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These are our last lot from Amazon UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09XBBS5XM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 I find printing at 130% scale and then trimming to the lines gives a perfect fit when folded

When we were in 5001, a lovely P2 cabin, which is really niosy in heavy seas. The waves crashing on the bow thunders through the cabin, we were given ear plugs.

This is from October 13th - Sea Day heading to Cagliari - All Daily Programmes from that cruise can be found HERE......... 13_Oct.pdf

I probably would, but the creaks and goans from the ship, as she moves, drowns them out.

The deck 4 balconies are larger for both PG and Britannia on both QE and QV, they extend a couple of feet further than the balconies above. The cabins are the same size as all other PG cabins and it wasn't an acessible one PG Balcony This is a Deck 4 Forward Britannia Balcony - The Aft balconies have a glass front

I'll also add that we take along a couple of magnetic hooks as Jane's longer gowns can drag on the floor and use them to hang those from the ceiling

Which Ship? - On QE & QV you have a large open hanging space with lots of room, 2/3 the width of the cabin with a full width shelf above and a single full height large cupboard with plenty of shelf space.

I believe the lunch menus are the same for both PG and Britannia, they certainly were the couple of times I checked

We have had a couple of air-fryers in the past, both of which did a good job, but Jane bought me an Instant Pot Ultimate Lid (Ninja also do one) for Xmas, which is one of those multifunction devices, and includes an air-fryer as well as a pressure cooker, sous vide etc, so as counter top space was limited, the trusty old Philips went to a good home and I've never looked back, pressure cooking a whole chicken and then finishing it off in the air fryer is a revelation, and all done in one pot albeit with a wipe out half way through.

I had a Zoom work meeting while on my September cruise and the WiFi reception in our Britannia room was awful so ended up in a quiet corner in the Commodore Club which didn't stay quiet for long. Jane was policing me and apologising to the people who came and sat by me - I would have used the Admirals Lounge, but the cruise director films their piece for the morning in there in the afternoon.

@transatlantic fan We had both the WC and the senior officers parties on our October QV cruise

And free washing powder as well. Also have a look at the 15 items for $52 offer on the laundry list, which is a bit of a bargain (even more do if you have a platinum or diamond discount) to get big items laundered and pressed and save your trip to the laundry for pants and socks.

I needed Zoom access several times on our last cruise, so decided to bite the bullet and pay for the premium package for the full cruise. We're also Diamond and I felt it was a necessary expense and after the loyalty discount was a couple of hundred bucks. I'd hold off as long as you can into the cruise if the expense is a concern as it gets cheaper by each day passed.

Yep - With the Premium package I was able to conduct several Zoom meetings on our recent cruise. The only time it failed was in port where I assume the interference was causing my meeting connection to break up,

I agree - we had a Commodore's package on the last cruise and the selection was very disappointing. No champagne, no rose and no dessert or port. I'm not sure I'd take a wine package again if I couldn't see what I was buying before hand. The brochure I was sent bore no relation to what was offered on board.

The Bay of Biscay is an unknown, it can be really lumpy but also flat calm as we had at the beginning of October I see you're from Manchester, so temperature wise it'll likely to be shorts and t-shirt in Lisbon, maybe a little cooler in Vigo - Caveats do apply though, Lisbon in October was chucking it down, so you never know. Vigo is a nice introduction, easy walk from the the ship, you dock right in town, and some lovely cafe's and a nice little town centre for a bimble around and to buy those things that you forgot to pack.

Your experiences obviously trump mine - I have a Nespresso at home, so thought "how difficult can this be?" It turned out very difficult, with a lot of faffing and two clean-ups later to get a particulary horrible cup of coffee - It says something when I actually prefer the brown sludge served at breakfast to the Illy coffee served up in the room.

They did on our recent QV voyage, but it was mainly tat, feather boas and flapper headbands etc, Better quality tat is available on-line.

I posted the QV PG menus Dinner and Lunch on my blog from last month's Greek Islands cruise (I think lunch is the same menu in the Grills and Britannia) Lunch HERE... & Dinner HERE...

15 items for $52, everything comes back pressed!

But only Right Handed ironing boards, much to Jane's annoyance being a leftie

And even then it's no longer automatic, we never received our Diamond pins on our last cruise - apparently you need to request them from voyage sales.

The Commodore Club and the Chart Room will be open, you are correct, you're a bit late for getting lunch in the Golden Lion but food is available in the Lido

We had a wine package which we pre-purchased direct from Cunard, Commodore's collection

I think Dover Sole was on the PG A La Carte on the first week of our Greek Islands then it changed - I may be wrong about this but I'm sure that the next table had it on the second night, not that I was spying on them