DGF

This is our first cruise on Seabourn and are looking forward to hearing from everyone on this cruise

We have been on close to 40 cruises and have attended many Meet & Greets, as well as organizing a few Meet & Greets

Each time depends on the group and ship officer participation

Ship officer participation- When they come they normally give a short welcome and circulate the room making sure all are happy. If a problem, then it is immediately fixed and I can remember on one cruise line where the ship, not Cunard, took some wine or alcohol away from a guest on embarkation. With a little discussion the officer phoned up and had the bottles delivered to the cabin

Just show up at an agreed upon location- all have had name tags available. Topics in the one on one conversations ranged all over the map including sharing advice on private excursions, cruise fares, etc. Great source of info. Next step up is the person organizing makes up a keepsake name tag.

We have experienced two other options- i) For those who want to, they bring a souvenir from their home city and swap; ii) Cabin hop- members attending walk around to see the various cabins

Queen Suites- One of the Meet & Greet participants got along so well they had a second Meet & Greet in one of the Queens Grill Suite. This was amazing= we pooled our alcohol, we gave the list of guests to Cunard and they personally had them hand delivered to each member's cabin, and Cunard supplied the finger food, glasses, cups, coffee, etc. A Senior officer phoned and requested to attend, which he did and circulated talking to the guests one on one. A memorable experience. Cunard is a class act and goes all out for these Queen Suite's party

Highly recommend

Hope these experiences provide food for thought

Our May 10th TA seems to be in need of a Meet & Greet and I was wondering how do we set one up? There seem to be a number of newbies to Cunard, and since my husband and I have sailed on QM2 before I thought I'd (gulp) volunteer. Any suggestions from Cunarders would be much appreciated...

Thank you for volunteering. These are always great meetings. As to the time, you might want to phone Cunard and get the usual events on the first sea day to avoid conflicts

Our experience- on our first QM 2, no interest in a Meet & Greet. On the second out of New York heading to Caribbean it was held 3:00 PM the day of embarkation. Why so early? That thread indicated people wanted to get together to arrange private excursions

Hi - we're booked on a cruise that stops in Dubai and would like to do the desert safari. The ship's tour guide recommends against it for passengers with neck or back injuries. Just wondering how rugged the drive really is???

Sorry we have no experience, but do have a ton of info on our 7 day cruise in the United Arab Emirates and adjacent areas. If you would like please e-mail us deangayle@rogers.com for info

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We were in Split in May - 9am - 4pm. Six of us were planning to simply DIY. As we walked from the ship, the Split Vision City Tour buses were lined up right at the port entrance with ladies enticing us to go on their tour. We decided to take the offer. It cost 120 Kuna (about 22USD) and included the Walking Tour of the Diocletian's Palace. The bus was an "open-top" vehicle with a tour guide giving commentary. We thought it gave us an excellent overview of the town/city. The bus section of the tour was about an hour - we didn't get off. The Walking Tour of the Palace was about another hour - 1 1/2 hours and finished at the Palace. We then wandered around. Looked at the shops, stalls and exhibitions and had a drink at a taverna (beer and wine both excellent). We bought some pizza from a stall for a light late lunch. On the way back to the ship (it's not far - just a few minutes walk), we found some markets with lots of stalls and great gelato.

 

We were back on the ship by the required 3pm and had a very cheap, relaxing and enjoyable day. I'd definitely recommend it.

Thanks for this lead. A most interest web site http://www.visitsplitcroatia.com/webtour.php

In doing research for our cruise (which includes Split) next year, I found two options:

 

Split walking tour - diocletian palace tour - www.diocltianpalacetour.com

Private tour guide -www.privateguidesincroatia.com

 

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the leads.

Hello:

 

We are going to be on the Brillance Feb, 2011. Were the formal nights very formal (Tuxes & Gowns?)

 

Thanks

E-mail us at deangayle@rogers.com while we are on board the ship (we depart Barcelona on Jan 10, 2011) and we will advise. I am taking a tuxedo as well as a white dinner jacket; but expect many of the men will be in suits for the formal nights

DEAN

Mark

Great help on getting started on port planning

Thanks

Thanks all for the helpful information