A bad weather forecast has scuppered the historic Dunedin visit of mega-cruise ship the Ovation of the Seas on Thursday.
Dunedin was to be the first New Zealand port visited by the $1.4 billion Ovation, the biggest cruise ship to come to New Zealand with 4905 passengers.
Dunedin i-Site visitor centre manager Louise van de Vlierd said the cancellation was "very disappointing."
![Royal Caribbean Cruises ship Ovation of the Seas picture in Rotterdam in May 2016.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZJFZL56FB7E5LPXFS424KXMWLQ.jpg?auth=81f7c75b6482f554528b290f566a4fe89747f901ec03101741cbad703c35dc8e&width=16&height=7&quality=70&smart=true)
"A lot of work has gone into preparing for it but the weather is something you can't control."