Anne001

Thank you both. The list is exactly what we needed, especially as it covered Brisbane!

How do you know if they will be running shuttle buses? A couple of our ports are a distance from the town centre and we don’t fancy the excursions.

Thank you Hattie and bluemarble for your clear explanations.

Can I please ask about gratuities and service charge? A service charge is applied when you purchase drinks. Yes? The gratuity is charged per person per day. Yes? So effectively you are tipping twice for the same service? Do we have to pay both? We aren’t trying to get out of tipping but have been told so many different things eg you don’t have to pay service if you are paying gratuity; you don’t have to pay gratuity; you only have to tip your cabin person. We just want to know what we are supposed to be doing!

Did you have to pay for fast track/self disembarkation?

Thank you bluemarble, I did wonder.

Thank you BigMac, I was thinking more of the users than the lifts themselves! I’m a light sleeper.

Thank you all for your replies. We have had a really bad experience booking this trip. The TA we went through was on a recommendation and we have had one problem after another. Was being told that we couldn’t change our cabin, but eventually managed to speak to a Senior Advisor who within seconds made the change. Yay! What I can’t understand is why so many of the cabins are shown as ‘on hold’ atm. When we booked there were only 2 cabins shown as available on Deck 11, now there are a few. Exlondoner - Friends tell me the notice was on show when they went to NY earlier this year but the boat was only half full.

First time cruisers. We booked our trip via a TA (we normally travel independently and make all bookings ourselves) as we had problems with trying to book our pre and post cruise stays with Cunard. At the time only 1 BB cabin was showing as available and our TA booked us into that although we were unhappy with the fact it is right next to the lifts. I have now seen that there are other cabins available and many others stating that they are on hold. My question is, is it likely that we can change our cabin when we board? How likely is it that we will be upgraded? We are doing 17 nights Singapore to Sydney in February.