Last of the Old Skool Cruise Liners

[James Deuce]

QEII on her way around the harbour.

[Hitcher]

She was tied up down by the Stadium when I came home from work tonight. She's a big fucker.

[98tls]

Nice pics jim..........wonder how long it is before its for the melting pot.................

[Coyote]

Where were the shots taken?

[Steam]

Hey look, that's me in the boat I work on, I was working that shift, Hi me!

[James Deuce]

From my home Coyote. :)

98tls: I'd hate to think of her beached, back broken, on some Bangladeshi beach while 6 year old kids strip her fittings.

Hitcher: After that last Princess liner that was in town, she looks pretty small and doesn't make a great deal of use of her hull. Still she doesn't need jet engines for manouvering.

Steam: Nice one!

[Drum]

She's a beaut! Much classier than those modern floating casinos.

Steam, I think I can see you!

[Waylander]

Was up here in Tauranga last year. Was down in the Mount (near where the cruiselines dock is) thought, damn that's a big fucking wall, when did that get there? lol

[jonbuoy]

Not too much longer I hear, too costly to update to latest safety regs. Will be a sad day.

[Maha]

Taking the long way round past Soanes???..... is that normal? or was she just off down the track to show off her beauty?
Cool pics Jim....:niceone:

[James Deuce]

It's normal for the big ships to do a lap of the Harbour. Wellingtonians kind of take the natural beauty of their harbour for granted, where the people on the cruise ships rave about it.

If it's a nice day of course :)

[onearmedbandit]

Impressive piece of engineering. Would love to have a look around it.

[Indiana_Jones]

The QEII and QMII are not cruise liners, but Ocean Liners.

The QMII should be in tomorrow I think, too big too big to use princess, so it'll have to use a container wharf.

-Indy

[skelstar]

I love the view of the harbour from Maungar......I've said too much.

[Madness]

Taking the long way round past Somes???..... is that normal? or was she just off down the track to show off her beauty?
Cool pics Jim....:niceone:

They have to be careful, not very deep up this end with the Hutt River's silt deposits building up every year. Vic Uni did a study on the effects of sedimentary build up in Welly Harbour at the request of Centreport a few years ago. Pretty serious dredging is going to have to happen to ensure the long-term viability of the port as container vessels get bigger & bigger.

Jim, I miss Maungaraki, best part of the Valley I reckon.

[TonyB]

After that last Princess liner that was in town, she looks pretty small and doesn't make a great deal of use of her hull. Still she doesn't need jet engines for manouvering.

Yep, that Saphire Princess(?) is farken big. Bigger than a thing that is really quite big. Not exactly sleek looking though, it looks like a floating appartment block. The QEII at least looks well proportioned.

[Hitcher]

And the QE2 has a distinguished war record. Bless her, and all who sail in her.

[Hillbilly]

To give you an idea of what these liners are like up close, here's the Star Princess,

1. Berthed at Princes wharf (before I boarded her)

2. The Grand Atruim - 3 stories high.

3. That "wall of steel" from the Hilton.

4. Auckland Harbour and the Stern Pool

5. The heated indoor pool "Calypso Cove"

6. The main pool "Neptune's Reef". Note the showers and Jacuzzi's.

Got 4 rolls of film of pix from the cruise.

[Motu]

The QEII came in once when I was a commuter on Waiheke Island.I was going into Princess Wharf and we couldn't get to the Ferry Terminal,so they dropped us the end of some other wharf,climbing up off boards or jumping off the side.Waiheke commuters were a hardy breed back then,bet they wouldn't try that stunt these days with all the rich people there now.