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They vary what they state in their publicity material fairly regularly. In the daily programmes they have a standard section that doesn't change very often. It says: "top and skirt or stylish trousers, or a dress". I've posted screenshots of that in other threads.

On the subject of hanging space in Britannia and Club Balcony cabins; I watched two videos yesterday and got the impression that most of the full height wardrobes had a removable half bar. In fact one of the vloggers commented on it. That would make them quite flexible in that you could use the two halves for suits, shirts, skirts, tops, but remove the lower bar for long dresses. The wardrobe we don't like in BC on QM2 is the one where the rail runs front to back with little rings on it for the hangers. It's much easier to see what's there and pick stuff out with side hangers.

You don't say what your airline luggage allowance is. We only need to fly from Nice to London on an economy flight, and have 2 checked bags, 2 (full cabin size) backpacks, and 2 smaller under seat bags. We share our formal wear around all 4 of the larger bags. And we put anything that couldn't be replaced in the backpacks. If both our checked bags went missing, we'd still manage to have tuxes and gowns available for the 14 nights. I also put the QM2 address at Red Hook inside the checked bags, with the date and time the ship will be docked in case British Airways found them and were able to get them to the ship in time for our second week.

Marine Traffic doesn't offer a photo of that one. It's an unusual livery, quite intimidating, probably intentionally so. I think there was one fore and one aft. The other was a more conventional livery, SP Pathfinder possibly?

Some of those wine prices are slightly cheaper than the Room Service Bar list from Queen Anne. e.g. The three rosé wines. Possibly another increase coming up for the other ships.

Did you ignore her? Or did she have good reason? I love shouting back at her when she does "recalculating route!" and "find somewhere to turn back!"

My first public transport job was seven years as a bus driver, and until we bought our holiday flat here I would drive at least 2,500 miles each year on a mix of sides of the road for our vacations. So I would consider myself an experienced driver To me driving is a chore, which is fine if you're being paid for it, or there is good reason (we're making an 80 mile round trip to Italy tomorrow to buy six months supply of cat food). You should be watching the road so you don't see as much as on buses or trains. And if you take a car to lunch or dinner you can't have wine with your meal. I'm not familiar with public transport in the Cotswolds but most of the UK has fairly decent local bus services and good quality public transport information through Traveline. Travelling on local buses can be quite interesting in itself due to the diverse nature of fellow passengers.

My wife normally sits on the bench seat. I need to twist my neck. Perhaps swivel seats would be a good idea.

Don't you get to swap seats from day to day? 🙂 I don't think I'd like that either though. It's ok in a restaurant where you don't have any outside views but they would have been better seating those facing fore and aft. It also limits your observation of what's happening at most of the other tables.

Some of today's vlogs from Queen Anne were quite good and very useful. These were seen in a Britannia Club cabin/stateroom. The laundry list has a reference at foot, which suggests it was issued in January 2024 and I assume it's valid throughout the fleet. I don't know if the room service menu is the same on the other queens.

Since you sail so soon, unless you have red and/or gold accessories, or a venetian ball style mask to hand, you're probably best just to dress to suit Gala or Smart Attire. The majority of passengers do that and don't bother with themes. The important thing for most is to dress smartly/elegantly.

A bit like tennis commentators. Many of them witter on about all sorts of things that have nothing to do with the match you are watching. Would be better if they just kept quiet and let the umpire announce the scores.

Is that Bellarina?

We don't have a bath; just a huge walk in shower. Generally accessible showers have more space. The only downside I see from videos of that one is the seat looks as if it's a permanent feature. Ideally you'd want to fold it up to give more space to move around.

🤣🤣🤣 I'm familiar with the shipping lanes as I try to get long range pictures of QM2 from our window when she visits. That's at a range of about nine miles! If you are ready when leaving the Rade at Villefranche you'll get a view of the Promenade des Anglais at a range of about 2.3 miles. If you have a powerful zoom you might get some decent pics. Downside is that clearest air tends to be early in the day. By time you leave there will probably be a bit of a haze and pics might be a bit fuzzy.

In practice you will be asked to give details of your insurer on My Cunard, which amounts to giving the Insurance Company Name, the Emergency Assistance Company Name, and contact number. You will not be asked for details of the actual insurance at that stage. When boarding at Southampton we were not asked to present insurance details. I'm not aware of anyone having been asked to show that type of document. I don't know if things are different at other boarding locations. Typically in Europe rather than the UK, policies will state "actual cost" for repatriation rather than an upper limit, and many non Brits booking through Cunard UK will have that type of cover rather than specifying an £xx million limit. Bottom line, as long as you have a decent travel policy for your region it will most likely be ok, and Cunard are unlikely to want to see the detail of the policy.

I often wonder how you get 23kg into either of the small bags? Perhaps a mechanic's tool kit! And how folk lift 23kg into the overhead? Our policy is to put the heaviest stuff in those bags to save weight in checked luggage. Economy is fine for our 1h40m flights to/from Heathrow and if we need an extra checked bag it's quite cheap. We have Avios on hand if prices are unusually high. Decided to give skiing a miss. Took a day trip to Valberg one New Year, far far too cold for me!

Was that British Airways? Their standard cabin bagage allowance is a full size (56 x 45 x 25cm) bag of up to 23kg to go in the overhead and a smaller 23kg bag to go under the seat. How big and heavy a bag do US airlines allow in cabin? Delta wasn't any bigger.

And apologies to @buchanan101, who was so keen to jump down my throat and fell victim to moderation! I'm sure this won't last long either! It's only a bit of fun. I do love that we receive emails about posts that we then discover "never existed". 🤣

I should probably clarify my thought process behind this part of my earlier post as I believe some may have thought I was claiming this was the specified dress code. I didn't intend it to be read in that way, and I don't think I claimed it was. The thought was that by choosing that combination then adding the jacket and tie for gala nights would save packing anything else. Theoretically 1 x shirt, 1 x tie, 1 x dark jacket, 1 x pair of dark trousers, would cover every night for two weeks, if you could keep them clean and they didn't smell! 🤣

Ballroom and latin dancers are in a minority, although there are far more of them than other lines. Most people will go to shows in the two theatres or listen to an act in the four main lounges. We found the disco to be quiet between 9.30pm and 11pm. That might have been partly as the ship wasn't completely full after the pandemic. I believe it livened up later. Because The Queens Room and G32 are beside each other (you need to pass through Queens Room to get to G32) we could flit between the two depending on what the music was like. We often preferred what the disco band was playing.

Is that M504 14 nights to Canaries starting and ending at Southampton? As far as I'm aware most flights between Canada and Europe allow a full size carry on and a smaller under-seat bag each. That's about 120 litres of space between two passengers. We wouldn't have a problem dressing to a standard that we could attend any venue every night with that amount of luggage. We wouldn't of course because we're happy to take a checked case each that gives us at least 160 litres more. The laundrettes on QM2 are free to use. There is also a laundry service, with what we consider to be good prices. You can bring a minimum quantity of the sort of outfits required and if needed they can be cleaned. I've attached screenshots of the dress code guidance you'll find on board, which in my opinion is much clearer than the website or brochures. If the man can force himself to wear a long sleeved collared shirt and dark trousers most nights (smart attire), and add a dark jacket and tie on probably four Gala nights, then he can participate in everything. I would add a tux and bow tie to that. Ladies can choose elegant, glitzy or whatever. Unless they wear jeans and tee shirt every night nobody is going to notice. This is a bit alien for us because the only reasons we go on QM2 are to dress up as much as possible and dance. But if that's not your thing it is easy enough to do the minimum. You won't find water slides. But there's a huge variety of musical entertainment, activities, enrichment lectures etc, plus six port days in places that shouldn't be too cold at that time of year, although deepest winter by our standards!

What are the model names of those? (don't see a 30" on Enkloze website) Won't the cabin cases fit inside the big ones?

43.54650618773531, 7.014551963567566 These are the map coordinates. It's known as Quay Laubeuf and the tender point is just beside where ferries to Ile Sainte Marguerite depart from.

If the flight concerned is EI122 ORD->DUB it seems to be fairly reliable. Scheduled arrival in Dublin is 05:15. Average arrival in last 7 days was 04:47, earliest 04:18, latest 05:23. Of course that's no guarantee it'll be on time when you use it.