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Thank you so much for this information Lesley. I mentioned to Alan that we are going to be sending our formal wear ahead to San Francisco using a luggage forwarding service and we will do the same for the return if we disembark in NYC. Doing so from Southampton would be insanely expensive. We are in QG on the Queen Anne but going back to the US in First Class would cost us more than a sheltered balcony on QM2. AND we would be able to adjust better to the time changes.

Thanks for answering the next question. I am aware that there is no luggage storage at the port, but I will not be needing that anyway.

We are sailing on the Queen Anne Maiden World Voyage. We return to Southampton on April 27. 2025 We are considering booking QM2 to return to NYC on the same day. Does anyone have any experience with the transferring of luggage between two ships?

I came over first in 1957, arriving in Quebec on April 27, 1957. We were on the Arosa Kulm, a converted troop ship, built in 1919. We were in Tourist class, with two double bunks, a crib, a sink and small toilet. There was no separation between the toilet and bed area. The trip was very rocky. Our ship was berthed beside the Queen Mary but it was dwarfed be her. It was less than 8,000 tonnes. IT was 436 ft long. Jeff Bezos' yacht Koro is 416 ft long. Think about that statistic. There were 900 passengers on our ship. It was one of only 8 ships that survived WW2 and was placed into Passenger service until 1960. In 1960 we took the "Immigrant Regret Hiraeth" sailing back to Wales on a ship called the Italia by Home Lines. It was much bigger, as it had 21,600 GRT. and was 608 feet long. I have the original brochure for that one. We had no toilet in the room but the community toilets and bathing areas were down the corridor. We were in Tourist class and were on the lowest deck. We flew back to North America three months later and my father did not live long enough to go back to Wales. We will be in Q4 on a portion of Queen Anne's maiden World voyage. We are going from San Francisco to Southampton. The amazing opportunities that I have been afforded are not lost on me. I have been blessed beyond belief. This will most likely be our last long voyage and we were conflicted when the itinerary was changed, but realize that the Middle East will be off limits for some time. We thought of taking a different cruise line and therefore a different route, but remembered that Cunard suits us best. .

And ME!!! We all love Roscoe ❤️ Missing you all.

BB, I booked my cruise through Cunard and transferred it to Costco within the 21 day period to get the pre-existing condition waiver. GO BILLS!!!!!! (Today is January 15. 2024. ) 🙂

Well, well, well, another Expos fan. Went to the second home game in 1969. Little did I know that my husband was there too but we did not meet until the end of June 1969. 🙂

That is not how it works in Grills. You have a table for the duration of your voyage. It is up to the Maitre D to determine who gets the window table, based on when the cruise was booked and loyalty to Cunard.

Dear Ross, My husband and I are much older than most people on these boards. We will be in Auckland for two days while on the Queen Anne Maiden World cruise. We have already been to Waiheke Island, although he is hell bent on returning and I can not find fault with that. Other than perhaps smuggling you onboard, if you are in the area, what would you suggest we do in Auckland? 😇 Evana

Roscoe, very interesting about the lack of entertaining lecturers. I will be interested to see if this is remedied by July when I take the Iceland cruise. AND What were those interlopers even thinking? Forcing you to get up earlier and earlier to get the seat that you so carefully preserve! A curse on their staterooms. 🙂 Enjoy.....

They have seemingly outsourced their live phone agents. Today I spoke with two agents regarding a drop in price of my booking and an increase in OBC. The first one told me I had a good price and what was my problem? Then the line disconnected. The second one went to speak to a Supervisor and never came back. I will try the live chat next. Thanks

Thanks for that information. I am trying to be patient and not put too many irons in the fire at this point. We have multiple claims because we also dealt with Covid and isolation for three weeks. I have not made the Health claim with Aon yet. I have filed for missed hotels and prepaid trips through the trip interruption and am waiting for that as well. I did not file those with Chase and it would have been useless because we were unable to return home within the claim filing deadline.

We had a Transatlantic cruise this past April. We purchased the cruise line insurance . I had two visits to the clinic onboard the ship and was sent to a hospital for treatment on one day. I paid for everything when I was billed. The total came to almost $1000. I returned home and submitted my bills to my United Health care Plan F claims department. That was on May 29. I have receipts for their arrival at the Insurance offices. I have been waiting since then for word as to how much will be reimbursed. Plan F supposedly pays 80% of foreign claims. I am waiting for this before I can file a claim with AON which insures Celebrity. I have been told that the claims are paid in the order that they are received and that they are getting to those for the month of May soon. They hope that they will resolve. this by the end of the month. Does this sound normal? As I paid for the hospital bill with my Chase Sapphire card am I better off trying to get reimbursement there? Thanks in advance.

We booked the Emerald September 29/23 on June 17. Nobody at Princess mentioned anything. That is super strange. We want an M1 and are waitlisted for one .

I just wanted to let you all know that Celebrity has done the right thing. We are getting a pro rated refund of the days which were missed on the Transatlantic due to testing positive for Covid. My husband was unable to enjoy any of the second week of the trip so that is fair. Thanks again for supporting me and hopefully learning from my experience. I am the kid your mother suggested you stay away from. Wierd things always happen around me. 🙃