Interesting talk on another platform

[Aussieflyer]

2 minutes ago, arxcards said:

The silly buggers should have booked a tour.

Agree - tours were still operating; it was the ones who were going to 'do their own thing' that got a shock. It is generally a wise move to book something if docking somewhere on a major holiday. 

[OzKiwiJJ]

8 hours ago, subaru94 said:

Can anyone confirm that 2 other ships have been refused entry to the Sounds as well, Queen Elizabeth and I believe a P&O ship??

Queen Elizabeth is current parked next to us in Port Chalmers. She's heading up to Lyttelton next. Unfortunately the past track on Marine Traffic doesn't show if she went into the Fiordland sounds yesterday.

[Aussieflyer]

3 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Queen Elizabeth is current parked next to us in Port Chalmers. She's heading up to Lyttelton next. Unfortunately the past track on Marine Traffic doesn't show if she went into the Fiordland sounds yesterday.

What's the weather been like? We weren't able to get into the sounds a few years ago on Silver Muse as it was considered too windy = lots of to and fro between captain and someone, and in the end we had to miss it (though as is always the case the wind dropped but we were already on the way to Burnie).

it may have been a weather related thing?

[OzKiwiJJ]

2 hours ago, Aussieflyer said:

What's the weather been like? We weren't able to get into the sounds a few years ago on Silver Muse as it was considered too windy = lots of to and fro between captain and someone, and in the end we had to miss it (though as is always the case the wind dropped but we were already on the way to Burnie).

it may have been a weather related thing?

Gorgeous in Dunedin. A bit of a chilly breeze as we came off the ship around 10:30am but it was clam when we returned mid-afternoon.

 

So far the weather sounds good to enter Fiordland.

[arxcards]

2 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Queen Elizabeth is current parked next to us in Port Chalmers. She's heading up to Lyttelton next. Unfortunately the past track on Marine Traffic doesn't show if she went into the Fiordland sounds yesterday.

QE skipped the Fiords yesterday - cruised a straight line from Melbourne to the south of Stewart Island, so not weather related.

[Womble99]

Which ships (if any) have actually done the Fiordlands this season?

[subaru94]

28 minutes ago, arxcards said:

QE skipped the Fiords yesterday - cruised a straight line from Melbourne to the south of Stewart Island, so not weather related.

Maybe same issue as the Coral with the hull, strange as never heard of NZ refusing ships in, unless weather related.

[arxcards]

1 hour ago, subaru94 said:

Maybe same issue as the Coral with the hull, strange as never heard of NZ refusing ships in, unless weather related.

Same issue. QE had a mention earlier on this or the other related thread.

[SinbadThePorter]

1 hour ago, Womble99 said:

Which ships (if any) have actually done the Fiordlands this season?

 

I was on Coral when we went into Milford on the 9th Dec. Lots of ships had preceded us.

[OzKiwiJJ]

3 hours ago, Womble99 said:

Which ships (if any) have actually done the Fiordlands this season?

Remind me tomorrow - I'll let you know what we do then but the forecast is 👍

[arxcards]

1 hour ago, Womble99 said:

Which ships (if any) have actually done the Fiordlands this season?

Not a full list but yes, Coral. Also

Ovation of the Seas earlier today

Celebrity Eclipse

Majestic Princess

Grand Princess

Carnival Spendor & Luminosa

Both of the Dam ships

Don't know about P&O - limited NZ itineraries

 

 

Edited December 26, 2022 by arxcards

[Womble99]

16 hours ago, arxcards said:

Not a full list but yes,

Good to see that there has been traffic and it isn't just some kind of total denial for whatever reason.

 

Though it does seem odd to have a string of denials so close together?

[SinbadThePorter]

15 minutes ago, Womble99 said:

Good to see that there has been traffic and it isn't just some kind of total denial for whatever reason.

 

Though it does seem odd to have a string of denials so close together?

 

I suspect somebody in NZ must have had a closer look at the paperwork for these cruise ships.

[NeilonBoard]

23 hours ago, Womble99 said:

Which ships (if any) have actually done the Fiordlands this season?

Coral Princess went in on 9 December which was the cruise before the snail cruise.

[OzKiwiJJ]

18 hours ago, NeilonBoard said:

Coral Princess went in on 9 December which was the cruise before the snail cruise.

Didn't Coral go to PNG recently? I wonder if that was when they picked up the snails but they weren't detected until recently. I hope none escaped the ship on 9 December - Fiordland waters might have been too cold for them though.

[lyndarra]

1 hour ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Didn't Coral go to PNG recently? I wonder if that was when they picked up the snails but they weren't detected until recently. I hope none escaped the ship on 9 December - Fiordland waters might have been too cold for them though.

One could also hope the snails can't stand fresh water as the top 10 metres of the water there is fresh.

[OzKiwiJJ]

1 hour ago, lyndarra said:

One could also hope the snails can't stand fresh water as the top 10 metres of the water there is fresh.

Good point! 

[arxcards]

11 hours ago, lyndarra said:

One could also hope the snails can't stand fresh water as the top 10 metres of the water there is fresh.

If they can't stand the fresh water, they could detach and drop down to the sea water inside the fiords. Something the locals would not be hoping for.