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1 minute ago, DukeBeetle24 said:

I'm not saying they can or they cannot, I doubt very much anyone on this board can. You're looking for answers from Cunard. Perhaps send them an email or give them a call, they may be able to provide the answers to those questions.

A call or email would get nowhere I don't think. I just think it is sad the way it has gone downhill. It's P&O doing 15-20 T/As a year without what stands it apart from P&O or other brands. I wonder why Carnival line are doing this?

58 minutes ago, DukeBeetle24 said:

I believe the relationship with Godiva ended some time ago from what I've read on here, Chart Room hasn't done canapes for some time on any ship. As for the gloves - this may be a temporary thing as Queen Anne is using gloves, but with the introduction of Queen Anne came a fleet wide update of uniforms for all crew. It may be this is still filtering through. 

Yet they wear the white gloves and the red uniforms when you board the ship? And what they can't make a 100 canapes a night?. And why did they end the relationship with Godiva. Google does not say.

No chocolates in Samuels! No hors d'oeuvres of an evening in the Chart Room and no WHITE GLOVES WITH THE AFTERNOON TEA!!. Sorry for the capitals but what the actual hell is going on on that ship?!

We where last on 2022 and all 3 of the above where there. My father would have turned in his grave if he had seen that god rest him.

There is nothing online? Is it done in paper at the port? It has been two years since I was last onboard I don't remember.

16 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

I wonder what RCI's thought are of the experience and if they are ready for it to come to an end

And do they regret doing it given all the press they have had about swingers upside pineapples on cabin doors drugs and the like as has been seen in the media? And would they do it again in a few years time perhaps with St Petersburg and the middle east open up again as I am sure they will to some fashion?

15 hours ago, ClipperinSFO said:

I have been tracking QM2 and looks like she is headed for the remnants of Ernesto.  I would imagine she will be steering South to avoid the worst of it.

 

We embark Friday as well.  Can't wait! 

Me too. Can't wait should be good it is gonna be like 28 degress at the sail away party.

On 8/18/2024 at 4:38 AM, roscoe39 said:

I interviewed them both and wrote an article for a magazine about them a couple of years ago

nemesis? That's a powerful word to throw about. Why was Bea Mary's "nemesis"? The article does not say that much

23 hours ago, Cruise Liner Fan said:

Roscoe39, Thank you for the link to your magazine article. It was an interesting read. And I hope that Dr. Fred Blanchard enjoys his forever home aboard Queen Victoria. And if there are any other unknown persons living permanently aboard any of the 4 Cunard Queens I wish only best wishes for them also.

 

Not sure about full time but there is a guy who spends at least 6 months a year on QM2 and teaches a course about the proper way to tie a bow tie. He was there a couple of years ago at least

16 hours ago, stephen@stoneyard.co.uk said:

I read that there was a gentlemen living on a Royal Caribbean ship. He was quite celebrity on the ship. I think he had tshirts and caps advertising his residency. As there ships tend to repeat the same itinerary I would have thought it would be a bit boring. Monday so Cozumel again

On Royal they call him Super Mario. He is the most travelled passenger on Royal and maybe even the most travelled person on any cruise line. He has been onboard since 2000 he runs some kind of consulting/accounting business from onboard to pay for his travel as he is not super rich like the  long term Cunard people might be . He has a roped off area on the pool deck with a little sign saying Mario's office. It is Royal who have a made a celeb of him and he chose Royal because of the speed of the wifi on the ship.

2 minutes ago, Victoria2 said:

I very much doubt QM2 and QE have usb ports.

Thanks for that reply. I was hoping that they would. I will have to take my own one with me. They have UK plug sockets onboard don't they?

On 7/31/2024 at 3:07 PM, exlondoner said:

I suppose, having spent so much of my professional life in close proximity to other people’s children, I may be inured. And I’ve never really encountered badly behaved ones, well, a group of loud teenagers who were accidentally keeping me awake, a group of teenagers who took over a whirlpool, (both on QE2 years ago), and a very sulky girl in QG more recently, but then you should have seen her mother. Not bad for 25+ years.

Cunard passengers will be a different breed though. I was on Indy a few years back it could nearly have been setting for the Good Ship murder. One kid and people and staff ready to kill him and Royal did not handle it well at all.

Or do you need a plug. I don't remember since last time I was onboard.

I have noticed their names being mentioned in a different post today. I am just wondering who they where and who they where in terms of where the Cunard brand has been and where it is going.

Who where they? Did the live onboard the ships?. They seem to be well known on here so obiviously well travelled. I don't mean any offence by this next question I really don't. Where they like the real hyacinth bucket from keeping up appearances (an english sitcom if you don't know what that is). Like a hoity toity a person who very posh and proper and from high society. Where they threwbacks to the days when Cunard was prim posh and high society or at least thought it was? I mean no offence by that question I really don't

1 minute ago, tony s said:

Check schedule at NY FERRY going towards Bay Ridge see in yellow for weekend schedule it’s about a 7 minute ride 

I would be going a on a friday. You get it RED HOOK? that is where the ship sails from and there is only one RED HOOK cruise terminal right? Sorry for the capitals but I need to make sure I am going to the right place.

2 hours ago, tony s said:

Ticket machine at the pier. Buy prior to boarding as they scan ticket when you board.

If I was to go for 12.07 there would be enough room to board the boat wouldn't there? I would not want to wait an hour for the next one.

On 8/8/2024 at 10:32 AM, BigMac1953 said:

The ferry port is on the river (obviously) at the east end of Wall Street.

 

It's about 20 minutes to Red Hook and is $4.00 each way.

Do you need book tickets in advance or do you just walk up with luggage in hand?

Queen amidala.

23 minutes ago, tv24 said:

You will probably have to wait until your scheduled boarding time and the waiting area in

Unless you have platinum or diamond in which case that probably wouldn't matter that much as they get priority boarding.

1 hour ago, Pushpit said:

I try to arrive by the public ferry (e.g. from the Wall Street pier) if I can, the only way to arriv

Where do you get this ferry from? I really want to do it yet I have never been able to figure out where to do it from.

23 minutes ago, D&N said:

That's your opinion. I could never have enough dance floors!

If they had a music act in Illuminations, all those that want a rest can sit in the seats while we dance along to the music. Safer than dancing in the aisles/stairways! 😀

But both venues coudn't run late night though QM2 is not that kind of ship. And I do agree about the dancefloors btw

40 minutes ago, Andee said:

Maybe we could consider an informal Cruise Critic get together on Saturday

Sounds good to me. I have posted about doing something in the Roll Call. Let me know.

On 8/6/2024 at 12:55 AM, Andee said:

Thanks to all for your responses.
We'll meet a friend for brunch around 11 and get to the ship around 2.

Are you taking a yellow taxi? If you are a little tip for you. If you seat down in the cab the driver has to take you where you want to go. Some taxi drivers may not want to take you to the brooklyn terminal for whatever reason but if you sit down you have to be taken where you want to go.

Looking forward to meeting you onboard hopefully.

11 hours ago, D&N said:

I think the wooden floor in Illuminations behind the seating, in front of what I think is the projection area would make quite a decent dance floor. 😀💃

And what happens to the G32 when you put in this dancefloor? Given that you don't need 2 dancefloors or even 3 if you also consider the queens room which they would never remove.

1 minute ago, buchanan101 said:

The Planetarium is a number of chairs in the centre of illuminations with a dome above. Not really possible to rip it out...

The lluminations it sounds like is going to be out of action for at least another 18 months if what is written on here is to be believed. That is a very poor state of affairs if you ask me. Something has to be done about it although I am at a loss to what when the ship is service.

2 hours ago, Pushpit said:

And the planetarium has been out of action for a long time now. The relevant spare parts are no longer manufactured in this digital projection era

They should just rip out the planetarium put some more cabins in or something or a little resturant maybe.

Can they still movies in the planetarium or is the whole thing out of action?