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I cannot for the life of me see how these differ much, though it seems rather bizarre to call a journey on a ship a perambulation, which means walking around. Of course there are a significant number of passengers on QM2 whose voyages are simply for the purpose of getting from A to B. Not sure how they fit in with either of your similar definitions.
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I think it is an entirely random process. Sometimes I’ve had them, sometimes not. Probably decided by a being in training to be the equally random upgrade fairy.
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Please tell me it wasn’t David Gower. Not that I care what he eats, but I would be green with envy if you had shared a table with him. 😀
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We had to begin refusing the rolls at lunchtime after a few days. Such a shame, but capacity is not infinite.
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You bet you will. 😀
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Well, it depends, doesn’t it? I read one that complained that QG breads were of only two types, white and brown. Now, in a way that is true, those are the colours bread tends to come in. But there are plain, seeded, flaked, salted, cheesy, and sometimes tomatoey, many of them in both colours. So that statement seems unworthy of much respect.
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Sometimes, sometimes not.
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On the other hand, if we were all restricted to wearing clothes that are flattering, some of us would never be able to set foot outside our cabins.
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I like you have never worn a jean, but there is really nothing objectionable or contrary to any dress code to wearing (preferably clean and smart, as with all garments) jeans during the day, and it is perverse to pretend otherwise. It is completely different in the evening, if you want to enjoy all the ships amenities.
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That little equilateral triangle means they are wheelchair accessible, so you probably can’t book them.
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We had a Vista P1 once, and honestly never again because of the narrow, claustrophobic shape - and indeed the short balcony. Even though the Q4s are a lot more, we think they are worth it.
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I should not have thought a forward facing balcony was agreeable as it would get the full force of the wind whenever the ship is moving.
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Yes, simply having a more distant horizon and larger views. Also if you are parked next to the quay in a port where the terminal is quite tall, you can’t really see over it on Deck 4. Scrutinise cabins on Deck 8 very carefully to see what they are below. The often move things around in the Lido and round the pools early in the morning.
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Deck 4 has larger balconies, but I like to be as high as possible, so usually book Deck 7. The lifeboats don’t obtrude on any cabins in the central stack.
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Interesting, I think you may mean flout, but flaunt works equally well, though opposite in meaning.😀
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Well, the three times I have done it, almost all the passengers seem to have been up watching, but I’m sure it would be more that just a handful
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To, say, 500 passengers on a very busy day? Why not just arrange a very early automatic wake up?
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What the food like in the Britannia Restaurant?
exlondoner replied to Ocean Mouse's topic in Cunard Line
Or possibly rose-coloured spectacles? -
I’m not sure getting angry will help. Just make you feel worse. Console yourself with the thought that, thank goodness, their ships are much better than their shoreside.
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Perhaps they assume you have had lunch before getting to the terminal?
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Balcony vs Oceanview/Inside for late April / Early May TA
exlondoner replied to LB_NJ's topic in Cunard Line
I was very impressed by the sheltered balcony cabin that we were quarantined in. Get one on the south side of the ship, and you can sit out and enjoy the sun. And, if you are reasonably tall (more than 5’10”), you can see a bit of the sea while seated. -
Not as soon as you get on board, though the first night is cheaper, but I have rung up on the day I wanted to go and it was full.
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We had a five-nighter on QE in her first season. I don’t remember any raucousness. And we have been on longer cruises that included trips sold as two-nighters to Hamburg and back. Again all was peaceful, except the noisy and affectionate farewells as we sailed up the Elbe.
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Goodness, that would be a scary thought. I could imagine booking what was intended to be a restful four nighter to Hamburg, and finding myself surrounded by raucous hens/stags, who, of course, are just as entitled to be there as I, just unexpected.
