Conor79

Hello all

Just wondering if anyone has any preference for which ferry they take. Interislander or Bluebridge?

Cheers

simonmarkellis

I would say for sailing through the sounds, the Interislander ferries have better viewing options... and slightly better inside comfort...

Catchafire

If you can book on the Kaitaki. Best ship in the the fleet.

Although the Bluebridge ferry has a certain, faded glamour charm.

Bring food and beer/wine if you can.

Moomoo

We went on the Interislander - Kaitaki - we liked the conservatory lounge area with the big windows.

Funny thing though - the Kaitaki is the old Pride of Cherbourg which we have been on sailing to France - and the lifebuoys had 'Kaitaki Portsmouth' on them (my hometown is Portsmouth!) Funny to see the ship on the other side of the world!

killercat

Lol snap, we went on this recently and was very bemused to find out it was the Pride of Cherbourg which i have been on many times this crossing was much more enjoyable thou. where about's
in Pompy are you from?

Persephone

I've only travelled on the Interislander ferries. Mainly due to timing and price at the time. Seemed no different from a Channel or North Sea crossing in terms of facilities [to be expected given the above post!]

Luckily I've only had one rough crossing, a man threw up in the bin right next to me that did nothing to help the increasing worry that I was about to see that sandwich again

If the weather is good, the journey through the Sounds is fantastic!

moonie2011

If you buy a top10.co.nz membership, $49, you get 10% off any interislander crossing, we have already got our money back in one trip. Plus you get 10% of top ten holiday accomodation, restaurants etc etc

Moomoo

Hi Killercat

From Copnor/Baffins Although we had been living on the Isle of Wight for a few years before coming to NZ. How about you?

killercat

Ah im from the outskirts in Portchester, i used to work in Somerstown and Copnor thou

Catchafire

Hope you made it ok on the Ferry. Not the best day to be travelling.

Interislander has been cancelled until Sunday!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-e...for-three-days

northeastlad

The Kaitaki may end up being out of service for a couple days as the storm hitting Welly has actually broken the ferry free from its moorings. It's moored in the harbour for now. Hopefully, it's not too damaged.

Best of luck to all Wellingtonians tonight!

ChrisWilson7

Seconded, thought it was rough in Christchurch today but hearing of 140-200kph gusts up in Wellington, quite a large power outage, the airport closure and ferry situation I do feel for them tonight.

northeastlad

I read 20,000 homes without power? That's a lot. We get bad storms here in North East England but 200km/h? Not that bad!

minky

We have travelled on both and preferred the Pride of Cherbourg as we knew it well from travelling to France!!

The Bluebridge we went on was quite a lot smaller and is more catered for trucks