Tom, Nicole's Trips: The Real Scoop

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In the wake of the week's reports that both Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman had visited -- separately -- the exclusive $1,475-and-up-a-night Wakaya Club resort in Fiji, PEOPLE, in its latest cover story, has dug up the details on the trip. For starters, it was planned a year ago (before the marital split). Kidman took the first week, showing up with the couple's children, Isabella, 8, and Connor, 6, on July 6. Four days later, Russell Crowe arrived on the island, sparking fevered speculation that the two were an item. In fact, Crowe, a longtime Kidman friend, had brought along his own tall blonde companion. Then, on July 15, Cruise rented the entire resort with his sister Lee Anne, 42, and a few friends from his next movie, "Vanilla Sky," including costar, Penélope Cruz. The next day the actor's spokeswoman confirmed that Cruise, 39, and Cruz, 27, had been going on dates in the days preceding the trip. Kidman heard the news the next morning in Sydney, where she has been continuing her vacation with the children. "Nicole was just totally in shock," says a close friend. "She said, 'He flat out swore to me up and down that there was nothing going on.' " Added the friend: "All this time she's been wondering why the marriage ended, and this could be it."