Marcie, I don't know about Ted but our problem is twofold. First, on Air Tahiti (the inter-island carrier) they even have limitations on carry-on and it's something on the order of 8 pounds. My fav carry-on bag weighs 5 pounds on its own! Yikes. The second problem is that we are cruising to the PG on the Navigator, which does have formal nights, and we are preceding the first cruise with a week in Arizona to attend a family wedding. Somehow we have to divest ourselves of a lot of stuff to make the 44 pound limit for the flight to Bora Bora. Should be interesting.
I'm not whining, this is a GREAT problem to have.