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Carl I feel fortunate to have missed your lows but concur fully on the highs you mentioned.

And certainly agree that there is no substitute for traditional dining, the simplicity and continuity are key.

Enjoy the rest of the voyage!

Nice Cunard excursion to Soller from Palma de Mallorca today including return via mountain tunnels on a vintage electric train with wooden carriages.

To answer the question, yes, the Captain did appear and greet guests entering the Sr. Officers party last night.

Another Gala evening with almost universal participation in formal dress in any of the areas I passed through as well as Britannia.

Currently running 11.9 knots towards Palma de Mallorca which will put us well ahead of schedule.

Captain states we will anchor a couple miles offshore tonight around 2130 then pick up the pilot tomorrow morning 0645 and proceed into berth.

A beautiful sunny day at sea today enroute to Palma.

We have been fortunate in the ports so far with good weather.

Very well run and fairly priced Cunard tours to Pisa and Cassis, complimentary water shuttle into old town Toulon.

Lots of chipping and repainting of balcony fronts today in Toulon as well as indoor maintenance being performed in the Lido.

A few updates re: topics of recent interest here.

Having boarded Monday I’m very impressed with food and service in Late seating thus far.

Excellent Beef Wellington tonight.

No evidence of any cuts since last year other than the evening canapés, however three different bowls of snacks are presented with your cocktail in Commodore Club.

World Club party tonight, Sr. Officer’s Party coming Friday at 7PM in the Yacht Club, a nice time and venue.

As others have mentioned Casual nights are shirt and slacks for most, I’ve added a sport jacket.

Tonight’s formal night was almost entirely black tie in the party and Britannia with a few dark suits with ties.

Great cruise so far!

Update - I found the display case, about six different light lunch sandwich and salad type items currently on offer, no reference to any cost so apparently free upon request.

Will try to take a look at any canapé type items at a later hour.

I prefer the Commodore Club though, less crowded and better view.

World Club party tonight so won’t need to worry about searching snacks today lol….

Thanks for the info, headed to Queens Room for a concert after lunch and will look for the display case after.

My observations having boarded QV two days ago:

No canapés in Commodore Club but received three different dry snacks with our cocktails.

Saw reference to savouries in Chart Room in the daily and went looking but didn’t find them as yet.

No other “cuts” apparent.

Late seating service excellent thus far, food as I remember from last year.

Ship condition very good other than a few carpet stains here and there that look like they wouldn’t be that difficult to remove.

Regular Cunard logo pillow chocolates last night.

Disposable paper towels used with a spray bottle of sanitizing chemical would be more discreet but this bucket method is certainly within code as long as the chemical is mixed and maintained in the correct mix.

Doesn’t require much, something like 250/ppm.

I would always choose fixed seating for the continuity of servers and table, particularly when your desired time is so close to the fixed time anyway.

A vastly simpler and better experience IMO.

I appreciate the sanitation concerns but prefer mostly self service for the excellent reasons Fla Mariner has pointed out.

If you are somewhat particular about your food a lot of time is wasted in the process of explaining that to the line server.

Thanks Lisa for doing another live review.

After all the negativity I’m glad to see that your food photos look much the same as pre-pandemic.

I’ll be looking forward to the Caesar salad with anchovies and the steak when we join Westerdam a little more than a year from now Seattle to Tokyo.

Could it be that the posture of reclining and looking at the ceiling might have a tendency to exacerbate seasickness?

We sailed in August of last year and will embark again in six days time.

I saw or experienced nothing of concern.

So once daily cabin service is the new norm?

I’m only 3 Star Mariner, will that qualify for twice a day?

Thanks King Amo - I’ll pack the tux to cover the four formal nights and I prefer to wear a jacket for smart casual unless the heat in the Britannia is oppressive but will certainly reduce the number of ties packed.

I certainly expect to enjoy the rest of the experience as you did.

Hello everyone - in a week’s time we will be flying Newark to Rome to join QV for her voyage of September 2-16 in the Med, Britannia balcony, Deck 6.

While I don’t plan on doing a blog I’ll try to answer any questions.

On my return will do a review and try to address the various issues of interest here, dress code, food, changes, cuts, entertainment, etc.

I’m particularly interested to compare this sailing with my QV British Isles cruise one year ago and also my most recent Celebrity cruise to South America this past January.

Less ports in a cruise of similar duration = reduced speeds = fuel savings.

It’s cost driven I suspect.

I have fond memories of sailing aboard the Sagafjord from NYC in 1986 after she had acquired Cunard funnel colors and was marketed as Cunard/NAC.

Very interesting, I would have sworn they were eliminated by 2018.

I suspect you need to ask, probably if you frequent the same bar nightly and get to know the servers they may be offered after that.

Too quick to hit send, as to the location question I liked Deck 13 for the newer cabin with glass shower door and quick access down the hall to the outside decks.

Good analogy and yes this type of housing is prevalent in big cities like the New York boroughs, Philadelphia etc.

In the U.S. known as “row houses”.

Seems even Cunard have now dropped this tradition from Commodore Club sadly.

On HAL it’s exactly as you describe, once common, then request only at Crows Nest bar at happy hour designated time, then quietly dropped.

I can understand concerns about Israel but tourism to Egypt doesn’t seem to be having any particular issues lately.

Sadly a “lone wolf” terrorist can strike anywhere.