The "summer" cruise ship season signed off appropriately in Napier yesterday under a sunny blue sky.
The 77,500-tonne Dawn Princess tied up after arriving from Wellington at 7am and sailed at 2pm for Tauranga.
It was the latest arrival and departure of a cruise ship during a season so far - with the schedule usually wrapping up in late April.
Its 1900 passengers clearly kept the Art Deco Trust guides, vintage car tours and winery excursion tours busy as they took advantage of the more spring-like than late autumn weather.
The end of the 2013/14 season was a lot more memorable than the opening arrival of the season - which failed to arrive.