pollardtom

or maybe whilst you dine?

Heres hoping! We were hoping for some science! but if not i'm sure they'll be plenty to fill our time :)

Maybe see you on board.

Hello,

Our first cruise is the WB TA on the 19th November on the Queen Mary 2. The guest speakers have just been announced and we were a bit disappointed. It looks to me that if your not really into the military, or military history, there's not going to be much of interest.

What do you think the chances are of other speakers being added?

Thanks

Tom

https://ask.cunard.com/help/cunard/life-on-board/Speakers

A friend of mine got married in France, all a secret for the bride, using a fib that they were going to a friends wedding. The bride even helped make table decorations the night before. He then proposed an hour before the service!

Thanks for all the tips guys... and the entertainment!

I think we will be there nice and early on the first day!

Thanks again... most useful.

I am aware corkage is to be paid on bottles brought on board, but we are planning on doing it a bit anyway (only a bit). We are both a fan of a particular English sparkling wine, and we were planning on bringing some special wines (the wine we had when we got engaged in France for example, we thought would be nice in the Verandah).

Of course a few bottles for the room as well (we like our wine :o)

Hi,

Any tips on getting on the behind the scenes tour - its something we would really like to do. Do we need to be at reception when we board? or at 8am the next morning at the tour desk?

I've heard the tour desk isn't open till then, but its a transatlantic cruise so is the tour desk even open?

Thanks

Tom

The photos look great Jason, its good to hear the captain wasn't in a rush! & what a secret for everyone to keep.... I had a look at the forms for Cunard, and it had details of who was organizing and who wasn't to know, and I thought at the time - i'd never keep that a secret.

And thanks babs - nice to see the Captain does do the ceremony.

Oh and I don't think we would be taking much off the ship ;p

Thank you Bell Boy. That's really useful.

Can I ask a few more, we are trying to work out how much we want in a package, how much to bring on board and how much to budget for on board.

Could we tell the Sommelier in our dining room that we were wanting to eat in the Golden Lion for lunch the next day and would like a coupon wine arranged?

Or could we finish our dinner in the dinning room, and take a coupon bottle with us to the Commodore Club?

Are any of the things i'm suggesting frowned upon? We are both enthusiastic about fitting in to the etiquette.

So, the next question already...

Something me and my partner have considered for our honeymoon cruise (QM2 TA EB) is doing a renewal of vows on board. We thought it would be an extra special day during our cruise and we could invite 1 or 2 other couples we made connections with on board.

What does anyone think? Has anyone done it? Is it worth it?

Also how long does it last? Do you get the cake / champagne in the same room as the ceremony? (i.e. do you get a bit of time to celebrate?).

How likely / unlikely is it that the Captain does the ceremony?

Does anyone have any ideas for alternatives, we are in Britannia Club, so a in room cocktail party is not on the cards.

Thanks again.

Tom

Hello

I'm a long time peruser,first time poster. My and my partner are both going to be first time cruisers for our honeymoon on QM2 this November (TA EB), and we have a lot of questions (I’ll be posting more soon!).

But starting with the basics... the wine package. I have read the first 15 pages in the forum, and note there are a lot of alcohol / wine package questions,so sorry if you guys are bored of answering them! I just need to know a few bit about how it works, so here goes...

My understanding is you will get (in your stateroom?) a voucher for each bottle of wine you are entitled to, and you hand this over at the restaurant (in our case the Britannia Club), and at that point choose which bottle you would like from the collection, which is then brought to your table corkage free. Is my understanding correct?

We were looking at the Commodore's Collection, as we are both partial to a bit of port.Could we choose the port, and have a glass each at the end of our dinner over a number of nights, and have a different bottle of wine on the go for with our meal?

Also can we use the vouchers in the Verandah? Or Kings Court? Or in the bars / pub? Or can we have it brought to our stateroom?

If you don't finish a bottle with your meal, I know they can keep it for you for the next night, but can you take it away with you?

Thanks for you help.

Tom