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  1. Thank you all for your helpful replies, we are just looking at some final details but hope to be sailing with Crystal in 2024! (Texas Tillie/Patty, we Brits call it a dinner jacket)
  2. Hello, We are considering booking a cruise with Crystal. We are still relatively new to cruise holidays, think we have done just under 10 cruises so far, which have been with Azamara, Celebrity, Cunard and Viking. We are wondering how Crystal compares to these lines, specifically food wise. We always mix up eating at restaurants, speciality dining and buffet. I searched for some menus, and found some on the Crystal website but only for the Waterside - which I believe is the main restaurant, and a sample menu for Umi Uma, but not much more. Does anyone have any photos of menus and also the wine list? And perhaps also of the room service one? And did I understand correctly that the buffet is closed at night? (I have to confess that we quite like strolling along the buffet late at night, and having a late night snack... hmmm maybe it's a good thing that it is not available? ) Is there anything else which would be good to know as (potential) Crystal newbies? We (I) like dressing up for the formal nights on Cunard so am hoping that the dress code is a bit similar with Crystal, whilst relaxed during the day /on non formal nights. We are not that much bothered with entertainment (shows etc) but do like lectures. thanks! Alsun
  3. Forgot to mention, in Stavanger it was lovely & warm enough to enjoy the terrace. An Afternoon Tea trolley did appear but I noticed the scones were the ones without logo.
  4. Currently on V315 in PG. Menus are delivered to room together with the daily, Britain today and various. Will try to remember to make photos of menu & upload once back. Noticed the downgrade of the cheese trolley although a slight improvement on the selection as mentioned by Windsurfboy. (There was an excellent goat's cheese first day which I haven't seen back yet and choice of 2 blue cheeses incl Stilton, brie or camembert, a soft french, some british cheeses etc). And there seems to be a little bit less staff around. Enjoyed a very good table side carved chateaubriand but haven't seen anything flambeed. Cocktail party - a crush at 17.15, Captain spoke and did introduce senior officers. The sparkling wine served (at gala evening & cocktail) very poor quality - suspect similar to the one now in room (something called Grand Imperial - haven't tried it, did arrive in icebucket) Fresh fruit order requested via concierge - she told us it is now being delivered by room service and can be set up for daily, or how often we want. Asked for every 2 days and noticed that additions to it arrived on the non delivery day. Dress code seems to be well adhered to. No baseball cap in sight although did observe some vibrant braces at Afternoon Tea...
  5. QV, 6 June departure Ocean Terminal We were given a 13.00 boarding time and arrived slightly earlier (traffic was light). We noticed that all the groups mentioned by you were classed as one priority group and no difference was made between grills & non grills. Also anyone turning up with priority but a later boarding time was told they could board - even though their advised boarding time was more than an hour later. (I might have paid a bit attention to boarding passes whilst in security queue and noticed several being 14.30 or later - this was at 12.45)
  6. Was about to post ours! Sales person told us it only arrived onboard (QV) last Tuesday.
  7. Thank you D&N, we do have a French wine trip planned for later this year. It was just that I was showing the Cunard list to a friend (wine lover) and he was very interested in a few specific wines on it, so wondering if we could buy him one of those. The alternative suggestion is of course that they go on a Cunard cruise themselves šŸ˜‰
  8. Thanks, good to know. I will give it a try.
  9. I will - there are a few wines on which are difficult to get and even the marked up price is justifiable
  10. Apologies if this has already been answered in this (or another) thread, but could anyone tell me whether it is possible to buy a bottle of wine for consumption at home? Ie taking unopened away from the restaurant? Assume not but just wanted to double check.
  11. Think I know the couple who are first time cruisers and first time WC! I thought it was quite brave of them to commit going the whole way. I hear they are having a great time. If you see them again please wish them the best from the WI gin lady in their home town in The Cotswolds, (assuming there are no other people in same situation) We are looking forward to be back on QV later this year and am really enjoying reading Roscoe39 posts/blog. Hopefully one day a WC will be on the cardsā€¦.(or should I say horizon)
  12. We took the train to Sweden (to Lund) was a nice day trip, but I remember that you donā€™t see that much of the bridge itself whilst on the train! We stayed several days in Copenhagen and one day we climbed the round tower (it was more like a slope) and it was a great view out over Copenhagen incl The Bridge in the far distance!
  13. Thanks! We visited Copenhagen some years ago (not with a cruise - and we did take the train to Malmo) but couldnā€™t recall how high/large the bridge section is! Makes sense now. We hope to take a cruise that direction at some point - and even if we canā€™t sail under ā€œThe Bridgeā€, am sure we will enjoy the Great Belt route too.
  14. Not sure if this is the right location, but perhaps someone can satisfy my curiosity? I happened to notice that Celebrity Silhouette is currently on itā€™s way from Copenhagen to Helsinki (?), anyway, I sort of thought it would leave Copenhagen and take the most direct route Eastwards, but instead it seems to have backtracked slightly and gone Southwards first before heading East (see photo0 I guess there might be very practical reason for this, maybe do cruise ships not ā€œfitā€ under ā€œThe bridgeā€ that runs from Copenhagen to Malmo, or is the sea not deep /wide enough? I had been thinking it would be really nice experience to sail under ā€œThe Bridgeā€ and am wondering why it didnā€™t.
  15. For those who are travelling to Southampton the day before: Westquay (shopping) Centre (which is also very close to Southampton port) has a clinic offering rapid antigen testing with email confirmation within 4 hours. https://www.west-quay.co.uk/shop/regenerative-clinic Not sure if I am allowed to link directly? Think there might be several options in Southampton)
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