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17 minutes ago, david63 said:

In My Cunard the price is $17.10 per day - onboard it is $18 per day.

I'm not seeing that. I already purchased in Valentine's Day sale. But if I select for my wife it's $252, which is 14 nights at $18.

Perhaps bluemarble has hit on something with voyage duration?

10 minutes ago, david63 said:

From the UK there is a 5% discount

Where did you find that?

35 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

Thank you. As you know, I do favour accuracy and clarity. 😀😀

I think the quote has been taken from your post #24 although it originated in post #23. Not sure how that would happen, normally it only includes your response.

16 hours ago, NightGuardianAngel said:

I prefer staying in shorts and comfortable clothes

I prefer to be comfortable too.

For me that would be a tux or dark suit with tie.

I wear shorts during the hottest part of our summer when the temperature is usually around 30C/86F and I want to avoid using the air-con.

If I did dress casually I would look like a tramp in photos beside my wife in her finery.

The direct bus service from Monaco to Eze Village doesn't operate on Sundays. The public transport options would be train to Eze-sur-Mer then a bus that runs roughly every hour to and from Eze Village. Or the main bus service along the coast to a point where you could cross the road and catch that same bus service to Village. That would be shorter but might take just as long as the train option and while the stop is not "in the back of beyond" it's not a major interchange point.

If it's for a time critical journey such as re-boarding a ship I'd suggest neither are great options. Uber or cab whilst being more expensive are probably safer.

1 hour ago, devolve said:

Is the hairdryer very powerful 

How many uk plugs and usb sockets

If you can be bothered looking through them, there are several YouTube videos with cabin reviews ranging from inside through to grills. Chances are you'll probably find one showing your cabin type with shots of what sockets they have and their locations.

I have watched a recent video of a QM2 Westbound Crossing from a Russian Vlogger who lives in The Canary Islands. I think her husband is Spanish.

She seems to have been very impressed by her trip.

I don't understand any Russian so I used the auto subtitle translate function. I've no idea how accurate the translation is but I was mildly amused by some of her comment 😀:

"...... this is a liner for English pensioners, I'll say that a good half Yes, these are elderly people who have come to realize their dreams. Unfortunately, in their eighties and nineties, but it's better late than never, ...... ".

I didn't get the feeling that she was complaining about other passengers being too old, just passing an observation.

2 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

Thanks to that mega hint, I’ve just identified it. Can I say?

Go on. I've never been there. Passed about 19 km from it on the motorway in 1996.

I'll post a screen print. Now since you have got it. But Google lens found it. It has similar look to oodles of towns along our coast.

@Victoria2, @Winifred 22

We did look at the M&S UK site rather than the two individual search links to Formal dresses and Women's Occasion Dresses.

That presented much more choice including dresses that didn't look frumpy. 😀

Nothing that Nora thought was great but stuff from Phase Eight and Hobbs that were more to her taste.

They could sort their filters out though. Some results for "mini" length, used a very generous amount of fabric. 😀

44 minutes ago, ShipboardSteve said:

I am sure we have all seen the various news stories about changes to welcoming cruises in various locations in recent months - Alaska restricting the number of cruise ships and passengers, the changes to limit cruise ships in Venice, the new Spanish anti-tourist and anti-cruise protests, the news today that the tax on cruise passengers in Barcelona will rise substantially, and the protests in the Canary Islands, as well as restrictions in Amsterdam.  All this may lead to changes in cruise itineraries for Cunard in the near future and I wonder what impact it will have on choice of voyages?  Itineraries two years away are published, and many have booked for 2026. 

All this will no doubt lead to careful thinking about the cruises we book, and those we don't. Have these changes affected other forum members in their choices?

I read some time ago in the local press that Monaco have a policy of encouraging high value tourism. That means they only want small ships carrying high nett worth passengers that might spend vast sums in their boutiques. They're quite open about not wanting thousands of folk who only want to look at stuff and maybe buy a pizza and drink.

Residents around Nice Port don't want any large vessels calling that might deposit soot on their balconies. Other activists want to stop cruise visits at Nice and Villefranche.

Further afield similar things are going on at Toulon and Marseilles.

Perhaps folk need to think of the ship as their destination.

3 hours ago, Victoria2 said:

As my very wise mother used to say, no one has x-ray eyes which enables 'you' to see what the size the label in any article of clothing says and that goes for brand labels too.

🤣🤣 Some of the size labels could be quite confusing.

3 hours ago, exlondoner said:

 I apologise in advance because I am so fatuous, but you can imagine the picture summoned up by ‘only shirts and ties…’ Actually, some passengers might moan about having to wear a tie even then, because of the extra luggage space. 

If I hadn't shrunk, the tux suits would have been M&S as well, and more of the shirts. If someone can prove that all their shoes and handbags and any other empty spaces have been filled with clothing, I might believe they don't have space for a tie. Even things like camera bags. Do they have packing to protect the camera? Why not replace that with clothing?

2 hours ago, Victoria2 said:

Considering M&S stock/ have stocked evening dresses up to £500 online, I think the days of ignoring their stock for Gala evenings, are dead and buried.

I just did an online search and picked M&S EU results for Formal dresses and Women's Occasion Dresses. All the formal stuff was Jaeger and most expensive was €199. It would really need to be an exceptional item for us to consider paying that for a dress. But the biggest problem is it all looked frumpy. Everyday wear perhaps, but would need significant accessorising to wear on a night out.

The emails I've received in recent times have gents suits in pastel colours, no sign of ties. And other casual garments.  They suggest I might be interested in such styles for an event? Wednesday morning grocery shopping? 😀

21 minutes ago, napria said:

I bought the flight from JFK at 1:50.  After non-refundable tix purchased I got an alert to expect long traffic delays due to construction around the airport.  The alert further recommends to take the train to the plane.  Is this possible from the cruise terminal?  If not — which I’m highly doubtful that it is — should we get an Uber to the train?

Depending on what and where the construction is, getting a transfer to AirTrain might be an option.

Bearing in mind you said you'll only have hand luggage, another possibility is ferry to Rockaway. I think @Pushpit did that last year. It needs two ferries transferring at Pier 11 or Sunset Park and connections might not be great. From Rockaway I think you need a train then AirTrain, but I've never looked at those details.

We have some M&S ladies wear, shirts and ties that we have worn in the evening on Cunard but only shirts and ties on an advertised gala. My wife's two black M&S suits will probably be used on evenings next time, again not gala nights.

In terms of 'dumbing down' that was discussed here recently I find it quite amusing that M&S keep sending me promotional emails proclaiming their latest in occasionwear or smart outfits, and when I open the emails all I see is casual wear!

I think this confirms that the Pavilion Pool has steps at the end furthest from the big screen. It's a crop from a friend's Facebook post. Hopefully CC's displayed resolution will show the steps under water and the person in the photo appears to be climbing the steps.

2 hours ago, Craigrlewis said:

so yes is a bigger than normal balcony but it is obstructed

Depends on what height you are. If you are not very short, and taking snaps with anything other than a wide angled lens, the foreground obstruction wouldn't really obstruct the view.

On 7/18/2024 at 1:01 PM, MylesS said:

I believe it will be a total of 51 once we get off 

I assume you don't have pets?

Apologies; I didn't realise there were balcony cabins of that configuration.

The comparison videos I suggested folk look for were all inside cabins.

2 hours ago, Minnie29 said:

Craig Lewis- can you post some photos of your sideways cabin on deck 4?

we are booked in one of those in December and have no idea what to expect 

I've seen YouTube video comparisons of the two types. Not sure who by. It might have been Paul and Carole Love to Travel.

I've never owned AirTags and am unlikely to. The promotional material suggests two things. If the phone and the AirTag are within about 10 metres of each other there will be a directional arrow showing the location of the AirTag. I imagine by that stage you would probably have the person carrying it in view. The other situation is where the AirTag location is picked up by other iPhones and is displayed on a map. I appreciate the map will only show plain blue but I get the impression that the location of the phone tracking it will be shown as well. I would have hoped that would have shown the general direction on the ship that it was located compared to the tracking phone.

Of course that doesn't resolve the issue of what deck the thing might be on.

I didn't find a demo video showing that sort of tracking, most cover the close location function but not longer distances. Some of the promo pictures show article location and a blue dot for phone location, but I don't know if that is what happens in reality.

If it is how it displays it should indicate the general direction to move in even without a ship outline. Assuming that one doesn't just make simpler arrangements to keep in contact.

1 hour ago, TowandaUK said:

The only time I drink tea is with a cream tea. Coffee isn’t the same. 

A QM2 Jubilee Tea and an Afternoon Tea were the only times I've taken tea for at least eight years. I only drink coffee from an espresso machine.

2 hours ago, david63 said:

Is drinking your tea out of a saucer allowed on Cunard? Asking for a friend.😂
 

What's the point. Just pour it back into the cup. 🤣

I've watched a few videos from the QA Queens Room now. It looks better than most ships for dancing. The chair issue wouldn't bother us as long as there is somewhere to leave our drinks. We're quite happy to stand while we drink in the short break between dances.

That of course assumes there is some sort of music that we could dance to. It might not be practical to dance to acrobats background music.

Academic of course, she's not a Transatlantic Liner and we don't cruise.

19 hours ago, westscot said:

Got a port of call stop at Nice. We would like to go to Monaco for the day and get back to the cruise in time for leaving the same day late afternoon. There will be 6 of us travelling. What are the best private transfer options from the cruise port at Nice to Monaco and vice versa? We don't want to travel by public transport (ie bus or train not an option for us). Thank you!

Your posting history suggests this is a Celebrity cruise. In which case you are looking for a transfer from the Port of Villefranche to Monaco, rather than Nice.

It's a shame that trains are not an option. As a resident of the region I wouldn't consider using anything else between Villefranche and Monaco. I do argue that the local trains are not as reliable as they are in my native Scotland but I'd rather be on one of them on a hot summers day than crammed into a car in summer traffic.