Having checked the cruets, I should like to move on to a new area of concern: carpets. The ones in the pictures above are probably supposed to look lush and expansive and disguise any spillages, but they don’t. They look like a major ink fight has taken place, or perhaps that Jackson Pollock has been having a very bad time. Are they really that off putting?
Well, I sincerely hope he doesn’t try that approach in Japan or somewhere where tipping may be considered rude. A Cunard ship is not a suburb of New York, is it?😀
On most voyages I have seen a queue at lunch on the first day, as lots of people drift up to lunch shortly after it opens, usually at 1, and then all the new passengers need to be shown to their tables, so it can take a little while. Obviously nobody gets irate about this. Often the Maître d’h does know (or pretend to know) who many passengers are as they have done many repeats.
On reflection I was once passed by a completely naked man (he may have had shoes) in Las Ramblas in Barcelona, and only noticed when my husband pointed him out after he had gone past.
Soft drinks are free, and you can ask for what you want. They usually replace the bottles when they are nearly finished, not exactly every day, but often enough.
I love sea days, but it does depend on the weather. If the weather is too cold and windy to go outside that greatly reduces the pleasure, even more so if it is rough.