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It would be if you were using as intended. For the pouch you need to fold the brightly coloured bits over on each other. Therefore you don't fold again or the other details are completely hidden. I should probably have explained that in #34 And of course that's for the pouches we have. I suppose you could have much smaller pouches and not have all the info visible both sides. And just to edit a third time here's a pic of one side. The reverse being similar but with name, phone and booking ref details.

If you fold as instructed printed to fit A4 paper they will be 3" wide. If you fold all the end bits that are designed for stapling under and fold over so you just have the ticket detail double sided the length is 4¼". The Amazon pouches we bought could take 3¼" wide and almost 6" long.

We've only been in it for 14 successive nights in May/June 2022. On Gala nights it was difficult to find space to move on the floor. In our first week there were lots of ballroom and latin dancers. The floor was only ever quiet if the band was playing awful music, which happens occasionally when they try to fit music to a dance it wasn't meant for. The second week the mix was a bit different, with more jive, swing type dancers. But the floor was still well used. We did often head to G32 when Exxile were playing as their musicality beat the Queens Room performers and 95% of the time we had the G32 floor to ourselves, although we made sure that we didn't get in the way of anyone who came on the floor and tried to encourage others onto the floor when we stopped briefly for refreshments. When we passed back through the Queens Room heading for nightcaps we sometimes re-joined the dancing if the music was attractive and noted that the floor was still being well used. And sometimes stopped to talk to some of the many spectators in Queens Room. In our experience it wasn't empty most nights, although we can't vouch for the other 351 nights of 2022.

My apologies for keeping you waiting while I went for dinner. You'll also have to forgive my poor command of English Grammar. To me the phrase being in quotation marks indicates that was exactly what was written in a prior post. It's my belief that they were moving as they described. On a Glasgow dance floor they might be described as dancing a "Moony", typically the last dance of the evening in a disco when a slow number is played. On a packed floor we sometimes dance in a similar manner, using proper ballroom steps when possible without the correct "hold", which means we take up much less space and don't hit anyone with our elbows.

Therefore a couple 'slowly turning around' who are seriously injured by movers who don't pay any attention to them being there might try to claim for their injuries.

It's not really any different from corridors, staircases etc. Folk who charge around with no consideration for others are potentially dangerous. When you look at the other dancers you can see what direction they are moving in. I'm not suggesting people shouldn't come on the floor by any means, just don't be reckless. BTW. I've seen extremely good competition dancers come on a floor and barge their way about. It doesn't really have any place in social dancing.

I'm not sure how your comments apply to my post, which was a direct response, and quoted, post #15. 'slowly turning around' seems like someone who is not moving around the floor to me.

The rules are quite simple. If you are moving around the floor you travel anti-clockwise. If you don't there is a risk you will collide with others. Be considerate to others and don't barge into them, stop if you think you will hit someone. These rules are there to try to prevent injury to yourself and others. If you can't follow them then I'm very sorry to tell you; YES you shouldn't be on a dance floor. You may also risk someone taking legal action against you if you caused them to injure themselves.

Hmm.. 120 bpm could be split into 30, 40 or 60 bpm. You just never know what could be danced to it!

Had to refresh the post to get your text. Nora has been known to get similar reactions to certain types of insect bites. Luckily nothing for some years. Would a medical certificate not be accepted to exempt the right leg from the gala requirements? 🤣

I feel quite sad when I read comments like that. Admittedly we experienced a less friendly atmosphere eastbound to the previous week westbound (although I think the dancers westbound were generally better). Excepting those who were also doing round trip. We started lessons over 30 years ago, continuing for about 23 years. We've learned some very complex variations over the years, but can hardly remember any. We concentrate on doing basics as well as we can. More importantly we progress around the floor and attempt not to hit anyone. If we can achieve that, we're happy. If you are doing what you've been taught, just get up and do it. Make sure you don't hit anyone in front, but if someone is approaching at speed from behind it's their job to leave you space. Hold your ground!

I quite liked that. I think you mean the Bossa Nova 😀. I don't recall music for that being played in our 14 nights. It's about 20 years since we did that, but I'm sure we'd remember some of it. Quickstep, Foxtrot and Waltz are the most common ballroom dances, not necessarily in that order. Then you've the complication with waltz; we learned slow waltz, (aka modern waltz or English waltz) from our professional teachers. At school in late 60s early 70s my gym teachers taught a version of old time waltz, and of course you have the Viennese Waltz. Depends what you know! I don't always approve of fitting songs to a dance but it is simply a case of counting the beats. If you can count one, two, three at an acceptable speed, you can waltz to it. "Yesterday" probably isn't that bad although one web page claims it's 83bpm. Slow waltz should be about 28-30bpm, so you need to dance fast or pick out every 3rd beat. Other than where the floor is completely full of couples doing the same dance, the floor utilisation could be improved if the performers announced that those doing progressive dances (those travelling around the floor in an anti-clockwise direction) stick to the perimeter of the floor and those doing static (jive etc) dance in centre. We'd prefer G32 just stuck to providing a different type of music to QR. We can still pick out ballroom and latin dances from their beats. Silent disco would be a major problem for us. What if Nora was hearing one set of music and David another. On second thoughts, since David leads; no problem at all! 🤣

Thank you for asking. In that case I'm inclined to order 5 x 75ml glasses of the different wines one evening with a meat dish and pass them between us.

You're sorry it wasn't a skimpy babydoll? 😀 A search suggests the discussion has been kicking about in various forms for at least 5 years. At home, I'll eat breakfast in my dressing gown if I'm going to dress for the gym as soon as I've digested the food. In public I generally only take breakfast dressed in a collared shirt plus of course all other garments required to preserve modesty. And I always take enough clothing in hand luggage in case checked bags go astray.

Do you have a link? I can't find it. Was it a skimpy babydoll? 🤣🤣

Hope you're recovering from yesterday's hassles. That list wouldn't be particularly interesting to us. But then as I've said elsewhere, I'd find it difficult to imagine spending enough time in a cabin/suite to drink there. Other than if one of us caught something requiring quarantine.

I have to admit that I just found his whole demeanor annoying. 🥱

@bluemarble, I think you've just followed on from @steve4031's comment. She shouldn't have any problem making her July 2nd arrival at Halifax on time with a sea day in between. All your calculations are wonderfully informative as usual, just the onward destination. 😀

You may have a point although renji assures us that wasn't the case here. However in my experience professional dancers and dance teachers are not in the habit of offering their services without payment. Other than for organised charitable work. I think that applies to most professions. I've seen a very odd exception but generally I expect to pay if a service is provided.

We saw this one evening. The pros were Alex & Liuba. We came into Queens Room after dinner but perhaps 20 mins or so before band was due to start and recorded music was playing. A lady apparently travelling without a partner had paid for Alex to dance with her during that period. Liuba was hanging about waiting for Alex to finish. The lady seemed to appreciate the opportunity to have dance time with an expert partner. I can't imagine what complaint any other passenger could have about that.

I suppose this is a good example that we should never assume that safety policies are always the same. They may be updated when reviews dictate that a process could be carried out in a better way. Or they may be updated due to something like Covid. We didn't receive any instruction, verbal or written, to check into muster station first. We'll watch carefully for changes next time.

@Victoria2 That was 29 May 2022. It was of course our first Cunard trip on QM2. Likewise our cards were outside the cabin and we read our muster instructions there. The same bar code is on the boarding card. I suppose we could have gone there first had we been in the know. In practice we were going directly to deck 12 with our bags, one of the very few times we used a lift.

Our Cruise Cards were scanned at muster station last year. We didn't use our boarding cards for anything after we boarded.

I believe it includes the Illy Creations listed here: https://www.cunard.com/content/dam/cunard/marketing-assets/pdf/life-on-board/drinks-packages/Queen Elizabeth Cafe Carinthia.pdf I only drink strong Americanos with a high caffeine content so wouldn't be tempted by the decadent sounding drinks with milk and cream spoiling my coffee. My wife drinks English Breakfast Tea and Hot Chocolate. She liked the Tea Forté version but thought the free Twinings version just as good. Regarding Hot Chocolate; Carinthia serve a version in a pot with marshmallows, which looks good. But she thought the simple cup served in Chart Room, presumably made with Godiva Chocolate tasted far superior. Both were served within the full drinks package. I don't know if that applies to the Hot Drinks package as well.

If that Meursault is still $160 as shown in the list from August 2022, it is very good value. In France I'm seeing prices between €250 and €500 retail.