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Did you have Beef Wellington, Duck a l'Orange and Baked Alaska on the menu? I saw one posted elswhere with those items but wasn't sure if it was for Britannia. If so, I'll transcribe the menu and post it on the "Queen Anne Menus" thread.

Gala evenings do not always have themes. It is a bit unusual for 23 December to have no theme, but since they are following two days later with the Red & Gold theme for Christmas Day, that may have something to do with it. It has been typical the past few years for 31 December to have no theme. Prior to the shutdown, they typically scheduled 31 December with a "New Year's Eve Ball" theme. But since the restart of operations, they now only schedule the four standard themes Black and White, Red and Gold, Roaring Twenties and Masquerade (plus Ice White on QE Alaska itineraries). As a result, 31 December now ends up with no theme. It's always possible they will add themes at a later date (or even once on board the ship). Please keep checking the daily calendar for your booking in My Cunard and let me know if you see any changes. It's quite possible those dates will have no themes though.

I suggest going with "Beppu, Japan" since that's how it's listed on the Cunard itinerary.

Correct. That's from QE's recent call to Beppu on May 7th.

Here's a webcam capture of a Cunard ship arriving at a port we haven't seen yet on this thread and this port is not on our unseen ports list. This was a maiden call for this ship and perhaps the first time any Cunard ship has called there. As usual, I have blurred the webcam's captions at the upper left.

Right. The last price changes went into effect this past December. Before then, these were the prices. Beers, Wines and Spirits Option $70 for voyages of 5 nights or more in advance, $75 on board $85 for voyages of less than 5 nights in advance, $90 on board Premium Soft Drinks Option $30 in advance, $35 on board Speciality Hot Drinks Option $12.50 in advance, $15 on board Soft Drinks Option $10 in advance, $12 on board So yes indeed, this is the second price increase for the non-alcoholic drinks packages since last December. For the Beers, Wines and Spirits Option, the new (and current) pricing structure that went into effect last December represented a price increase for shorter voyages, but a price decrease for longer voyages.

I just noticed the prices for the non-alcoholic drinks packages have gone up recently. Not sure when these were increased. This might be effective as of the Queen Anne maiden voyage date, May 3rd. Also they've changed the name of the Premium package as noted below. Anyway, here are the details. All these prices are per person per day. Premium Soft Drinks Option (name changed to Premium Non-alcoholic Option) Increased from $36.00 to $40.50 if purchased in advance. Increased from $40.00 to $45.00 if purchased on board. Speciality Hot Drinks Option Increased from $13.50 to $15.75 if purchased in advance. Increased from $15.00 to $17.50 if purchased on board. Soft Drinks Option Increased from $10.80 to $13.50 if purchased in advance. Increased from $12.00 to $15.00 if purchased on board. I am not seeing any changes in the pricing for the Beers, Wines and Sprits Option where the prices depend on the length of the voyage.

No fireboat escort for Queen Anne as she departed Lisbon today, but here's a pretty good webcam capture from the Câmara VTS stream on the Porto de Lisboa YouTube channel. The Cristo Rei monument is at the upper left.

Knowing the country based on the previous Casablanca identification helped to narrow down this location. I think this is Essaouira, Morocco. Yeah, I'm not finding any evidence that a Cunard ship has called here either. Looks like an interesting location for a work meeting. Hopefully you avoided any serious intrigues here. 🙂

Here's a screenshot posted by @Pushpit last September showing the main menu for "My Voyage". That's the same timeframe I last sailed with Cunard. I do not know if they have added any more functionality since then, but this will give you a general idea of some of the information and services available through My Voyage.

Sorry, no, the My Voyage process is based on connecting to the intranet site "myvoyage.cunard.com" once onboard ship using the ship's wifi. None of the information found on My Voyage can be accessed from home. There is a webpage for "myvoyage.cunard.com" which you can access now from home, but it won't get you very far. That page simply discusses accessing the real site once on board and how to bookmark it on your device for easy access.

@Colin_Cameron, I'll go ahead and rotate your photo to the correct orientation. It's easy to explain how photos in landscape (horizontal) orientation are sometimes upside down on this forum. One way to hold the camera horizontally is considered right side up and the other is considered upside down. Photos taken while holding the camera upside down contain information within the image file telling software that they need to be rotated 180°. The software on this forum that performs attachment file uploads apparently ignores that information about the image needing to be rotated, resulting in an upside down image here. I'm stumped though as to what could possibly be causing your images, presumably taken while holding the camera in portrait (vertical) orientation, to be uploaded here as if they were taken in landscape (horizontal) orientation. I'd probably need to see one of the original files from your camera to try to get to the bottom of what this forum is doing to it, but figuring out a good way to get that done might be more problem than it's worth.

Concerning the promenade, I've seen a sign posted elsewhere with the following information. PROMENADE DECK 2.5 Laps = 1 Mile Jogging permitted 8.00am - 8.00pm <<< We recommend following a clockwise circuit when using the Promenade Deck to exercise I suspect @roscoe39 may be quite pleased with this arrangement for the recommended direction of travel around the promenade on Queen Anne. 🙂 Are those on board for the maiden voyage following that recommendation to travel clockwise around the promenade?

Here's a transcription of a photo found elsewhere showing the Golden Lion Daily Specials board on Queen Anne. The date of the post indicates this is from yesterday. GOLDEN LION DAILY SPECIALS Pork Apple and West Country Cider Pie with Mash Potato and Vegetables of the Day Chicken Tikka Masala, Saffron Rice, Poppadum Steamed Syrup Pudding

Queen Anne departing A Coruña, Spain this evening. This is a capture from the "A Coruña (móbil)" webcam found on the CRTVG "g24.gal" website. Looks like she had a fireboat water display to accompany her departure.