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  1. exlondoner
    But they are different from the others. Quite disgraceful. Surely they should all be the same?
  2. exlondoner
    Well, in both May and August, there was a huge seating area after check in with hundreds of seats, making up most of the terminal.
  3. exlondoner
    As long as that? Remember there seem to be passengers who spend a lot of their time looking for rust, not always hard to find, I admit, on QM2. But I’m expecting someone on our voyage to find some.
  4. exlondoner
    When did that change?
  5. exlondoner
    I always used to think I’d turned blue when I found myself described as an alien.🙂
  6. exlondoner
    I think it is near the dock gate, but not a walk I should care for with or without luggage.
  7. exlondoner
    There is no hotel of any shape opposite the Mayflower Terminal. I think there is a Tesla car facility.
  8. exlondoner
    I think you could well be right. The luggage is an issue. I would also allow a lot of time for Sunday rail travel, not because of strikes, but because of possible engineering works.
  9. exlondoner
    Yes, but it all depends what you see. Some people on Cunard seem to see only rust or mismatched salt and pepper pots. It is nice when people see things they enjoy.
  10. exlondoner
    I wonder how soon the first complaints about rust will appear? 🙂
  11. exlondoner
    I’m not remotely new to Cunard, but booked on exactly the same basis, plus not doing flying, and am equally surprised to find we are on her second voyage. And it is all quite exciting.
  12. exlondoner
    Yes, keep an eye on the strike schedule: they have to give two weeks notice. Usually, Southampton trains still run, but they didn’t last week on the Wednesday. What day of the week are you embarking? I would concur about the place to eat: it has splendid chocolate brownies, and obviously you are going to be starved by Cunard over the following week.
  13. exlondoner
    There are ferries from Portsmouth. https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/
  14. exlondoner
    Will it even be ready? There will probably be all sorts of minor chaos, but it will be a splendid new ship, and I’m very much looking forward to it. Don’t care either was about Wi-Fi.
  15. exlondoner
    La Piazza is great, except helpings are unmanageable. We always share the antipasti. Coriander very nice too.
  16. exlondoner
    Well, I’ve never heard it called anything else. I just wondered.
  17. exlondoner
    Yes, the ship’s whistle (what do you think it should be called?) sounds at noon only when at sea.
  18. exlondoner
    And it was gorgeous when she finally emerged from the scaffolding.
  19. exlondoner
    But the thing about package holidays is that it is, at least theoretically, not your problem: it is up to the provider to sort out difficulties.
  20. exlondoner
    In that case why not just go for the first fixed sitting?
  21. exlondoner
    But Ephesus is a significant classical site, which I had never visited, whereas I had been to Knossus a couple of times. And the guides were still peddling the same ahistorical rubbish they did when I visited as a sixth former. But I agree if you haven’t been, Knossus is a great substitute.
  22. exlondoner
    Your priorities are entirely correct.
  23. exlondoner
    Presumably most of the 150,000 are at sea.
  24. exlondoner
    Given Cunard’s evident problems with IT, CC may well be beyond them. 🙂
  25. exlondoner
    I can’t imagine they ever look at it.

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