Victoria2

Absolutely, but not in a glass when glassware is prohibited! We have fab polycarbonate 'glassware' here for the terrace at home -Strahl- no glass allowed. If polycarbonate is good enough for very upmarket poolside drinks parties we went to in S.E.Asia, it's def. good enough for Victoria2 et al at home. Cunard?

You certainly don't. Passengers are not there to police anything. The staff however, are there to monitor situations. Cunard policy in question is on their drinks package. That does not necessarily mean it's on an overall consumption. We will agree to differ.

Ha, good luck policing that one!! Mutiny on the Bounty would have nothing on irate passengers having to monitor their generosity! 🙂 The only time Cunard staff should monitor alcohol consumption is when a passenger or a group of, becomes 'out of order' through drink and I speak as one who thinks fifteen alcoholic drinks a day, a health hazard.

Especially if it is on Annie, there is a very distinct notice by the hot tubs, no 'glassware'! Cunard's left hand in total sync with its right? Hmmmmmm!😀

Does that include buying a round of drinks?

My balcony, my private area, but that's just my take.

OK, you said there were four cabins left to choose from. Do bear in mind, you are next to the bend and the balcony of 7035 juts out and has a partial view of 'your' balcony. You'll get an idea from this video how the jutting balcony has a view of the next door balcony. This is a larger 'jut out' but 7035 will still have a partial view of7037 couldn't edit the first video out but the second gives you the idea of the balcony and what it overlooks.

I can't imagine a member of staff saying that to us, even those who were very familiar and so impertinent probably but definitely completely out of order.

So tell me. If a passenger doesn't display any signs of drunken behaviour, how do Cunard staff monitor a guest's drinking? edit and you will see from my previous posts, I understand the duty of care, as you put it, once behaviour becomes involved, but where does Cunard's responsibility come into it when a passenger has exceeded a drinks package limit yet still buys on and till 'behaves'? That, was my query and so is Cunard's responsibility flawed if a passenger, buys on and displays no apparent drunken behaviour?

Of course, if behaviour could suggest enough is enough but that's not what my post was asking about. My comment was in response to #65 which indicated Cunard's 'responsible drinking policy' is flawed if staff still sell to those who have reached their daily package quota. I questioned do staff monitor drinking throughout the ship and therefore is it still Cunard's responsibility to be accountable for passengers' drinking habits or does it become a personal responsibility. My own opinion is, as long as behaviour doesn't indicate otherwise, it is not Cunard's responsibility to monitor their passengers drinking habits once a package limit, which is the crux of this thread, is reached.

If, after the limit of a package had been reached, is there a central programme which monitors passengers' drinking? Would staff know their customers had already had a package limit of fifteen drinks and therefore shouldn't be served any more due to a responsible drinking policy? I have no idea. As an aside, what I do know is fifteen alcoholic drinks is more than my weekly consumption, which I admit is most definitely exceeded on a cruise, but no member of staff would know how much I had downed, apart from after fifteen drinks in one day I wouldn't be able to walk in a straight line so, do staff monitor my purchases or would the fact I'd be unable to function be a tell tale sign not to sell me any more drinks!

me too. I will make sure my breakfast Tomato juice is neither Bloody nor Mary or Maria for that matter. Loads of lemon slices and Worcestershire sauce!🙂

I have been thinking about this and whilst it does seem contradictory, to a certain extent, Cunard might be covering their own backsides by 'being responsible' in allowing 15 drinks on their package allowance, which I would be on my knees if I managed 15 alcoholic drinks a day, but that's another matter entirely. After that is it up to Tom, Dick or Harry to shoulder the responsibility?

A perfect example of why some reviews [I know this was a complaint rather than a review] need to be taken with a cellar of salt. The title is worded to be eye catching and the content designed to show Cunard as an over zealous penny pinching company baddie which 'ruined' [really?] a holiday when in fact, a package of 15 drinks a day was purchased and 15 drinks a day was delivered. Contract fulfilled. Shame about the 'swiping' mix up though, that shouldn't have happened.

We have stayed in the cabin below ['23 being the last time] and felt very lumpy sea vibration through the pillow but not enough to disturb sleep as the deck 5 experience did many years ago. Being forearmed to the possibility of slight vibrations, I'm sure the celebratory cruise will be fantastic.

and when reading a review, in order to take it at face value, helps to know that one person's cruise experience and expectations .

Was that a specific cabin on Queen Victoria or just an aft cabins general comment? We have had many aft cabins and yes, in lumpy seas, one can definitely feel the vibes but the only time our heads really felt the vibrations through the pillow was a deck 5 corner cabin just before QV was benched for pod repairs!

I have seen some serious jewels on world cruise segments and wouldn't have thought they'd be safe deposit boxed. You'll be fine.

I have a rucksack, which if it has valuables * in it, goes everywhere, and I mean, everywhere I go if out and about/on a journey. It never leaves my side until journey's end.

Which is why, if any work issues were involved, lap top/phone wise etc, the devices would be kept as safely as poss and that probably would not be the room safe.

Look, this business of 'sneering' and other derogatory actions towards others just doesn't exist onboard. Sure you will read some dress comments which make you think 'gosh, am I right for this cruise line' but ignore them. You will get the peacocks and those who espouse their fabulous dress sense [I laugh at some of the comments occasionally] but the majority of us are ordinary folk who will conform as much as we can with what we have in our luggage and in your case, the Alaska run certainly seems less TA and more Alaska with dress conformity. No one will sneer at you. ps Themes? What themes! 😄 Ignore them, we do.

Queen Victoria is our second home and we have hundreds of nights QG on her so I, and others, will be able to give you lots of tips apart, for us, packing and unpacking as it's something we have never bothered with. We have stayed in the same cabin but on QE and my only bug bear is there is no separate loo but apart from that, aft is wonderful. Dining is fabulous too. Basically, if the ingredients are on the ship [and the chef knows the recipe] you can order off menu anything you want [don't try wagyu beef tho' as apparently it’s Verandah only]. Just give notice of three days for crispy duck but breakfast order for a dinner dish is usually all that's needed. The staff are there for you. Ask anything of your butler as he/she will be your firat port of call. Then there's the concierge in the Grills lounge and your Head Waiter and M'd are all there to help. Just ask, ask, and ask again! We were all newbies once and if you don't ask, however silly you might think the question, you won't know the answer.

Try this for starters

I can imagine some folk being worried when the door is wedged open when the cabin is being serviced but the risk of a chance thief passing at that very moment are so slim as to be negligible. So saying, our devices are not within view of the passing kleptomaniac so Cat-burglar Bill will have an empty swag bag.😄

Of course and it's very much caveat emptor and all that.