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Interesting, I also thought I was wrong once but it was the time I thought I was really wrong and that was incorrect.

He or she will be the hit of the week with the older set. They love small children. Cunard makes a strong effort to accommodate all ages. However, the early dining time might be better but only you know Jrs.. tolerance for a lot of attention and when it is time to pack it in for the day. Enjoy the trip.

Totally agree. I always make certain the luggage guys are happy with my bags. $20 is not to much to have the bags (All of them) on board the ship when it sails. Strange things can happen at load in if the luggage guy thinks you are a putz

Much of my reference points come from real life (Age 84) or from being a student of cultural history. Read a lot of books about proper society in the Dark ages before 9/11 and Covid. And all of my postings should be considered one man's opinion with no malice to those who may feel abused by my opinions. Relax everyone. Cunard will do what Cunard does and all can either take a ride with them or not.

One highly doubts that the 30 people that regularly post to this site will sway anyone one way or the other. However, I do congratulate you for being the defender of all things new in what appears to be a fear of losing "your" favorite ship to the bean counters at Carnival.

Actually Britannia passengers are fourth class if you deem the two grill categories as two classes and then Britannia Cub as third class. And Britannia passengers do not get to roam the full ship being not allowed into the grill areas. So not much has changed in 100 years except the dress code.

Sadly the hoopla for the 100th anniversary of what was really not a Cunard sponsored world cruise died with the heavy foot of Covid. Nice to read that all but shooting off the ship still is part of the experience though much watered down to appease the Now allowed third class passengers who simply can not to dress for the occasion.

Now if Australia will come into the land of reality and not keep an out dated policy in effect, maybe cruising around the world will become a more relaxing experience.

According to another travel site that offers travel advice for covid vax and testing, As of March 22, 2023 Australia has no requirements for either vax or testing if coming from the US.

A bit early in the timeframe but one can never be to early when planning for a world cruise. As it looks now 9 months out, I will require 7 pieces of luggage plus a small carry on for all the blazers, trousers, tux, roaring 20's tux, white dinner jacket for "Down Under" and a large number of dress shirts for the "casual" evenings. Shoes for walking running and around the ship during the day, formal slippers, sneakers, hats, scarves ties etc. Cool weather jacket, rain jacket. Determined that it will be less expensive to rent an auto one way than to ship all of the luggage to the pier and I have total control of it all until handed off to the longshore union guys. On the return home, I will repeat the one-way rental.

As long as the majority of passengers are ok with Motel 6 standards, that is what NCL will provide.

Crossing the Tasman on the QE2 was exciting enough. I can imagine going that way on a 16 story apartment building will be loads of fun if they run into even the slightest dust up of weather.

Probably find many takers on the last QM2 world cruise 2024 before Cunard puts tradition in the closet for good.

Toasted bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon = Snowy Nova on a Toasted B. NYC delicatessen language.

Why would they remove French Toast? Simple low cost item. Also do they still offer a snowy nova and a toasted B?

Good to hear but sailing into and out of Manhattan has always been the more interesting.

Just reading the tea leaves but here is my thought on the matter. The QM2 will NOT be making her usual world cruise in 2025. The New "Modern" Queen Anne will take her place and Cunard from that point forward will enter the land of causal in its totality. The dance floor on the Queen Anne is smaller and who knows about afternoon tea etc. So come H or high water I will be making the 2024 QM2 world cruise.(already well booked) It may well be the last of the real traditions. Just my opinion and we shall all see come 2025.

Just wondering if anyone has the scoop on where the QM2 will dock when she returns from the current world cruise. The Red Hook cruise terminal is currently being used by the City of New York to house some 1,000 homeless men.

Be thankful there were 7 agents working the usual complement in LA is 4. US immigration has a formula they work by. The larger the number of passengers on board a ship the fewer agents they send to process them and Sundays are even worse. Welcome to the US government.

Reread what I posted. No one violated the suggested attire in Taste. What I said is that the majority of males that came with well dressed females did not live up to the tone set by their ladies. Not hard to understand if you will read it again.

12 day on the Getaway in January and I would say 85% of the ladies dressed up to a decently high standard for dinner in Taste. But only 25% of the men did so. Now that is not to say the men violated any suggested dress standard, they simply did not follow their ladies in dressing up to the level of the linen table cloth and napkin, uniformed staff and overall ambiance of Taste.

From that list it would appear that you were frequent visitors to the free laundry service offered by Cunard. Can't imagine you wore that few clothes for that many days with dancing etc without very frequent washes. Cunard does make it easy to travel lightly but the laundry is a time taker away from other more interesting day time events on board.

Thank you all for your responses. Answered all of my questions.

Sailing on the full world cruise Jan 2024 NYC to NYC on the QM2 and have the following questions. All of these things were available back in 2016 and I would like to know if they are available now. Only Britannia class answers needed, nothing from the high end cabins thank you. 1. Robes and slippers? 2. Daily newsletter from the US and the same from the UK.? This is not the daily program of events but a recap of international news. 3. Nightly turndown service with chocolate on the pillow? 4. Twice daily cabin service? 5. Food from room service still free? 6. Can a second chair be had so two people can dine-in if they wish with out having to sit on the bed? 7. Coffee Maker? 8. Storage of luggage after the under the bed approach has been exhausted? 9. Daily free Fruit Bowl?

If there was ever time to buy travel insurance that guarantees full fare and expenses refunds should NCL shut down ala Thomas Cook with little or no notice. Also prepare for another round of service cuts. If folks are good with only one time a day room cleaning, why not once a week. After all people are really not getting on and off the ship with all the missing ports and extra sea days so they will not begetting to cabins dirty. And another round of increases in the "specialty" restauarns and possibly a reduction in free restaurants to the two smaller ones with the large one going to a pay for the privilege eatery. Large corporations, Covid not withstanding, never seem to listen to the slowing of the music in their sector. Way too many ships chasing way too few passengers and with the Federal government driving up the inflation rate, passengers have fewer real dollars to spend on offerings that keep cutting services..