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She’s on her way back in to port with orange tugs fore and aft - not sure if they are for guidance, propulsion or some other purpose but have been with her ever since the incident.

Thank you! This was exactly the sort of answer I was looking for. Just the shore excursions to sort then I think we are good to go. All best wishes BM

Hello all, We will be heading on our first Cunard cruise on 17th July on the QE and I am looking for help with the gala night dress code for two men. We have two gala nights - “Ice White” and “Masquerade”. We have happily dressed up in black tie on other cruise lines in the past. I understand that Cunard is generally ‘dressier’. My questions for you as experienced Cunard cruisers are: 1) Are either of these dress codes an excuse to break out the white tie (tails etc) for the first time in years, or would straightforward black tie be more the way to go for either or both evenings? 2) If we did go with white tie, would we be the only ones? For context - special occasion holiday, staying in Queens Grill and no issue with luggage limit for flights. Any thoughts appreciated, or indeed suggestions for alternative approaches to the Ice White dress code! Huge thanks BM

Hi all - an update to close the loop here. We arrived at 3pm. There were ten or so groups/pens of people waiting indoors in the port. We were put into group ten, for suites and people who needed mobility assistance. We were brought onboard with the first of the groups to be called. once onboard, the new embarkation procedures were dead easy. All in all, it worked really well.

Thank you for the very rapid responses! Based on your v helpful info and as we are staying in the city tonight I think we will go to the port between 2:30 and 3:00 tomorrow. Worst case scenario we drop our bags and go back into town to shop, I think. Looking forward to trying Azamara’s spa suite, thanks to the upgrade auction which we only discovered via this forum. You are all fonts of knowledge!

Hi all, V grateful for advice from recent Azamara cruisers. We are departing Barcelona tomorrow on the Journey. I have completed online check in and been allocated a time to arrive at the port of 1600-1630hrs (this was the only slot on offer). However - the ship is due to depart at 1700hrs and my cruise documentation says we must board no less than 90 mins before the departure or will be denied boarding. The Azamara website puts this in very stark terms. Has anyone else experienced this? I don’t want to arrive at the port and wait for two hours, for all the reasons outlined in other threads, but arriving 30-60mins before departure fees like a recipe for disaster.