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  1. We once watched Magic Mike on QV, in the theatre. We always wondered who had picked that! Most of the elderly passengers left quite quickly. To be replaced by quite a few young staff members!!
  2. I have been on five Cunard cruises since the start of 2022. All as diamond, all on different decks, and in several different categories of cabin. Every single one has had an arrival time of either 3pm or 3.30pm. I have just got the time for my next cruise - 3pm. I don't know what we have done to upset them!
  3. Our trip to Reine was good. However, our tour to Sommaroy from Tromso was awful. We drove for a long time, then turned round without stopping and went back to a tiny beach. We had 18 mins there, and were told we could walk into the hills(?!?). There was a loo, but it was locked! We then returned back to Tromso on the same long drive. Thanks for the great report KeithErnest. You should have been able to store your cases under the bed in your cabin. But only in the top half. If the steward had stored some stuff there, which happens sometimes, they should remove it for you. We thought the silent disco was good fun to watch, but should be confined to the night club, and not put on in the queens room.
  4. I boarded QV at just after 1 today. No problem, straight through the terminal. Noone waiting in the seats (Ocean terminal). Just a short queue to get through security. I spoke to cunard yesterday to ask why we were given 3.30. They told me we had clearly been missed on the inventory, so haven't been marked as priority. They said to go to terminal and show that our passes were marked diamond, and tell them we should have been marked as priority guests. In the event, they barely glanced at our boarding passes and just sent us straight to the empty priority queue.
  5. We are off on Tuesday on QV to Norway. Its so tricky to know what to pack. We go down to Southampton tomorrow with a day in the area on Monday, so have been packing today. I have taken SOOO many extra clothes "in case"! We are going to the North Cape, so could have anything from a lovely sunny day to snow! Enjoy QM2, Hattie.
  6. That doesn't explain our 3.30 time. First time we were on deck 4, then deck 6, this time we are deck 8 on QV. All with 3.30 as a boarding time. Exlondoner - no, I haven't spoken to them. Maybe I will give that a try.
  7. We have a time of 3.30 for our next cruise. We have been diamond for a long time. This is about the third time this has happened since covid. We were always given times around 12.30 pre covid. We risked going early at about 1.30, the first time this happened, and were sent straight through, with virtually no-one else going through the priority lane by that time.
  8. There were two hosts on the recent coronation cruise on QM2. So good to see them back!
  9. We were on second sitting, with a table for 6. We had a lovely window table and a great set of diners. No issues at all, with food, waiters or sommelier. All good. And never a queue to go in, even on the first night, when they opened the doors a little early. We had a lovely cruise and enjoyed all the events that had been put on. The only downside is that my husband tested positive for covid, this morning. Likely to be from the country fair, which was very crowded and busy. Luckily, he seems ok, so far. And I am testing negative at the moment.
  10. OK, just four days after my last comment, it seems we are going to have to do the last minute charge down to Southampton from Cambridge on the day! We managed to get a cabin on the QM2 coronation cruise. We even managed to get CPS parking. However, we have catsitter problems, as they (the catsitters) are away until Thursday. One of my sons can come in, but not on Tuesday. So we will have to leave at the crack of dawn on Tuesday, having fed the cats and set the automatic feeders for the period until our son can get there. Really anxious about the journey, but we will leave early, and just try to take it calmly and hope for the best.
  11. Just to say, i have had an email from a TA in the UK offering this trip.
  12. Hi Buchanan101, we also live in Cambridge!! We would never consider going down to Southampton on the day, either. Far too risky. We have considered using a park and stay package. We often stay at Chilworth Manor. However, we always take such an embarrassment of over packing, that we always end up preferring CPS. More expensive, I know, but sooo convenient and easy, and safe. We have noticed that, for short cruises, the port parking is much more expensive per day, than for longer cruises.
  13. Sadly, yes! We couldn't book with CPS last August as they were full, and ended up with Parking for Cruises. Not only were they expensive, they meet you in the short stay car park. The distance to this varies between terminals. On our return, we had to collect our car from the short stay car park too. However, they parked our car there before the ship had even arrived, and we were near the end, disembarking. We were given a parking ticket!!! From then on, Parking for Cruises wouldn't answer the phone or email. My husband even walked to another terminal when we returned from another cruise, to try to sort it out. All to no avail. We tried to appeal the charge on the grounds that we didn't park the car. We lost! We threatened to take p 4 c to the small claims court, but decided it was not worth the hassle in the end, and paid the charge (£60 at that point). It is CPS, booked very early, for us all the way now. It is worth it to us! Though we do have a short Celebrity cruise booked, which CPS don't cover. We are going with ABP, which is self parked, for that one only.
  14. Mine is from Betty's in Yorkshire, this year 🙂 Happy Easter everyone.
  15. I have been to all of these ports, some many times. I have never tendered at any of them, though I believe it could happen at Flam or Olden if there are other ships in. Both of these have room for one ship alongside. Whether you need a shuttle in Bergen depends on where you are docked. We have docked in three different places. However, I have walked into town from all of the docks, and I am not a big walker! The nearest is really quite close to the centre. I cant remember if there was a shuttle for Haugesund. We definitely walked into the town, but have only been there once.
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