We arrived just after 9:00. The Voyager of the Seas moored just after us. She blocked the view of Mount Maunganui from my cabin window. Martin, one of the passengers on board, had booked a day trip to Rotarua and the six of us were on it. We left the ship early, and were prevented from walking along the docks for over 15 minutes. First because the Voyager was still securing her ropes and after that because her gang plank needed to be put into place. Whe...

Beginning of week 8. Arrived just about 7:00 and I only knew because of the announcement. No anchor rattling or bow thrusters shaking my cabin. Amadea was moored opposite us and the Voyager of the Seas was moored by the Hilton, where we were moored last visit. I met Gary and Tracey today. Tracey was actually in the country this time, last time she was in Mexico. We drove to Orewa Reserve, which is over the Harbour Bridge about 20 miles away. On the way, we stop...

Another tender port and once again tender problems. This time with two tenders out of action (there are only four in total) and the actual tendering time was 20 minutes. This meant a long wait. We met in Raffles at 9:00 and Barbara had already got the the tickets. We finally boarded our tender at 10:45. Rob was playing golf, so the rest of us went off together. The tender took us to Waitangi Wharf near the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. However, we boarded the f...

Didn't wake up until 9:15. There was a code Alpha (medical emergency), at 4:00 on my deck. Sea was a lot calmer and the wind was lighter too. Rob, Barbara and I tried a mile on the Promenade Deck, but part of it was cordoned off, so we went up to deck 13, where the morning quoits was being set up. So after a few laps B and I joined in and were both knocked out in the first round. Lost in the pm one, too. The weather improved a bit, then got cloudier, a ...

The Day That Never Was. We crossed the International Dateline and so went from GMT -11 to GMT +13. We're now ahead of UK.