Originally Posted by
Kamadan
I'll be at the Melbourne lounge tomorrow afternoon, and judging from the comments so far, and being the end of long (Queen's Birthday) weekend, it might be full to the brim with everyone heading back for school/work. Guess I'll see how it's like tomorrow.
Well, sitting at the MEL lounge now. Apart from the fact that it's "isolated" from everyone else's lounge, right at the bottom floor, it's... relatively empty with perhaps 2 dozen people. Then again, this is the last NZ flight (to Auckland) for the day.
I see plenty of white and red wines, well stocked beer fridge, and food selection that's actually better than what I seen in the AKL international lounge. And they left the pancake/hotcake machine for people to use even at 5pm!
P.S. I stand corrected, 30mins later and there's roughly 50 odd in here. That extra 30 or so made the lounge that much more "lively". Also means over a quarter (25%) of this last flight contains various Koru/Gold/Elite members. Then again, might also have those who have been "guested" in.
Guess when there are a few flights scheduled to leave around the same time, this will quickly become quite crowded as a few many have already pointed out.