little britain

Another itinerary change… Dunedin cancelled and the Sounds due to the weather. On the plus side, we will be going back up to Wellington! Ship happens!

It varies. Sometimes they don’t have one. On my current 11n cruise it is on day 8

TV has been upgraded! A new remote control. Now has movie options (no movies before) .. those I randomly clicked on are available to rent at $11.99, even the ones they show on deck! Under TV option 30 is “HDMI Input” but I cannot find any ports on the TV.. don’t want to pull it too hard in case it comes off the wall lol

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Early closing times for breakfast on this ship! Cafe 270 shuts by 10a WJ shuts at 10.30a Even Cafe Prom was clearing away their breakfast danishes by 10:45a Australian’s obviously are early risers! We aren’t 💤!

Due to weather our port tomorrow, Wellington has been cancelled. So it’s now a sea day heading towards Christchurch. It’s not called Windy Wellington for nothing!

Lol! Cheeky … I had the small one!

Do you know what the OBC for booking 7n onboard is now …is it worth it!?

To book on board and move to a group booking; do I need to book refundable deposit on board?

Important info: beer size in NZ!! Half Schooner Bucket

But the highlight of the day was the penguin 🐧 feeding experience at the National Aquarium of New Zealand. They only allow 4 people a day to do this, so book early! NZ$300 for 2 They are the smallest penguins in the world.. Little penguins 3 months old, fully grown and just getting her feathers beautiful teal colours

Napier is a charming art deco city. Free shuttle into town. Old cars, people dressed up, and lovely buildings Even the road dignage Māori woven chair in the cathedral depicts the Last Supper

There are a few dress themes and the Australians love to follow these themes… Tropical / white / formal / dress your best and the rest are casual. Last night was tropical and there were a lot of flowery shirts and dresses!

Some sort of upgrade to tv 📺 🤷‍♀️

Picton: our first steps in New Zealand 🇳🇿 As you disembark you are met by local ladies who present all ladies with a hand made corsage.. the ladies of the town apparently get together the day before a ship visits to make these. Charming! You dock in an industrial logging port.. have to take a bus ( free) into the town centre. Picton population is 4,000 so we doubled it! We took a wine tour with Jade Tours . A group of 10. It cost NZ $410 for 2 of us. Our guide Chris was charming and informative- we visited 4 wineries and tried about 4 wines in each. We had a superb lunch .. prices in NZ are very reasonable and good quality is outstanding! Took a stroll around the small town.. a great area for hiking and general outdoor activities. so many familiar names this was the venue for lunch and the best wine imho a tasting platter for 2 - only NZ$72. Green lipped mussels are only grown here some wineries were so stylish Vines at Johanneshof stunning scenery a lot of logs 🪵

Stunning sail into Picton

Detailed port shuttle instructions for New Zealand 🇳🇿

… which is exactly what I said to do… 🤷‍♀️

If you follow the steps detailed above ⏫️ it works

The complimentary North Star opens at 6:30p for the next port day.

I wish they would; those cruises on Voyager after the restart to Danish ports were fantastic

As we were on the previous sailing the Concierge kindly did it for us. But I would do it asap you can connect the the app in the terminal.

Deck Leven: sad but true story. In a crowded lift 🛗 a young lad of around 13 said shhh 🤫 as we moved from deck 10 to deck 11 just so he could hear the “Deck Leven” announcement 📣!! I 🙌 high fived him!

A very different demographic for this one - The kids are back in school 👏 so there are only 400 on board. We left Sydney in glorious sunshine, reverse out of the dock and it seems like we come dangerously close to backing into the bridge! Sydney must be one of the best ports to go up on NorthStar. It’s magnificent looking down on the Opera house !