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If there aren’t any taxis on the dock waiting for cruise passengers , walk to the main road , there is a taxi rank opposite the CR7 Hotel .Depending on where the ship docks it is either a 10 minute walk ( from the furthest away) to 5 minutes if it docks directly in front of the hotel ….if it does berth here then the rank is behind the hotel.

Lots of information and advice re what men should or should not wear .I am a little confused as to what women can wear on formal nights.I have black evening pants which I thought I would wear with a very dark blue short sleeved lined top that has sequins of the same colour all over it .It is quite subdued but never the less it would be classed as ‘ sparkly’ .I have just asked a friend if this would be appropriate .She replied that very few, if any , wear anything ‘ sparkly’.This statement has thrown me .( she has cruised half a dozen times in Cunard PG) I wore this on a formal night on a Saga cruise and I didn’t feel out of place .Would some of you lovely helpful ladies please advise me?

I have just completed a questionnaire I received via email from Cunard , quite lengthy and detailed , some multiple choice questions others asking my opinion on various subjects.They sought my opinions re children , dress code, speciality restaurants, entertainment, drinks packages, gratuities , ports of call etc….I was able to make my point that I chose Cunard because it isn’t AI and did stress that was one of the main reasons I have decided to try Cunard for the first time this year. We sailed with Saga earlier this year and felt we were subsidising other passengers drinking habits.We don’t drink alcohol but had paid the same price for our cruise that those drinking copious amounts had.I could purchase Travel Insurance cheaper than the included Saga included insurance and was therefore subsidising those who couldn’t get it cheaper elsewhere.We prefer to drive ourselves and therefor we subsidised others that use their private transfers…..we choose port parking and we have that with Cunard.We dislike coach driven excursion , much prefer to do our own thing and have always been content with MDR offerings on our previous cruises but joined friends occasionally in a speciality restaurant.We always pay gratuities so didn’t mind that aspect and will pay them willingly on our up and coming Cunard cruise.I have compared Cunard price with Saga price , similar itinerary, cabin and deck and (worked out per person per day) and the saving on this one cruise is easily enough to cover the cost of our Norway cruise next year( Celebrity ‘ cruise only’ fare….not ‘Always Included’ )……BOGOF indeed….we bought one and got one free! ….we tried Saga as we wanted a Winter Sun holiday and there was very little choice on offer at the time as we didn’t want to take any chances re covid in an airport/aeroplane…..we took a chance as there were protocols in place and there were no covid cases on our cruise.One aspect we didn’t enjoy was that the Saga cruise had a ‘ care home ‘ feel to it….Will Cunard be different???

Thanks for the info @HostHattie

Rough idea ( or exact if known😀) of percentage of passengers on recent sailings.I have just read on another companies FB page that crew numbers are reduced , not necessarily due to covid but recruitment issues.Has this affected any Cunard cruises? I am curious as there appears to be a lot of cabins still available on all grades of cabin on the QV sailing I have booked for December.Do you think the rising cost of living is deterring people from booking or are they waiting for last minute deals?

If there is a Roaring 20’s formal night is it compulsory or will standard formal attire be fine.( black tie for hubby and something sparkly for me) ? Black &White won’t be a problem but I am definitely not into flapper dresses..Not sailed with Cunard before and wondered if umbrellas are provided . I will take my own folding brollies but have sometimes found the large golf brollies provided by other lines useful….Tia.