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Brief Encounter was staged on all 3 first cruises, P&P was not staged on the first cruise, it was cancelled on the 2nd cruise due to a cast member's injury and on the 3rd cruise they had to substitute another actress due to illness. Each play was only put on on one day of each cruise, and there were 3 performances scheduled for each one on that day. I do hope you get to see Brief Encounter, I really enjoyed it. P&P not so much, but that may be because the only performance I saw was the first one, and they may have been better by the Mediterranean cruise.

We use Ivacy, but I am sure there are lots of other good ones out there.

The surf and turf on gala nights on QA in PG was always prawns and not lobster when we were on board. Of note was that not once during the 5 weeks we were on board did they serve escargot. Maybe the escargot dishes haven't arrived on board yet.

There was some hot weather during the 5 weeks I was on board. The Grills Terrance never felt crowded and we were always able to find a lounger in the shade or in the sun, depending on what the weather dictated. I was often the only person in the hot tub, and at no times did it feel too crowded in the hot tubs. I have no idea personally about "gate crashers" the topic never came up chatting with others on the Terrace although someone did say he was in the hot tub with another couple who were very proud of the fact they were there and were not in the Grills.

Dee clearly has good taste 🙂

Thank you so much for your excellent review 🙂 I hope you 2 feel better soon!

I am so glad teddy arrived safe and sound in Germany and was able to join his furry companions :). I hope we can meet up on a future Cunard voyage!

I am so glad the Cruise Critic book is being used 🙂

I am so sorry that the little bear may have gone missing - but maybe he is caught up in customs and will appear agin at your doorstep. Fingers crossed 🙂

I'm glad I bought a T shirt from the shore side kiosk, otherwise I would have no real souvenirs of the naming at all. It looks like they did have a camera set up near to the bottle target. This may have been a video camera, but surely they could have made a still shot from that? It was disappointing.

No my obnoxious man wasn't this one, the review writer was on the maiden voyage, and my guy was on the around the British Isles :).

You very well may be correct! Good thinking 🙂

As someone who always works from the ship, apart from issues with Google Docs, I have never had any difficulty accessing those websites and having a US VPN. I do feel sorry for the reviewer, but it was only a 7 day cruise, I wish they could have just relaxed and enjoyed a few days of holiday.

I am so sorry - not the best way to end the cruise. I hope you both feel better soon 🙂

That is so lovely! Bon voyage 🙂

Our porter told us that the medical emergency actually happened on the escalator, and that's why that area was off limits. It does sound like a very serious medical situation. So sad. I do think that the ship should have redirected us to disembark on Deck 1. When we got to the lift queue we were deemed able bodied by the lady there, and told that it was a very short flight of stairs. My friend could not manage her bag, so I had to struggle down several flights of stairs with both my and my friend's case.. Still all is well, despite the awful traffic situation at Heathrow, and I have got as far as Reykjavik on my long and winding road home.

For those of you who will be traveling on Queen Anne - don't forget to sign the Cruise Critic book. The librarian has it on a shelf near her desk 🙂

We did! It was fantastic, highly recommended. I am currently doing a British Isles cruise on a big ship (Cunard's Queen Anne) and thinking about the good times we had on the Hebridean Princess 🙂

Lusitania?

It's frustrating that with the basic Cunard internet plan you can't watch YouTube, will just have to do a lot of watching when I get home 🙂I

There was a reporter for a Mersey Side radio station in the stateroom next to ours, and he disembarked this morning - I am assuming that's the stateroom they are getting.

I was at the pursers desk this morning when Callum was trying to talk with them. I feel they were rather inappropriate with him, as he was trying to be so diplomatic in what is certainly a very difficult situation. I understand that they must be frustrated, and hope that they do not get really sick, but it really was unnecessary for them to be like that, especially in earshot of all of us in the lobby.

I have no idea who her Godparent will be but I think I have solved the mystery of breaking the champagne bottle. There is a pulley that goes from just above the Commodore Club to the front of the ship. At the front of the ship there is a board that says Queen Anne June 2024. Do you think that the bottle will be attached to the pulley and at the designated moment when the Godparent pushes the bottle or give a signal, the bottle will be released to go whizzing down the wire and smash into the board at the bottom, scattering glass in the designated area and not in the Mersey? There seems to be a camera there waiting for something.

Yes, my husband has. I didn't, but maybe that's because they just send one per stateroom, or because I am still on board.

We are getting closer to the islands.......