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    World Cruise 2020: no more Japan

    in P&O Cruises ( UK )

    Posted

    That seems unusual. My initial though is perhaps the ports are asking too much to dock there. However, they can't all be pricing themselves out of the market.

     

    Tokyo has the Summer Olympics in '20, which no doubt will increase tourisim, but I can't see that being a reason for them not to sail there. Besides, isn't the World Cruise early in the year?

     

    P&O and Cunard's usually start in January (till April), perhaps related to the hurricane season.

    World Cruise 2020: no more Japan

    in P&O Cruises ( UK )

    Posted

    Noticed P&O is skipping Japan in their annual World Cruise from Southampton, very sad...

    Cunard has also dropped Japan for 2019 and 2020

    Last posssibility (from Southampton) appears -for now- to be P&O in Jan 2019.

     

    Why's Japan being left out, any ideas ??

    A World Cruise without Japan is not really a World Cruise in my opnion :(

     

     

    THANKS,

    V.

    Poor service

    in Cunard Line

    Posted

    I saw nothing here about poor service. You went on a wait list, and you should not expect to hear anything directly from Cunard unless a cabin becomes available. As to an inspection tour prior to the voyage, a completely unrealistic expectation, as these all but impossible to achieve these days. Imagine if everyone booking the ship wanted such before-hand, regardless of the cruise cost. BTW, one can easily spend 25,000+ just on a 7 night QM2 trans Atlantic!

     

    ..sure wish I had more customers like you, Lou :p

    Poor service

    in Cunard Line

    Posted

    A limited number of single cabins are available, but you were too late to book one and, to nobody's surprise except yours, Cunard didn't contact you just to say none had become available. This may represent a "scam" to you but others wouldn't agree.

     

    You're probably right, perhaps I am indeed expecting way too much for a >25,000 USD ticket

    Poor service

    in Cunard Line

    Posted

    To summarize your comments >

    1. the Single Cabin option appears to be a scam to lure you into a Double Cabin
    2. their webshop is unreliable

    At least their slogan 'More than you imagined' seems right.

    Poor service

    in Cunard Line

    Posted

    Over a year ago I expressed my interest for a single cabin on Cunard's world cruise, departing next January. As the available cabin were already booked, my name was put on the waitlist, for which I received a reference number: XGWD3W.

    Never heard again from Cunard.

    I also requested a visit to the QE when it would dock for a stop over in The Netherlands, two times this year (Amsterdam & Rotterdam). I was called by a Dutch speaking lady who promised she would arrange this for me.

    Never heard again from Cunard.

    No World Cruise on Q802H for me it seems.

    Poor service from Cunard: really disappointing.

    I want to do a World Cruise sometime in future

    in World Cruising

    Posted

    Hi Scrapana/Kahti,

    Noticed this post of yours, and I'm also eyeing a world circumnavigation. I've found a few alternatives, including Cunard, but am wondering if circumnavigation could also be done by booking a series of separate interconnecting segments, much like a train journey.

    Don't know if such a 'scheduler' exists somewhere.

     

    Hope to hear from you,

    regards,

    V.

     

     

     

    I was five years older than you when I decided I wanted to do a world cruise. Being a teacher I knew that it could not happen before I retired as there was no way I could take four months off in the middle of the year. Because of that, I started saving for a cruise, read a little about world cruises, sent away for some brochures but not much else. When I made up my mind that I would retire after the 2011-2012 school year, I started doing more in depth planning.

     

    Could you take four months off of work? I did meet a few people onboard who could so they were taking the voyage and were a bit younger than the majority who were 60+ and retired. You will not find a huge number of younger people doing the entire world voyage although there will likely be some on segments.

     

    The first (and probably the hardest) task for me was deciding which cruise line. I wanted to do a full circumnavigation so some of the few cruise lines that do a "world voyage" started and ended in different places and did not go all the way around the world and were eliminated. My choices finally came down to Holland America and Cunard. I chose Cunard because I could get a balcony (with the single supplement) for over $25,000 less than HAL. Cunard's three queens all do a "world voyage" but usually only one does a complete circumnavigation so I was on the Queen Elizabeth.

     

    There were about 525 people doing the full voyage and about 85 were solo cruisers. Cunard has a get together every sea day morning for solos to get together and get to know each other. They also sat ten of us solos at the same dinner table.

     

    One thing you might not like about Cunard is the dress code. If you want to pack light it would be a little tougher. You have to adhere to the dress code in order to go to most of the venues onboard after 6 p.m. I do know of a couple of women who wore a little black dress for every formal (and some elegant casual nights) for the entire voyage and some men who made do with one suit and a couple of different ties.

     

    I don't know much about Cruise and Maritime Voyages but their ships (at least at the present) are all about 30 years or older.

     

    Except for the premium lines (Oceania, Regent, Crystal, etc.), world voyages are usually not published until 16-20 months ahead of the sail date.

     

    You can definitely walk around in most ports. In a few cases the ship will dock in an industrial port, sometimes miles from the city, but will usually run a shuttle bus into the city.

     

    Although a balcony is nice, every cruise line I know will charge a solo 200% of the per person/double occupancy price except for Cunard (they charge about 175%) for one. A suite with a piano would likely cost $200,000-300,000 (or more) for a solo on those lines that have them.

     

    Cruise lines are familiar with passengers with CPAP machines so that would be no problem.

     

    Have you read any of the world voyage blogs? I started reading them after I discovered Cruise Critic in 2011. You can learn a great deal about the ships and ports from them.

     

    I am planning my second world voyage now. I will be going on HAL this time so I will not get a balcony.

     

    I think I have covered all I can from your post. But if you have questions about anything I've said or have more questions, feel free to ask. A world voyage is an amazing experience!

     

    Kathi

    World Cruises 2019: no Japan ?

    in Cunard Line

    Posted

    OK, if you are looking for something called a World Cruise then only QV is doing one.

    QE is doing a Grand Voyage which leaves Southampton and has several stops in Japan.

     

    If you want to travel around the world and stop in Japan you will need to travel next year or probably 2020.

     

    Yes, so it seems...

    'Test'-leg QE ??

    in Cunard Line

    Posted

    Hi,

    I'd like to get more familiar with the Queen Elizabeth, before booking a long cruise on this ship. By the end of this year, the QE will have a stop-over in Amsterdam, and I'd like to board it's next leg to Brugge-Belgium.

     

    Is this possible, just one short leg ??

     

    THANKS,

    V.

    The Netherlands

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