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Shep Cheyenne

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:37:05 +1300

And on the RWC lets have some of the 1st rounds in the Islands & park a criuse ship in the harbour for extra accomodation so as not to leave Apia/Nandi/Suva with a big white elephant.

Shep Cheyenne

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:31:54 +1300

True and often repeated question (normally from Americans) back in my tourism days when booking rental cars was "What do you mean there's no bridge over the Cook Strait?"

Mike Graham

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:09:02 +1300

A man at the Britomart Transport Centre told me this morning that they are having difficulty sourcing parts for the clock, and they have no idea when it will be working again. The clock on the Ferry Building seems to be working again though.

Thanks Russell for a good response…

InternationalObserver

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:26:24 +1300

They walk ...

Interesting concept, human – tell me more of this thing you call walking?

Eden Park. When there are three times as many people exiting a test match or a World Cup game, the crush will be a lot worse.

I was against the Council giving them that $9m back…

Russell Brown

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:06:58 +1300

There's a fricken train station right across the road from Eden Park. If you think Eden Park was hard, how do you think it will be easier getting to a waterfront stadium in the city?

Let's say it's a Friday. People in the city down tools at 5pm, have a…

andrew llewellyn

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:33:53 +1300

there was a group of concerned citizens who insisted it should be safely out in Porirua. I suspect even they don't agree with themselves now.

Um. Yeah. I was hardly insistent about it but I felt that the stadium should have been a lot bigger & the ral yard site wasn't…

InternationalObserver

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:09:02 +1300

Slarty – you were not alone, I supported it as well. Having struggled getting to/from Eden Park for the last 2 international cricket matches, the rubbishing the proposal got still annoys me.

There's a fricken train station right across the road from Eden Park. If you think Eden Park was hard,…

Leigh Kennaway

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:26:24 +1300

Heh heh. Don't fall for this folks! I've been on cruises in both Asia and the Med and I can tell you Cruise Visitors have it good when they come to Auckland. Like being able to dock in the heart of the city for starters!

I second that – I…

slarty

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:36:07 +1300

Wow, three of us!

I guess I get a bit beaten down (living on Waiheke, where it would seem 70% of the population miss the good ol days when the journey to town took 3 hours and there were no toilets and you had to pack sandwiches and if the…

Russell Brown

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:23:34 +1300

Slarty – you were not alone, I supported it as well. Having struggled getting to/from Eden Park for the last 2 international cricket matches (and trying to get food and drink at the Twenty20), the rubbishing the proposal got still annoys me.

Me too. When people complained that the stadium…

daleaway

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:25:13 +1300

I enjoyed the Chinglish on the Rainbow's website, ta DeepRed. The beds are inside the rooms! That's a relief...

But some of it has not been fully translated from Managementspeak; eg, "The hotel has shaped up its development and management integrative infrastructure." Anyone care to have a stab at what…

Kumara Republic

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:25:16 +1300

For some reason many of the cruise passengers (not sure if they were from the Queen Vic or another ship) got disgorged into Auckland hotels. The knock-effect meant that you couldn't get a hotel room all week and I wound up having to stay in the Formule 1 – at…

Rich of Observationz

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:06:21 +1300

For some reason many of the cruise passengers (not sure if they were from the Queen Vic or another ship) got disgorged into Auckland hotels. The knock-effect meant that you couldn't get a hotel room all week and I wound up having to stay in the Formule 1 – at…

Mike Graham

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:14:49 +1300

If we can't get the clock outside Britomart on the old Post Office to tell the correct time, what chance have we of getting the harbour redevelopment right?

Agreed – and the hands on the Ferry Building clock havn't moved for a few weeks either!

Slarty – you were not…

InternationalObserver

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:53:08 +1300

heh heh — you obviously paid attention in Geography class you big girlie swot Kyle! ;)

Me, I had no idea, and as I mentioned, they kinda implied we were docking in Rome ...
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(Lovely place Rome. Sure, plenty of Tourists, but you gotta see it at least once…

Kyle Matthews

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:12:41 +1300

When we docked in Rome (as per the itinerary) I was surprised to learn that we were actually docking in Civitavecchia*, which means a 90 minute coach ride to Rome (which is actually on a river, not the coast – damn those tiny maps in the brochures!).

I think expecting…

InternationalObserver

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:59:59 +1300

she ... noted of Auckland's woeful passenger facilities ... "if that was the airport we'd be shocked and horrified".

Heh heh. Don't fall for this folks! I've been on cruises in both Asia and the Med and I can tell you Cruise Visitors have it good when they come to Auckland.…

slarty

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:56:17 +1300

As the only supporter of a waterfront stadiaum in AKL, I thought that setting it up so liners could berth on 3 sides, docking to a bright, airy, open multi-level atrium fitted with all the facilites etc., surrounded a wonderful open boulevard where the public of Auckland could mingle with…

Belt

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:05:50 +1300

Let's remember that high wealth visitors do not want to see another McDonalds, Starbucks and, as mentioned, plastic Tiki stores. They come here to experience New Zealand: the backward country. Ok, sorry, the mostly unspoilt country in international terms. If this means their first impression is a port that is...…

Public Address

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:05:50 +1300

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