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  1. So the thinking is that it’s a bid against a cabin that is already booked by someone else, in the eventuality that they cancel - interesting. My first ever cruise with Cunard was an eastbound TA from NYC (many years ago) and I do remember Cunard selling off unsold cabins at the last minute for heavily discounted prices, a balcony cabin could be had for just $500 and that was for single occupancy. I recall that so clearly because I called Cunard customer service to moan about paying nearly 4 times that for my balcony cabin and noting that I had the option to cancel and then rebook for $500 and a supervisor promptly plonked $500 into my OBC account which made the call worthwhile. The bid system sounds like a much better idea.
  2. So we are booked to sail on QM2 on 2nd June heading to Norway on cruise M415 and we just received our upgrade offers. When I last cruised with Cunard on a TA I don’t recall being offered the option of bidding for stateroom upgrades but for me it’s an interesting new wrinkle to the booking process. With that said they are offering various bids for upgrades including one to a Queens Grill (minimum bid £2,700 per couple max bid £6,300) and one into a Penthouse Suite (minimum bid £5,340 per couple max bid £12,460), so out of curiosity I looked at the website and Penthouse Suites show as sold out. Just wondering if anyone has the logic behind this, I get the logic behind upgrades in general but offering discounted rates for staterooms that are not available for full price reservations seems odd. Any thoughts on the logic, and also any thoughts on upgrading?
  3. The latest update is that you book the drinks package first and then decide later if you want to add the cruise as an optional extra.
  4. Excellent thread - thanks to all. I confess I am disappointed that Cunard are not transparent with exactly what their drinks packages offer, poor marketing IMO.
  5. As has been stated previously QM2 was specifically designed to “shoot the rapids”. She has a higher quality of steel than regular cruise ships and a much higher freeboard, favourable metacentric height and rolling moment combined with a finer ratio and flared bow - all this means she cuts through the biggest waves and doesn’t roll around in the swell, the downside is that she cost more to build per tonne than any other cruise ship afloat at that time. The only thing I ever noticed was the occasional “bang” as she tames a wave that would have lifted a lesser ship. She is one of a kind, maybe even the last of her kind, but definitely the ship for those poor unfortunates with queasy tummies.
  6. Self and DW are currently doing the merry dance of choosing a drinks package for QM2 and I have seen mention of a “Captain’s Drinks Package”. Is this an optional top-shelf package, and are there other drinks package options not listed on Cunard’s website ? Thanks in advance.
  7. Something with more jail cells for the 3 day cruises.
  8. Self and DW are sailing on QM2 next year and I’m looking at the drinks package option. We both tend to enjoy champagne more than most other drinks but it looks like the cheapest glass on QM2 is $16. With the drinks package maxing out at a paltry $12 max per glass would we be wasting our money taking it out if we stayed with our usual tipple ? Any advice appreciated.
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