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Thank you for sharing with us.

Sea air shrinking clothes is one of the major problems with cruising.

Rakkor, did you walk into Brooklyn from the ship or get a taxi? We are thinking of exploring Brooklyn on our b2b next year.

The balcony is glass fronted and the sheltered are metal fronted, a hole cut in the hull.

There are more sea days than appear at first glance. When the ship leaves early morning, eg 5th July from Boston, the rest of the day is at sea. We are on that trip and think there may be 3 sea days. Also, as Portland is a tender port, that could become another sea day.

We are Angela and Mike, travelling with our grown up son, Richard. We are from Farnborough in Hampshire.

Going under the Verrazano Narrows bridge has been one of the highlights on our TAs.

Hi BklynBoy8. We are there in July next year on the Independence Day cruise. We are also on QM2 for the TA from Southampton and back. We might bump into you on board.

Any canapes at all?

Thank you. That is where we thought from looking on Google Earth.

Does anyone know where the tenders will dock in Portland? We are looking for things to do but it would be easier if we knew where we would be setting foot on land. We already have a couple of ideas.

We were QV in September and just presented our room cards in the Verandah. We were not charged.

If you book it as a round trip you should be able to keep the same room.

Just seen on Facebook. Medivac happening.

How does the Princess personaliser differ from that for Cunard?

La Spezia is a lovely town to visit. We found a museum and the local market. I would spend longer going round the town if we visit again.

If anyone has missed it, Cunard have put on Facebook that anyone who has a current or future cruise booked through Thomas Cook then their holiday is safe. They will be in touch with those affected.

We had almost double this when we booked last year.  No special offer, no negotiating. 

Can anyone tell me if they have reduced the additional obc for booking on board? The figure I have found on the website is considerably less than we were given last year for our 14 night cruise next month.

Sleeveless tops are not permitted on men in Britannia for breakfast and lunch.

Last year we had the 20 item offer. We were on b2b cruises, Baltic and Med. The info was in a flyer with the next days programme. Don't know if this went to everyone or only those who had been on for some time. We had this offer after 31/2 weeks on board.

We were told last year, by the future sales/CWC that we could take our son, gold, as  our guest to any CWC funcion.

Thanks Hattie. That is hopeful for me.

Thank you Solent Richard. That is a very helpful picture.

Thank you for that Underwatr.  I think I would be happy with a sheltered balcony now I know I should be able to see places in New York. We always book starboard for a TA because of the view. 

I realise the answer may depend on which deck we are on, but is it possible to see  anything other than sky when sitting on the balcony while in New York? Would we be able to see the Statue of Liberty or the Manhattan skyline? 

Sheltered balconies and obstructed balconies seem to be the only ones available for the trip we are thinking of. Our second choice has glass fronted balconies available but no sheltered.

We will be booking while on our cruise in September in order to get maximum obc and realise that availability can change.