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They did make an announcement to that effect on safety and asked people to watch on the screens in the pub or on the cabin tv. All the people ignored it and stayed in place. Yes, Cunard should have been more forceful and we mentioned this on the post cruise questionnaire. Ultimately though, it's still down to the people who only think of themselves and just do what they want with no respect to anything else.

On one of our tours, the couple in the seats behind us were coughing all the time. There's nothing you can do about that and being on there for an extended time wasn't a pleasant experience. Will be making my own arrangements for ports in future to mitigate the risk. Standing at the back out of the way is the only option for the theatre as it's not really big enough for the amount of people who want to watch. People were sat and standing in the isles for the Clive Myrie talks and I was sitting at the end of a row and had a lady stood holding onto my seat and standing over me who had a pile of tissues stuck under her nose and was sniffing and coughing the whole time. Wouldn't put myself through that again and probably caught the bug in one of those instances. Think most of the bars have quite good spacing and it seemed the Queens room was the main one for overcrowding but didn't go in there when it was busy. Next cruise I'll be doing things differently and hopefully will be OK. It's not Cunards fault. It comes down to the people on board and their attitudes.

Thanks for that. Have been in an aft balcony on Ventura and really enjoyed the outside space but was worried the Britannia ones were more on display.

Am thinking of booking a suite on Britannia and have looked at the ones at the back. The deck plan stes they are overlooked from above. Does this mean they are completely exposed or is there some cover over part of the balcony. Would appreciate any info from those who have been in those cabins.

Was on Queen Anne to Iceland in July after not cruising for many years. Was shocked by the amount of people openly coughing their guts up without covering their mouths. Said to other half on day 3 it felt like a plague ship. Managed to avoid it until the last day when I had flu like symptoms and did a test when we got home which confirmed it. There was a very old demographic on board and it just felt like they'd learned nothing from the pandemic. Really liked the ship overall but would avoid the theatre and coach trips next time.