Southampton Cruiser

I had the same one as I've had emails from Carnival brands which automatically give you a membership number.

Regarding other lines dropping formals for 4 nights or less. Cunard have done that very thing. My 4 night cruise in January was informal only, so men still needed a jacket. Same cruise in 2016 had one formal. We have two on Braemar plus British night. It's my dad's first cruise so he may enjoy the old songs.

Carnival UK (Cunard and P&O) have been overseen by Stein Kruse of Holland America Group since July so nothing should come as a shock. Dumbing down began made when management changed from Princess to P&O in autumn 2007. It's all about attracting the new demographic and profit.

Just seen this. Quite a shock. Loved his photos and videos of Shanghai shipping on one of my FB groups. He had such a great sense of humour. RIP Kyle.

Currently on QV and we have Andrew Hall.

I discussed that with Vodafone as it used to be classed as World Zone 6 so not included in my World Traveller, which you'd think it would be. It's still not included in Global Roaming and states on their site cruise ships, ferries and planes have charges.

Captain Hashmi advised me in early October he returns to QE in mid December to cover Christmas and outward journey of World Cruise.

Thank you. :)

Your original question related to Cunard Line. The answer I gave is in line with Cunard procedures. Quite often the only way to find out is verbally via other guests who may have recently disembarked from the ship in question.

It wasn't their question it was mine. That's precisely why I asked here. People would be either still onboard or recently disembarked so would know. But as Cunard and P&O are both under the Carnival UK umbrella and do many things the same, it does seem daft one publishes the info and the other doesn't so it was a fair point sogne made.

I believe Captain Peter Phillpot is Master of QM2 Nov 5

Thanks. It sounded like Commodore Rynd from a distance when they did muster last week so nice to know who it was. I'm joining QV on Saturday then doing another before the world cruise so maybe I'll get Rynd on one.

but P & O publish there senior officers rota in their Peninsula Club magazine

 

currently Captain Wells is on QM2 and Captain Thorhague on QE (Olsen as was)

Thank you. :) That's what I thought. Also there are posts naming Captains and cruise directors on other cruise line boards here so security isn't a problem with them.

Apologies if there's already a thread somewhere but I can't find one. Does anyone know who who the Captains are over the next few months? I miss it being on Cunard's site.

What everyone on here says about City Terminal (berth 101) is correct. QM2, Norwegian Epic, Anthem of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas have been in it. It was expanded in 2007 to accommodate over 3000 passengers on Navigator of the Seas that summer and then Independence of the Seas from 2008. It was only chaos because of the last minute change. If you sailed from there on a bigger ship you'd see everything running like clockwork.

As for your navigational info, it isn't updated regularly. I've been on ships which kept the originally scheduled arrival time when we'd be early or late. Tracking websites like Marine Traffic and Vessel Finder were showing your actual speed. I had friends aboard so was updating them with VTS timings, ship location and speed. All important announcements like that should be in the cabins.

This is very sad. He was on the Equinox maiden voyage and a very nice man. Condolences to his family and friends.

I had E187 back in 2010 and the toilet system in the block was always clogging up. The stench in the corridor was awful.

I booked 12 nights on Oriana today for next year. We were given the regular £150pp OBC plus an extra £20pp because my dad had been in the army. It will be his first P&O.

I have been doing no salt since 2011 and I also have a food allergy. I have found it easier to discuss my requirements on other lines. As some food comes pre-prepared, I am sometimes still getting salt due to the head waiters just giving you the menus. On RCI, Voyages of Discovery or P&O, for instance, they will tell me I can't have something due to my allergy or salt content which cannot be removed and suggest an alternative or I have something off menu. A friend has had spaghetti bolognese at dinner on QM2 whereas RCI made me a great salt free chilli in November.

Thanks, Southampton Cruise; that makes a lot more sense than the ship arriving at port 24 hours early due to "favourable winds". I'm happy that the ship is safe at port, but I will never understand why some cruise lines are so often not forthcoming with factual information. Just my opinion, but Cunard/CCL would be well advised to release a (hopefully forthright) statement regarding the situation. Best wishes, -S.

Me neither, Salacia, unless it's not to scare the public. She did have an issue between Cape Town and Durban when they apparently lost power for a while so this could have been a continuation. Let's hope there are no more and everyone enjoys the rest of their cruise(s). :)

To carry out repairs apparently. But of what, I'm afraid I have no idea. They were told on the 6th they would be arriving for 9am on the 11th.

Absolutely wonderful photos, thank you. A shame about the ducktail. With the Grandeur fire showing she didn't get one, I could not get an answer from Royal Caribbean or anyone on Vision's last cruise about whether she would or not but they could tell you what else was being done. I'll be back onboard in Lisbon to check the results. I hope she'll still be the Vision I fell in love with in 2008 but it's sad they're adding more passengers while removing public spaces.

Love your pictures! Vision is my fave RCI ship and I have two cruises booked next year (one before refurb, the other after).