SusanS54

Sorry, my mistake. It is, of course, the 28th August. I double checked and the themes for this crossing are correct.

Hi @Bluemarble! M426 TA EAST 24th August Black & White 27th August Roaring 20s

Like Deck Chair I recently travelled on the "Dance the Atlantic" crossing (i think Paul and Carole must have been on the return crossing). On the crossing I was on, the full Queens Room Orchestra (and singers) were in the Queens Room most nights - and were joined by the Royal Court Orchestra on the Big Band night. There were a lot of very competent ballroom dancers on the crossing and the Queens Room was pretty full most evenings - probably as full as it usually was pre-Covid. Generally I haven't noticed any particular change / decline in the number of people getting dressed up on gala nights or not adhering to the smart attire dress code after 6pm and the younger groups (there seemed to be a lot of guests in their 20s/30s/40s on this crossing as well as quite a few teenagers) appeared to embrace the more formal dress-code. Obviously with only two dance hosts rather than 4-6 as previously, there is less opportunity for solo passengers who wish to ballroom dance, which I have to say is the main reason I began to cruise with Cunard, but it is better than having none at all which was the case on the Queen Victoria in November. The picture posted appears to relate to a "party night" - not one aimed at ballroom dancers - and the band on stage is the Four Tunes which is the party band - ie, the one that usually plays for sailaways at the Terrace Pool, the Pavilion Pool, G32 etc. Although I didn't attend myself I seem to recall that the Four Tunes played in the Queens Room on the last night of the crossing I was on and as I was getting up at 4.30am for the sail in to New York I gave that one a miss. This photo may have been taken on a similar evening on the return crossing.

I read this too and was a little surprised - particularly with the comment "up to 10 dance hosts" I have travelled on 9 Transatlantics (or segments of the World Cruise) since 2014 and there have only ever been a max of 6 dance hosts - usually 4 on TAs / 6 on World. Because of health issues after the pandemic I could only start back cruising in November 2022. There were no dance hosts on the November cruise but there were two on the last minute Coronation Cruise. I am looking forward to the Dance the Atlantic Crossing in two weeks time and would be delighted to see 10 dance hosts but am not expecting to see more than 2. The dance hosts did always host the solos coffee morning but these were unhosted on my two recent cruises.