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Winifred 22 is right. There's no separate dress code between any of the restaurants, The Lido buffet excepted. If you wanted to dine together, it's The Lido buffet, Britannia [prior arrangement and usually OK], The Verandah [a pay for extra] or any Lido pop ups [to pay for speciality dining at the end of The Lido].

Wonderful. Regarding the first tranche, we managed all the ports, bar Seattle and Miami [we picked Victoria up in S.F. and 'did' FLL instead of Miami], on the last couple of segments of a QV Worldie and had the most fabulous time. I can thoroughly recommend it to those folk lucky enough to book.

and don't I know it. Took me ages to stop demagnetising my cruise card against my iPad. I'm sure on one cruise the Concierge got her daily work out running up and down stairs to the Front Desk for me when she insisted on getting replacement cards for me. 😀

Quite rightly bearing in mind not all of us take a phone away with us and not everyone has a phone capable of opening doors or paying for stuff anyway, I can't see open sesame by phone, just yet.

Many years ago, one of our non Cunard Alaska cruises featured in The Times Travel section. The journalist termed it 'The Parkas and Pearls' Cruise. Ultra casual during the day to fit in with 'exploring the frontier' etc, and the pearls came out at night time. It will certainly be different from a TA but that's no reason to change one's evening attire.

Does it matter? Maybe cut down on jackets if lugging is an issue but still take formal wear and to be frank, all my non formal wear- no dresses, just [very] smart trousers and tops/floaty overshirts, these days would be worn as formal by many as I have mixed and matched to Gala dinners too. We wear what we want and not what fits in with others and are utterly compliant with the advisories. D&N has expressed it well in #25 and whilst his idea of day wear is miles apart from ours, he is dressing to please himself and staying more than compliant and blow [in the nicest of ways 🙂] what others wear. That saying, you may be happily surprised and the ship of an evening no different from any other destination.

Lots of striking tops out there. It's just a case of finding them but let me put it this way, mine aren't found in an everyday High Street shop. 🙂

Gives a whole new dimension to Holy jeans!

It's quite obvious there are agents and then there are Super Agents. Find a gem and stick with him/her. I trust our agent implicitly and would never book with anyone else.

A new one on me and never heard of it but cute to have a tradition such as this. I would have thought if you explained the tradition to your wait staff/Head Waiter well in advance, they would be able to oblige.

I got a bit lost reading the post so forgive me, but I am under the impression the brochure price is the starting point for all agents over here before any agent discounts.

UK =or US apparently er [contrary lot over there 😁] Australia, probably 'or'. Doesn't matter witch wan yew yuse, wee no wat yew meen

I wouldn't bother. We never upload photos and it's done when we check in.

Zoot suit? Steamerpunk? You've lost me I'm afraid. We will stick to our usual conservative attire. If you were the only ones in fancy dress, doesn't that indicate fancy dress isn't what Gala nights are about? Your Zoots and Steamerpunk are both unknown to me but enjoy wearing them. ps, I still don't thin k there will be a Victorian Gala evening.

I completely agree apart from champagne. I prefer English sparkling wine and Tesco's Finest to be precise.

Flapper evening wear is adhering to the theme but I'm pretty sure a gala evening in the 20s didn't include guests toting blow up guns! 😀

What folk wear, is down to the individual but Gala for me does not mean fancy dress. I have a long strand of pearls and a feather what-not for my hair but apart from a long evening dress which has slight 20's beading, that does it for me. Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby evening wear, super but the Peaky Blinders outfits which seem to be creeping in? Pure fancy dress. It's a Gala night, not a fancy dress party!

Giles2000, I will be the first to own I can't be bothered with gala 'themes', especially those where folk think fancy dress is in order, other than a token nod to red and gold and the black and white evening, both of which take no additional packing for me at all but, I have yet to see a Victorian or a Venetian evening, unless Venetian refers to the Masquerade night.

Correct. The non refundable element will be for the 101st person onwards. It’s one way for a company to reach a wider audience I suppose.

Out of interest as I was really amused after reading the Vogue Australia link, I looked at the Circle site and maybe the non refundable bit 3rdGenCunarder is referring to is the initial fee which to be fair isn't expensive at all and is, I would imagine, non refundable. I have come across pay a fee for a selection of brand new clothes curated for you to choose from, and this is no different other than the fact the clothes are 'pre loved' but I feel this is a bit of a gimmick as far as Cunard is concerned.

I have yet to see jeans and tees worn for a formal dinner onboard ship. In fact, I don't recall seeing a tee sitting down for dinner on a non formal occasion but then it might have been missed as I wouldn't be looking for one. Apart from when the dress code specifically mentioned jeans, I don't recall seeing obvious jeans in the restaurant either but again, I might have missed a pair. The dress shop I go to calls the tops I buy, 'table top' tops. Beautiful tops seen to advantage when sitting down to dine and unless you change after dinner, the bottom half is 'on view' throughout the evening and that goes for formal and non formal evenings.

As a retired professional you will never see me dressed in jeans under any circumstances. We belong to a yacht club in the SF bay. If you check out the ladies attending the club casually, they will have on $1K designer jeans and correctly dressed with appropriate costly accessories. As a jeans wearer, I find your two opposite points of interest, It doesn't matter how much one spends on clothes. A tall willowy person will look a million$$$ in a $$ outfit and others of a different stature might look a mess in a $$$$ outfit. Clothes suitable for the figure of the wearer is what it's all about. I used to spend silly money on jeans until I realised I looked just the same in a pair a tenth or even a twentieth of the price. My wallet and my husband agreed with me!😀 We have dined with friends at an exclusive golf and country club in LA. I took an outfit with me especially to wear as the dress code had been sent to us and denim of any style, cut and colour, was in the 'what not to wear' when at the club, rules. Not so on Cunard. Jeans can be worn during the day and I have worn white denim trousers for dinner in the past with beautiful, appropriate tops. Anyone would be hard pressed to know the fabric was denim unless up close and personal. As an aside, I looked better dressed than many of my fellow passengers. The only time I saw blue jeans being worn for dinner was when the code was relaxed and blue jeans were allowed and the sky didn't fall and no one passed out at the sight of non ripped blue denim being worn of an evening for dinner.

We rarely get off the ship these days as most of the ports visited are not new to us and we like the calm ambiance of a few hours on a fairly deserted ship. We really use the ship as a floating hotel. The daily programme is definitely less active but there are still 'things' going on. The childrens' clubs have restricted hours but as far as I know, still operate when in port, the proviso being, a parent or guardian must be onboard, something I guess won't apply to you as you will be there. The Fjords is a perfect cruise for drinking in the magnificent scenery without the hassle of disembarking. It's one of our 'comfort cruises. Love it.

Don't get your hopes up too high. I too had a question about bedroom layout and the answer was to the effect the cabins are still a work in progress. Mind you, that was two months ago so maybe the work has progressed a bit since then. Good luck

I think 'party ship' all depends on a subjective definition. I have been on cruises where parts of the itinerary were two and four day shorties and on our last cruise, I would say the last four days qualified for my definition of a party cruise. Definitely a different vibe!