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Dinner on Cunard

by Gill W » 17 Sep 2016, 14:29

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We are thinking of booking a cruise on Cunard.

I need to keep my salt intake low, but, because it's not vital anymore, I now prefer to manage my own...

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Probably - when you think our visit to Britannia next week is £25pp. Mind you, we enjoyed the day and £50 for a day out with a pretty good meal...

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Last post by Stephen
21 Sep 2016, 15:52
Cunard Cruise MD614D Hamburg and Fjords

by Frank Manning » 03 Sep 2016, 17:28

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This was our first cruise with Cunard and we were prompted to do it by our Bridge partners, the lady wife concerned is an avid watcher of cruise...

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I forgot to say in the original report, that towards the end of the cruise, the children aboard (Ages I guess 6 to 13) did a performance of 'Annie;...

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Last post by Frank Manning
08 Sep 2016, 18:59
Cunard Dress Codes and Reality

by Frank Manning » 09 Jun 2016, 15:56
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I'm sorry to raise this potentially divisive topic (Not as divisive as the referendum!), but we are planning our first Cunard cruise (QM2). I am not...

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:lol:

Practice!
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Last post by sunseeker16
07 Sep 2016, 10:18
Tipping

by Silver_Shiney » 20 Aug 2016, 12:09

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I can't see the answer to this on the Cunard website: is it possible to cancel auto-tipping on Cunard ships as can be done with P&O?

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Only fine Frank? Were they not excellent?

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Last post by Mervyn and Trish
02 Sep 2016, 17:24
Activities on QM2

by Frank Manning » 03 Aug 2016, 13:29

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Does anyone know if there are Pilates sessions on QM2? Sue has done really well getting fit after 18 months at a Pilates class and wants to continue...

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I seem to recall these classes were on offer last October when we sailed on her.

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Last post by Silver_Shiney
04 Aug 2016, 13:05
Cunard email

by Silver_Shiney » 26 Jul 2016, 20:16

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Does anyone have a contact email for Cunard, please? My mum has booked a cruise for her and my sister and BIL through Thomas Cook, who have given...

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Thanks, Jo

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Last post by Silver_Shiney
30 Jul 2016, 17:45
QM2 Westbound to New York, plus 7 days stopover in New Jersey

by Mervyn and Trish » 27 May 2016, 16:17
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Overall impressions

Our master plan for this trip was to travel by QM2 to New York and then extend our stay by seven days to stay with friends...

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Great review Mervyn thank you, I forgot you were staying in New Jersey and I was hoping for some more info about New York but you obviously only had...
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31 May 2016, 20:10
2017

by GillD46 » 07 Apr 2016, 19:01

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Now that bookings are open, has anyone booked anything for next year?

We have booked the 24 night Caribbean round trip on QV in November, followed...

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Yip, we've got a couple to look forward to - but not out of Southampton.

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08 Apr 2016, 15:51
Queen Elizabeth - ship's visit

by Silver_Shiney » 12 Dec 2015, 17:06

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At £50 pp, this seems expensive compared to other lines who charge only £25, however we decided that this would be our Christmas present to each...

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Hi Richard

We were indeed offered the opportunity of getting a preferential rate on a future cruise but as we'd already booked and paid for the...

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12 Feb 2016, 16:57
Girl Power - Queen Elizabeth to Hamburg

by Silver_Shiney » 10 Jan 2016, 17:55
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My mum paid for this as a combined Christmas/birthday present for us both, bless her little cottons. As she was spending Christmas first with us,...

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Each to his or her own, Em, I spent ages wandering round those old warehouses a couple of years ago when I went to the model railway in one of them....
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10 Feb 2016, 20:13
Anybody going soon?

by GillD46 » 25 Jan 2016, 09:59

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Is anybody going on a Cunard cruise in the next couple of months that would be kind enough to buy a FCD for us? We would obviously send the money in...

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Thanks Jo x

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Last post by GillD46
27 Jan 2016, 15:21
Christmas on board QM2

by Razorback » 20 Aug 2015, 05:18

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Hi, my wife and I are boarding QM2 Southampton December 15th 2015 for a Christmas / New Year cruise. Has anyone ever experienced a Christmas on board...

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Razorback.
Welcome on board. We have had a great time on the QM2 sailing the Canaries. We continue our cruise today on her going to NY. The Christmas...

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Last post by melsea
15 Dec 2015, 16:59
Holiday review - QM2 from New York to Southampton

by Silver_Shiney » 24 Oct 2015, 12:28
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Preparation

This holiday is costing us an arm and a leg so we’ve spent a lot of time researching the activities we can visit using the New York...

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Wow. I was interested in your 'High Line Walk' guided tour.

We did it while on a one day stopover on QM2, taking the subway from carroll Street in...
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26 Nov 2015, 12:37
Remembrance Sunday on QE

by sue-ol » 14 Oct 2015, 19:18

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Is there usually an Act of Remembrance on Remembrance Sunday?

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Thank you both

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15 Oct 2015, 08:48
Dining on QM2

by melsea » 14 Oct 2015, 17:04

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I was just wondering is there Freedom dining on board the QM2 or on any of the Cunard ships?
Mel

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Thanks Gill.

I have a memory of a ship that had freedom dining and I thought it was the Queen Elizabeth. Hey ho the mind playing tricks.

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Last post by melsea
14 Oct 2015, 18:35
One day excursion into USA New York Custom requirements

by Razorback » 23 Aug 2015, 08:11

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We are on a Cunard cruise from Southampton to the Caribbean for The Christmas / New Year. We have a one day stop over in New York and would like to...

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I don't know if they do this for ships' pax but when we flew in a few years ago we had to present our thumbs on a scanner, which image was then...

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Last post by Silver_Shiney
10 Sep 2015, 13:44
Cruise Review: Queen Elizabeth to Ireland, Iceland, Faroes & Orkney July 2015

by Bobbie » 31 Jul 2015, 16:29

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CUNARD v P&O

I’ve done 10 cruises with P&O on Arcadia (4), Oriana (3), Oceana(2) and Adonia(1), and am just back from my first cruise with Cunard....

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68 cents !!! Wow, you are a cheap date Bobbie :) ;)

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Last post by Dennis The Menace
03 Aug 2015, 09:39
Need input about taking a trip on the MS Queen Elizabeth

by simeon » 13 Feb 2014, 02:23

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The idea of taking a cruise has been something that I have wanted to do for a number of years. I have never had the resources to do it in the past,...

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Thanks for that, boss :thumbup:

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Last post by Silver_Shiney
31 Jul 2015, 07:28
QM2 Planetarium

by melsea » 23 Jul 2015, 15:28

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We will be sailing on QM2 for the first time in December on the Transatlantic routes.

I have heard there is a ticketing system for the Planetarium,...

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Well, from memory, they open the counter about 9am, but we found a queue from about 8.30. When I went away with two friends, they went to breakfast...

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Last post by GillD46
26 Jul 2015, 13:42
QM2

by Silver_Shiney » 13 Apr 2014, 17:19

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Looking at the deck plans on the Cunard website, I'm asked to download one file if I'm sailing before 16 May and another if sailing after 16 May. I...

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Alan, the main buffet is free in the evenings, just as P&O. But the Specialty area is at a supplement - my memory says $15pp but I may be wrong -...

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Last post by GillD46
23 Jun 2015, 17:06
Spa

by Boris+ » 27 Jul 2014, 16:44

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In what I am going to loosely call the 'Spa' (especially on QM2) - apart from treatments what on earth is there to do? Would I get bored (I'm not the...

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Hi Alan,

Well, I've been for Spa visits on terra firma, but then it's been fitted in between other things, and there's been no time to loiter. I...

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Last post by Boris+
27 May 2015, 20:28
Formal Night Balls - dress

by Bobbie » 04 Mar 2015, 12:03

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I've just found out that on our forthcoming Cunard 12 night cruise there will be only 3 formal nights (I was hoping for 4!) and they are all themed -...

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I also agree with Gill.

Once, when sitting in the Commodore Club on Queen Victoria, I spotted a chap wearing what I thought were protective glasses,...

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04 Mar 2015, 15:11
If anyone is going on Cunard......

by Dennis The Menace » 23 Feb 2015, 17:22
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......would you mind keeping an eye out for my book in the onboard shop please.

I only ask as, since they stocked them in the autumn, I've had a...

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Sorry DTM but your Topic is going astray ... has therefore been ' Locked '.

Regards MobyMod
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Last post by Manoverboard
04 Mar 2015, 11:43
Platinum tier

by Anne D » 11 Oct 2014, 17:28
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During our last cruise we became Platinum members with benefits becoming effective from our next cruise.

One of the stated benefits is'...

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No, not nibbles - not really! Sometimes just one is handy with a nice refreshing weak cup of black tea instead of going down for afternoon tea.

Em
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Last post by Boris+
18 Oct 2014, 12:48
Cadiz ... Sherry Trip to Jerez

by Anne D » 11 Oct 2014, 14:27

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Hi

Can anyone tell me if Cunard do a trip to Jerez and a tour round a Sherry Bodega whilst docked in Cadiz.

We did one a few years back on P&O...

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Hi Jo

Thank you very much for taking the trouble of finding out about the Cadiz trips. I think the one to' Jerez on Your Own 'would be too much as...

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12 Oct 2014, 10:04

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