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Here's the full menu

Chart Room Menu.pdf

The is from last October's Chart Room so probably not entirely accurate given the recent price rises

1 hour ago, Selbourne said:

Thanks. That’s kind of you. I’m still recovering from my 65 night blog on Aurora’s Grand Voyage (and the pressure of it having over 250,000 views), so I’m delighted that @Megabear2 is holding the reigns on this one! I hope that she doesn’t mind me chipping in with my thoughts though?

250k Views!, your blog is obviously a lot more intersting than mine

The TVs on QE will accept a USB stick so we generally take along a few movies/TV series to watch between our early evening trip to the Commodore Club and dinner, although we haven't watched any on the last few cruises, they were a godsend when quarantined with Covid.

The local time is displayed on the cruise Navigation page. CH 40 ?

9 hours ago, Onescoop said:

 

- Is there anything in particular to bear in mind about QV vs QM2? We're looking at a Forward balcony on the 8th floor as we had similar on QM2 and enjoyed that location.

 

Thanks in advance!

Also have a look at the Deck 4 balcony cabins (fore have a solid balcony and aft glass) these balconies are larger than the ones on the higher decks and very convenient for the theatre, MDR etc

1 hour ago, RK-NC said:

I presume this is just a jug of tap water?

I assumed it was from the same source as the water served in the MDR, I don't know if this is "general ship's water" or special filtered drinking water - Either way Jane was fine with it, I don't drink during the night so never tried it.

13 hours ago, exlondoner said:

I would assume it is a hiccup, but, if it is very important to you, I would transfer to another ship, because who knows? There is no All bran for breakfast, or, if it is on board, they haven’t found it yet. My husband, who likes, it, is coping.

If it's a hiccough, then it's one that gets repeated. We had exactly that selection on the Cruise to Nowhere post Covid

More importantly have they stopped the abomination of serving Rich Tea biscuits with the cheese ? Asking for Jane as she needs to know!

It's a bit of a temptation, especially with the new ports

I was very disappointed with the Commodore's selection last October, so much so that I'm now going to wait until embarkation before buying in November - No more Fizz, Port or even Rose

A little reminder for the copious water drinkers, in Britannia, without the Drinks Package is that Room service will provide a jug of Iced water on request that can then be put in the fridge - something we only discovered recently

I created the Chart Room menu PDF while onboard in October from the Menu on the Cunard app, so it is as current as anything I've seen. Edit -  Actually not true I created the Gin & Fizz one one the 18th October

Gin and Fizz menu.pdf

3 minutes ago, D&N said:

Sorry that menu is not up to date. Spirits are in 1oz and 2oz measures. Small wine is 150ml.

Since around last summer spirits changed to 25ml and 50ml measures, and small wines are now 175ml.

It's from 15th October, but feel free to post a more recent one - It was only intended as a guide - my point about the drinks package is it's not very good value, unless you can consistently drink 7 drinks per day, which I couldn't and even less value if you have a half decent amount of OBC

Re: The drinks package, here's a fairly recent Chart Room drinks menu from QV to give you an idea of the prices (all are +15% gratuity) - I've toyed with the idea of a drinks package, but I would really struggle to make it pay - I could easily drink enough on a given day, but not every day, each to their own though. For our 14 night cruise the drinks package is $2016 for the two of us

Chart Room Menu.pdf

500ml cans

1 minute ago, 3rdGenCunarder said:

 

QM2 has two levels to the dining room. For all its size, I haven't found the Britannia restaurant to be too noisy. 

We were back in Briannia for a short cruise last September, I'd forgotten what a nice "vibe" the restaurant had compared to the Grills.

Here's an extract from our 2016 cruise on QE in Britannia, 6 Entreees so 30% veggie

Looking at that menu and reading some of the recent QM2 reviews, I struggle to see how people find the food boring and tasteless on board - I know food is subjective, but I'd happily order everything one that menu except goats cheese tart, since that is the work of the Devil

No, if everyone goes against the tide it's conformity - sorry for the pedantry

The QV Chart Room menu from last October's cruise list Fentiman's Brewed Ginger Beer, whether they actually have it available is a moot point, they didn't have any Dandelion & Burdock when requested.

Chart Room Menu.pdf

The gym is free - some classes are extra chage

But better than the wall - use the ceiling, hooks placed on the wall will slide down

This was from our TA in 2019 - it was certainly open at 7am and the promenade deck is a nice way of cooling down after a run on the treadmills

This is from last October's QV cruise -Link to Daily Programmes...

I'm not sure it would, Whispering Angel was included in the Commodore's wine package, and those wines tend to be in excess of $60 per bottle or $15 for a medium glass. I've just had a look at the chart room menu from last year on QE and it looks to be just outside the limit for a small glass