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Te Papa museum in Wellington will have a number of the Terracotta Warriors on display from December this year through to April 2019. Tickets go on sale from October. Cost will be $NZ20 per adult and $NZ9 per child. Further details will be published here once known

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/105816010/24m-terracotta-warrior-exhibition-headed-for-te-papa-wellington

Just an FYI for those considering this that only 6 warriors and 2 horses are in the exhibition. I was considering a day trip from auckland with my son but it's not the quite what I experienced when they came to Auckland in the 80's. Important to know if you are expecting 100+ warriors [emoji1303]

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Awesome diary of your travels, thank you so much! You e got me even more super excited about my Diamond cruise in Jan [emoji16]

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Pork belly is actually the part of the pig the streaky bacon comes from. It is the most expensive cut of meat from the pig and it does have a high fat content. However, when pork belly is cooked correctly the fat renders out and the meat is left extremely tender with a crisp crackling on the skin. It shouldn't in essence be an extremely fatty dish. It's very popular in most parts of the world but particularly the South Pacific, South East Asia and many parts of Europe [emoji4]

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Lol! Of course you do! [emoji4] we can never hear our own accents, thank goodness (cause I'm a kiwi and I think our accent is horrendous!) [emoji15]

 

 

 

 

 

I am sure you accent is Wonderful...:D as your post was!

 

 

Just wait! You'll start a 1000 reply thread! [emoji6] this thing could be going months from now! Haha!

 

 

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Lol! Of course you do! [emoji4] we can never hear our own accents, thank goodness (cause I'm a kiwi and I think our accent is horrendous!) [emoji15]

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95% of all the drinks will be included in your drink package. My understanding too (and it may depend on your cruise line) is that the drinks package includes gratuities but the prices of the drinks if you don't have the package then have the gratuity added. So a drink which is $10 then becomes something like $11.80. Remember it also includes sodas, water, coffee etc depending on who you cruise with [emoji4]

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The Waitomo caves are a fabulous thing to do but it is a 5 hour round trip by car. You'd see a tonne of rural land driving and that's about it.

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As an Aucklander I agree with cruising Kirby. Get to Auckland at least the day before your cruise, book a hotel downtown preferably Quay St or The Viaduct, then you have an extremely short walk to both the Ferry to Waiheke (which would be a lovely day) and to your ship the following morning. This area is full of restaurants and shops too.

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Don't panic, there will be places to get speciality coffees. The best espresso I've had on Princess was actually on Dawn Princess, which also doesn't have an IC, just an excellent barista.

Thanks heaps! [emoji4]

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True, the Diamond does not have IC (which is a shame, IMO) but you can still get the coffee drinks the same as usual at the Lobby Bar. My waiter in TD got me a latte every night after dinner (and punched the card) so it's possible to get coffee at more than one place.

Thank you [emoji4]

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I'm on the Diamond in January and was disappointed to learn that there's no IC on board. Where will I be able to get barista coffee and specialty coffees from? Or won't they be available [emoji22]

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