months
- May-Oct (dry season)
- Day 9
Raiatea
French PolynesiaPortRaiatea matters more than it looks. This was Hawaiki, the departure point for the voyaging canoes that settled Hawaii and New Zealand, and its great marae is a UNESCO site. Ships tie up at Uturoa's town wharf, which is rare in French Polynesia - no tender queue. The island shares a single lagoon with Taha'a next door.
- Taputapuatea marae, the most important pre-European religious site in the Pacific
- Boat trip up the Faaroa, the only navigable river in French Polynesia
- Uturoa market, busiest on Wednesday and Friday mornings
- Fifteen-minute ferry across the lagoon to Taha'a for vanilla and pearl farms
- Getting ashore
- Docked at the Gare Maritime in the centre of Uturoa - one of only two real cruise berths in French Polynesia; the town starts at the terminal door.
- Best months
- May-Oct (dry season)
Day 10 · At sea
Day 11 · At sea
Day 12 · At sea
Day 13 · At sea
Day 14 · At sea
- Day 15
Bay of Islands
New ZealandPortShips anchor off Waitangi in a scattered archipelago at the top of the North Island and tender in. This is where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840, so the day has real historical weight alongside the boating. Paihia and Russell face each other across the water, connected by a constant passenger ferry.
- Waitangi Treaty Grounds, the meeting house and the ceremonial war canoe
- Hole in the Rock boat trip through Motukokako island
- Ferry over to Russell, once a lawless whaling port, now very quiet
- Haruru Falls and the boardwalk through the mangroves
- Getting ashore
- Tender only - no wharf in the bay takes cruise ships. Ship's tours generally land at Waitangi Wharf and independents at Paihia; a free shuttle links the two, or it is a pleasant 25-minute beach walk between them.
- Best months
- Nov-Mar (southern summer)
- Day 16
Tauranga
New ZealandPortThe berth is at Mount Maunganui, on the ocean side of Tauranga Harbour, and the extinct cone of Mauao rises straight off the end of the wharf. Almost everyone treats this as the door to Rotorua's geothermal country, about an hour inland, which means a long coach day. Stay local instead and you get a surf beach and a good hill walk within ten minutes of the ship.
- Climb Mauao, or circle its base track at sea level
- Rotorua geothermal parks - Te Puia's Pohutu geyser or Wai-O-Tapu
- Hobbiton Movie Set near Matamata, the longest excursion of the day
- Mount Hot Pools, saltwater and right by the wharf
- Getting ashore
- Docked beside Pilot Bay at Mount Maunganui - not in Tauranga city, which is 6.7km across the harbour bridge; the Mount's beaches and main street are a short walk, and Rotorua is 78km, about an hour and a quarter each way.
- Best months
- Nov-Mar (southern summer)
Day 17 · At sea
Day 18 · At sea
Day 19 · At sea
- Day 20
Sydney
AustraliaArriveTwo terminals, and which one you get changes the day completely. The Overseas Passenger Terminal sits on Circular Quay east of the Harbour Bridge, with no air-draft limit and the Opera House directly opposite the gangway. White Bay, out at Rozelle, only takes ships that fit under the bridge, and it has no train, no ferry and no bus at the gate. Berths are assigned by availability, so nobody can promise you one.
- Sydney Opera House backstage or architectural tour
- The Bondi to Coogee clifftop walk, or just the Bondi Beach bus
- BridgeClimb over the Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Ferry across to Manly or Taronga Zoo for the harbour view back
- Getting ashore
- Docked either at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, five minutes' walk from Circular Quay's trains and ferries, or at White Bay about 6km out, which is taxi or rideshare only - 15-25 minutes to the CBD.
- Best months
- Oct-Apr (southern spring to autumn)
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About the Ship
What Travelers Say About Celebrity Edge
Reviews of the ship itself — the same for every Celebrity Edge sailing. Based on 9,000 discussions.
Celebrity Edge was the ship that redefined the Celebrity Cruises brand when it launched in 2018, and it still feels strikingly modern. It's the lead vessel of the Edge class (Apex, Beyond, Ascent and Xcel followed) and carries roughly 2,900 guests in a design that leans hard into contemporary, adults-oriented sophistication rather than the quiet, classic feel of older Celebrity ships. The signature spaces — the multi-level Eden venue full of living plants, the cantilevered orange Magic Carpet, and the Rooftop Garden — give it a distinct identity. The crowd skews couples and adults wanting an upscale-but-not-stuffy experience, and that vibe is the single most praised thing about the ship.
What People Love
- Genuinely groundbreaking design that still feels modern years after its 2018 debut — the Eden venue (three decks of living plants that shift from quiet daytime cafe to intimate cocktail-and-performance lounge at night) is the standout space cruisers rave about
- Strong specialty dining, especially Le Petit Chef, where an animated 4D tabletop projection shows tiny characters 'cooking' your dish before the real plate arrives — a gimmick almost everyone enjoys at least once
- Four full main dining rooms (Tuscan, Cosmopolitan, Normandie, Cyprus) instead of one giant hall, each with its own menu and ambiance, so you get variety without specialty upcharges every night
Common Complaints
- The Infinite Veranda splits opinion hard — it is NOT a true outdoor balcony but an enclosed room with a window that opens halfway; guests who want to step fully outside or sneak out for morning coffee are frequently disappointed
- The Magic Carpet — the orange cantilevered platform that moves between decks — is widely viewed as more marketing gimmick than useful venue; many check it out on day one and rarely return
- The Oceanview Cafe buffet draws steady complaints: very crowded and noisy at breakfast and lunch, and food repeatedly described as bland and sometimes lukewarm