What to expect 1st cruise on Sunday on the Queen Victoria

any advice would be much appreciated.

Our 1st time ever cruising on the Queen Victoria for a week , this Sunday .

There’s two fun nights roaring 20s and black and white night .

Not sure about excursions, tipping ?

What to take ?

Have a great time, good choice for your first cruise !

A daily service charge will be added to your onboard account, this takes care of tips unless someone has gone above and beyond and you want to give extra.

Have you had your excursion booklet/ seen your Voyage Personaliser ? It will give you an idea of what's available but often it's just as nice to do your own thing. Don't forget to take note of the all aboard time and leave yourself plenty of time to get back to the ship.

My advice, if you are on the ship before 2.30 try the pub lunch in the Golden Lion rather than the buffet in the Lido.

I did a short cruise on QV last month, my notes might help

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2615419

Notes from a short cruise to Hamburg

any advice would be much appreciated.

Our 1st time ever cruising on the Queen Victoria for a week , this Sunday .

There’s two fun nights roaring 20s and black and white night .

Not sure about excursions, tipping ?

What to take ?

We’re on the same cruise so see you on board :)

I’ve just heard that on our last night Kathleen Turner will be performing her new show for us so I’m incredibly excited.

We haven’t booked any excursions yet, we plan on taking a taxi into Bilbao and exploring most places independently.

As already mentioned, the daily service charge gets added to your bill so no need for further tips unless you want.

See you soon :cool:

We are also on this cruise and can't wait. All packed and ready to set off tomorrow.

The forecast is not too good so I am packing for wet and cool weather.

We are not doing any trips this time and will just have a walk around the town the shuttle takes us to.

As has been said tipping is done automatically. You might want to tip if you have room service but that is your choice.

any advice would be much appreciated.

Our 1st time ever cruising on the Queen Victoria for a week , this Sunday .

There’s two fun nights roaring 20s and black and white night .

Not sure about excursions, tipping ?

What to take ?

Hattie has covered everything. Queen Victoria is a lovely ship with a great crew who seem to all get on and it generally shows in the service.

One suggestion is - if you really have a great time and think you may want to cruise with Cunard again I suggest you consider purchasing a Future Cruise Deposit (FCD) it costs $50 per passenger which is credited to the future booking made via Cunard or an agent on land and give a chunk of extra On Board Credit for that future cruise, in addition to the normal OBC deal; we have always purchased one - in the past we have had $1400 and $1600 Cabin OBC because of deals plus the $50 refund + the FCD $ OBC.

You get it from the Future Voyage office - if you do consider it please see and say Hi to 'Dragana Prodanovic' in the office she is super helpful. Bon Voyage, very jealous.

6-9 nights on board

Sailings of 10 nights or more

Have a wonderful time if you are joining QV today.