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When we disembarked at Brooklyn last December, we paid a porter $20 as a tip and he put us straight through to a very short line. We’ll worth the $20…and a super nice guy, too.

Re the tie, well, yeah! But my husband wears vests to go with my dresses, not cummerbunds. That would probably be way to warm for you, but he looks great!

As I’ve noted before on these men’s-dress-code threads, if men only knew how hot they look in tuxes (AKA dinner jackets), they’d wear them at every opportunity!

We had excellent connectivity in December on our return TA. Then again, we don’t spend a lot of time online on board.

USD , but I’m quite certain they’d be just as happy with euros.

We generally ask for just coffee and juice from room service, and we tip a couple of dollars each time. If we made more complex orders, we’d likely give more.

This is one reason we book onboard….reduced and fully refundable deposits up to date of final payment.

We’ve used two “pop ups” and both were superior to the QM2’s Verandah, though not to QE’s. We paid for both and think paying for a “pop up” dinner makes more sense than a free QM2 Verandah meal.

We agree with so much here, particularly the distinction between a very pleasant Verandah on QE and a dull but pretentious Verandah on the QM2. Our Verandah dinner on the QM2 in December was included as part of the reservation package we’d booked on a previous sailing, and the maître d’ was surprisingly condescending about it. That was irritating, particularly as the meal was not nearly so good as what we’ve had in steakhouses on land. Actually, it wasn’t as good as what we can do at home. As restaurant reviewers for our city’s paper for almost 8 years, we do have a pretty good standard for comparison, and Verandah on QE was very good, while the one on QM2 was, at best, pedestrian. The physical placement and lighting, etc on QM2 was also far below what we expected: dull and dim. We probably won’t ever use the Verandah on QM2 again, which is a shame because, despite the pretentious knife presentations, QE shows how good it could be.

My husband wears waistcoats to match the colors of my dresses. He looks fabulous, and we’re both happy. That said, we have no opinion about what others choose. Privately, though, I think men would wear dinner jackets/tuxes every chance they get if they only knew how superb they look in them.

There is indeed a socket sort of behind the head of the bed in Britannia, but I cannot speak to any other sort of cabin.

You cannot bring SURGE-PROTECTED extension cords. My husband uses a CPAP also, and QM2 is our favorite ship. If we recall correctly, they used to provide distilled water at no charge. On our last TA, last December, we were able to get it on board, but we may have had to pay a few dollars for it. The plain extension cord we pack is no problem, but we’ve never needed one THAT long!

Agree with the above, but everyone’s different. We choose transatlantic both to avoid flying both ways and for the ultimate relaxation and fun of sea days. My sister, on the other hand, would never do a TA because she requires ports most days. Just depends on your personal preferences, but yes, there ARE tons of fun things to do on Cunard sea days.

We’ve most often found that we are served large pours on the package. Whether we are charged for two small or one, I don’t know, but it’s never been a problem. In fact, one night, we asked to have the Cunard Reserve red rather then the regular only to be told by the sommelier that we had been drinking the reserve all along. In short, they will do their best to treat you well. No one’s losing money on this anyway.

Mr. Cummings can wear any kind of coat he likes, but to spend that much time on ageist commentary in such a short article….Wow, certainly does undermine any bit of credibility he might have squeezed out of his celebrity.