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3 hours ago, twangster said:

Booking with a fake second guest works but will usually result in single CAS points when the fake is a no-show

Until they starting cracking down and cancelling your boking if they catch on? Which they might start doing?

On 3/5/2024 at 7:56 AM, kitkat343 said:

A 75 year old passenger with mobility issues died getting on a tender ship on Cunard after she fell in the ocean

She was high school teacher. That was a game changer for Cunard and a few other lines I think as well.

For example if you booked the meeting room on Anthem perhaps with Tea/Coffee refreshment for a private event not part of the ship daily programme would you have to pay a booking fee or a fee or the tea/coffee?

16 hours ago, A Lew said:

Hi all - my partner and I are moving to Europe for a job. We have a pug mix that is too large (35lbs) to fly in-cabin with and cannot go in cargo because of his snout nose. My job offer only came a few weeks ago, so we couldn't book early enough on the Queen Mary 2 to reserve a kennel for him. I'm posting to see if anyone else is taking their dog on this cruise (It is the QM2 leaving from New York and going to Southampton on June 15-June 23, 2024) and is considering canceling. I know it's a long shot - but we're first on the waitlist, and it's a last-ditch effort. Otherwise, we pay $4000 to ship him. 

You might have  shot of getting onboard. I was hanging out with a guy on an eastbound crossing who was moving his dog and himself from Seattle to London because his wife had got a job at starbucks UK office. That move came together quite quickly I think

So was it Cholera or not?

2 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

??? Power usage has nothing to do with dirty hulls. Plus the regions NZ is most concerned about are places where cruise ships don't dock - Fiordland is scenic cruising only and the Bay of Islands is a tender port.

But cruise ship use far more power and produce far more waste and CO2 emissions than cargo or container ships regardless of dirty hulls.

Why the gap in May/June and not later in the year? Why have they chosen that time?

2 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Container ships and oil tankers don't enter the areas, like Fiordland and the Bay of Islands etc, where biofouling is a concern. They visit commercial ports.

They  don't use several gig per day (several million KWH of electric per day) equal to the power usage of a city like Southampton or smaller or maybe larger depending upon the size of ship. Cruise ships do.

2 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said:

Surely there should be a way to solve this problem. I'm guessing there aren't any issues with ships transiting between Australia and NZ, it's just ships that have come from further afield including on world cruises. Could hull-cleaning stops be scheduled into itineraries, essentially as sea days but not going anywhere? If this was done when a ship arrives in Aus/NZ from elsewhere would there be a need for more cleaning while the ship remains in this region?

Wouldn't it need a full dry dock to clean beneath the water line?

4 hours ago, D&N said:

If the authorities actually want cruise ships

They obiviously don't want cruise ships do they?

That the Bliss nightclub isn't in the back of the ship like on other NCL ships. Big plus though O Sheenans is open 24 hours a day!

1 hour ago, jollyjones said:

 

Maybe because it's too difficult / expensive to comply with NZ's very strict biosecurity rules?

 

Wouldn't the Queen Anne be better suited to covering that? Being newer and all that?

55 minutes ago, Ray66 said:

Capacity is 2,996 according to Cunard's website

 

https://www.cunard.com/en-gb/cruise-ships/queen-anne/0

 

1,225 crew = 4,221

Strange the rep was adamant it was 5.2k and capped at 3k

3 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

It seems unlikely as the Statendam, on which she is based, has a capacity of under 3000. 

The Cunard rep said it could take 5.2. Or is that 5.2 with crew do you reckon? I agree with you wouldn't make any sense to operate 50% full and call yourself full.

I was at a cruise event on Sunday and the Cunard rep addressing the room said the ship could take 5,200 but Cunard had restricted it 3000 which is slightly over half. Such a restriction would also explain why QM2 never feels full.

Surely Cunard can't be choosing to operate at half capicity?

On 2/7/2024 at 6:50 PM, david63 said:

You could always try asking Cunard how many others of their age are currently booked on the cruise.

They are unlikely to answer that question due to data protection GDPR legislation.

18 hours ago, Splice the mainbrace said:

 

Anyway day at sea tomorrow before day in Reunion followed by day in Mauritius

Will the ship be allowed to dock in these places with the noro outbreak.

2 hours ago, Pushpit said:

If it is Noro (and I've not seen confirmation of this yet) then it's possible to transmit the virus without catching it

More like than not though someone had symptoms and lied on the health declaration form to board the ship.

40 minutes ago, Fionboard said:

Frequent P&O customer eh? Atlantic tier, 500 points and £10,000 spent? Don't think so! 

A guy i know is dropping 12 for him and his wife flight and cruise barbados to home I think they have a suite though.

26 minutes ago, rog747 said:

But as our immunity to it nowadays must be fairly weak then if you are unlucky to get it (it is a nasty GE bug) your symptoms might knock you back...

Just take a bunch of immodiu plus for a couple of days and you will be fine. They don't sell that of course to force you to go the medical centre.

I wonder who lied to bring that onboard?

On 9/19/2023 at 1:23 PM, Megabear2 said:

Try this email address. At least two others have raised points via it in the past few weeks  and had fairly prompt replies/answers.

Didn't they also get banned for life from P&O as well?

11 hours ago, The Traveling Man said:

It may not be long enough for a dry dock, but two weeks sounds like just the right amount of time for a refurbishment.  It may include a change of furniture in restaurants and public areas, new decor in hallways, significant upgrades in the theater, or some combination of these or other renovations. 

They can get that done in two weeks probably do all the carpets as well and new bed mattresses that sort of thing.

5 minutes ago, graphicguy said:

Mentioned before, was only able to sit through Six with a steady supply of cocktails during the show.  

The one on the bliss was ok wouldn't go mad for it but it is dissapointing there is only one show jersey boys for me. Although I suppose they could put another one between now and feb 25 I can but hope.

On 1/22/2024 at 4:27 AM, tjunmin said:

As an outsider, with no insight into their business practices and IT infrastructure, it is difficult to say.

All I will say is the internet at least the computers on QM2 are very slow very old.