by The Inside Cabin | Mar 2, 2020 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, 2020 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Auckland, Oceania
This is post 62 of 74 in the series “2020 World Cruise” 2020 World Cruise on the ms Amsterdam – 128 Days Happy Days Are Here Again! Day 1, Bon Voyage! Day 2, The Endless Cruise Day 3, Black and Gold Day 4, Earthquake at Sea Day 5, Roseau, Dominica...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 7, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Oceania, Sea Day
Day 34, 7 Feb — Fiordland National Park Today was different than our typical sea day as we would spend almost all the daylight hours cruising thru the scenic Fiordland National Park in New Zealand. The casino was closed and many of the other activities such as...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 6, 2018 | Port Chalmers (Dunedin), Knitting, 2018 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Oceania
Day 33, Port Chalmers, Dunedin Our arrival was delayed into Port Chalmers this morning due to high winds. Another cruise ship, the Norwegian Jewel, was in the channel ahead of us and Captain Jonathan wanted to stay clear of the channel until the Jewel’s mooring was...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 4, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Oceania, Napier
Napier, New Zealand We didn’t arrive in Napier until 11 AM, which is later than typical for a cruise ship visit. All aboard was at 10:30 this evening, giving everyone plenty of time to explore the area. Art Deco Napier is the Art Deco capital of New Zealand. Much of...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 3, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Oceania, Tauranga (Rotorua), Knitting
Day 30 – Tauranga – 3 Feb 2018 Arrive Tauranga Blue skies greeted us as we arrived in Tauranga around 8 AM. The ship docked in the small beach resort town called Mount Maunganui which used to be a separate city, but in 1989 was combined with Tauranga which is now the...
by The Inside Cabin | Feb 2, 2018 | 2018 Grand World Voyage, New Zealand, Auckland, Oceania, Knitting
Day 29, Feb 2nd, Auckland, NZ The ship was cleared by 8 am but since we were staying until 8pm we weren’t in any hurry to get ashore. We left the ship around noon. The weather today was perfect. We learned later that the weather yesterday was horrible, so our...
