March 5–9, 2026

We boarded the Celebrity Edge in Auckland, not far from our Airbnb, but because it was a longer trip we had to take two Ubers to the port. We split up and both drivers took creative liberties in getting us there. Thankfully, it wasn’t too much of a wait and we were on our way in the boarding process.

Once on board we were able to show them around quickly, as we had been on this ship only a few years ago. Compared to the Millennium the amenities are really nice (which is one of the older ships in the fleet – and the last ship we were on!!) we had fun walking around and getting reacquainted ourselves.

We pushed off around 8 pm, which was sunset there. It was absolutely beautiful with the skyline and the city lights.

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The next morning we woke up in Bay of Islands, which was a revisit from our last cruise. Andy had to work, so I just relaxed. Once he logged off for the day we took the shuttle into town and walked around and explored a bit. Emily and Mark did the excursion we had done last time (glow worm caves!) and had a great time. There wasn’t much noteworthy here because it was a shorter stop once Andy logged off from work.

The next few days were sea days – so not much to report there. But we were having fun catching up with Emily and Mark and just relaxing on the ship!

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