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I use Vesselfinder, but keep an eye on all three Cunarders. I also find it useful when on board, if the internet is having a good day, to identify the ships we pass.
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I don’t remember many negative comments about QM2 on here, though I’m sure there were some. However, if you go back far enough, you can find plenty of vitriol about the proposed Queen Victoria, which was clearly not a proper Cunard ship, being a Vista.
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Surely standing is against fire regs?
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Late dining gives you time for a nap (dangerous sea air, you know) and leaves you some room for tea.
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When I’ve been on QM2 recently, there have been a surprising number of people wanting to move. So, it has been easy to swap, if not to a table next to a window.
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Well, the restaurant staff certainly seem to have fantastic memories, as they address everyone by name after a very few meals. And, as I say, I strongly suspect Ico (and his fellows) does have some sort of crib sheet.
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Probably true. But it actually shouldn’t be.
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There is also a time and place. It is often nice to have a fairly lengthy chat at lunch when the restaurant is pretty empty because lots of people have gone on tours. Slowing the staff down during is very busy dinner service, perhaps when lots have turned up together after a party, is fair on neither the staff or the fellow passengers, but I have seen people try to do it.
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And if embarkation is on time, Grills are usually open 1-2.30 on embarkation day.
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And it gives you a chance to look at your table and try and get moved if you don’t like it.
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QG will be open. Lido, and pub.
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Some of us are simply not very memorable. I would not expect anyone, except perhaps Ico, who probably has a crib sheet, to remember me when we board on Sunday, despite the fact we were there in May. If they do, it will probably be as ‘the woman who managed to get Covid and cause lots of extra work.’ But we’ll see.
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It is lovely to be recognised and welcomed back, and good that it happens. But they must be careful not to make it seem like a club where those who are newcomers or simply not remembered (me perhaps) feel excluded.
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QE Alaska Review From A First Time Cunard Cruiser
exlondoner replied to ceilidh1's topic in Cunard Line
It’s not just production shows. I’ve been in lectures where the latecomers nearly collided with those leaving earlier. -
I agree. I have very much enjoyed a number of meals in his restaurant, but have never imagined his expertise lies in pub food.
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I think cps, wonderful as it is, would be dearer than a taxi, if you are away for four weeks.
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I saw some Gloucester Oldspots flying over the other day. But seriously, the other lot would still be disadvantaged by not having their butler.
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How can it not be, if a Q1 and a Q6 both want to have their cocktail parties at the same time? The poor butler can’t be in two places at once.
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And I would hope that, if, for instance, a lot of people wanted unpacking, then Q1s and Q2s would be done first. But then I’ve never come across anyone wanting unpacking.
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And pink champagne. 🙂
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Remember in much of Europe in the summer it is not dark until dinner is over. You may of course be blinded by the setting sun, but it is well worth having a window seat. And they won’t move you to someone’s empty table during the day either, in my experience.
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There is a lot of difference between five days TA and a three day portion of a longer cruise. Above all for the staff, in the days when many used to live and Southampton and were able to spend Tuesday and Wednesday nights at home once a fortnight. Imagine the difference that made.
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But the problem is to give you a window seat would mean moving someone else from their table. We have sailed with Cunard about 25 times, nearly always in the Grills, and only once, quite early on, have we had a table in the window. So I shouldn’t be offended.
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According to my brochure Q3s and Q4s in the Vistas are Penthouses. So that is what they are.
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Always providing you give reasonable notice, of course.
