Ovation of the Seas passes through the heads of the harbour on its way to Port Chalmers earlier this month. Huge cruise ship Ovation of the Seas will arrive in Dunedin a day early and stay overnight tomorrow, meaning close to 5000 people in the city for the late afternoon and evening. The ship is sailing south from Picton to make it to Dunedin before expected bad weather. MetService forecast rain would increase in Dunedin tomorrow and high winds, including possibly severe gales, would strike on Thursday. The ship docked in Dunedin at the beginning of January, after forecast bad weather prompted the cancellation of its first scheduled visit in December

Source: Otago Daily Times January 16, 2017 23:42 UTC