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Huh we had that too!😀 At the end of the day, those who try their darnedest to follow 'suggested' dress attire, are OK for me.

Clip on/pre tied/self tie It's a bow tie and although the purists [really??] might be able to distinguish, like you, I have no intention of finding out! It's a ruddy bow tie! Good grief, it reminds me of school where we were inspected on the state of our school tie knots! 😲

If it means chaps who don't normally go for a DJ go all out and wear one - with a clip on bow tie, then good for them. Don't let's get precious over a bow tie. I;m just happy they're worn! 😀

I suppose wearing a loyalty pin on Cunard shows level of CWC status but that's not showing off as such, more pride I would have thought although mine are strung up for the Christmas Tree so I'd fail that one! 😄

You'll be absolutely fine. 👍 Have fun.

Nice slacks are fine and apparently, it seems a polo shirt is acceptable for dinner of an evening onboard but I haven't seen a polo shirt in the [QG] restaurant over dinner [lunch, yes] or if I have, it was wearing a jacket, and so in my experience, I haven't seen one. However, if it's allowed, it's allowed. 🙂 For info., most chaps will go the long sleeved shirt route for dinner and at least half will wear a jacket too. A smaller minority will also wear a tie. For Gala evenings, you're sorted with the black suit but again, more will be in DJs than not. Enjoy, whatever you wear. 😃

Let me reassure you [I think you're a Cunard first timer] any pomposity shown in print does not exist onboard and as one who has probably been thought of as having riff raffish tendencies by one or two with my thoughts on the tweaking of the traditional Cunard for the 2020's, I don't ignore those posts, I laugh at them. 😀

Bathrooms, yes, similar apart from the ensuite 2 doesn't seem to have two sinks but then it does have two bathrooms [I say bath but one is a shower room]. It will be interesting to see if the great room decor will be similar to QV aft. I still say not. Having two cruises booked for this year, I will report back.🙂

Having also stayed QG 'aft' a couple of times, and of course not having had any experience so far of QA, I would say the very comfortable elegance of the aft cabins have little in common as far as I can glean so far with QA QG suites. From renderings and the short video, the adjective I would use is for QA is 'contemporary' although I'm hoping 'comfortable' will also feature. Luxury of course, is in the eye of the beholder. We have been spoilt on QV so will have to approach QA with an open mind.

The main comment from housekeeping about QVs aft refit, was all about keeping the black wood 'smear' free although there it is gloss black as opposed to QA which looks as if it might be a matt finish. I'm not impressed so far of the little I've seen of the cabins but it's early days and hopefully, once onboard and with the ship 'finished', as I get used to the interior finishes, I'll get used to the decor and the cabins.

Fingers crossed there for all cabins. Can't say I was bowled over by storage space in the second QG cabin shown. Hopefully, once fitted out, we will get a better picture.

I prefer to think of the different dining and accommodation options as personal choice rather than using any 'high-low' terminology. No one is low, no one is high as passengers but as far as add ons are concerned we already have drinks packages which are available to those of us in the UK. We avoid that one just as I would prefer other 'packages' to be available to buy to that of 'inclusive additions' [apart from the service charge which I would welcome as part of all fares]. We purposely will avoid any inclusive cruise lines if possible, if we ever desert Cunard. Why pay for amenities we have no intention of using.

Mine too although we're not alone there. It's popular!!

They look good strung up on the Christmas Tree! 😃

No. Sorry. I looked at the second one. Very snug in comparison to her sisters.

It has two bathrooms, a separate bedroom and an ante room off the 'great' room. It's a Q2.

I think that's a Master Suite, Q2. It's 'snug' compared to The Vistas and, I assume, QM2.

and QV

Most of the 'to pay for' meals can be asked for in QG. I say 'most' as there are Verandah dishes which apparently, engender a 'no, sorry'. I have had a few 'pop up' meals in QG and sometimes they come from the pop up galley and sometimes, the QG galley. If from the QG galley, don't assume it will be the same, make sure you specify exactly what you want as there can be QG interpretations on a theme, eg when asking for Bamboo Mandarin Crispy Chilli Beef, make sure you ask for egg fried rice to be included otherwise there's a heck of a lot of Crispy Chilli Beef to consume! 🙂

Whilst I wouldn't advocate any towels on the chairs scenario, I don't think the QM2 library itself can be beaten on any Cunard ship for snuggling down [in public inside areas] with a great book. Wonderful place. 😀

I think so but not sure. The benefits will be per person. We get the 'huge' $135 internet allowance per person and it took a couple of cruises post Covid to get my brain in gear and see that utilising both allowances judiciously on a per day basis was cheaper on a two weeker than just one of us taking out a 'whole voyage' plan at $18 per day.

Don't forget to take into consideration buchanan101 , if you're travelling with a companion [who has the same amount of Wi-Fi loyalty credit, if you take a whole voyage plan, it comes off one passenger's allowance and maybe over the 'given' amount. In sharing the wi-fi connection, we take out a 24hr per day plan on the day after embarkation. Utilising both allowances and judicious timing when taking the next 24hrs out, we can just about get away with a small $ debit to our onboard account on a two weeker.

Definitely worth booking onboard then transferring the booking to your agent if the cabins required are available [no touting around, just a transfer to our own agent]. Low deposit and extra obc in addition to the brochure obc and some agents give discount too.

I tend to 'recycle' evening wear occasionally as I have favourites even tho' I have enough to wear for the duration, and couldn't care less what others might think, that's if it's even noticed! No need to make a dining venue safari as no offense would be taken. Call it judicious evening dress planning! 👍

I also dress what is probably considered beyond the required and as I rarely wear dresses unless they're long, for non Gala evenings, I wear dress/evening trousers and beautiful tops/jackets. I might pack a ballerina length dress to ring the changes but that will depend how little I want to take as we too, try and pack 'light' when flying, if we can. If flying, I just take a few pairs of black trousers and co ordinate the tops accordingly.