Colin_Cameron

Well done @bluemarble. Dusky Sound it is. Both photos were taken at about the same time. The first one looking slightly forward, from our starboard balcony, the second looking straight out.

Any thoughts on this location?

It's been a hectic few weeks and these ended up a bit rushed. Rudolf got sacked, I would have liked a lot more decoration on the sleighs, and I resorted to buying the Santas. But apart from that, three cakes delivered on time.

Life has been a bit of a roller-coaster these last couple of weeks. We had a big trip planned to NZ and Australia for the end of Jan including getting between them on QV as part of her world cruise. Final payment date for everything was the end of November. When dad's health deteriorated two weeks ago, suddenly going away for three months at the start of next year didn't seem like such a good idea. Everything else was changeable or cancellable, even after final payment but we had to make a decision on the cruise. Fast. So on the 27th we moved the booking to a short QA cruise closer to home later in the year (Copenhagen and Oslo). Without getting too morbid about things, we never got around to making any of the other changes and this week we have re-booked the Auckland to Sydney voyage on QV. I may be quiet for another couple of weeks as I'll be quite busy. Those Christmas cakes are not going to finish themselves, amoungst other things. So I'll wish you all a Merry Christmas now, and I'll be back in the New Year.

SNAP!

Auckland

I should have said, we booked this around a year ago which is why I can't remember. There is no cabin allocated which, I agree, suggests a Saver Fare. But there is a confirmed dining time, and a quantity of on-board credit that suggests a Cunard Fare. The lack of a cabin# is due to it being a sector of next year's world cruise and they weren't allocating cabins for sectors over a year out. Fortunately Cunard confirmed that this was indeed a Cunard Fare booking. I just wondered if I could have worked that out for myself?

Does anyone know how to tell from a booking confirmation or online (booking direct with Cunard) which type of fare one has booked? I eventually called Cunard and they told me my fare type, but didn't know the answer to this question. Is there a code I'm overlooking or something? Surely there must be something in the numerous emails and attachments they've sent that could have saved me (and them) that phone call?

Eight reindeer? Where's Rudolph?

That's sort of what I was thinking. If they're flying why do they need to move their legs. Makes my job much easier😁

OK. I've given up on the gingerbread reindeer. My biscuit skills are clearly not up to the task. I've decided to model them in icing instead and have been googling how reindeer move, but all the results are for running on the ground. Does anyone know how they move when they're flying?

It's not Cunard's video. I think it's the shipyard's.

I too like the vloggers mentioned. We even cruised with Emma earlier this year. But their content is different. It’s aimed at a different audience for a start. At least different from my videos. Mine are made for me. Yes they’re on YouTube but that’s just a place to store them. They are unlisted, if you try searching you won’t find them. They won’t pop up on anyone’s suggestion list. Most of the videos posted in this thread seem to be the same. Made for the person that made them rather than an ad revenue generating machine, and I think that makes them special.

QE2 had a Baggage Master. The current fleet do not.

I'm struggling to work out your viewpoint, but that looks an awful lot like Malaga.

My, there are some "weel ken't faces", both passengers and crew, in that video. Thanks for posting.

So my first attempt at making gingerbread reindeer for the cakes didn't go to plan. If anyone has a use for gingerbread hippos let me know.😄

A rich fruit cake. I posted the recipe a few years ago, back in post #1328. Oh dear, today is not going well. I had no problems yesterday but having measured out the ingredients today, the mixer refuses to do anything. So it's back to the old standby 1hp mixer (1 human power). My right arm and shoulder now ache. Guess what I'll be asking Santa for this year?

I realised it's been a while since anyone posted any videos. Since the last one was Vistafjord, here's Sagafjord in 1995. Doesn't seem like over 28 years ago. We had a trip to visit relatives in San Diego then to Disneyland but I've chopped that out. So there's a short bit (90s) of LA then off to Cabo San Lucas, Accapulco, Puerto Quetzal, through the Panama Canal, Aruba, and finishing at Fort Lauderdale.

It's that time of year again. Today I baked the first six of eighteen cakes, to be assembled into three Christmas cakes. I have to thank @Kynance for the suggestion, albeit three years ago, of Santa in his sleigh full of gifts being pulled by reindeer.

Why? Was it wanting to get to the other side?

I was wondering if there was something major wrong with just one cabin and all the others between it and the loading point have to be shuffled out to replace the broken one?

“how to communicate with friends“ Passengers on Cunard ships have been successfully communicating with each other for over 180 years. Why has it suddenly become so difficult?😕 This is not specifically aimed at the OP. There have been others asking the same question recently.

How about - the blue formal is followed by the blue casual, and the silver sparkly formal is followed by the white casual so that the blue, or silver sparkly, nail polish doesn't have to be changed every day. I swear I'm not making this up!

Our last Cunard trip was two weeks on QE plus a 1/2 World Cruise on QM2. We had an Excell spreadsheet (nothing to do with me) that not only detailed what outfits, shoes, etc. were for each night, but also which case they were to be packed in. So that we could, if the worst happened, cope with the loss of one suitcase.