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Thank you! I ended up booking Cunard, I want it to be special and I want to have the cocktail receptions and fine dining so that we always remember it. Maybe he'll remember all of this when I am 50 and do something amazing too!! Ha. I feel that lady not paying in usd missed a good experience by never sailing cunard!

Thank you everybody for your help, we have booked the cruise on the Queen Anne and I added the drinks package as we would have a drink before dinner, couple of glasses of wine with dinner and maybe 3 drinks after dinner plus taking into account the sea days it would be more and also it means everything is paid for before we go apart from excursions.

Thanks all for your comments, help ans advice. I have bitten the bullet and booked a balcony room on Cunard 🥳

We just did a party cruise on the Virtuosa with 6000+ passengers on board. Given it was a totally different type of cruise but made me realise bigger ships aren't always best. It was totally perfect for what it was and what we wanted out of it though but the Fjords would be totally the other end of the spectrum in comparison

We just did a party cruise on the Virtuosa with 6000+ passengers on board. Given it was a totally different type of cruise but made me realise bigger ships aren't always best. It was totally perfect for what it was and what we wanted out of it though but the Fjords would be totally the other end of the spectrum in comparison

Thanks, I reckon for a week we would get our moneys worth and at least it would be paid in advance as well. We love to have a drink and people watch, we don't drink much at home but we work hard and having a drink to relax on holiday is perfect for us!

Thank you. We aren't huge drinkers but when we are on holiday we like a drink and they tend to be pricier drinks and a glass of wine with dinner. Thanks for the other info.

Thank you, that's really helpful information.

Thank you! I think we would definitely prefer a ship which wasn't as geared up to families, purely because we don't have a need for that and wouldn't holiday in a family orientated hotel.so doubt we would do a cruise that was more aimed at families. I was about 70% edging towards Cunard before but with the help of this group it has made me realise that Cunard is 100% the right one for us! Thank you all!

Thank you all, that is all very helpful and definitely sounds like I need to do some more research into this and look at the ports in more detail. Thank you so much

Yes we could do that one or the July one. I wasn't sure whether they were releasing any dates for June 2026 as there was a gap. We are flexible and if we aren't there for his birthday it's not the end of the world

Yes that is a potential and one that I priced up and was OK budget wise.

Thanks. Although I have said June, I am flexible on that. I've priced up the beginning July 2026 Fjords cruise and budget wise with Cunard that would be OK. We would be happy with some formal and some not as formal nights and are happy to dress smart for dinner.

Thanks John. We do several holidays each year and are restricted by annual leave and I'll only be telling hubby about this just before so we'll be on limited time. Maybe we will go again and for longer when we retire!

Yes! Sorry, hope you have a great time!