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The Crowne Plaza is the big uptown option. Its own site lists a fitness centre with a sauna and One Twenty 8 on Level 4, and Queens Wharf is about 900 m downhill by our pins.
It’s one of only two hotels here with its own pages readable to us, so the facts are firm — but there are fewer of them.
Ask for the breakfast price and check-in time. Then book the morning taxi.
Book it if
- You want a large, reliable hotel uptown
- A sauna after the flight appeals
- You’re near the convention centre anyway
Look elsewhere if
- You want to walk to the ship with bags
- You want a pool
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Crowne Plaza publishes and our own map estimates.
A fitness centre with a sauna and One Twenty 8 on Level 4, per the hotel’s own site.
The hotel’s page offers Cityhop car hire, not a ship run. Queens Wharf is about 900 m from our pin and Princes Wharf about 850 m, downhill.
One Twenty 8 serves breakfast 06:30 to 10:30 Monday to Friday and 06:30 to 11:00 at weekends, per the hotel. Tourism New Zealand calls it a buffet. Neither says it’s in every rate.
Downhill to the water, about 900 m to Queens Wharf by our pins. It’s a walk without luggage and a taxi with it.
The hotel lists on-site parking with no price, and Cityhop car hire. Neither is a cruise plan.
Night-Before Score: 29 of 100
Points come only from the hotel’s own site, auckland.crowneplaza.com, with Tourism New Zealand’s listing for its map position and breakfast; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
Crowne Plaza is on Albert Street, uptown near the convention centre. By our pins it’s about 17.4 km from Auckland Airport and about 900 m from Queens Wharf.
Neither the hotel nor Tourism New Zealand mentions an airport transfer.
The hotel’s page offers Cityhop car hire, not a ship run. Queens Wharf is about 900 m from our pin and Princes Wharf about 850 m, downhill.
From AKL without a hotel shuttle
Taxis at the rank outside door 11 sell fixed CBD fares of NZ$62 to NZ$105 by company, per Auckland Airport; SkyDrive runs every 30 minutes to Hobson Street.
The hotel lists on-site parking with no price, and Cityhop car hire. Neither is a cruise plan.
Parking for your stay: On-site parking, no price published.
The hotel’s page offers Cityhop car hire, not a ship run. Queens Wharf is about 900 m from our pin and Princes Wharf about 850 m, downhill.
Flying in the morning you sail? The US overnights land about 06:00, so it can be done — but one late flight and the ship is gone; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
Queens WharfAlbert Street is uptown: Princes Wharf is about 850 m and Queens Wharf about 900 m from our pin, both straight lines.
Source: aucklandlive.co.nzDistance
~900 m, straight lineAbout 900 m from our Queens Wharf pin, roughly 15 minutes on foot by our estimate, downhill all the way.
Airport bus
Not statedSkyDrive’s Hobson Street stop by SkyCity is one block west of Albert Street. The hotel doesn’t mention it.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedThe hotel lists on-site parking with no price, and Cityhop car hire. Neither is a cruise plan.
In town
No cruise parking publishedThe terminals have no parking, per Royal Caribbean and Azamara, and the Downtown Car Park that Holland America names lists no multi-day rate.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteOne Twenty 8, the restaurant on Level 4, with room service, per the hotel.
Breakfast
Served; rate decidesOne Twenty 8 serves breakfast 06:30 to 10:30 Monday to Friday and 06:30 to 11:00 at weekends, per the hotel. Tourism New Zealand calls it a buffet. Neither says it’s in every rate.
Address
Albert Street, uptown CBD128 Albert Street, Auckland Central 1010
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Crowne Plaza and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm check-in and check-out times, breakfast price, parking price, accessible rooms, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
One Twenty 8 serves breakfast 06:30 to 10:30 Monday to Friday and 06:30 to 11:00 at weekends, per the hotel. Tourism New Zealand calls it a buffet. Neither says it’s in every rate.
Parking for your stay
On-site parking, no price published
Pool
No pool on the hotel’s page or Tourism New Zealand’s.
Pets
The hotel’s page doesn’t mention pets.
Food and drink on site
- One Twenty 8Level 4; breakfast 06:30–10:30 weekdays, to 11:00 weekends
Rooms
Over 300 rooms, from standard rooms of about 30 m² to two-level suites of about 70 m², per the hotel.
Accessibility
Crowne Plaza’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so ask before you book one.
On site
- GymYes
- Sauna or spaYes
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Premium rooms are on Level 18 or higher
- About five minutes on foot to the NZ International Convention Centre, per the hotel
- Cityhop car hire on site
Before you book
Worth knowing
- On-site parking has no published price.
- Breakfast runs to 10:30 on weekdays, 11:00 at weekends.
- Premium rooms sit on Level 18 or higher.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Check-in and check-out times
- Breakfast price
- Parking price
- Accessible rooms
Sources for this page: the hotel’s own site, auckland.crowneplaza.com, with Tourism New Zealand’s listing for its map position and breakfast. All read October 2026; each fact names its own source.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Crowne Plaza: the Auckland cruise guide and Auckland as a port of call.
Uptown tonight, downhill to the ship.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Crowne Plaza for the night before. No payment on the form.
Crowne Plaza FAQ
Does Crowne Plaza Auckland have a pool?
Not that we found. The hotel lists a fitness centre with a sauna.
Is breakfast included at Crowne Plaza Auckland?
It depends on your rate. One Twenty 8 serves it 06:30 to 10:30 on weekdays and 06:30 to 11:00 at weekends, per the hotel.
How far is Crowne Plaza Auckland from the cruise terminal?
About 900 m from our Queens Wharf pin, downhill.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Crowne Plaza, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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