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I know it is a number of years away yet and as you say you never know what is round the corner but I hope all 4 queens make it to the 200 year mark that will be a good celebration to be part of.

Which begs the point of having the Anne in the first place. Then again the Anne was bought and paid for before Covid.

I think I have got 1 more QM2 left in me in honour of my father then I will leave the brand probably until the 200 year mark that will be a piece of history but that is for the future.

What is the difference between a "Cunarder" and a "Cunard regular" then?

So why does the Anne appear to be slow selling? I am going by what has been posted here on that statement.

I would love to be wrong but I don't think there is demand for all of these ships currently operating in all lines. Was is QM2 to do when Anne does it's first world cruise? Something will have to give at some point for a lot of firms

Yet the other lines don't seem to be withdrawing from the Australian market. Emission issue or no doesn't change the fact that their MIGHT not be the demand for FOUR cunard ships in the American/Carrbbean//Northern/Western/Eastern Europe markets particuarly as has been stated the anne might not be selling well.. Princess have put a waterslide or something on the new ship for the first time anyones guess why they have done that and MSC has the Good Ship murder TV Series filmed on the new Virtuosa which seems to be doing well. They know what they where doing allowing that. Perhaps the traditional Cunard brand is struggling. Like I have said I one more QM2 left in me. It will be hard to draw me back after that.

That is only a half season though. But ok Alaska too still begs the question if demand is the issues with sales poor on the Anne as people say they are. Is their demand for 4 Queens? Of course the 4th Queen was commissioned before the pandemic and the effect that has had on the industry in many repsects My father passed away back in June. We where supposed to be on the cancelled westbound crossing April 23rd. I feel the need to go on QM2 on more time but beyond that I probably won't go Cunard again after the next one.

If it is not because of emissions issues - which very few ships would meet if QE doesn't I am sure - then you have to wonder why they are doing it. If it is a demand issue then the question and I think an honest question is there demand for 3 -4 queens in Western Europe/Eastern Med/East Coast of the USA?

I seem to recall claims where made that have since been abandoned that Everton's new ground would be powered by the tidal waves of the Mersey estuary. That talk has dampened down somewhat in favour of the solar option

We are using the word gig differently. 1 GIG is ONE BILLION KWH but to uk trained energy brokers using the phrase GIG every day in conversation they are talking about 1 million kwh for one gig. They don't use the word megawatt when perhaps we should.

During the backstage tour on QM2 I was told it used 4 gig a day and that was more power than the city of Southampton. I used to be an energy broker so I asked the question. Something you might enjoy to look at. Google UK power generation. As of 30 minutes ago I think if I am reading it right the UK is using 34.733 GW either per minute or per second. The figure increased by 5gw in an hour or so because I checked it 10.30am and it was 29gw.

But QE uses more power in a day than Skagway or Ketchikan or Juneau alone or even combined? Southampton uses several gig per day in power usage. And that is larger than all 3 of those combined?

I don't think there is demand for Cunard in the Caribbean for a whole season out of New York, Miami, Boston? I would love to be wrong. Perhaps we will see.

You would only 1 or 2 to ban to create a real problem?

You can't shore power? You can't charge up a ship that use 4 GIG a day like charging up car in the driveway? You would need a proper power plant no?

It is actually honest. Is there enough room for Cunard in the caribbean in the winter time full time beyond the visits of QM2? If QE does a full winter season what about the T/As on QM2 that also visit the caribbean? Something has to give?

Till they shut Alaska down which they will do and then the Caribbean. And won't there soon be too many ships in the Caribbean. A more likely and sad development is Cunard axes a ship.

I saw these new ships. The solar sails which retract won't do squat for their power needs.

But can these new techs generate the several GIG per day per ship though? AKA the power usage of Southampton in a day? QM2 uses to my knowledge the same amount of power that Southampton the city uses.

The governments of the world. It is coming. Cruise ships accounts for 5% of the CO2 and there is nothing they can do to reduce that.

They should ban cruise ships worldwide and get it over with

Do they get to keep that money though? Or does it HAVE to go into the general pot?

Depends if these are the same batteries on these motorised wheelchairs or scooters the same as the ones in these bikes that are going on fire in houses? They are not going to risk that on an cruise ship cabin and if they stop customers from charging them up onboard what then?

Since you are doing a world cruise I take it are you of retiring age? So you will sail through the interview they just say so you have been to Cuba thanks for the honesty visa will come in a week or something like that. And your visa will probably be for TEN YEARS in length. You have time yet so why not make a nice weekend out of it do a bit of shopping a snag a monday morning appointment. I think the wait time is a few months though but you have got time but best to get it booked now.