Queen Anne

[buchanan101]

5 minutes ago, Victoria2 said:

FDR sort of said 'there's nothing to fear but fear itself' and at the moment, that's true for some folk with respect to the new ship and to a certain extent, Cunard itself.

IF, and it's a huge IF, Cunard changes out of all recognition, we will be among those who look to Regent or Silversea etc but we are willing to be QA newbies and hope the Maiden sorts out any potential teething problems.

 

Hoping by the time of the Fjord cruise in June 24, many of the teething problems will be sorted.

 

Am quite excited by going on a new ship: loved the QM2 last October (first ever cruise/crossing with anyone) and Cunard as is seems to be about right for me. I'm not normally one for smartening up much, but enjoyed that aspect (and the reasonable requirements for non Gala nights). Food was great, service was great, ship was great, illuminations lectures were a bit disappointing though (and even at 61 I felt I was a bit young for their target market..), art lectures great (and ended up being expensive...)

 

Hopefully QA is similar, but a bit different...

[majortom10]

2 hours ago, buchanan101 said:

Ok, the group has ~80 cruise ships. Adding 1 at Cunard shouldn't be an issue, though P&O/Cunard (UK based ships) combined only have 9, increasing to 10.

P&O have seven ships so if you add QA to Cunard's current fleet that will be a total of 11.

[exlondoner]

1 hour ago, majortom10 said:

P&O have seven ships so if you add QA to Cunard's current fleet that will be a total of 11.

And aren’t some of the Princess ships UK based in the summer? They always seem to be in and out of Soton.

[majortom10]

2 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

And aren’t some of the Princess ships UK based in the summer? They always seem to be in and out of Soton.

They are but not actually part of Carnival UK and only seems P&O and Cunard that swap staff around.

[exlondoner]

6 minutes ago, majortom10 said:

They are but not actually part of Carnival UK and only seems P&O and Cunard that swap staff around.

Always excepting Captain Rynd.

[BigMac1953]

1 hour ago, exlondoner said:

Always excepting Captain Rynd.

 

I'm sure you mean COMMODORE Rynd 🙂

Edited March 22, 2023 by BigMac1953
stupidity

[exlondoner]

1 minute ago, BigMac1953 said:

 

I'm sure you mean COMMODORE Rynd 🙂

Not at the time. 😀 That elevation was later.

[westerdam]

I am just wondering if there is the slim chance that she might be flagged in the UK rather than Bermuda? It would be nice to see Southampton on the stern again rather than Hamilton.

[buchanan101]

6 hours ago, westerdam said:

I am just wondering if there is the slim chance that she might be flagged in the UK rather than Bermuda? It would be nice to see Southampton on the stern again rather than Hamilton.

No chance is my guess

[Saab4444]

On 3/22/2023 at 4:01 PM, exlondoner said:

Always excepting Captain Rynd.

Not just him. Captain Paul Wright also went from Cunard to Princess and back, best Captain ever!

[exlondoner]

1 minute ago, Saab4444 said:

Not just him. Captain Paul Wright also went from Cunard to Princess and back, best Captain ever!

The Island of Malta might disagree 😀Didn’t QV, with Captain Wright, have a coming together with said island?

[sogne]

3 hours ago, exlondoner said:

The Island of Malta might disagree 😀Didn’t QV, with Captain Wright, have a coming together with said island?

Thruster failed call to Tunis cancelled reaied in Malta if I recall correctly.i

[sogne]

Just now, sogne said:

Thruster failed call to Tunis cancelled reaied in Malta if I recall correctly.i

Repaired in malta