Weather Overcast - Predicted Max 23C
We awoke around 5.30am to discover we had entered Auckland Harbour and were just about to dock. This is a very nice harbour and I took some photos from our balcony in the early morning light.
We need to vacate our rooms by 8am so we showered and headed down for our last breakfast about 6.45 am. Coincidently we were seated with the couple whom we did the Hobbiton tour with yesterday. We had not see them on the ship during the entire cruise. It's a world full of such coincidences. We returned to our room at 7.30, did a final check, brushed teeth etc and said goodbye to our home of 14 days, then headed to the Wheelhouse Bar (no, not for drinks) our designated waiting point until we are called to disembark & collect our luggage around 9.30am. So this is where I am right now.
We can actually see our Hotel from the ship and it seems close enough to walk to, however not sure if we will manage an uphill walk with 4 pieces of luggage, 2 backpacks & my overloaded handbag!
This has been a wonderful cruise, even better than I imagined it would be, so the next stage of our holiday will have a lot to live up to. What I guess we will miss most is the wonderful service, food & not having to pack each day. Our stateroom was just perfect for our needs. I know many people say they just enjoy being on a ship and are content with an inside cabin or ocean view, we ended up choosing a mini suite with balcony and loved it. We had a full sized bathtub which made the bathroom a decent size. Storage was excellent with a huge walk in wardrobe with plenty of hanging space plus a large shelf. Then there was a 2 door cupboard with lots of shelves and a safe. In the bedroom area was our Queen bed, desk/dressing table, small drawers, fridge and TV. Then in the sitting area was a large sofa, small table, chair, TV and storage. Then our balcony contained 2 chairs which reclined plus foot stools and a medium sized table. There was lots of opportunities to sit on the balcony either in port or at sea. If it was too hot or cold we had the sofa, so plenty of options.
Of course we also spent lots of time outside our stateroom and soon found our favourite areas around the ship. Although there are almost 3,000 passengers onboard it rarely feels crowded, so you can always find a nice quite area if you just want to sit and read etc,
Well we are now officially on dry land after leaving the ship around 10.30am. Our luggage is at the hotel & we are filling in time waiting for our room.
I will post a few more pics of Hobbiton.
More later.
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