Kit, welcome to LCT! I stayed at the Moorea Beachcomer maybe three years ago, and can't help with your elite status questions. The garden bungalows that are the lowest level are still very nice, and appeared to me walking by to have the same floor plan as our OWB. The next step up, the beach bungalows are scattered about the property along little man-made beaches, and then there are the OWB's, which in our case was not totally OW, as it was attached to the land in the rear, but it felt like it inside. We had great sunset views from our unit, but it was very hot on the balcony in the afternoon.

Since our air and pre-cruise package was arranged through Radisson, all our transfers were included. I had forgotten that Moorea even had an airport. We just got on the ferry with our vouchers for about a 40 minute ride, were met on the island and transferred to the hotel, and picked up at the end of the stay and delivered to the ferry, and were met by the Radisson bus and taken to the ship a short while away. You can buy ferry tickets right at the dock, and then you heave your luggage into these big metal bins that are rolled up onto the ferry. The hotel can arrange for taxi's to pick you up at an appointed time (once you know the ferry schedule) to get you back to Papeete. Since you are a savvy business traveler, I'm sure none of this is daunting to you. It will all work out, and I hope you have a great time!

The only thing I would recommend is finding out about restaurants in Moorea before you go. A great website is www.tahiti-explorer.com where you can browse the ever changing reviews of the restaurants, and get advice on what activities you might enjoy. The food at the hotel is not so great, and everywhere it is going to be expensive at the nicer restaurants. We did parasailing from the beach at the hotel, took a 4x4 ride (very bumpy, but fun)with InterIsland Safari for beautiful views, and visited a local market up the street. My son who was about 22 at the time spent hours snorkeling right from our balcony. There is also a dolphin-encounter excursion right on the property. I only watched this, and we did not partake. Hope this helps somewhat!