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Have Silversea said if they will replace the itinerary with something else? Surely the ship isn’t going to be anchored somewhere for 2 months?

I am wondering what other differences there may be between Moon and Muse in this sort of regard. I think on Moon, Atlantide is also open for breakfast and lunch but not on Muse? I hope Muse, being the slightly older ship without some of the bells and whistles of Moon isn't subjected to lesser standards and amenities.

This is what I remember reading. I hope they switch back to opening Kaiseki at lunchtime.

Thanks, misseli for all the information you provided. Really pleased to hear Kaiseki is open for sushi and sashimi at lunch time. I'm sure we're going to really enjoy the Silver Muse. I wish Muse had SALT Kitchen, Bar and Lab but I guess we'll just have t book something on the Moon as well!

We've just booked the Seward to Osaka cruise on Silver Muse. This will be our first cruise with Silversea - we’ve previously sailed exclusively on Crystal. We know there are some doubts about being able to enter Japan and personally I’d love it if the ship just high tails it to Australia, saving us a return flight home 😀. I guess we’ll find out in due course - I just hope the cruise isn't altogether cancelled and that it will end up somewhere in Asia as it brings us closer to home and is one of the main attractions of the itinerary for us. So my questions are: Lunch - Is Kaiseki currently open for lunch? If not, does that mean the Grill, Spanacoppoli and La Terrazza are the only lunch time options? Dinner - Do you recommend booking for Atlantide, Indochine and Hot Rocks or can we just walk in? Sea Days - We have quite a few of them on this cruise. Are there guest lecturers and other activities other than just bingo and trivia? Is there any way of knowing who the lecturers and other entertainers are for our sailing? Evening Shows - Is there just one performance per evening and what time is it? Cruise Director - One of our favourite CD’s on Crystal was Russ. We’ve heard he has joined Silversea. Is there any way of finding our who the CD is for our cruise? Masks - is there a mandatory mask policy on board at the moment? Caviar - is it available on demand? Can’t remember if this was a Seabourn or Silversea perk. Lastly, are there any other tips, recommendations or advice you can think of that would further enhance our cruise? Thanks in advance from a very excited cruiser who can’t wait to get back on the high seas!

Thanks, Roy for your thoughts on this and hope you continue to enjoy your current cruise. Really enjoying reading your blog Rakkor!

This one is going to spark a lot of heated debate I'm sure. By way of background we have only cruised on one other line - Crystal Cruises (who are now no longer but it appears they might resurface from the ashes next year with a new owner). We have about 10 Crystal cruises under ur belt and thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the line from dining to entertainment/enrichment. We decided to try Cunard as we are after a cruise that is local and requires no long haul flights (we live in Sydney) and that was ideally in October or November. We happily found the Queen Elizabeth, Freemantle to Sydney cruise for 8 nights. We were late in booking and Britannia Club was booked out (as is Princess Grill but we are not interested in paying that amount for an 8 day cruise. Queens Grill is still available but again, incredibly expensive). We are on a wait list but for an extra AUD4000 for 8 days we are wondering if we should bother, especially considering there is no difference in room size. So I would love to hear peoples perspective who have cruised in both categories - Britannia and Britannia Club. I know food is incredibly subjective. For us it is a big part of the cruise experience. One other thing I would be interested in is the ambience of the BC dining room. I have seen pictures of the Britannia Dining Room, Princess Grill and Queens Grill but can't seem to find much in the way of photos of the BC Dining room on the Queen Elizabeth. Any insights, opinions, and thoughts would be appreciated.

Thank you!

I've been posting a lot of random questions this past week as we are new to Cunard and taking our first cruise on Queen Elizabeth in November. Question for today (not the last, I'm sure 😀) what are the show times on Queen Elizabeth? Are there two nightly shows? I think I read on one post that there was a nightly show at 10.15 but I presume there must be one a little earlier for those passengers who have elected early dining at 6.00pm? (or in our case, have no other choice as late dining is waitlisted)

I certainly hope they do change to open dining. I have a feeling that our waitlist for Britannia Club is not going to open up in November and being able to dine any time we want was the main reason for trying to book BC.

Thanks, Bell Boy - sounds like you had a wonderful experience!

Would this just be on QV or on QE too? I very much hope this happens on QE for our cruise in November. I dislike fixed dining immensely - 6.00 too early, 8.30 too late. This is one reason why we would happily pay extra for Britannia Club but unfortunately we booked late and are waitlisted. If they do revert to open dining by then our dilemma is over.

Sounds wonderful! As I mentioned we've asked our TA to waitlist us for BC and we very much hope there is an opening.

Can one order for menu in the Britannia dining room?

Canoncruiser was your experience in Britannia Club? If so then indeed the menus are very different between BC and Britannia. Alas we are on a waiting list for BC so very much crossing fingers there are some cancellations.

I know that in QG and PG one does not have to choose a time to dine and is allocated the same table and no one eats at that table before or after you which means you can stroll in anytime you wish for both lunch and dinner (during dining time opening hours). I was wondering if the same applies to the Britannia Club dining room? Also, I have read that the food and menus for Britannia and Britannia Club are the same, just separate dining room. However on one of the sticky's above the breakfast menu for BC is more extensive. Can anyone confirm if the menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner are the same in both dining rooms? Thank you!

Excellent information, thank you very much everyone! I think we will do the drinks package but order a bottles of wine in the evenings. I know we tend to drink far more than we do at home when we cruise so I think it'll probably still work out to our advantage. One thing I will do however is not order the package until the second day. No point paying for a whole days worth of drinks package on embarkation day as we will only have drinks that evening.

Thank you for your responses! I see from the wine list on QM2 that the 250ml wines by the glass are all indeed over the $12 mark. I have read elsewhere that waiters in the dining rooms tend to be very generous with the pours so one just orders the 150ml size and normally gets poured much more but the scenario that Bell Boy saw others on drinks packages experiencing is off putting for sure. I'm sure this is covered elsewhere but in terms of the wine package is this just a discount of say 20% off the marked prices on the wine list? One other thing I'm curious about is if we bring wine on board (I realise it's just 1 bottle each - although some say people they bring on much more than that) I presume we can have this served in the restaurant and pay a corkage? If we do push the rules and bring on say 4 bottles will they still serve a bottle each night and charge corkage or will they stop after 2 nights/2 bottles?

We are trying to decide on whether or not we should bother with the drinks package on an 8 day cruise later this year. Our decision to go ahead or not will mainly be based on what wines are available up to the $12 mark. We like to drink cocktails before and after dinner but during meal times we want to enjoy wines, nice wines. So I was wondering if anyone is able to post a current list of what wines are available by the glass on the Queen Elizabeth. If most of them are over $12 it might make more sense for us to just pay for what we consume - pay for cocktails and then order a bottle of wine with dinner and just by the glass at lunch.Thanks in advance