Overview
- ZDF premiered the Auckland episode on November 23, with streaming available in the ZDF Mediathek since November 15.
- Sophia Thiel makes her acting debut as travel influencer Nina Ahrens, featuring an in-episode follower-count gag contrasted with her real 1.3 million Instagram followers.
- In a new interview, Thiel says she learned on the job alongside Harald Schmidt and Florian Silbereisen and completed her scenes in a one-day shoot in Mauritius.
- Sila Şahin-Radlinger appears in the episode after filming in New Zealand and is releasing the Christmas song “Weiße Weihnacht” with Antonia Parensen, which she describes as a gift for her husband.
- The installment mixes familiar passenger and crew storylines without major reveals and tees up holiday episodes set for December 26 in Bora Bora and January 1 in South Africa’s Madikwe.