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We're in the UK but have good friends who live in Orlando. In 2000 we were due to spend a fortnight with them when they rang to say they'd seen a 4 nights cruise out of Port Canaveral and were we interested in doing it. A tentative yes (had never ever considered cruising before this - it was only for the wealthy!!) saw us enjoy every second and we've never stopped cruising since then.

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I'm glad some people think the increase is negligible, but for others it may well be the straw that breaks the camel's back. It's surely now time that the gratuities are included in the price of the cruise and then we will know exactly what the cost of the holiday is. I'm also wondering when Cunard will tell us of the increase as we have two cruises booked, one in July and the other in December.

Possibly an easy one?

Couldn't see any mention of Cardiff here but still interesting Cunard Line (timetableimages.com)

Anyone know when this year's bear will be released and who will it represent?

D&N If I'm being honest with myself he does have legitimate reasons for being cautious, namely cost and health. He doesn't want the commitment of a cruise hanging over us, even if at this stage it would only be the deposit. Secondly is our health. We are both senior citizens and our health is not brilliant and sadly it's not going to improve. I'm never going to change him, not after 50+ years of marriage, but who knows, he may surprise me yet!!

I wish, but DH is steadfast in not booking this far ahead 😭. I'm trying both subtle and unsubtle hints but he won't budge!!!

Would never work. He knows me too well to know that I would never take a holiday (other than a 3 or4 nighter with DD) without him, especially 35 nights!!

in the Lido on the Queen Victoria there is an option to order a made-to-order pizza. Is there anything similar in the King's Court on the QM2 ?

There are a couple of cruises that really appeal but sadly there is absolutely no chance of getting DH to book this early. Completely unmovable.

Sadly I don't think you can eradicate the threat of Covid (or even Noro) completely. DH, adult DD and myself sailed with Cunard to the Canary Islands over Christmas and New Year but it was only towards the end of the cruise did we become aware that Covid was present. In fact, the couple in the cabin next to us had it and were isolating in their balcony cabin. A table companion also mentioned that several cabins on her deck were also isolating. But here's an interesting fact: The 3 of us shared a cabin and were together virtually 24/7. DH is classed as clinically vulnerable and has had 5 jabs, my daughter and myself have had 4. On disembarking we shared (obviously) the car journey home of about 5 hours, arriving back late afternoon. The following morning daughter woke up feeling 'off', took a test and yes, it was positive and remained positive for the next 3 days. We immediately took a test and guess what, both of us were negative and continued to show negative for 3 days. We then stopped for 24 hours before testing again (out of curiosity) and were still negative. So why did she get it and despite being together all the time, why didn't we? There is no answer to the above question but for us we simply came home and have booked 2 further cruises for later in the year!!! One final point for the OP: some people wore masks all the time but the majority, including us, did not. The only time Cunard asked us to mask up was when we used the shuttle buses but even then some people did not bother.

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How many deluxe inside Cabins are there ?

We will be in Madeira on New Year's Eve which is a Sunday. Will the shops be open?

155 days and an unexpected 304 days

We shared a table with a lady who was in one of these Cabins and she was happy with it.

On closer examination of a very small picture of a deck plan and this time using a magnifying glass and holding the page the right way round (!) you are right. Hopefully there will be no noise, apart from DH's snoring 🤣🤣

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We have just booked for a repeat cruise to the Canary Islands cruise over Christmas and New year and hope to make Lanzarote (too windy) and Lisbon (no explanation necessary!) as we failed last year. This time we will be in a deluxe inside cabin which will be under the Golden Lion (not much choice as we wanted a sofabed as a 3rd berth for our daughter) so will it be noisy?

This one should be obvious, but on the basis we're accepting Brisbane, maybe this should be classed as 'new'?

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Dance hosts don't get paid? Do they have to pay for the cruise or is it discounted?

Thank you.