What are the access arrangements to the Grills? Do you still have to put your card in the hole in the lift or is there a tap on arrangement? And what about the terraces?
Some of you may remember a review, where someone’s cruise was pretty much ruined by disorderly non-matching cruets. I imagine they will happy with the ship at least. 😀
Poor you. I suppose it was good it was the last day, and I hope you are not feeling too wretched now you are home.
As a lot of crew have been transferred to the new ship from QV and the others, have you noticed lots of new staff?
Can you imagine the outrage if they hadn’t had a QR? 😀
Quite honestly, given what people are like, lots will complain over everything that is different from any of the other ships, and lots more over anything that is the same. I hate to think of the comments there would have been if social media had existed when the first QM replaced the Mauritania, though even then there would have been others complaining she was old fashioned compared to the Normandie (which she was).
Despite everything, I am still looking forward to embarking on Friday…I think.
If that is the case, they will have to do something about the itineraries. At present QA is the only ship doing frequent European cruises from Southampton, something many current passengers value.
Never went in PG on QE2, but I’ll tell you one place that did have banquettes, which was the estimable M. Roux’s Le Gavroche, though the ones there enabled both of you to face the room. Maybe it is his fault.
How many people really ever need to get from A to B? They want to, and, given that most of Ryanair’s flights are in Europe, very often there is another option anyway, called the train. The reason they choose Ryanair is perceived, though sometimes illusory, cheapness. But as we learnt in Covid, nobody actually needs a holiday abroad, any more than they need a cruise.
I am not sure that can be entirely right or nobody would choose to fly Ryanair, yet many people do, even though, as comparison after comparison shows, they are not always the cheapest. Lots of people seem to hate them but fly on them and stump up for the extras.
Isn’t that their job, just as the job of companies is to make a profit for their shareholders, if possible? And one can see that having shelled out nearly £500m for a new ship, Cunard might be keen to get their cash back. Is that wrong?
I wouldn’t dare call myself a regular, much as I would love to afford to be one, but thank you. All I can claim is quite an accurate memory for factual details, and an enjoyment of almost every Cunard voyage I’ve been on.
With all this, instead of worrying about potential problems, perhaps it is best just to wait and see. But I would like to know whether they will still supply proper bars of soap if requested, so I know what to pack.