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12 hours ago, abdullahhoneymoon said:

I see! Did you get the impression that they’d move you if you insisted? My concern is ending up in a balcony visible from above. We are currently booked in a balcony but privacy is essential for us. A larger balcony, but not private, isn’t an upgrade for us. I don’t usually fuss but as it’s our honeymoon, and being a lady, I’d be heartbroken if we had to spend the time hiding from view! Must spend many afternoons relaxing in my robe! 🙂

I can’t remember if this is your first cruise or not. But do remember the entire ship is on camera except for inside the staterooms. This means private balcony or not, you may be on camera. ( they have to be this way so footage can be had if a person were to go overboard) 

6 minutes ago, NE John said:

How about old-school Italian Sunday afternoon spaghetti and gravy dinners? With homemade vino…

Similar to the dress code issue, it’s up to Cunard to enforce their own rules. 

The first problem with this is the homemade vino. The second problem spaghetti and gravy? Ok all kidding aside….
At home I have drank wine out of a coffee cup. But onboard a 🚢 not a 🛳️, I want my drinks in a proper glass. 

17 minutes ago, david63 said:

I think that one giveaway is when the glass that is used is the tumbler from the bathroom - and yes I have seen it done.

Wow. I can’t even fathom carrying my wine in a tumbler. 

Wear the vest (waistcoat). My hubby does and I think he looks handsome in it. 

I’m so excited to say we are booked on H616!

14 days! 

We are going in a few days early, so we booked our own airfare. We booked a black Friday deal for significant savings. I 
 

Problem solved. I bought a new ink- less printer. Paper it is! 

17 hours ago, TowandaUK said:

Oxford brogue

 

This is exactly the shoe my hubby has to wear with his tux.

Is there a time that cabins are ready? 

8 hours ago, exlondoner said:

This is not such an issue now, because so much less documentation is needed. But, when they were restarting after Covid and needed a lot of different documentation, some of which they seemed to look at more than once, queues always seems to form behind people who had it all on their phone and couldn’t quite find the right one. Counterintuitively, people took less time to search through a sheaf of papers.

 

Anyway, won’t you have to print out your luggage labels, so you can do it all at the same time?

I am trying my hardest to not check any luggage. So I may not need luggage labels. 
I try to do carryon only.

Ok paper it is. Hopefully the hotel has a printer. 

7 minutes ago, TheOldBear said:

When I was last checking in (October 2022, Brooklyn) my printed 'boarding pass' acquired stickers and stamps. It is likely that paper documents would still be useful [or the check in folks will print a paper pass to hold the stickers].

We will be checking in at Southampton. 

4 minutes ago, lissie said:

I've just handed over my room number to the porters so they can take the luggage and then  at check in my passport. Everything is a nice to have and frankly near impossible if you are travelling before hand without access to a printer  

My printer died at home. So this was the reason for the question.

6 minutes ago, D&N said:

I've no knowledge of US Interstate flights.

 

If we fly from here to UK on BA or Air France/KLM we'd normally book a luggage inclusive fare although they do offer hand luggage only for slightly less. If we use easyJet we pay for checked bags but it's not any more than BA. Ryanair are the same but their destinations don't suit us.

 

Is checked luggage expensive in US?

 

edit: If we fly to Scotland on BA it's a connecting flight and hand luggage fares are not offered.

No it is not expensive from the US. It is just we are coming in early to see London and don't wish to have extra luggage to handle. We are flying from Orlando in the US. So not a big deal if we have to check a bag. I just like carryon's though.

I know there is no app to use. Does Cunard require printed out documents or will the picture on my phone be sufficient ?

Just want to make sure I have the right things to board.

On 2/21/2024 at 1:24 PM, D&N said:

Not a chance! Our backpack carry-ons are full of enough evening wear to dress formally for 14 nights. There might be a fair bit of recycling though.

I never thought about recycling the formal clothes....except for his tux. But you are right. No one is going to notice if I am wearing an article of clothing again. 

Hence maybe no need to check a bag. 

I am interested in a voyage on Queen Anne (H616) that goes on sale March 7  for WC members. My question is: I have a WC number issued to me for our upcoming cruise this fall on Queen Anne; so I want to know can my TA book for me on the 7 March because I have a WC number? Or because I have not sailed until October of this year, does he need to wait until the Open sales on Non WC members. 

On 2/18/2024 at 2:31 PM, NE John said:

Many other Cunard CC’ers have posted that Cunard treats their passengers as adults and I appreciate that same experience from Cunard. 

And this is why we can't wait to sail with them!

28 minutes ago, NE John said:

I did and we are in the same boat. I was referring to another comment. 

Thank you , NE John. 

@Host Hattie could you turn off comments for this thread since I more than have the answer. 
thank you! 

2 hours ago, NE John said:

Definitely the wrong CC board to bring up ducks. I don’t believe the decor or atmosphere on Cunard needs to be altered by duck hide-and-seek.  Finding Homer Simpson on QM2 already checks the box for a quirky game. 

Did you read my post?? I  DO NOT like the Ducks. If I can’t ask Cunardners here in the Cunard forum, then where? 
You guys on this forum are so helpful. I have learned so much here.

I have a group where a spammer got into it and put let’s Duck the ship. Spammer is removed. I wanted to make sure I was telling the right thing to the people in my group. 

24 minutes ago, Victoria2 said:

If folk want to search for ducks, go ahead but not having looked, I wouldn't have a clue if there are any ducks onboard.

 

Personally, I like mine  served crispy, with pancakes. plum sauce, cucumber sticks and shredded spring onion. 🙂

That actually sounds really good! 

I was asked this  because of a group I am in. I said I would come to the Cunard experts here on CC.

2 minutes ago, Bell Boy said:

Another American import 🤦‍♂️  as this is the 'Cunard board' Thank Goodness it's not usually the norm .   

Thank you. I was hoping this was the case.

I am not for ducks being hidden. I think it would look bad. Just my opinion. But having said that, has anyone ever seen ducks on the ships?