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I don't know if the group can be named here - but I did a search and it was not too difficult to find their own site with a list of upcoming dance crossings - the two you mention in the previous post are certainly listed and are referred to as Dandy Wellington Crossing and Glenn Miller Orchestra Crossing and searching for those names would likely get you to their website. Cunard may not provide any information about those for obvious reasons.

For any passengers whose primary interest on Cunard voyages was ballroom dancing, and discovering that a group had been able to lock out the only relevant facilities for most evenings this would ruin the holiday completely and recourse to a substantial refund would be justifiable.

Mask wearing is much more about limiting the risk any one person adds to others, rather than the risk to yourself - so it is a question of being considerate to others rather then being self centred, at a personal level. From Cunard's view it is minimising the spread to limit the number of cases on any one voyage.

In March on QE on the Norway voyage, a significant proportion of passengers took the limit of 4 in lifts to heart, and most people used the stairs most of the time, leaving the lifts to those most in need, and allowed maximum opportunity for those who were physically unable to use the stairs. There were only a few occasions when people did fill a lift with four and keeping fairly near the corners was the best anyone could do. Certainly for fit and healthy people most were being as considerate as possible on that voyage.

Surely the mask request/requirements are there to minimise the risks within practical limitations. The masks are to try to prevent someone who is infectious from spraying people near them with virus laden droplets. So if an infected person is walking around they could in principle pass the virus to a lot of people as they walk around. Sitting down they could generate a cloud of virus particles that people within 5 to 10 feet or more could breathe in be become infected - in a bar or restaurant you can't eat or drink with a mask on obviously which is why it is not practical to ask people to wear one in those venues. However in a theatre it is not too cumbersome to wear a mask and at least reduce the chance you might infect people nearby. Clearly it is better to have fewer people becoming ill during a cruise if at all possible. We have all seen the threads about a non-zero chance that someone, despite the vaccines and being tested before boarding could become infectious a day or two after embarkation - so Cunard are taking a sensible and practical approach to minimising the numbers of Covid cases, whilst at the same time trying to let passengers have as nice an on-board experience as possible - a difficult ask at the best of times. The least we can do is co-operate and help as best we can to contribute to that optimal position.

Our experience has always been that once the Cunard agent has completed the transfer the confirmation arrives very quickly, and most times before I have even completed the phone call. Hearing of long delays is, for us, an unheard of situation and often I can open the confirmation pdf file and check the details whilst I am still talking to the Cunard agent. There may have been a technical problem very recently, but hopefully if so it will be sorted out quickly. Even when booking whilst on board at Future cruises, the confirmation mail arrives before we have left the office.

Just to add to the thread:

It looks like the same internet plans are on all Cunard ships. If you go to the web page https://www.cunard.com/en-gb/the-cunard-experience/staying-connected#plans and click on "What internet plans are available on my cruise, and how can I purchase them?" you will see the plans available.