Drumbeat16

A flight from Heathrow to Amsterdam is NOT a domestic flight!

Before I made my last booking with Cunard I asked if there were any additional benefits for club members and was told there wasn’t so I have not joined. I dislike the fact the membership fee is automatically added to your invoice and I have to ask for it to be removed. I did get additional OBC on a different booking without membership.

There are definitely checks in SA and WA, at the border going into WA but not until near Ceduna coming into SA. A very nice officer went through the fridge in our motor home with me.

I have a couple of bookings with the cruise specialist that you mention, they keep adding the club fee to my bookings but as there doesn't seem to be any advantage when booking with Cunard I keep declining it.

It is currently planned to go via the Suez but who knows whether that will happen 😕

It is a guaranteed cabin so we won't be given the choice, it's not until March 2026 so a long time to wait to find out 😀

We did enjoy our Hurtigruten voyage, it was only 3 nights as a last minute booking and thankfully I only had motion sickness on a short section when the ship was on open sea (and I hadn't thought to take medication with me). Sailing through the fjords and crossing into the Arctic Circle was wonderful.

Thank you all for your replies. I made the decision and contacted our TA this morning to upgrade to Club Balcony. I am aware the cabins are the same as the standard balcony but I think we will enjoy the smaller restaurant more on a longer cruise. The difference in price per night per cabin is AUD$ 33/ US$ 20.4 - too good to miss.

We recently did a 3 day test cruise on the QE and I was completely fine although I don't think it was particularly rough. We're booked on a Xmas cruise to the South Pacific on the QE so that should give me a better idea I think. I will be taking an assortment of remedies as a backup! I'm waiting to hear back from our TA to confirm the price 🙂

Thank you, I have read lots of comments regarding QM2's stability so I'm thinking I could take a chance. My husband is a good sailor so it's up to me really 🤔

I'd appreciate some thoughts on my current dilemma from all you experienced cruisers. 😊. I am a novice cruiser and have previously suffered seasickness on smaller vessels (one was a Hurtigruten ship). I have only been on 2 short cruises and was 100% fine. We are booked on the QM2 from Hong Kong to Southampton in 2026, currently in a mid-aft balcony cabin on deck 8. I have just spotted an option to upgrade to a guaranteed A2 balcony club cabin for a very reasonable AUD$35 per night per cabin. However, the A2 cabins on the Queen Mary are forward cabins on Deck 12 and 13 - shall I risk the chance of increased movement and possible seasickness??? Your thoughts are appreciated.

What time of year will it be Mary, I'm guessing during warm weather? I think 5 hours would be OK but you need to decide if the cost of the ferry is worth it to you. Another option could be a scenic cruise between Fremantle (not Freemantle) and Perth but you might want to spend some time on land 🙂.

My thoughts exactly, the area is much to precious to damage.

The cruise to NZ on Nov 27th has been cancelled also, and apparently changed to 7 day Tasmania cruises.

Not if they're Australians or Australian residents