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If talking QV/QE, no locked doors as the Grills decks 11 and 12 are quite out of the way so no issue walking through them although quite a few folk walk up to have a look round and there have been no reports of pot shots aimed at any 'hoi polloi'! 🙂

Your experience seems to be purely Transatlantic which doesn't altogether translate into 'cruises'. From what I read, my take is the [chaps] formal evening dress on QM2 'TAs' is more adhered to than her sisters and although adhered to by most on QM2, it doesn't mean to say that is completely representative of the fleet in general. Whilst my husband is thankfully still in the majority in his Gala Black Tie, the percentage of actual dinner suits is going down ship wide on QV. Sadly.

Dress, is a minefield on this board and there are so many strong opinions and whilst I think it a great shame the percentage of black tie wearers on Gala nights has gone down, we must be very careful in giving a true picture of Cunard dress to those who have asked rather than our own preferences and interpretations. Although the majority of chaps in the main restaurants will be in Black Tie [probably around eighty percent] there will be dark suits, or indeed, a dark jacket and dark trousers, being worn and no one will be made to feel underdressed or out of place in non Black Tie. On non gala evenings, although my husband always wears a jacket [no tie these days] a jacket is not required and I would say on our cruises in '23, it was half and half, wearers and not, around the ship after dinner but a higher percentage of jackets in QG restaurant beforehand. A dress shirt and chinos will be most acceptable and posed photo of male Cunard 'passengers' in chinos and jacket was on the web site up until recently. Gala themes can be totally ignored and 'ordinary' gala wear, worn which for us, is Black Tie for him and formal wear for me.

I agree. They're not naming, they're presenting and why not a young'ish couple. I'm sure they'll be perfect. A senior royal would be icing on QA's cake. The Duchess of Edinburgh would fit the younger profile.

Liverpool deserve it. We have been on numerous cruises which call at Liverpool and the city goes to town on their welcome, well departure actually. Very emotional, each time.

and that's an issue because? Surely, if that problematic, you will make sure your allergies are known before eating anything onboard? Having been informed, staff do not have to ask every time. Anything serious, irrespective of my informing Cunard before boarding, I would inform them at the first opportunity and then know that information was 'on my notes'. I have a slight intolerance of shell fish. It's up to me to tell the wait staff if I wanted to. Allergies or less than mild intolerances, I wouldn't be choosing any kind of freedom dining. I would ensure I had the same wait staff who will be aware of my 'issues' and to do that, Club Dining would be my safest and sensible option.

Yes, first, middle or last, delighted.

Golly, I'd be delighted! 🥴

In QG on QV, if not put on your bed at turndown, the menus are frequently put in the fans [they are the communication 'pigeon holes' on the wall just outside the cabin door Jim_Iain ] during the night and we retrieve them at breakfast time. I've never seen the following days' menus in a black folder at the restaurant entrance. That days menu, yes, but if you want to know what they are, you can ask your Head Waiter. They will get you a copy in advance. This is all QE/QV. Hopefully, QM2 will be similar. Don't forget Jim_Iain and cavaaller if you're not sure of anything, just ask. Butler or wait staff, just ask. Nothing is too trivial. I do hope you enjoy whichever ship you're on [I have a sense it might be QM2 for Jim] 🙂 We jumped cruise line in 2011 to Cunard and have never, ever looked back.

Every day on QV. I presume it’s the same on all Cunard ships.

QG menus are delivered to your fan/cabin the previous night or first thing in the morning so you can browse through. The Grills galley will do their best to recreate most of the pop up/Verandah meals for you and yes, you can have these in your cabin. QE/QV Q2s have full sized dining tables for six and if having a full dinner in the cabin, the meal will be delivered on a course by course basis [or it was the last time we experienced this just before Covid halted everything] and it's fun to have a dinner with fellow passengers as your guests in your cabin, but on a regular basis, it's still not as special as dining in the restaurant. Can't help you on any drinks packages as we buy on the hoof as it were.

Wearing a flapper dress might be a stand out one off but I have a beautiful red and gold jacket I often wear on Gala occasions, whatever the supposed 'theme'. Wear what Gala outfit you want and not what's necessarily 'advised' theme wise.

If you've never been to Rome, you have to do it. It's a bit like your only visit to Egypt on a cruise and you never see the pyramids! We weren't on a cruise and were staying in a fabulous hotel in Fiuggi which is about an hour out of Rome. The hotel arranged a limo/driver and guide for a full day's tour. We had priority admission [called 'skip the line' tickets now] to a couple of the sights which were well worth arranging and ticked off all the sights on the bucket list. So Been there, done it, seen the sights. Sorted. Won't be fussed about going back.

Well derr! you know the solution, don't collect 'ill bits' with your face and remember, full PPE is the preferred cuddle suit! 👍

No need to prebook, you can buy daily and it lasts for 24hrs so with use of shore signals if in port and/or appropriate plus judicious timing, your allowances will go quite a long way on a seven day cruise.

We buy daily on two weekers or less. We share it [good for one device online at a time then and use the other device] and when that runs out, use the other internet allowance. Works for us. and no, you can't put the two allowances together. They are separate which is why we use both by buying daily and when one runs out, change to the other account.

Possibly a little TOO much info here, but I instinctively put my hands out when children were 'ill' and let's say, 'I got coated'! Mad hand scrubbing, change of clothes and more hand washing and I didn't catch anything, well nothing apart from the 'ill' bits! 🥴 I've caught nits though!!😁

More likely the milk was UHT and fresh was required.

Certainly would. I was rather hoping for engines rather than sails. ☹️...😅

Instruct your agent to stop dithering. A dithering agent is worse than useless. If he/she continues dithering, change agents once issues are sorted.

As a complete culinary slob, I love pick and mixing foods on the same plate. Sushi, smoked salmon, wasabi, pickled ginger and piies of stir fried noodles? Yum Yum. Can't see that happening up on the Gods 😄 and as a Lido lover, I haven't used existing utensils in the Buffet.for well over a decade. I always take a fresh set of napkin wrapped cutlery and use them as my utensils. Lido revenge tummy? What Lido revenge tummy. 🙂

We sanitise our hands to distraction... and yep, it works. I don't. I'm the one folk might sneer at as I bypass sanitisers but with eczema as bad as mine there is NO way I'm using the stuff. We wash our hands many, many times a day, and that works too. That keeps my hands clean and a small refillable tube of hand balm keeps cracked skin from excessive dryness at bay.

That was us. I asked about a certain cabin on a cruise whilst onboard and was told it had quite a list of 'wait'ers' so not worth joining the wait list. I looked a few times a day as full payment neared and there it was. Wait listers or not, I rang our agent and booked it there and then, so no, I don't believe in the wait lists!

OK, your circumstances are what they are but all our flights, and they have all involved major airports to be fair, have been put to Cunard as fait accompli and I must admit, I assumed they took over the booking and charged accordingly rather than looked to see if airport/carrier were within their remit.

It won't help much I know but I regard the Singapore-Columbo-CT and/or S'ton one of the jewels in Cunard's itinerary. We have been fortunate enough to sail it a few times and on every occasion, it's been a stand out memory. 🙂