Rare Clay Clayton Posted February 1 #201 Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, Jim Avery said: A beautiful arrival into Auckland. Three days at a very convenient dock. Cheers...😎 Three days! Nice. We only got two. Pier 10 is the last of the original buildings at the harbour. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LindaS272 Posted February 1 #202 Share Posted February 1 2 hours ago, Clay Clayton said: Three days! Nice. We only got two. Pier 10 is the last of the original buildings at the harbour. Enjoy! So is this all you left for the Neptune? 😂😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogSaysStayHome Posted February 2 #203 Share Posted February 2 20 hours ago, LindaS272 said: So is this all you left for the Neptune? 😂😎 Well, based on this roll cal posts, it's only Jim on board. 🤣 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 2 #204 Share Posted February 2 And I have mostly identical photos to the ones Clay has done such a good job posting. No sense duplicating everything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavetripper Posted February 3 #205 Share Posted February 3 (edited) Yesterday, independently toured from Devonport Takarunga Mount Victoria. Views of Rangitoto Island, Summit Battery, Auckland, and a big NUG oh GUN. Edited February 3 by Wavetripper 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 5 #206 Share Posted February 5 In Tauranga on a perfectly beautiful day. We really enjoyed the three day visit to Auckland. We had been there before but just for a day so we had the chance to explore quite a bit more. Auckland is a great port stop as the best part of the city center is easily walkable right off the ship. We also took an extra cost tour that was well worth it. Small group on a mini bus and a very good guide. Ended in Devonport village with him giving us tickets to the ferry. This gave us a few hours to roam Devonport and we landed in a great Indian restaurant. Great meal. Rain was threatening so we walked to the end of the main drag and caught the 12 minute ferry ride back to Auckland. The ferry dock was the next pier to where Neptune was docked. Such a nice livable city. The other days we went walkabout for shopping, eating, sightseeing . All the bloggers are doing a great job with pix and I can't top them,. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavetripper Posted February 5 #207 Share Posted February 5 Tauranga has turned out beautifully and we haven't even sailed out yet. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 5 #208 Share Posted February 5 Sorry Clay, currently docking in Napier. I can certainly see why they pass it up when windy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising denise Posted February 5 #209 Share Posted February 5 2 minutes ago, Jim Avery said: Sorry Clay, currently docking in Napier. I can certainly see why they pass it up when windy. Glad you guys got to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 6 #210 Share Posted February 6 Finally made it into Napier. A tricky port for a ship our size unless weather is right. Beautiful day and a really nice looking town and beach. Stopped for a bit in The Rose for fish & chips and, of course, a local beer. Great stop... Now if the newspaper building only said "The Daily Planet"....🍺😎 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vslparis Posted February 6 #211 Share Posted February 6 On 2/5/2024 at 3:47 PM, Jim Avery said: Finally made it into Napier. A tricky port for a ship our size unless weather is right. Beautiful day and a really nice looking town and beach. Stopped for a bit in The Rose for fish & chips and, of course, a local beer. Great stop... Now if the newspaper building only said "The Daily Planet"....🍺😎 Looks very nice. I would have enjoyed seeing all those Art Deco buildings. We almost didn’t make it into Nelson due to high winds, but on the 3rd attempt we were able to dock ; although about 2 hours late. Viking did a great job of rearranging the tours. They even got the Nelson Car Museum to stay open an extra couple of hours for the late tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted February 6 #212 Share Posted February 6 On 2/5/2024 at 5:26 PM, Jim Avery said: Sorry Clay, currently docking in Napier. I can certainly see why they pass it up when windy. Looks easypeasy compared to Nelson which was threading a needle and then making a u-turn! Seems like someone said y’all weren’t going there? Or maybe it was Hobart that isn’t on your itinerary….wait, maybe that’s why they dropped it from ours today-it wasn’t a strike-it’s just of Neptune can’t do it then neither can Sky😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 6 #213 Share Posted February 6 As always when the Captain comes over the PA in your room it is not good news. Due to very bad weather in the Tasman Sea we are skipping Milford/Doubtful and heading direct to Melbourne. No stops at all on south Island.. Oh well, just another change in a lot of them. Off to Wellington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted February 7 #214 Share Posted February 7 23 hours ago, Jim Avery said: As always when the Captain comes over the PA in your room it is not good news. Due to very bad weather in the Tasman Sea we are skipping Milford/Doubtful and heading direct to Melbourne. No stops at all on south Island.. Oh well, just another change in a lot of them. Off to Wellington. So what does your revised itinerary look like? Any chance we will be in the same port at the same time? here is Sky’s 2/9 Sydney 10-1800 2/11 Rhyll/Phillips Island 18:00-23:59 2/12 Geelong 7-2000 2/14 Eden 8-1600 2/15-2/16 Sydney 8-? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 7 #215 Share Posted February 7 According to the app none overlap. But then the Captain said one thing, the tv shows another the app sometimes another. They get their stories straight sometimes.... Got a call from the CD because we complained about the non existent tv most of the time. Got a song and dance. Two world cruises on Viking Sun and we had live broadcasts all but a few understandable times. Guess they gave the good stuff to China.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted February 7 #216 Share Posted February 7 18 hours ago, Jim Avery said: According to the app none overlap. But then the Captain said one thing, the tv shows another the app sometimes another. They get their stories straight sometimes.... Got a call from the CD because we complained about the non existent tv most of the time. Got a song and dance. Two world cruises on Viking Sun and we had live broadcasts all but a few understandable times. Guess they gave the good stuff to China.... Our app hasn’t been updated to show our new itinerary but what I posted was delivered in a letter to our room. Have y’all not gotten something similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 7 #217 Share Posted February 7 Not us. Just mushrooms over here.😳😎 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Clay Clayton Posted February 8 #218 Share Posted February 8 I’m disappointed that Chef’s Table seems to be repeating menus rather than using some of the destination ones (Australia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka)-is it the same on Neptune? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 8 #219 Share Posted February 8 No destination type stuff so far as I can tell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising denise Posted February 8 #220 Share Posted February 8 I'm curious how "segmented" the Neptune world cruise feels. For our first originally scheduled date in Sydney, Feb 15th, the calendar on the TV just says "Disembarkation Day". Well not for the many of us who remain on the ship and have scheduled excursions that day. It feels disjointed. Just curious if you have the same segmentation occurring on Neptune. Does your TV calendar show Disembarkation Day for your first day in Sydney, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 8 #221 Share Posted February 8 Regent world cruisers were told today they are going around Africa. Also given disembarkation options and a full itinerary. This can be seen on the Regent board world cruise thread. Time for Viking to do the same. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoj Posted February 8 #222 Share Posted February 8 55 minutes ago, Jim Avery said: Regent world cruisers were told today they are going around Africa. Also given disembarkation options and a full itinerary. This can be seen on the Regent board world cruise thread. Time for Viking to do the same. Oceania world cruisers were told the same. Hopefully Viking will resolve this uncertainty soon so guests can enjoy their voyage without contemplating contingency plans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVKN Posted February 8 #223 Share Posted February 8 1 hour ago, Jim Avery said: Regent world cruisers were told today they are going around Africa. Also given disembarkation options and a full itinerary. This can be seen on the Regent board world cruise thread. Time for Viking to do the same. I read their revised itinerary. Interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVKN Posted February 8 #224 Share Posted February 8 13 minutes ago, Hanoj said: Oceania world cruisers were told the same. Hopefully Viking will resolve this uncertainty soon so guests can enjoy their voyage without contemplating contingency plans. That’s my hope as well. Just let us know so we can move on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Avery Posted February 8 #225 Share Posted February 8 2 minutes ago, DJVKN said: I read their revised itinerary. Interesting. Interesting is a good word for it. I think some of those West Africa ports are a bit dodgy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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