bluemarble Posted January 31 Author #51 Share Posted January 31 A note about the QM2 2024 Dress Code and Theme Schedule. I updated the QM2 document yesterday to reflect the changes to the world voyage itinerary rerouting QM2 around Africa for the return to Southampton. One of the dates originally scheduled for a gala evening was 12 April which is now the first of two port days in Cape Town. It's unlikely they will hold a gala evening on that date now, so I have predicted that gala evening will be moved to 14 April. I don't like to assume changes to the schedule like this. I also realize updating the dress code schedule for this itinerary change is low on Cunard's to-do list right know as it should be. When things settle down, I'd appreciate any updates to the QM2 dress code and theme schedules for the changes to her world voyage itinerary if they become available in your My Cunard calendar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett2024 Posted February 5 #52 Share Posted February 5 Does anyone know what the Gala night theme is for the Queen Elizabeth on the 6th March 2024 - going from Sydney to Melbourne to Burnie and back to Sydney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted February 5 Author #53 Share Posted February 5 2 minutes ago, Scarlett2024 said: Does anyone know what the Gala night theme is for the Queen Elizabeth on the 6th March 2024 - going from Sydney to Melbourne to Burnie and back to Sydney? The gala evening on 6th March does not have a theme (unless you notice one has been added in your daily calendar in My Cunard). Not all gala evenings have themes. That's especially true of evenings such as 6th March since the next day is disembarkation day for those who are only doing the 2-night cruise from Sydney to Melbourne. Guests who are disembarking in Melbourne may wish to have their luggage packed and set out early for collection. On gala evenings like that, Cunard often does not designate a theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett2024 Posted February 5 #54 Share Posted February 5 Thanks so much that’s really helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy lady Posted February 7 #55 Share Posted February 7 On 10/27/2023 at 7:48 PM, bluemarble said: Here are links to partial dress code and themed evening schedules for 2024. As was the case with the schedules for previous years, these are compiled from what other members have found on "My Cunard" within the daily calendars for their voyages. QM2: QM2 2024 Dress Code and Theme Schedule QE: QE 2024 Dress Code and Theme Schedule QV: QV 2024 Dress Code and Theme Schedule This is still very much a work in progress at this point. Once again I will need your help to fill in the many gaps. If you can fill in any of the gaps in these schedules, please post here what you are seeing in "My Cunard" (or have learned elsewhere). I'll need the name of the ship, the dates of the voyage, and the dates and themes (if any) for all the "Gala Evenings" on your itinerary. If you see anything that needs correcting, please post those corrections here as well. It's my understanding that Cunard have not posted any dress code and theme schedules for QA yet. It also appears that Cunard have not yet posted any schedules for QE beyond February 2024 sailing dates. If you see any schedules for QA or any schedules for QE beyond February, please post what you are seeing here. These documents reside on my Google Drive so I'll be able to update them there with your additions and corrections without needing to attach new versions here. The links I've provided here should always retrieve the latest versions from my Google Drive. Queen Anne: May 10, Canary Islands. Day 2, Black & white, Day 7, Masquerade, Day 12, Roaring 20's. May 23th, British Isles. Day 2, Black & white. Day 7, Masquerade. Day 12, Roaring 20's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted February 7 Author #56 Share Posted February 7 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Foxy lady said: Queen Anne: May 10, Canary Islands. Day 2, Black & white, Day 7, Masquerade, Day 12, Roaring 20's. May 23th, British Isles. Day 2, Black & white. Day 7, Masquerade. Day 12, Roaring 20's. Thanks for confirming the schedule for those dates on Queen Anne. I've completed the schedule for Queen Anne since I started this thread. The link to that document can be seen in my reply #51 at the top of this page if you're interested in seeing the full 2024 schedule for Queen Anne. Edited February 7 by bluemarble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma666 Posted February 11 #57 Share Posted February 11 (edited) We're going on Queen Victoria V426P Southampton to the Canaries, 3-15th November 2024. There is NOT A SINGLE GALA NIGHT. Every night shows as 'Smart Attire'. Did they make a mistake? We're very disappointed. Edited February 11 by Emma666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted February 11 Author #58 Share Posted February 11 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Emma666 said: We're going on Queen Victoria V426P Southampton to the Canaries, 3-15th November 2024. There is NOT A SINGLE GALA NIGHT. Every night shows as 'Smart Attire'. Did they make a mistake? We're very disappointed. No, I don't think they've made a mistake. Rather I think it's a case where they haven't gotten around to posting the gala evening schedule for your voyage yet. There used to be a gap in QV's schedule from 30 October to 15 November 2024. That was presumably going to be a drydock. But that was canceled and two new voyages were added to QV's schedule to fill that gap. Those voyages are V426N (Zeebrugge and Rotterdam), 30 October-3 November 2024 and your voyage V426P (Canary Islands), 3-15 November 2024. I first noticed those two new voyages were added to QV's schedule in early January although they were added sometime late last year. They were almost certainly added after the dress code and theme schedules had been posted for the rest of QV's 2024 voyages last October. My presumption is they hadn't determined the dress code and theme schedules for voyages V426N and V426P when they first added them to the schedule. I suppose they just posted "Smart Attire" as placeholders for each evening in those voyages' calendars for the time being. I don't know when/if they will get around to deciding on and posting the gala evening and theme schedules for those two voyages. Hopefully they will post something eventually. About all I can suggest is to keep an eye on your voyage calendar for any updates and please do let me know here when you see the gala evening schedule posted. Edited February 11 by bluemarble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma666 Posted February 11 #59 Share Posted February 11 Thanks for that information, I hope that you are right. We've also booked a 35 night cruise on QM2 for January 2025 with only five gala nights (I can send the schedule if you don't have it yet). Again, that was very disappointing to us, especially as we booked both cruises whilst on a Queen Victoria cruise and were assured by the Voyage Sales Specialists that there would be 'two gala night per week on average'. If this continues, we will change to another cruise line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare D&N Posted February 11 #60 Share Posted February 11 44 minutes ago, Emma666 said: We're going on Queen Victoria V426P Southampton to the Canaries, 3-15th November 2024. There is NOT A SINGLE GALA NIGHT. Every night shows as 'Smart Attire'. Did they make a mistake? We're very disappointed. In addition to bluemarble's comments, you can probably make a reasonable guess at what they will eventually post by looking at voyages V428 and V431 on the schedule attached to this thread, which are quite similar to your cruise. Going by that you can probably expect three on sea days. I'd guess one on either 4th, 5th or 6th, and the others on 11th and 13th. You'll need to wait for them to confirm but they tend to follow a general pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted February 11 Author #61 Share Posted February 11 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Emma666 said: Thanks for that information, I hope that you are right. We've also booked a 35 night cruise on QM2 for January 2025 with only five gala nights (I can send the schedule if you don't have it yet). Again, that was very disappointing to us, especially as we booked both cruises whilst on a Queen Victoria cruise and were assured by the Voyage Sales Specialists that there would be 'two gala night per week on average'. If this continues, we will change to another cruise line. Yes, I could use the schedule for your 35-night QM2 cruise next January. That would be very helpful if you wouldn't mind posting the dates of the gala evenings and their themes (if any) for that voyage here. I've started 2025 dress code and theme schedules for each of the ships but I don't have much for QM2's 2025 schedule yet. Thanks for your assistance with that. Edit to add: Cunard do not actually adhere to that maxim of 'two gala evenings per week' on longer voyages unless each week is sold as a separate voyage (such as a round trip crossing). It's typical for a two week cruise to have only three gala evenings. I do have to say though having only five gala evenings on a five week cruise is stretching it quite thin. Edited February 11 by bluemarble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma666 Posted February 12 #62 Share Posted February 12 M503 Queen Mary 2 Southampton to Caribbean 11th Jan to 15th Feb 2025: 11th Jan: Embarkation Southampton: smart attire 12th: sea day: Gala night - Black and white 13th: sea day: smart 14th: sea day: smart 15th: Tenerife: smart 16th: sea day: smart 17th: sea day: smart 18th: sea day: smart 19th: sea day: smart 20th: sea day: Gala 21st: sea day: smart 22nd: Grenada: smart 23rd: Barbados: smart 24th: St Lucia: smart 25th: sea day: smart 26th: Curacao: smart 27th: Curacao: smart 28th: sea day: Gala 29th: sea day: smart 30th: Dominica: smart 31st: Antigua: smart 1st Feb: St Kitts: smart 2nd: sea day: smart 3rd: Tortola: smart 4th: St Maarten: smart 5th: sea day: Masquerade 6th: sea day: smart 7th: sea day: smart 8th: sea day: smart 9th: sea day: smart 10th: sea day: smart 11th: Madeira: smart 12th: sea day: smart 13th: sea day: Roaring Twenties 14th: sea day: smart 15th: disembarkation As you can see, there are only five galas on a 35 day trip; Cunard seem to cut back more and more on galas. The galas are one of the main reasons why we travel with them. I never would have booked this trip if they hadn't told us that there would be two per week, i.e. ten in total. I especially expected more during the Atlantic crossings, not seven sea days each way in smart attire!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mermaidjoy Posted February 18 #63 Share Posted February 18 Blue marble, I just want to say thank you so much for doing this! We haven’t sailed Cunard in almost twenty years and hadn’t realized they were doing themed nights—how fun! Your efforts in compiling this are much appreciated 😊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr and Mrs A Posted February 29 #64 Share Posted February 29 QE436 Sydney to Tasmania to Sydney 16 Dec to 23rd Dec 2024 17th Dec: Black and White 21st Dec: Masquerade All other nights: Smart Attire Thanks Blue Marble for doing this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibabacruisers Posted March 9 #65 Share Posted March 9 (edited) Here is the QV 2025 Schedule according to my booking Calendar. V503B QV RT Southampton 9 January-28 March 2025 09 Jan - Embarkation Southampton - Smart Attire 10 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 11 Jan - At Sea - Black & White 12 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 13 Jan - Praia Da Vitoria - Smart Attire 14 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 15 Jan - At Sea - Gala 16 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 17 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 18 Jan - At Sea - Masquerade 19 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 20 Jan - Port Canaveral, FL - Smart Attire 21 Jan - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Smart Attire 22 Jan - At Sea - Red & Gold 23 Jan - Grand Turk - Smart Attire 24 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 25 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 26 Jan - Barbados - Smart Attire 27 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 28 Jan - At Sea - Gala 29 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 30 Jan - Fortaleza, Brazil - Smart Attire 31 Jan - At Sea - Smart Attire 01 Feb - At Sea - Smart Attire 02 Feb - Salvador, Brazil - Smart Attire 03 Feb - At Sea - Gala 04 Feb - Buzios, Brazil - Smart Attire 05 Feb - Rio de Janiero, Brazil - Smart Attire 06 Feb - Rio de Janiero, Brazil - Smart Attire 07 Feb - At Sea - Black & White 08 Feb - At Sea - Smart Attire 09 Feb - Montevideo, Uruguay - Smart Attire 10 Feb - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Smart Attire 11 Feb - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Smart Attire 12 Feb - At Sea - Smart Attire 13 Feb - At Sea - Smart Attire 14 Feb - Puerto Madryn, Argentina - Smart Attire 15 Feb - At Sea - Smart Attire 16 Feb - At Sea - Gala 17 Feb - Ushuaia, Argentina - Smart Attire 18 Feb - Cape Horn, Cruise By - Smart Attire 19 Feb - Punta Arena, Chile - Smart Attire 20 Feb - Amalia Glacier - Smart Attire 21 Feb - Pio X Glacier - Smart Attire 22 Feb - At Sea - Roaring 20's 23 Feb - Puerto Montt, Chile - Smart Attire 24 Feb - At Sea - Smart Attire 25 Feb - Santiago, Chile - Smart Attire 26 Feb - Coquimbo, Chile - Smart Attire 27 Feb - At Sea - Red & Gold 28 Feb - Arica, Chile - Smart Attire 01 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 02 Mar - Callao, Peru - Smart Attire 03 Mar - Callao, Peru - Smart Attire 04 Mar - At Sea - Gala 05 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 06 Mar - Manta, Ecuador - Smart Attire 07 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 08 Mar - Panama Canal Transit - Smart Attire 09 Mar - At Sea - Gala 10 Mar - Aruba - Smart Attire 11 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 12 Mar -At Sea - Masquerade 13 Mar - Nassau, Bahamas - Smart Attire 14 Mar - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Smart Attire 15 Mar - Port Canaveral, FL - Smart Attire 16 Mar - At Sea - Black & White 17 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 18 Mar - Hamilton, Bermuda - Smart Attire 19 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 20 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 21 Mar - At Sea - Roaring 20's 22 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 23 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 24 Mar - Ponta Delgada, Azores - Smart Attire 25 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 26 Mar - At Sea - Gala 27 Mar - At Sea - Smart Attire 28 Mar - Disembarkation Southampton Edited March 9 by alibabacruisers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted April 11 Author #66 Share Posted April 11 On 1/31/2024 at 8:42 AM, bluemarble said: A note about the QM2 2024 Dress Code and Theme Schedule. I updated the QM2 document yesterday to reflect the changes to the world voyage itinerary rerouting QM2 around Africa for the return to Southampton. One of the dates originally scheduled for a gala evening was 12 April which is now the first of two port days in Cape Town. It's unlikely they will hold a gala evening on that date now, so I have predicted that gala evening will be moved to 14 April. I don't like to assume changes to the schedule like this. I also realize updating the dress code schedule for this itinerary change is low on Cunard's to-do list right know as it should be. When things settle down, I'd appreciate any updates to the QM2 dress code and theme schedules for the changes to her world voyage itinerary if they become available in your My Cunard calendar. An update about this. I learned elsewhere that yesterday, 10 April, was a gala evening on QM2. My prediction that the gala evening originally scheduled for 12 April (now a port day in Cape Town) would be moved to 14 April was incorrect. I updated the QM2 2024 Dress Code and Theme Schedule document to reflect this adjustment to the QM2 gala evening schedule. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagtail adventures Posted May 8 #67 Share Posted May 8 Does anyone know what the gala night themes will be for 23 Dec and 31 Dec for QM2 on the Caribbean voyage M501? They have remained theme-less on the schedules even after the April update. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted May 8 Author #68 Share Posted May 8 32 minutes ago, Wagtail adventures said: Does anyone know what the gala night themes will be for 23 Dec and 31 Dec for QM2 on the Caribbean voyage M501? They have remained theme-less on the schedules even after the April update. Many thanks Gala evenings do not always have themes. It is a bit unusual for 23 December to have no theme, but since they are following two days later with the Red & Gold theme for Christmas Day, that may have something to do with it. It has been typical the past few years for 31 December to have no theme. Prior to the shutdown, they typically scheduled 31 December with a "New Year's Eve Ball" theme. But since the restart of operations, they now only schedule the four standard themes Black and White, Red and Gold, Roaring Twenties and Masquerade (plus Ice White on QE Alaska itineraries). As a result, 31 December now ends up with no theme. It's always possible they will add themes at a later date (or even once on board the ship). Please keep checking the daily calendar for your booking in My Cunard and let me know if you see any changes. It's quite possible those dates will have no themes though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagtail adventures Posted May 8 #69 Share Posted May 8 Thank you bluemarble - very helpful. I will keep an eye out. No theme sounds fine, although a little bland for men when confined to black tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoumd Posted May 24 #70 Share Posted May 24 M502 QM2 TATL 03-11 JAN 2025 03 JAN - Smart 04 JAN - Gala - Black and White 05 JAN - Smart 06 JAN - Smart 07 JAN - Smart 08 JAN - Smart 09 JAN - Gala - Masquerade 10 JAN - Smart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LadyL1 Posted June 10 #71 Share Posted June 10 V426P QV 3.11.24 5th Nov B&W 11.11. Masquerade 13.11 Red & Gold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted June 10 Author #72 Share Posted June 10 9 minutes ago, LadyL1 said: V426P QV 3.11.24 5th Nov B&W 11.11. Masquerade 13.11 Red & Gold Thank you very much for this update indicating Cunard have finally posted the dress code and theme schedules for the voyages that were added to fill a gap in QV's original schedule. Is anyone here on either of these two other QV voyages? These are the only two voyages for which I do not yet have the 2024 dress code and theme schedules across the entire fleet. V426N: 30 Oct-3 Nov 2024, Zeebrugge and Rotterdam V430: 5 Dec-16 Dec 2024, Atlantic Coast Adventure If you are on one of these voyages, please post which dates are scheduled to be gala evenings and what themes (if any) are scheduled for those evenings. You can find that information in the daily calendar section of your booking in My Cunard. Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LadyL1 Posted June 10 #73 Share Posted June 10 15 minutes ago, bluemarble said: Thank you very much for this update indicating Cunard have finally posted the dress code and theme schedules for the voyages that were added to fill a gap in QV's original schedule. I am afraid they have not put this on the VP, but I happened to find out from Cunard. Masquerade is my least favourite, but seems to be happening more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted June 10 Author #74 Share Posted June 10 I have just learned voyage V426N (30 Oct-3 Nov 2024) has a Black and White gala evening scheduled for 31 October. I am now only missing the dress code and theme schedule for this voyage. V430: 5 Dec-16 Dec 2024, Atlantic Coast Adventure If you are on this voyage, please post which dates are scheduled to be gala evenings and what themes (if any) are scheduled for those evenings. You can find that information in the daily calendar section of your booking in My Cunard. Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eastcroft Posted June 11 #75 Share Posted June 11 (edited) 11 hours ago, bluemarble said: I have just learned voyage V426N (30 Oct-3 Nov 2024) has a Black and White gala evening scheduled for 31 October. I am now only missing the dress code and theme schedule for this voyage. V430: 5 Dec-16 Dec 2024, Atlantic Coast Adventure If you are on this voyage, please post which dates are scheduled to be gala evenings and what themes (if any) are scheduled for those evenings. You can find that information in the daily calendar section of your booking in My Cunard. Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide. I'm on it. Dec 6 - Black and White Dec 11 - Masquerade Dec 13 - Roaring Twenties All others are smart attire. Edited June 11 by Eastcroft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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