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Stay the Night in Your Choice of Hobbit Hotel, Recycled Ship Suite or WWII Fighter Plane at Woodlyn Park

03/20/2011
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  • Woodlyn Park Hobbit Hotel
    We all know that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frodo_Baggins">Frodo Baggins</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samwise_Gamgee">Samwise Gamgee </a>head to Cabo for spring break, but when they feel like keeping their vacays low key, Woodlyn Park in Otorohanga, New Zealand is their getaway spot of choice. Not only is the idyllic resort home to the world's first <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roof">green-roofed</a> hobbit hotel (complete with specially designed <a href="http://inhabitat.com/lord-of-the-rings-hobbiton-now-serves-as-sheep-farm/">hobbit furniture</a>, of course), it also gives visitors the option to stay in a refurbished fighter plane chamber, a recycled rail car room or a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/giant-boat-shaped-houses-in-encinitas-california-may-not-be-what-you-think/">remodeled ship suite</a>! Click through <a href="http://inhabitat.com/stay-in-your-choice-of-hobbit-hotel-recycled-ship-or-wwii-fighter-plane-at-woodlyn-park/woodlyn-park-10/?extend=1">our gallery</a> to see each one of the accommodations and tell us which one you'd choose in the comments below.
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  • Woodlyn Park Hobbit Hotel
    The grass-covered suites lovingly referred to as "The Hobbits" can accommodate up to 6 people in each unit and have their own kitchens and toilets.
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  • Woodlyn Park Hobbit Hotel
    A peek inside one of the Hobbit rooms - check out the specially designed furniture and decor. In addition to having green roofs, the hobbit rooms were built using polystyrene blocks to give them added warmth in the winter and a cooling affect in summer.
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  • Woodlyn Park Hobbit Hotel
    Dubbed the Waitanic, this block of accommodations is inside a WWII Fairmile Ship that was built in 1942 in Auckland.
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    The balcony of the ship hotel.
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  • Woodlyn Park Hobbit Hotel
    If you've got a larger group, the Waitanic is your best bet since you can choose from The Captains Room (which is 3 levels), The Britanic Room (which can sleep up to 4 people), or The Titanic Room (which can sleep up to 6 people).
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  • Woodlyn Park Hobbit Hotel
    The boat is one of only 12 that were built for anti submarine patrol in the Islands during WWII and is one of the only ones that is still around.
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  • Woodlyn Park Hobbit Hotel
    The plane suite was recycled from a plane that was one of the last allied planes out of Vietnam.
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    Inside the plane suite.
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  • Woodlyn Park Hobbit Hotel
    The Waitomo Express is a 1950s rail car that has been beautifully refurbished into 2 cozy motel units.
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  • Woodlyn Park Hobbit Hotel
    This unit has one room with a double bed and another with two single beds - perfect for a family of four.
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Woodlyn Park Hobbit Hotel

We all know that Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee head to Cabo for spring break, but when they feel like keeping their vacays low key, Woodlyn Park in Otorohanga, New Zealand is their getaway spot of choice. Not only is the idyllic resort home to the world's first green-roofed hobbit hotel (complete with specially designed hobbit furniture, of course), it also gives visitors the option to stay in a refurbished fighter plane chamber, a recycled rail car room or a remodeled ship suite! Click through our gallery to see each one of the accommodations and tell us which one you'd choose in the comments below.

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