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....... I can't imagine trying to get on and off her repeatedly ......
You are right in this respect to a certain degree. On our QM2 WC we had ports every 2/3rd day as well as overnights (Sydney, Hong Kong ..).In all the ports it was very well organized although sometimes 40 busses were waiting at the pierside. What slowed the process down were most of the times the officials and not the handling of the pax on board.
On the other hand the smaller Seabourn ships (now in Windstar hands) with just 200 pax were our favorites, because you normaly just could walk "off the boat" and be in the middle of the city in no time at all.
The disadvantage on the smaller boat is with no doubt the handling of the sea in open waters. This is were QM2 belongs to and then you can dance in the Queens room even when a storm is outside.
What I obviously missed out is to recognize the "Class system" on the Cunard vessels, which was mentioned several times above. Except the different dining venues there was no difference to see during the day. All people shared the same library, theatre, bars, reading windows etc.. Maybe I do have a blind spot to things like that.
All in all we are really looking forward to the SS experience.
Kind regards
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Of course, that is all relevant to a given situation......... There was no disrespect intended.
Thank you for the quick response.
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.... I have never had food that inedible .....
As English is not my mother tongue and just be be sure what you were writing i looked it up in the oxford dictionary. So your impression was that the food in the grills restaurant on Queen Mary 2 was not to eat. I question myself what to expect next week on the Silver Spirit in terms of cuisine fireworks. I also question myself which chef (french, italian, asian or just american) is operating your kitchen at home, and therefore must exceed the capabilities of the chefs onboard QM2. By the way, for some years the main chef on QM2 was an Austrian, Mr. Winkler, maybe that was the time you were on. What I'll not question myself is what some parts of our global society (those billions who do not know what a cruise ship is) would say to the food in the Grills restaurant.
kind regards
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As our first SS cruise will start in a few weeks but have already spent a 100 days on Cunard, so all the stories above were fairly interesting.
What we really like on Cunard ships (and it was not mentioned above) is the possibility to dance on a huge floor, which is what we are enjoying every evening. No other vessel can compete and there is always a big bunch of guests with the ability to dance very well. Also the dancing lessons are a nice add on, and on some days during our WC we visited the floor up to 3 times a day. We are looking forward to the orchestra on the Silver Spirit which will bring us from Barbados to Ft. Lauderdale.
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It'll work for sure, because we did that twice and you just have to proper inform Cunard where and when you'll show up at the pier. Btw it's the quickest way to embark, because you are the only one in the line ;-)
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What's the dress code for ballroom dancing? Do I need special dance shoes? I've heard leather soled shoes will work, but are they okay in the ballroom? I'm usually a casual cruiser (Royal Caribbean) and don't usually do a lot of formal wear. I'll do shopping for this cruise. But nights of dancing is still more formal on QM2? Are we talking slacks okay, but no jeans?
One of the reasons we are on QM2 is the huge dancing floor, of course with dancing shoes and some (but not lots of) formal wear. On a few WC segments we danced in the morning to a CD player somebody set up in the QR until the Bingo crowd arrived, then around noon there were dancing lessons, and of cours the night had to be danced away. Although we are by no means good dancers it is great fun to practice every day in and out. So you'll enjoy it very much, I'm sure!
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We should be much interested to know your opinion on your 2011 World Cruise, segments you made, may be some of them are part of QM2 2016 WC we intend to make.
Is it really an experience for a continental european, as we expect?
By the way, are meals included in cabin fare, or must we pay each of them separate?
We made the segments from Sydney on to Dubai for 40 days (although we jumped ship in New Zealand for a few days and flew to Osaka to catch her (QM2) up). The segments were wonderful, and you have very nice guests as company. As you are obviously very well in English you will find friends from all over. We are still in contact with some and also met afterwards on other ships or at home!
Being on a ship doing a world cruise is always something special, because you can follow a routine on board with ports, countries and cultures changing at least every few days. We wrote a blog about the cruise (no more online) and I'll send it to you when you contact me at robert.hoerhann@rocketmail.com
And of course all meals are included thats for sure. We had a large table next to the commodore's and as we had a lot of fun on our table he joined us after his assigned guests had left. Then the fun was even better. That's QM2. You will love it especially with this excellent intinerary, which we are quite envy not being able to join you. Any more questions?
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Dear Queen Mary 2 Cruisers,...
According to fares and deck plans, we are intending to book a BALCONY MID Cabin (BC), on deck 11, for example, stateroom nr. 11076 (Port) or 11101 (Starboard).
However, as we can see from deck plans, these Cabins are directly under an open air deck (deck 12).
Is this inconvenient, in terms of noises and other possible situations?.......
Thanks for all your opinions.
Jose
We stayed in 11063 for a few WC segments in 2011 and this was a great location. Not far to the Commodores, library, laundry, a long way to dinner (which makes sense) and an even longer way to the dancing floor (which was fun because you come along some of the bars in between).
Congratulation to your choice, going on QM2 and especially to this wonderful intinerary!
Cheers
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What has not been said up to now ist the huge dancing floor on QM2, this is one of the only things we miss on the small SB boats. Anyway if you are a dancer or not, the sheer size of QM2 is amazing and there are so many quiet areas with space to read and watch the waves go by (2 deck). You'll never feel a crowd except on the mostly very good lectures on the TAs (btw. they are anounced on the website).
Kind regards
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Hi, we have selected stateroom 6029 on a Queen Mary Transatlanic crossing .....
Hi, we were all over QM2 now and as well across the aisle in 6028. No Noise from above, very quick in the Commodores and the library, not far from the clever layout of the Kings Court, but miles from the dancing floor. And the best of all is the movement when in heavy seas!!
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On QM2 i like: the sheer size, the Queensroom to dance, the Commodore's, the deck 2 reading windows, the horn, the rumble of the diesels when going to the Brittania, the library, the teak decking, the look out, etc...
I also like Kings Court although it seems I'm the only one here on CC. One has just to figure out the stations and all works well. And above that it doesn't look like a pig feed as on the vista class vessels.
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Yes, Jim, such excursions in antiques are popular in the US too. But no one is investing in building and operating new antique steam vessels, new antique steam trains, .....
The Brits do that, with a brand new steam locomotive called "Tornado" built to the original blueprints, just minor safety modifications. And as a miracle it is very succesful! http://www.a1steam.com/
And the thing about the helium Zeppelins is a similar story as well. I got a ride to my 50 birthday in the newly built NT07 around lake Constance. That was a ride of a lifetime, as well as having a great day out behind a steam train (and a flight in a DC3 to my 40th).
So the market is there, but it is a small market to be realisic (btw the A1-Steamtrust is building another loco, see website above).
kind regards
Ooops just saw that Tornado was mentioned above, sorry!
2017 New Year Holiday Cruise, Spirit, BGI-FLL
in Silversea
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Dear Stumblefoot!
And there were 4 Austrians as well, two of them were dancing the Vienniese Waltz every evening, and these were the two of us! Sadly we didn't meet as there was no CC Meeting announced.
Anyway I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, especially at the back of the boat on deck 8 in the nice lounge chairs. This was the best spot on the boat and it is also reachable via the staircases on both sides. The only downsides of the cruise were the desserts (we are a bit hard to satisfy as Austrians) and the "personal butler" which appeared on the first day, never to be seen the rest of the week. In contrast to that everything was top notch!
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