Lynnewob

Wow, that was not our experience at all. The only slow/wrong service we had was Bar service in the casino at the tables. We just rolled with it as a lot of new staff are on board. Decks and interior were all in good shape.

Our 29 Aug to 5 Sep cruise (BCN-BCN) on QE has 1469 on board according to the Snr Maitre D'

Well, the last day is upon us. Valencia, before disembarking in Barcelona tomorrow. Breakfast in the room with champagne as its our anniversary and then a little walk around as we were here in March. Back on board, packing done and in the balcony chilling with Veuve and choc chip cookies until sailaway - living the high life eh 😂 Rakkor, haven't seen you in the Grills lounge but if you see us tonight at around 8ish , say hello. I'll be in a bright orange dress with matching shoes.

I understand if it's booked as one voyage, that you'll only get 1 allowance. If its booked as 2 separate trips with different booking numbers, it will reset again.

We're also on board at the moment 29 Aug-5 Sep. Flew BA (on Iberia metal) from LHR after a night at the very basic Thistle Heathrow. Pods to T5 worked quickly. Checked in at 0530 for 0905 flight. Booked independently using frequent flyer miles on a companion voucher so in economy. As Silver booked an exit row. If we weren't Silver with BA we would not have been allowed to check in until 0705. It also allows 2 pieces of luggage each at 23kg. We had originally booked 0615 flight but that got cancelled so moved to this one. Busyish flight but a couple of spare rows, at the back. Collected luggage and spoke to a few who were joining QE with transfers booked. We hopped in a cab outside - flat fare of 39 Euros. Fast check in at 1pm, only 4 other couples around. Straight to suite to drop of hand luggage and to QG restaurant for lunch. After lunch, luggage arrived, unpacked, had champagne on balcony and wandered around to say hi to staff we know. Grills lounge for a drink at 7.45pm and dinner after which was lovely. Have a table for 2 in the window. On balcony for departure at 11.30pm. No breakfast as still full from night before. Sea is like a millpond and sun is On starboard side (we're on portside). Still warm at 27 degrees. Lots of people on steamer chairs on deck 3. Talk on Donald Campbell (Bluebird) at 10.15am and Diamond World Club lunch in Verandah. Premium Internet worked best for us as a diamond member as only 6 days remaining so chose premium option as works out free being diamond member. Red/Gold gala night tonight.

We are now assigned 😁, a Q4 - 7080, which is not surprising really given how many Q4's there are on deck 7.

We used the PG & QG gty bookings previously and thought they had disappeared too. However, we've been booked on a Q6 Gty since Sep 21 for an upcoming QE trip on 29 Aug. It will be interesting to see what we get assigned.

We just got off too (nearly home now) Agree about issues trying to get seats in bars Pre-dinner. It was a game of chance. We were club class dining so didn't have any sort of wait, but compared to previous trips, you could tell the waiters were very rushed. Didn't touch open decks as too busy and enjoyed our balcony instead. On a ship this full, we'd never use pools or hot tubs. We're gamblers so.spent a lot of time in the casino and it got very rowdy with drinkers late on which we could hear from the tables. Surprised staff didn't cut people off drinking as some were definitely hammered. Wines were different to what was on the menu as they ran out of stock and didn't know what they had. You could ask for a red pinot noir for example and not know what it was you were drinking as the staff didn't know either. Stock shortages created the changes and the staff weren't kept up to date. Haven't got another Princess booked but did get an FCD. Our 2 issues were resolved quickly. 1 pair of ladies trousers ruined by the laundry and hubby had a ceramic shard in his apple pie last night. Luckily no damage done to him or his teeth thankfully.