The return of Cunard Pens

[MarkBearSF]

Hurrah! According to a passenger on the last Westbound crossing, Cunard pens have returned to the QM2!
She had one in her cabin.

- Mark

[Calliope]

The best pens are found in the grill rooms. I'm sure it was a plot if those went missing too! 😉

[Ray66]

Do you mean the black and gold ones that are on your cabin desk along with a small notepad? When did they go missing on the QM2? They've always been available on the QE and QV recently. I sometimes bring them home.

[MCC retired]

I have a couple of Cunard Pens but they have “odd” refills that I have not found 

anywhere ?

[MarkBearSF]

34 minutes ago, Ray66 said:

Do you mean the black and gold ones that are on your cabin desk along with a small notepad? When did they go missing on the QM2? They've always been available on the QE and QV recently. I sometimes bring them home.

 

They started disappearing on the Fashion Crossing (I believe) - When we were on the following Eastbound, they were not in the cabins and were going fast and they were basicaly gone (except for the ones missing the pocket clip) on the return to NY.  There were 21 days cruising Canada and a return Westbound after this with no deliveries expected in NY.

 

Reports from a month ago were that they were missing from all the ships in the fleet around that time - and the usual worries that this was another Cunard touch that was going away.

 

[tv24]

I love my Cunard Pens and take home as many as I can without crossing the line.

[luckymal]

You get one per cabin, I would think they are not given just for passengers to collect and taken home?🙄

[majortom10]

Currently onboard QM2 and there are pens in your cabins but only cheap plastic ones that aint worth "nicking".

[ddgarner1]

This is the pen currently deployed in the lower deck cabins. 

[Underwatr]

If I don't get a fake Montblanc, I'm not going!

 

😉

[tv24]

OMG, cheap plastic pens!  NOT luxury cruising!

[ddgarner1]

They write quite fine.  Perhaps more important than the quality of the pen is the skill of its user. 

[ToadOfToadHall]

I think they should be quill pens !

 

[Elephant1151]

I have a few black and gold ones in my bag, no doubt they will make there way back in a few weeks.

[majortom10]

14 hours ago, Elephant1151 said:

I have a few black and gold ones in my bag, no doubt they will make there way back in a few weeks.

I think the black/gold pens are a thing of the past and the plastic ones will become the norm.

[Yellow Virox Bucket]

On 10/28/2018 at 8:29 PM, tv24 said:

OMG, cheap plastic pens!  NOT luxury cruising!

 

About 500 a day get nicked from the Maitre D' so don't expect Mont Blancs and a skillful purser to coexist on the same ship.

Also, the old ones were as cheap as the new ones and tended to disassemble themselves....

[ricki]

The best pen situation on Cunard was on the 2018 QE World Voyage.  The shop was selling Azamara pens on the sale table outside.  They lingered for a few weeks until they were removed or sold.

 

Ricki

[tv24]

On 11/3/2018 at 2:40 AM, Yellow Virox Bucket said:

 

About 500 a day get nicked from the Maitre D' so don't expect Mont Blancs and a skillful purser to coexist on the same ship.

Also, the old ones were as cheap as the new ones and tended to disassemble themselves....

Hotels and other places love to give away their pens as a form of advertising.  Mont Blancs cannot be expected on any cruise line, even the fancy pants ones.  I would guess that Cunard is happy that their pens travel around the world as a form of advertising.  Don't you think?

[Ray66]

On 10/28/2018 at 2:45 PM, ddgarner1 said:

This is the pen currently deployed in the lower deck cabins. 

we just had one of  these pens on the QV (Britannia balcony)

[BigMac1953]

They did run out of pens on QM2, as they were waiting for the delivery of the new ones.

 

Incidentally, the new ones are completely  biodegradable.

 

No change to the Grill's pens.

 

Stewart

[Summergee]

We had the same pen in Princess Grill this weekend.

[VintageCCG]

11 hours ago, BigMac1953 said:

Incidentally, the new ones are completely  biodegradable.

 

So ... not plastic then??
Unless they have a cardboard barrel and a refill cartridge that's fashioned out of a hollow blade of grass, I'm pretty sure that pens made of plastic and metal are not biodegradable.

[Underwatr]

I've seen rolled paper pen barrels. I think the actual ink cartridge is plastic. The ball its retainer are metal, obviously.

[MarkBearSF]

10 hours ago, VintageCCG said:

 I'm pretty sure that pens made of plastic and metal are not biodegradable.

I haven't seen the pens, but there are now a wide variety of compostable/biodegradable plastics. The opaque pen barrels would be a likely candidate.

[Kynance]

We were on QV over the weekend - interestingly most of the pens accompanying the chits for the bar bills were generic biros. Not sure if that was because they were running short of the new pens - or just wanted to ensure the pens didn't disembark with the guests!