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Absolutely, why the angst. Gentleman or Nobleman, there are occasions when a tie is required, and then there are occasions when not or optional. Should a possible tie less situation arise, it's comforting to know the choice is there to wear, or not to wear whilst ignoring the raised eyebrows of those who would seek to impose their own ideals on others. 🙂

So do I! 🤞

Thx Simple reason for my absence, I didn't know the answers. Still don't !!😄

Bette Midler film Beaches early scenes were filmed at Brighton Beach so this maybe a Brooklyn answer.

B2B booked on separate invoices, if you have any OBC left, how about pre paying bottles of wine to store up for the next cruise.

tfg, is a Cunard newbie and will have no CWC status, hence my reply. He/she might have priority status but that's unclear. Those who turn up whenever they want eg very early will not gain entrance to the terminal, as they did in the past. Others with no experience of the tightening up of terminal admissions, may still say, turn up when you want but, as you say, be sensible.

Depends on whom you ask. I'd say getting stricter, others may say piffle and turn up when you want.

Not sure if the room service menus are the same throughout the ship. but we find it more than sufficient for an occasional lunch. Then again, if in QG, you can order what you want as long as you give sufficient notice, eg a decent lunch salad of your own fixings with own choice of protein ordered with the Butler at breakfast time. 🙂

We have numerous trips booked on QA, sadly. I say sadly as it's definitely not a must do, but a beggars can't be choosers scenario if we want to continue with Cunard as our go-to cruise company. I don't like QM2 and we're not flying at the moment so QA it is. Again, sadly! However, glass half full and all that, we will enjoy her but also keep our fingers crossed she gets shipped out to fly/cruise duty in '26 and our beloved QV comes back to be based in Southampton. 🙂

No idea but priority em/disembarkation is a 'benefit' listed.

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I don't call monitoring amount of passengers checking in, jobsworth, at all. If everyone turned up whenever they felt like it , eg, early, mayhem could ensue as we have seen happen in the past. Now it's more an orderly checking in process. or it seemed so in '23.

Maybe the folk ironing when I enter, stand close but as I said, it's snug but 'passable'.

In which case, hat pins might be de rigueur as it can be windy if breaking into a run whilst promenading around the deck, or so I've been told! 😀

The last time we were asked if we'd like to tour the QV Grill's galley was about six years ago. Assuming the layout hasn't changed, it's not small [think double decked with an escalator to travel between levels] but it is indeed, very impressive. NE John, all Grills food, unless a member of the wait staff is despatched on an immediate basis to scour the decks for a certain cheese or grab some unordered sushi from the Lido 😀] is prepared and cooked in that galley. Or so we are often reliably informed.

No squeezing past folk needed to enter the laundrettes on QE/QV. Yes it's a snug area but they're not that tight.

The advised minimum for Smart Attire MDR dining is a pair of, say, chinos and a dress shirt and that is most acceptable and he would not be out of place at all. Gala evenings in the MDR are dark suit or Tux..The Lido is an evening option where one can dine if any of this isn't on the cards. Don't worry about any themes. They can be ignored. Obviously I don't know any resulting issues with your fall and assuming you aren't in an accessible cabin and not knowing at which port you're boarding and making an assumption you can walk a little, if going solo could be an option and if the availability is there, have you thought of hiring a collapsible power chair for ease of getting around?

We find Queens Grill on Elizabeth and Victoria very accommodating for wheelchair users, both in respects of the staff and the cabins.

but we are not into costumes and themed nights really A Gala night, themed or not is a Formal evening.You will be in the majority if you ignore the themes although some themes are easier to join in with than others. The Black and White Gala evening is pretty easy to follow and quite a few ladies add a string of pearls and a feather fascinator etc as their 'nod' to the '20's evening if they don't want to go 'flapper'ish'. A mask for the Masquerade Gala evening is fairly easy to facilitate, but the vast majority of passengers [including us as we ignore any themes] dress for a Gala dinner in a Formal way so please don't let the lack of a white dress floor you. Dress for the Formal evening and enjoy whatever colour of dress [assuming you're going to wear a dress and not beautiful separates] you pick to wear that night. 🙂

I'm pretty sure some of our internet rolled over. Things have changed now though so it will be a whole new ball game anyway.

OG dining choice on one of our QA bookings Dining type You will be welcome to dine between 6.00pm and 9.00pm.

I'm sure pre Covid, our internet allowances rolled over to the next segment, possibly because we'd booked segments as one booking. Things might have changed of course post Covid.

Another aspect is a school uniform [and all the secondary schools around here, public and private have one, with ties] creates equality and those with the ability to 'dress designer' do not 'outshine' those without that ability. Same could be said for getting rid of all themes.

Sorry, I'd put Gala night untucked gold shirt with matching beads, on a par with Gala night untucked Hawaiian shirt. I too noticed rouge/rogue but decided silence the better part of valour as I'd already been advised to look up aspects of English history and didn't want a lecture on grammar policing too. The irony is, the poster reckons Formal wear is falling apart, and yet they are party to this with their fancy dress approach. Others' wear has no effect on my enjoyment whatsoever and I would ignore the outrageous [Gala untucked gold shirt etc] even if I do inwardly laugh but to describe Fancy Dress as Gala OK, doesn't sit well with me.

My husband wore white linen pants with a metalic gold shirt untucked and gold beads. For a Gala night?