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Waiheke wine tour is a great idea for Auckland. Weta Workshop tour is pretty interesting if you like any of their work (Lord of the rings etc etc). Enjoy!

Yes credit cards (visa and mastercard) accepted at 99% of places here in New Zealand. American Express at probably 80% of restaurants and taxis but sometimes with 3% surcharge. USD not accepted in Australia or New Zealand so some NZ AND AUS dollars will be useful. We don't genetally accept each other's currency either. Tipping not expected here in NZ but we might if really good service - there is no % as it's not commonplace as we have a minimum hourly wage rather than relying on tips. But will be appreciated if you liked the service. If a taxi expected a tip you could probably complain as I'm sure it would be frowned upon by the regulatory body. I wouldn't normally tip a taxi here. Enjoy our countries!

Thank you so much for this review. We will be on the Spirit for 12 days in April next year (Med and Adriatic - we did 10 day Western Med last year. Great way to see the sites). Can't wait for the Spirit esp after seeing your photos and review. Thanks 😊

We're doing a 12 day Spirit cruise in April. Heard mixed reviews (some awesome, some average, some awful) but we're keeping realistic expectations as Europe is really all about the ports in our view!

Didn't do it with cruise line but did on day of cruise. The space centre is awesome!

Fyi there is a great social network site on a different platform starting with F. There are 30000 ppl in the group and so much wonderful info about the ship and ports. Suggest you have a look there too. Vista is wonderful!

Loved the Vista. So much fun. For mases of info you should check out the group for the vista on another social media platform... you'll have to guess which one as i doubt we can post it here... there are 32,000 people on it with pics and reviews. Incredible intel.

We bought a Pacsafe antitheft camera sling strap for Europe for the SLR. Then it was always out ready to go. We had a smaller Pacsafe bag it could go in if needed that we wore across the shoulder. Then we had small back packs for sweatshirts, sunblock etc for the things we coild cope with losing. Looked like tourists but no probs at all

Funny, we were just talking about this here in New Zealand! We went on the 3 night itinerary on the Dream for Nassau and Castaway Cay in Oct 2014. Unfortunately Hurricane Joaquin came in and we missed Nassau - having a day at sea instead. It was great. Gave us time to enjoy the ship and relax. Whichever way, enjoy Disney CL is awesome