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I would say there is no difference in the sophistication of passengers between Cunard ships. All have their share of 'the sophisticated'. I do however agree there seems to be a higher degree of formality on a TA cruise than a non TA cruise.

My husband is a jacket wearer but that's his choice although some of his shirts could be worn quite easily without a jacket and wouldn't look too 'undressy' .Once onboard and after a night or two, you'll get a feel of the ambiance and as a turtle neck takes so little room, I'd pack it. It could be a piece of 'day wear'. Whatever, thanks for asking opinions and have a SUPER time. 🙂

I know, and there lies the problem. 🙂 To add, I haven't seen Cunard official photos of denim wearers for evening wear but I have seen chino wearers.

I am just trying to find out whether the four-word website statement of "dress shirt and trousers" is literally the rule or whether it is somewhat a guide and aspirational. It's def. not aspirational as most follow and it's a definite guide rather than a somewhat one. Of course rules are always there to be flouted by some and I would like to think rather than rule, it's more the guide most Cunard passengers follow.

The problem with the sentence highlighted is, as we all know, very subjective and dress styles for different occasions vary throughout the world. To enjoy the main body of the ship of an evening, they should have kept with the sentence before the highlighted one eg dress shirt and trousers.

EmVic,definitely sounds as if it was a Butler problem rather than the actual ship. A bit late for me to say this but I would have had words with the Concierge and if necessary, the Head Housekeeper or Hotel Director.

I agree and our home meat consumption, especially red meat has gone down significantly but on a cruise, I am on holiday and I want to see MEAT. So have the veggie options, but please Cunard, don't stint on the carnivore choices.

I have a very early edition of Clement Moore's T'was the Night before Christmas and Arthur Rackham's drawings have always been the definitive reindeer in flight for me and his reindeer fit your description.

Never mind phoning for Norman, fish knives were banned at the Royals' table and pronounced 'common' by Edward V11. In practice, if you must have distinct fish eaters, two forks are far more practical when dissecting fish, the fish of course first having been filleted and at the table if ordered in QG. Me? I'd go with whatever utensil is placed by the side of my plate. Can't say I'm bothered what style they are as long as they work. WantedOnVoyage, you obviously weren't on our trips because apart from one returned filet mignon when I didn't have strong enough specs to find it on my plate, we have found the meat rather good. Excellent in fact.

I think you'll find WantedOnVoyage, most who post on this board are aware there are booking differences on either side of 'the pond' but equally, most are also aware it all comes clean in the wash. Now D&N along with one or two others has tried to give a clearer picture to anyone who moans about booking inequality but it doesn't seem to sink in the fact there are pluses and minuses on both sides. Unfortunately the minuses loom a lot larger than the pluses for one or two. As for chocolate, apart from Hershay's Kisses, you can keep yours as our Cadbury choc bars are the best! 😄

Sunrise over a slightly misty fjord as cruised to Oslo August'22.

As I said, get a day room if you don't want a sightsee tour before purchasing a lounge pass, if they are available to purchase at YVR. We have flown Air Canada in the past and I think it was an early evening flight. Might be still operating.

I'm a Bizet fan too and my post was a deliberate [obviously poor] attempt at a play on words, hence my mention of 'misquote'. Ooops 0/10 I must do better 😀

yes it is, hence the 'misquote'! 😄 Corriador v toreador Sorry. Forgive my brain. 🥴

Thought you were misquoting Bizet for a moment. I read it as corriador!! My brain is obviously wired bizarrely 🥴

I don't think those of you in the UK should feel left out. We certainly don't feel left out at all. 🙂

Really LOVE the carpet design, whilst sober!! Might look a little iffy after dinner wine and a couple of L.I.I.Ts 😄

Very. 😀

Apart from the fact QA's Maiden seems booked out, we turned down the original Maiden as we didn't like the idea of the BoB in January especially as we didn't want the cabin position offered. If the itinerary suited and our cabin choice available, we'd have no problem sailing on a Maiden. Glitches would be part of the fun. I'm sure the following couple of cruises will have their little quirks, before being ironed out for the rest of her schedules but who books, however inadvertently [🙂] a new ship without being prepared for little quirks!

If we arrive on an early flight, we’ve generally booked the hotel for the night before so we go straight to our room. We book our own hotels but it’s worth seeing if you can do the same. For departure, lounges are great and we get them as part of our flights, but as an alternative you could always see if you can book a day room at an airport hotel.

Thank you without reservation.🙂 You're not overthinking. It was a horrible thing to have occurred and even though I didn't think Cunard responsible, some TLC without any acceptance of liability along with communication would have gone a long way to help. If nothing else, this should make folk want to read the very small print and be aware of the company's limited liabilities.

Thank you, I think! 🙂

Still would have complained at the time but too late now. Water under the bridge now as you say but thank goodness Covid panic stations are less panicky now.

The Covid measure you had to endure is now a thing of the past and now at least you can stay in your cabin and have access to other telephone numbers. I still find it incredible non medical staff were even contemplating fielding calls to medical staff. That to me is worth an official complaint, to the Hotel Director/Captain when onboard and one to the complaints dept. once home.

Didn’t the Butler keep in touch? Did you page him/ her? Did the medical centre check in with you daily as you were poorly enough to be concerned about the anti virals for your husband? Poor show if none of this happened.