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Oca

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  • Location
    Florida, USA
  • Interests
    Travel, Crosswords, Reading
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Princess, Cunard
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Europe

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  1. Just make sure when you go the afternoon tea in Queen's Room to tell your waiter or the head waiter -- whoever you may see first -- that you are gluten free and they will take care of you including, as was said above, they will also have a sandwich for you and another pastry as well as the scone. And if you want to avoid Queen's Room tea on certain days, King's Court also has their afternoon tea and if you ask at the counter where the scones are served, they will give you a gluten free scone -- but that is one of the wrapped ones so if you don't care for them, I would not suggest going to KC.
  2. It may just be that they have not made the hotel reservations available yet. We are waiting for the hotel listings in Southampton for May, 2024 and were told Cunard has not listed them as of yet. The woman I spoke to expects that they will list them in the near future. I don't think that it would have anything to do with being on a World Cruise specifically but I certainly can't say for sure.
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    Cunard Teddy Bears

    Ah, what a joy to see a Bear for 2023 -- even if he doesn't have a name, we will christen him with one when we bring him home. We are going to be on QM2 in July and are eager to adopt him then. We will bring him home to meet his sisters and brothers (most from Cunard but others from Princess and the Rocky Mountaineer). I am attaching a photo of the family who are eagerly awaiting his arrival. By the way, as you might tell from the photo I am attaching, today is my birthday so . . . thank you, bluemarble for posting this today. It has made my birthday even more special!!
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    Cunard Bear

    I have been meaning to ask the same question as our Cunard Bears are eager to greet a new family member!
  5. We are booked on a World Cruise and see that the price of the cruise has come down. We were told that if we want the new fare we would have to re-book and that we would lose certain perks such as hotel discount, complimentary transfers, wine, dining voucher, and the World Club Discount. We understand what that means in regard to hotel stay, complimentary transfers, wine package. As far as the 'dining voucher', we believe that means that we would not be entitled to have a Veranda dinner during specific legs of the WC. As far as World Club Discount, we are not sure what that refers to and wonder does it refer to Wi-Fi costs? We are assuming that we would not lose the benefits of our Diamond status? but really do not kow for sure. Can someone help us understand what we might be losing? Thank you.
  6. Hello -- This board has been very helpful to us in regard to dining questions we had as we are preparing to take our first Viking Cruise in January. We have another question which you may be able to help us with as well. We are booking our own flight home after the cruise. We plan to leave on disembark day and are looking to book a flight leaving FLL at 11:15am. We understand that weather, dock strikes, etc. can interfere with the arrival time of the ship but, assuming everything concernng arrival goes smoothly, do you think that an 11:15 flight time should not present a problem? Once again, I thank you for your help!
  7. Thank you all very much. Your replies have been very helpful! It is sometimes confusing when taking a cruise line for the first time -- we are looking forward to it and your answers have helped us feel more comfortable and knowledgeable about how things work.
  8. My husband and I are booked on our first Viking Ocean cruise (Verandah cabin) in January. When we booked the cruise, we were told (and it was written on the confirmation of the booking) that we could make reservations for dinner at The Restaurant beginning on October 10. When we go to try to make reservations, there is no way to do that. I see that reservations at Manfredi's and at The Chef's Table are not available. For The Restaurant you can click on a button to see more but when you do, it does not take you to a screen to make a reservation -- it merely shows you a photo of the restaurant and shows you a sample menu. We are wondering if one is able to make a reservation for The Restaurant or if you just show up when you would like to dine. We'd appreciate any information you can give us. Thank you!
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    Air Plus Question

    Hi again -- I'm the original poster. Just want to say thank you to everyone for your helpful responses. I have researched the flights that we are interested in and shall follow your advice to call Air Plus and book without regard to their message saying it has to be within 60 days. I shall let you know how it all works out for me.
  10. My husband and I are on a cruise embarking in Rome in May 2023. We purchased Air Plus with our booking. Per MVJ, we can select our flights through Air Plus from 310 days to 65 days prior to departure. We are within those parameters. However, when I called Viking Air, their messaging says, ‘reservations can only be made within 60 days of the cruise’. Thinking this did not apply to Air Plus passengers, I used Live Chat on the site to clarify. The Chat responder confirmed that Air Plus passengers now must wait until 60 days from departure to initiate flight reservations, adding that this is due to increased airline changes and cancellations. When I repeated that Air Plus passengers are supposed to be able to book 310 days from departure, the response was: "Normally they can book at that time, and that was before the airlines started having major issues” In addition to having more input in the process of selecting our flights, a primary reason we opted for Air Plus was the ability to book further in advance of the cruise. This enables a greater choice of flights, seating, types of planes, etc., all of which are important to us. Note that the airlines continue to allow flight reservations hundreds of days in advance, so limiting Air Plus passengers to no more than 60 days to book flights is a Viking decision. Is anyone else having difficulty getting Air Plus to make flight reservations 310 days to 65 days from departure? Does anyone have any suggestions re what we can do about this?
  11. Hattie, can you tell me what capacity QM2 is currently sailing at? We are due to board in 6 weeks and we're just curious. Thank you.
  12. Thank you, Bell Boy -- good to know!
  13. We will be sailing Princess Grill for the first time on our upcoming New England/Canada cruise on QM2. Is bottled water complimentary in the Princess Grill suites?
  14. There is a 2020 bear and his name is Percy. I think there must have been a glut of Percy Bears as 2020 cruises were halted in March of that year. I think there are NO 2021 bears that were bred -- am I right? If there was a 2021, please let me know as our home is always open to Cunard bears searching for just the right family.
  15. We are eager to welcome Arthur to our family of Cunard Bears. We plan to adopt in September! And actually The Cunard Bears are from an Indonesian Breeder.
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