kmerlin14

we really enjoyed the Hubbard Glacier in 2019 and the Captain was able to get us very close and we had a great view of the calving.

My husband has Cunard cufflinks too. The first formal night we had to use paperclips because he didn't realize he'd forgotten them until just before dinner.

I find the express train very convenient but there are escalators to navigate with luggage. I can't remember if all places had an elevator that you could use instead. Other than that it is the best way to get to downtown Toronto.

the one opposite cabin 5067 had two washers and two dryers. The doors unlock from both sides, so sometimes being first in line doesn't necessarily get you a machine.

Cape Breton was very badly hit by Fiona. Many are still without power and the roads could be impassable due to washouts and fallen trees. They've called in the army to help. Halifax and Charlottetown have been badly affected as well. Most of Prince Edward Island lost power. It was bad in the Magdalen Islands too. I suspect the only port able to receive cruise ship passengers right now would be Saint John, NB, but that is off your route. I will copy and paste on your roll call because I originally joined it because we were supposed to be boarding in Quebec, but had to cancel because of my niece's wedding. So I appreciate the posts about the cruise not taken for us. I've had all the fun of planning three without actually paying for them now because of the wee hiccups in the industry.

BC has some lovely whites and we really enjoyed the one that we picked up before we boarded.

I was able to find it by searching attachments. Here is the trip report

We went on the QE to Alaska in 2019, so pre pandemic and I posted a live review but I have no idea how to find it again so I can attach the link. There was dancing and people dressed up for dinner then. We did a combination of Cunard tours an independent, and a walk around the port day. To be honest, I really enjoyed the hike with Wild Wolf tours in Ketchikan and the day we walked around the port in Sitka. If someone tells me how to find the link to my review, I will post it here. My feeling is Cunard does Alaska very well and I was glad we'd gotten a balcony because it was nice to sit out for a bit, come in and make tea, and go back out again.

Thanks so much. I'll ask my travel agent as we get closer to making our final decisions. Still worried about the cruise we have booked.

This may seem like a silly question, but when and how do you purchase the Cunard Airfare? I can't see how you do it through your booking and I can't see how you do it before you book when I tried to make a dummy booking to see if it was there. I know I won't be able to book from my hometown, but I was trying to see if Halifax was an option.

I thought no one was offering the trip up to Canada this year and the rock slides are another issue.

My husband was going to bring his kilt, then at the last minute changed his mind (after I made sure everything was clean and ready to go, of course) and brought his nice tailored suit instead, and he felt underdressed on our Alaskan cruise in 2019. We were Britannia class. We did go out and buy a tux for our next cruise and they sold us this great carryon to pack it and his shoes in, but Ahem that cruise didn't exactly happen. Neither have replacements 1 and 2, but that's another story. We loved the cruise and the main dining room.

If 2019 counts as recent, I never saw anyone swimming our entire trip. I did see the water sloshing back and forth though.

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic with an excellent exhibit on the Titanic and the Halifax explosion is just a little way up the board walk if you can walk that far. (It is flat) There are restaurants and Beaver Tales and there may be something going on to celebrate Canada Day. The Historic Properties are along the board walk as well. The hill to the Citadel etc is steep so don't try to do it without transport. I think there are also tour excursion booths along the boardwalk. And I just checked, because it is Canada Day, admission to the Pier 21 museum (on the flat board walk) will be free of charge and so will admission to the Citadel but that is up a steep hill. There will also be a NS Tattoo Parade at 10 am but I don't know the route. Enjoy your day.

I'm posting a link to my entry about Sitka when we visited in 2019 back when life was normal. We docked outside of town and took the free shuttle in and explored the museum and picked up a map before we set off to walk around the town. It was actually one of my favourite ports even though we didn't do an excursion. Our dinner companions were able to get a tour to the Fortress of the Bear from the visitors centre and they really enjoyed it. Our other companions just walked around town like we did and it was fun to run into someone you knew. HOpefully I can copy and paste the link to the post and not the entire thread. Okay first attempt didn't work it was my wordle score for my daughter. I will try again. Looks like it worked this time so here you go.

Enjoy. We are currently booked on her for a Mediterranean cruise in the fall of 2023.

We got it at the shop where we bought my husband's tux (Moores). The brand seems to be skyroll. You put the shoes in the compartment in the middle and the suit compartment rolls around them. I'll attach a couple of pictures with a pair of men's shoes for scale. (The second picture has the shoes in one of the shoe compartments (there are two). It worked to get the tux home from Ottawa, but we never got to take our cruise so haven't tried it there yet, but I'm sure it will. So far, I've had the fun of planning three replacement cruises without actually paying for them because we keep having to switch it.