Queen Mary 2 sails into Auckland

The biggest passenger cruise liner ever to grace these shores paid its second visit to Auckland today, giving night-owls and early birds a chance to see it cruising in the harbour.

The 23-storey, 345m-long Queen Mary 2 docked at about 9am and is due to set sail for Sydney around 10pm today.

The US$800 million ($1.57 billion), 151,400-tonne luxury liner is too big for Princes Wharf terminal and will berth at Jellicoe Wharf near Quay St.

For about 123 New Zealanders, today is the day they swap a life of ballrooms, lobster and champagne on board for their everyday lives on shore.

A lucky 88 New Zealanders will board the ship, with its 10 restaurants, five pools, an outsized ballroom and floating planetarium. But most of us will have to settle for a view of the
outside.

A Ports of Auckland spokeswoman said the best views of the ship would be from lookout points on the coast at Parnell, the East Coast Bays and the North Shore between 7 and 8am and as it left, lit-up, late tonight.

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[Jeranwars]

i saw here when she came to wellington!!!!!! i cryed when we whent past her at the wharf SHES HUGE

[montej]

:46 miracle of accents at work

[kiwicndr]

Great camera work!