QV and 2023 dress code/theme schedules

[bluemarble]

It looks like dress code and themed evening schedules may now be available on My Cunard for QV. And schedules may be out for 2023 as well, at least into the 2023 world voyages. I received a report from @frankp01 on the "Dress Code and Theme Schedules for 2021-22" sticky that the schedule is listed now for his segment of the 2023 QV world voyage.

 

I'm willing to start a master 2022 dress code and theme schedule document for QV. If you are on a 2022 QV voyage and are now seeing the dress code and theme schedules on your daily calendar within My Cunard, please post what you are seeing and I'll start compiling the results into a QV document for 2022.

 

I'm also willing to start master dress code and theme schedule documents for 2023 for all three of the ships. If you are on a 2023 voyage and are seeing the dress code and theme schedules in My Cunard, please post what you are seeing and I'll start compiling those results as well.

 

As a reminder, I'll need the name of your ship, the dates of your voyage, which dates will be gala evenings, and what the themes (if any) will be on those gala evenings.

[Jonem2001]

Hello, @bluemarble! Grateful as ever for your hard work.

 

I can start you off with Queen Victoria’s V230; 11 - 15 November 2022. There is one gala night on the 12th, the theme for which is ‘Black and White’.

[Bell Boy]

Queen Victoria 

V214  5th June -19th  2022

 

6th June -Black&White 

11th June -Red & Gold 

17th June- Roaring 20's

[2BACRUISER]

QV Trip V221 Fjords 14/8-21/8

15th Aug - Gala Black & White

19th Aug -  Gala Roaring 20's

all other smart attire

Off to get my black frock shortened so i dont go backside over face coming down the stairs lol😝

[Tillylovesseabourn]

QV 31st Aug 4 nights 

31st Smart attire

1st Smart attire

2nd Black & White Gala Eve

3rd Smart attire

[jimbo1683]

On 3/23/2022 at 5:14 PM, Jonem2001 said:

Hello, @bluemarble! Grateful as ever for your hard work.

 

I can start you off with Queen Victoria’s V230; 11 - 15 November 2022. There is one gala night on the 12th, the theme for which is ‘Black and White’.

We will be joining you!

[LittleFish1976]

 

QE Q309A 14th February, 2023 to 22 February, 2023

 

15th Feb Gala night - Black and White theme

21st Feb Gala night - Masquerade theme

 

I must say I think the 21st being a Gala night is an error as it's the night before disembarkation for those doing the 'A' version of the cruise - perhaps though, we will be in the minority and we will just have to organise our packing as best we can!

 

Is it common practice to not take 'segments' and their disembarkation days into account when planning the gala nights? It's not something I've come across before.

 

[Host Hattie]

We've had a Gala night as our last night

[exlondoner]

2 hours ago, Host Hattie said:

We've had a Gala night as our last night

 

So have we. And it wasn't scheduled until after we'd boarded.

[bluemarble]

8 hours ago, LittleFish1976 said:

QE Q309A 14th February, 2023 to 22 February, 2023

 

15th Feb Gala night - Black and White theme

21st Feb Gala night - Masquerade theme

 

I must say I think the 21st being a Gala night is an error as it's the night before disembarkation for those doing the 'A' version of the cruise - perhaps though, we will be in the minority and we will just have to organise our packing as best we can!

 

Is it common practice to not take 'segments' and their disembarkation days into account when planning the gala nights? It's not something I've come across before.

 

Yes, it does sometimes happen that gala evenings are planned for the day before disembarkation.

 

This happens a lot with the short cruises such as Southampton-Hamburg / Hamburg-Southampton where there really isn't any alternative to scheduling gala evenings on the single sea day between Southampton and Hamburg.

 

Similarly, QE's Australia seasons have had segments that start/end in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane with only a single sea day between them. Gala evenings have sometimes been scheduled on those sea days which end up being the day before disembarkation for some passengers.

 

The 2020 Alaska season had segments scheduled to start/end in either Vancouver or Victoria. Gala evenings were planned the day before arrival back in Victoria (two days before arrival back in Vancouver).

 

Now in your case, it's less clear cut since they could have scheduled your final gala evening on 20th Feb. But since that's a port day (in a string of four consecutive port days), that probably factored into the decision to schedule the gala evening on your final sea day rather than one of those previous port days. Certainly not ideal for you but probably preferable for those doing the full Melbourne round trip.

[LittleFish1976]

12 hours ago, bluemarble said:

 

Yes, it does sometimes happen that gala evenings are planned for the day before disembarkation.

 

This happens a lot with the short cruises such as Southampton-Hamburg / Hamburg-Southampton where there really isn't any alternative to scheduling gala evenings on the single sea day between Southampton and Hamburg.

 

Similarly, QE's Australia seasons have had segments that start/end in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane with only a single sea day between them. Gala evenings have sometimes been scheduled on those sea days which end up being the day before disembarkation for some passengers.

 

The 2020 Alaska season had segments scheduled to start/end in either Vancouver or Victoria. Gala evenings were planned the day before arrival back in Victoria (two days before arrival back in Vancouver).

 

Now in your case, it's less clear cut since they could have scheduled your final gala evening on 20th Feb. But since that's a port day (in a string of four consecutive port days), that probably factored into the decision to schedule the gala evening on your final sea day rather than one of those previous port days. Certainly not ideal for you but probably preferable for those doing the full Melbourne round trip.

 

Thanks bluemarble and others for your comments. Yes, it doesn't really matter at all to me as long as I'm back in the cabin in time to pack my clothes in my suitcase and have it outside the cabin door!

 

[WestonOne]

QV Aug 2022
10 Aug - Smart Attire

11 Aug - Gala - Black & white

12 Aug - Smart Attire

13 Aug - Smart Attire.

[bluemarble]

Thanks to everyone's help we're doing quite well with QV's 2022 dress code/theme schedule. I figure we're almost 70% there now.

 

Here are the gaps that need to be filled in yet for QV 2022.

 

V224: Sep 4-Sep 23 = Venice and the Adriatic (19 nights)

V226: Oct 7-Oct 11 = Amsterdam (4 nights)

V229: Oct 30-Nov 11 = Canary Islands (12 nights)

V232: Nov 25-Nov 29 = Amsterdam (4 nights)

V233: Nov 29-Dec 11 = Canary Islands (12 nights)

V301: Dec 23-Jan 7 = Canary Islands Celebration (15 nights)

 

For 2023, I now have the full dress code/theme schedule for QV's 2023 world voyage.

 

Is anyone seeing the dress code/theme schedule for QM2's 2023 world voyage?

[Camgirl]

Hi Bluemarble,

here are the gala nights for cruise V224 leaving on the 4th Sept. Annoyingly there only 4 on a 19 night cruise with just 7 port days.

 

6th - Black and White

9th - Masquerade 

15th - Red and Gold

21st - Roaring Twenties

[bluemarble]

20 minutes ago, Camgirl said:

Hi Bluemarble,

here are the gala nights for cruise V224 leaving on the 4th Sept. Annoyingly there only 4 on a 19 night cruise with just 7 port days.

 

6th - Black and White

9th - Masquerade 

15th - Red and Gold

21st - Roaring Twenties

 

Thank you very much for that contribution, @Camgirl.

 

Could I ask you to double-check the date of that first gala evening (Black and White)? It's more typical for Cunard to schedule that for the evening of the first full sea day rather than the second. I was expecting to see that scheduled for 5th Sept rather than 6th Sept. There are exceptions to that rule (especially on QE's schedule), but I'd just like to be sure about that date.

[Camgirl]

1 hour ago, bluemarble said:

 

Thank you very much for that contribution, @Camgirl.

 

Could I ask you to double-check the date of that first gala evening (Black and White)? It's more typical for Cunard to schedule that for the evening of the first full sea day rather than the second. I was expecting to see that scheduled for 5th Sept rather than 6th Sept. There are exceptions to that rule (especially on QE's schedule), but I'd just like to be sure about that date.

I have checked again and it is definitely the 6th for the first gala evening at the moment. Unusual, I would agree, but that is what is coming up on the calendar for the cruise. It could still be a mistake, of course.....

[groryjm]

Queen Victoria V227

Norway And Northern Lights, 12 nights.

11 Oct - 23 Oct 2022

 

12th Oct Gala Evening - Black and White
15th Oct Gala Evening - Masquerade
20th Oct Gala Evening- Roaring Twenties

[LadyL1]

On 4/4/2022 at 4:47 PM, bluemarble said:

Thanks to everyone's help we're doing quite well with QV's 2022 dress code/theme schedule. I figure we're almost 70% there now.

 

Here are the gaps that need to be filled in yet for QV 2022.

 

V224: Sep 4-Sep 23 = Venice and the Adriatic (19 nights)

V226: Oct 7-Oct 11 = Amsterdam (4 nights)

V229: Oct 30-Nov 11 = Canary Islands (12 nights)

V232: Nov 25-Nov 29 = Amsterdam (4 nights)

V233: Nov 29-Dec 11 = Canary Islands (12 nights)

V301: Dec 23-Jan 7 = Canary Islands Celebration (15 nights)

 

For 2023, I now have the full dress code/theme schedule for QV's 2023 world voyage.

 

Is anyone seeing the dress code/theme schedule for QM2's 2023 world voyage?

Blue Marble

V233 

30th Nov. B&W

2nd  Dec.  Masquerade 

9th Dec.    Roaring 20s

 

All the rest are smart attire!

[FindMeH]

Q308  Queen Elizabeth 
11-14 Feb 2023 From Melbourne - Burnie - Melbourne.

12 Feb - Black & White
Remaining are smart attire.

[gazza860]

 

DRESS CODES CENTENARY WORLD VOYAGE, 2023 QUEEN VICTORIA.

11th January – 23rd April Southampton- Southampton.

Legend:

B&W = Black & White

R&G = Red & Gold

Masq = Masquerade

11 /01 SMART

12/01 SMART

13 JAN 2023  B&W

14/01 SMART

15/01 SMART

16/01 SMART

17 JAN 2023 GALA

18/01 SMART

19/01 SMART

20/01 SMART

21/01 SMART

22 JAN R & G

23/ 01 SMART

24/01 SMART

25/01 SMART

26/01 SMART

27 JAN MASQ

28/01 SMART

29/01 SMART

30/01 SMART

31/01 SMART

01 FEB GALA

02/02 SMART

03/02 SMART

04 FEB 20’S

05/02 SMART

06/02 SMART

07/02 SMART

08/02 SMART

09 FEB B&W

10/02 SMART

11/02 SMART

12/02 SMART

13/02 SMART

14 FEB GALA

15/02 LOST DAY INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

16/02 SMART

17/02 SMART

18/02 SMART

19/02 SMART

20/02 SMART

21/02 SMART

22 FEB R & G

23/02 SMART

24/02 SMART

25/02 SMART

26/02 SMART

27 FEB 20’S

28/02 SMART

01/03 SMART

02/03 SMART

03 MAR B & W

04/03 SMART

05/03 SMART

06/03 SMART

07 MAR GALA

08/03 SMART

09/03 SMART

10/03 SMART

11 MAR R & G

12/03 SMART

13/03 SMART

14/03 SMART

15 MAR MASQ

16/03 SMART

17/03 SMART

18 MAR B & W

19/03 SMART

20/03 SMART

21/03 SMART

22/03 SMART

23/03 SMART

24 MAR GALA

25/03 SMART

26/03 SMART

27 MAR R & G

28/03 SMART

29/03 SMART

30/03 SMART

31 MAR 20’S

01/04 SMART

02/04 SMART

03/04 SMART

04 APR B & W

05/04 SMART

06/04 SMART

07/04 SMART

08/04 SMART

09 APR GALA

10/04 SMART

11/04 SMART

12/04 SMART

13/04 SMART

14/04 SMART

15/04 SMART

16/04 SMART

17 APR MASQ

18/04 SMART

19/04 SMART

20/04 SMART

21 APR 20’S

22/04 SMART

[roscoe39]

On 4/25/2022 at 7:59 AM, gazza860 said:

 

DRESS CODES CENTENARY WORLD VOYAGE, 2023 QUEEN VICTORIA.

11th January – 23rd April Southampton- Southampton.

Legend:

B&W = Black & White

R&G = Red & Gold

Masq = Masquerade

11 /01 SMART

12/01 SMART

13 JAN 2023  B&W

14/01 SMART

15/01 SMART

16/01 SMART

17 JAN 2023 GALA

18/01 SMART

19/01 SMART

20/01 SMART

21/01 SMART

22 JAN R & G

23/ 01 SMART

24/01 SMART

25/01 SMART

26/01 SMART

27 JAN MASQ

28/01 SMART

29/01 SMART

30/01 SMART

31/01 SMART

01 FEB GALA

02/02 SMART

03/02 SMART

04 FEB 20’S

05/02 SMART

06/02 SMART

07/02 SMART

08/02 SMART

09 FEB B&W

10/02 SMART

11/02 SMART

12/02 SMART

13/02 SMART

14 FEB GALA

15/02 LOST DAY INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

16/02 SMART

17/02 SMART

18/02 SMART

19/02 SMART

20/02 SMART

21/02 SMART

22 FEB R & G

23/02 SMART

24/02 SMART

25/02 SMART

26/02 SMART

27 FEB 20’S

28/02 SMART

01/03 SMART

02/03 SMART

03 MAR B & W

04/03 SMART

05/03 SMART

06/03 SMART

07 MAR GALA

08/03 SMART

09/03 SMART

10/03 SMART

11 MAR R & G

12/03 SMART

13/03 SMART

14/03 SMART

15 MAR MASQ

16/03 SMART

17/03 SMART

18 MAR B & W

19/03 SMART

20/03 SMART

21/03 SMART

22/03 SMART

23/03 SMART

24 MAR GALA

25/03 SMART

26/03 SMART

27 MAR R & G

28/03 SMART

29/03 SMART

30/03 SMART

31 MAR 20’S

01/04 SMART

02/04 SMART

03/04 SMART

04 APR B & W

05/04 SMART

06/04 SMART

07/04 SMART

08/04 SMART

09 APR GALA

10/04 SMART

11/04 SMART

12/04 SMART

13/04 SMART

14/04 SMART

15/04 SMART

16/04 SMART

17 APR MASQ

18/04 SMART

19/04 SMART

20/04 SMART

21 APR 20’S

22/04 SMART

aaaahhhh sigh,....I used to love sea days when they were all formal and casual were the odd ones out. It seems the other way around.............but thanks for posting Gazza....