silverhead6736

Definitely need to get it right on the first day then!;)

Thanks... :)

Think so,although we changed three time in the first three days on our QE trip earlier this year.

We were offered different times different tables ,a choice of two once before we settled,only gave one tip. We came quite friendly with the Maitre d who visited us regularly at the table,didn't do any harm.

Have you read the posts by Deck chair he has sailed 22 times on the QM2.He knows the crack

Is it possible to Txt a ship for the attention of a particular department such as Housekeeping, Pursers office or Maitre d' etc.

Or are all communications through the shore office.

Hello rsquare.

Another minefield does it show up on the radar,

Don't suppose you can use WhatsApp or call Uber!!!

If you are on various legs of a world cruise, are you allocated new tables at the beginning of each leg? Invariably you are out sightseeing on changeover day, so do you return to your cabin later that day and find a new table card?

Thanks...

No keep the same table. We did 2 legs on the QE earlier this year and it was the same.

See you soon.

Thanks Deck Chair....I appreciate you post and the advice you give.l will follow it to the letter should the nominated table not suit.

Thanks again for the time you have taken.

Regards silverhead

Thanks silver head

"There's nought for the dumb". Eh?

 

 

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Moved 3 times on QE. Do it in the first few days and try to give a good reason when you speak to the Maitre'D

Thanks David....ofcourse QE....but we are well through our day here and the bar has been open a couple of hours.!

Thanks for the input...it seems to confirm and add a liitle more. Appreciated.

To Tradeboy...of course it isnt. If you don't ask you don't get., Regards to all

We were spoilt on our earlier cruise this year on the QE2 from Hong Kong to Southampton when we were given a nice round table by the large stern windows with interupted views, particularly good when entering ports like Istanbul and the Suez passage.

I read in a review, after the remastering, that the writer had a preference for the 2nd floor and the first tier of the Britannia. His opinion being that he thought it to be a more open aspect and certainly not as closed in as the first floor. Not that the flooring arrangement has been changed during the remastering.

Would anybody like to comment on which floor, first or second and which tier please.

Only a few days to go.

Thank you

Thanks again

Thanks Salacia.....3 great posts....it just shows how you can have second thoughts and they are just as valuable as the first.

I'm sure you did Hattie a favour,

Can I use my wifes allowance or are the times limited to logins on one 'computer' to one username?

Regards

Perhaps Hattie could list the various options for Internet. The charges...the allowances for silver, gold etc...if these are per day...per voyage for world cruise sectors, for whole world cruise or whatever and of course per person and not stateroom.

I'm sure that most people are completely bewildered by it all.

Or is it that Cunard have explained somewhere on the dark web

We were in 6055 for 60 nights with no problems. Silverhead

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Hi Silverhead6736,

I am on part of your world voyage, from Southampton to Sydney, then disembark for 5 days, before returning for the Sydney to Hong Kong segment and having never been on part of a world cruise, I am curious if the ship settles our on board account at the end of every leg, or just when you disembark?

Hello Lobbylin....sorry its taken a few days to get back to you. Accounts are usuallly settled at the end of each leg by the ship drawing on your nominated credit card. However you can settle when you like. Before disembark I usually get all my cash together, usually dollars, and take it down to the office and cash it in against my account.On each leg , each passenger is entitled to a bottle duty free from the shop to drink in your cabin,its a worthwhile concession. However we found on the QE rtw earlier this year that at a lot of ports you passed through a duty free shop to return to the ship, so you could buy to take aboard. Never short of a drink in the cabin. When we visited Petra from Aquba the captain laid on a chapagne reception on the quay before rejoing the ship....a nice touch.

Enjoy. Silverhead6736

Hello Hattie....wasn't aware of that....thanks

Silverhead6736

I am looking to book a tour of the garden route from arrival Cape Town on th e 26th January 2017 to departure from Port Elizabeth on the 29th.

I am enquiring about a tour of Cape town a jouney down the Garden route with overnight stays, a tour of Port Elizabeth before rejoining the ship.

Do you have any intrest?

Sailing on the Queen Mary 11 round the world voyage and wondering which credit card I should use to pay my account.

I have just signed up with Halifax Clarity and used it for an extended holiday in Mallorca. I am suprised at the so few extra charges,with this card.

Therefore is this the card to use to settle my onboard account and any other expenses, tours etc.

Appreciate others comments particularly with exchange rates as they are.

Thanks everyone. Thought I would ask what I thought was a question that would not provoke such answers. You can see my No. of posts is only about 10 so perhaps I should retire now{go to bed}.

To Roscoe39. Hatties last word was 'Apologies' so maybe she did not consider it aggresive.

To Summergee. I would except for the delay and lack of answers that so many comment on.

Silverhead

Me2....if you read my post that is what I stated was on the ship from HK to Southampton.

What I want to know is the designated legs on the QM11 for the 2017 world cruise.

Perhaps I am short in explaining myself.

And so to bed !!

Silverhead

Hattie....are you trying to wind me up.

It is only the second time I posted on my own subject because you asked me to clarify.

I repeat I thought my fisrt post was clear enough.

What more do you want.

Silverhead

Sorry Hattie

I thought it was very clear, would not have written it otherwise.

On world cruises each passenger is allowed to buy one bottle of spirits duty free on each leg of the cruise for there own consumption.

For example on this year's QE world cruise which we joined in Hong Kong we were allowed one bottle each to Dubai and another bottle each to Southampton.

We were also allowed to buy any amount of duty free for taking ashore in Southampton which was only available two days before arrival for taking ashore. Therefore I repeat my question what are the duty free legs on the QM2 round the world in 2017.

Silverhead

Re Queen Mary 2 voyage M703B sailing 10th Jan 2017. Can someone tell me the duty free legs are they Southampton to Capetown and then Capetown to Melbourne.

Thanks Silverhead 6736

Are the first two.....Southampton to Capetown and the second Capetown to Melbourne.

Will it be a bottle each for each leg as usual

Thanks.

Not as techy as some. Now have a Tablet, a right angle HDMI connector, an HDMI connector and a Samsung smart TV in my Cabin for the first two legs of the QM2 world cruise in January 2017.

Would welcome some suggestions what I might achieve with the gear since I will not be subscribing to the ships expensive unreliabe WiFi.

Hello Tafkap...I left section H...put no details in. For Section I.I put in the Cunard agents in India.....JM Baxi & Co.

Godrej, Coliseum, Office 801,8th Floor.

C Wing, Mumbai, 400022.

Tel. +9122221044

For UK reference Any relation name and address is sufficient with tel. no.

Went through without any problems.

Under section E. for period of Visa put....1 Year.

I took my application to the VFS office in Manchester after obtaining an appointment.

Donnt forget to get an Indian Visa photo...which is obtained from most photo booths. Just make sure you select the one for Indian Visa. Tesco booths do them.

There is an article in the Telegraph about obtaining a visa....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/india/11490282/...

or something like that!!!!!it its dated march 2015 so is up to date.

Doing the HK to Southampton leg. Seems a lot of trouble to go ashore in In dia and the organised trips seem to be lacking. Viator is a possibility.

Regards

Have read the Cunard excursions and none appeal.

Can anyone help to advise on what we should do when visiting Chennai on voyage Q603.

Maybe we should go for a health check up as recommended on " The Real Marigold Hotel "