"The tours have proven more popular than anticipated. The 12:30pm tour was fully booked before we'd even had a chance to advertise it, so we decided to lay on an 11am tour as well," Mr Gibson says. "These are the only times 360 Discovery has a boat available."
Please call 360 Discovery on 09 307 8005 to book.
If you can't go on one of the tours, there are opportunities to view the vessel as she enters and departs the harbour. She will arrive at the pilot station, north of Rangitoto, around 6:30am making her way to Jellicoe wharf around 7:30am. She will depart at 10pm that night.
Good vantage points:
From 6:30am
Areas along the east cost of the North Shore as the ship rounds Rangitoto Island
Between 7:00am and 7:30am
Public walkway alongside the Fergusson container terminal (no parking available)
Fred Ambler Lookout, Gladstone Road, Parnell
Mt Victoria, North Head and Devonport Wharf on the North Shore
East Coast Bays beaches
The largest ship to visit New Zealand, the Queen Mary 2 will be carrying up to 2700 passengers and crew.