Comment on Discussion Thread 🦕 Tuesday 8 July 2025

Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Did you go into a Hobbit house? Not sure I did that when I was there.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes, we went into a house, not Bilbo’s house but another. It was very beautifully made and furnished. It wasn’t that small as I think it was made for tourists, not as a film set.

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• SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Did you have a second breakfast?

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes.

    I always have a second breakfast. I wake very early and have a very light brekkie, then sleep again, wake and have a second brekkie.

    Today it was a little cornflakes and milk then second was some toast.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Did you take lots of pics?

  I’m glad you had a good time!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I took some pics. Not many.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Noice

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Did you acquire a spoon?

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No. I acquired a stein from the Green Dragon.

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My German teacher was intrigued by the word Stein for a drinking vessel. Apparently that is not a term they use at all.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Acquired? Say no more.

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      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They were given out to everyone. 🍺

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What was your fav thing? Which part did you geek out over the most? Were the banquet staff in theme or just casual? Did it feel tacky or genuine? Was it crowded?

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My favourite thing was the night walk with lanterns through the village.

    Geek out? The biggest geek out was seeing how the paths of the location was designed to take good pictures .

    And how props were just everyday things that were personalised for the movie. For example sets of kitchenware that were all different but painted to look like a set.

    Banquet staff in casual.

    Not tacky. I think the people who got most out of it were deep fans.

    It was super crowded. We had four geeks in costume, I sat with them for drinks and they were so nice and so very very happy to be there.

    I felt a little patronised but then I have to remember most people are not super geeks

    the location itself is being slowly consumed by the New Zealand tropical environment

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    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I love all of this, thank you! What a great insight into it - I love that there were people in costumes, I love when people go out and really get into stuff. That’s cool how the layout helps people take good pictures.

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Was it cool and awesome?

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes and yes.

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And did get it eat a meal there?

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      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        We did. We had the evening banquet at the Green Dragon.

        The mini pavlovas with cream and raspberry coulis were particularly good and I ate two. 🤤

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Was Gandalf there?

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No.

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    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ☹️

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      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The spirit of Gandalf was there. 🧙‍♂️🥰

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