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QM2 left the drydock about an hour ago.

Sorry, no there isn't a website for that information for US guests. I understand UK guests can now view their voyage history as part of the login functionality on the Cunard UK website, but we don't have that functionality in the US. And if you were a UK guest, you would need your Cunard World Club number to complete the registration for that login functionality in the first place. At this point, to determine your Cunard World Club number and Cunard voyage history prior to booking another voyage, you can start with a call to Cunard Customer Service.

Here's the link to the page for the Black Friday Event on the Cunard US website. This states "Offer is available to residents of the 50 United States/District of Columbia, Canada, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Mexico". It also provides a table detailing the amount of OBC being offered based on length of voyage and category of cabin. https://www.cunard.com/en-us/cruise-deals/black-friday-sale

There are 146 voyages included in this Solo Traveler Offer. Only 8 of those voyages are on QA. And just to make sure it's clear, the offer does not apply to Grill Suites (or Britannia Club).

Yes, that calculation is correct for those voyages where they are offering a full 25% discount. See this quote from the terms and conditions I posted previously. "Receive an additional discount of up to 25% off the single supplemental fare, which will reduce the single supplemental fare from 175% to between 132% and 160% of the double occupancy fare on select voyages. Discount varies by voyage between 8% to 25% ..."

I was able to open your attachment. Is there a link to it online? Just wondering if they've posted the Winter one yet and a link to the Summer one might help find the Winter one if they have posted it.

I think you may have received the Summer 2023 Cunarder based on this reply from April 27 on the earlier "Cunarder Summer 2023 thread". If the timing is similar to last time, those of us in the US can expect this latest Cunarder Winter 2023 issue in about a month.

Yes, I assume this Solo Traveler Offer is only for North America as has been the case with similar offers in the past although it does not specifically say so in the terms and conditions as it has in the past. There's an "Enjoy our Solo Traveler Offer for six days only" section on this "Solo travelers" page on the Cunard US website but not on the corresponding page on the Cunard UK website. https://www.cunard.com/en-us/the-cunard-experience/solo-travellers Here are the terms and conditions from the Cunard US website. Solo Traveler Offer Terms and conditions *New Bookings only. Receive an additional discount of up to 25% off the single supplemental fare, which will reduce the single supplemental fare from 175% to between 132% and 160% of the double occupancy fare on select voyages. Discount varies by voyage between 8% to 25% and applies to guests reserving an Inside, Oceanview, or Balcony stateroom. Offer does not apply to Britannia Club Balcony, Princess Grill Suite, or Queens Grill Suite bookings. Offer is for new bookings only and is not combinable with select offers, including but not limited to Interline Rates, Net Rates, Negotiated Rates, Black Friday/Cyber Monday Events, exclusive travel agency offers, and regional and recipient-only offers. Offer is applicable to reservations booked by November 14, 2023. Promotion code: Z2H. Taxes, Fees, and Port Expenses range from $60 to $570. Offer start date: November 9, 2023.

I think you've got it. My itineraries and that bridge which is a good match to the 25 de Abril Bridge suggest that's Lisbon.

The gap in QM2's schedule between October 22nd and November 16th has been there since the 2023 summer/autumn itineraries were first released in January 2022. So the drydock has been scheduled for quite some time. Can't speak for whether or how much the scope of what was planned to be done has changed since that timeframe for the drydock was set.

Yes, to temper the speculation about a 2026 World Cruise for QM2, there have been previous reports indicating QM2's 2024 World Cruise may be her last for a few years. For example, there's this quote from Chris Frame on his "chriscunard.com" site. "QM2 will start 2024 undertaking yet another world cruise. This will be her last world cruise for the next few years, as Cunard has since indicated that from 2025 onward QM2 will focus more on the transatlantic service while Queen Anne will take up a global cruising role." It will be interesting to find out in the next few months if those 2026 dates for QM2 in Australia turn out to be real and QM2 will be doing a 2026 World Cruise after all.

Queen Mary 2 is on the Brisbane schedule for 7 Mar 2026 and Queen Anne is on the Brisbane schedule for 14 Mar 2026. Here's what we have so far. Queen Mary 2 11 Jan 2026 - Southampton 4-5 Mar 2026 - Sydney 7 Mar 2026 - Brisbane 14 Mar 2026 - Darwin Queen Anne 11 Jan 2026 - Southampton 8 Mar 2026 - Darwin 14 Mar 2026 - Brisbane 16-17 Mar 2026 - Sydney 19-20 Mar 2026 - Melbourne 26 Mar 2026 - Fremantle 26 Apr 2026 - Funchal

I think it's still a bit early to find itineraries for the 2026 world cruises. But we can find a few clues here and there such as what you have found. QV is on the port schedule for Funchal on 12 Feb 2026, 26 Feb 2026 and 15 Apr 2026. That looks like a series of Madeira/Canary Islands cruises rather than a world cruise for her. QA is on the port schedule for Funchal on 26 Apr 2026. That looks like it could be a port of call for her near the end of a 2026 world cruise if we'd like to speculate. Thanks to @sogne for pointing me to the Funchal Port Authority website for those schedules. In Australia, you've already found QM2 on the port schedule for Sydney on 4-5 Mar 2026 and QA on the schedule for Sydney on 16-17 Mar 2026. @LittleFish1976 reported seeing QA on the Darwin port schedule on 8 Mar 2026, on the Melbourne port schedule on 19-20 Mar 2026, and on the Fremantle port schedule on 26 March 2026 as well as QM2 on the Darwin port schedule on 14 Mar 2026. So that gives us a few tidbits to speculate about what the 2026 world cruises might look like. Check back in a few months to see if we've learned anything further. In the mean time, if anyone else has found port calls for Cunard beyond 11 Jan 2026 (on port authority websites or elsewhere), I'd love to hear about them.

Very good. What yours taken from the Gibralfaro?

I trust @Lanky Lad will be by shortly to confirm that's Malaga. I held off on identifying this one since I have a nearly identical webcam capture in my archives showing an early evening view of QV there this past December. To help with the viewpoint, this webcam is identified as from the Gran Hotel Miramar in Malaga.

There was no sign of any such model or anything similar for sale on our last several QM2 voyages. Our last voyage was this past September. The only QM2 models I saw for sale were made of crystal I believe. Elegant but not particularly accurate or detailed.

Cunard has a recent history with Damen Shiprepair for other drydocks. QE was at Damen Shiprepair Brest for her 2019 drydock. And QM2's drydock in 2021 prior to her return to service was also at Damen Shiprepair Brest. So there is a prior relationship with Cunard and Damen Shiprepair which may have been a factor in why QM2 is at the Damen facility in Rotterdam for the current drydock.

That's what I concluded yesterday as well based on where QV (shown in the photo) has been on November 5th over the years. Glad you were able to figure it out.

OK, you've drawn me back in, if only to comment on a couple of the points you've mentioned as I see them. Again my intention is not to cause any more controversy. That quote "In keeping with some of our voyages in warmer climates" is inaccurate in my view. To my knowledge, the only warmer climates where they intoduced a jacket optional dress code was in connection with the previously mentioned policy, only on embarkation days, for those joining Mediterranean fly cruises on Queen Victoria. Now perhaps there were other warm weather cruises where a jacket optional policy was introduced on an ad-hoc basis, but as far as I know, that was not previously stated as the standard policy anywhere. Cunard's explanation that the jacket optional change was being made for Australian cruises because of the warm weather was met with some skepticism on this forum at the time. The ship is air-conditioned and as you say, Australia is not the hottest or most humid of Cunard's destinations.

Not meaning to cause more controversy concerning regional stereotypes about dress codes, but I will provide some context about one aspect of the dress code which has changed in recent years. That's the change in the Cunard dress code making it "jacket optional" for gentlemen on Smart Attire evenings. From at least 2017 and perhaps earlier, back when the dress code was called Informal rather than Smart Attire, Cunard provided this dress code definition. "Informal (Jacket Optional): The Informal (Jacket Optional) dress code amendment applies to Queen Victoria's summer fly Mediterranean season on embarkation days only, in Athens, Barcelona, Rome and Venice. Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth will continue to have the standard Formal and Informal (Jacket Required) dress codes. The ship's newspaper will confirm the dress code of the day. Guests who have Athens, Barcelona, Rome and Venice as a port during their voyage and are already settled in on board are encouraged to wear a jacket." Then when Cunard began QE's Alaska seasons in 2019, they implemented the same "jacket optional" dress code on embarkations days for QE's Alaskan cruises. Then, perhaps of the most relevance to the current discussion, in December 2019 Cunard changed the dress code to be "jacket optional" across all Smart Attire evenings on QE's Australian cruises. Here's a partial quote from Cunard's communication about that change. "As part of Queen Elizabeth's deployment to Australia, we will be making a number of changes to the on board experience that reflect the Australian region, guests feedback and operational considerations. Dress Code: Effective from 6 December [2019], and in keeping with some of our voyages in warmer climates, the dress code for Australian voyages has been revised to now include jacket optional on Smart Attire evenings, to allow guests to be comfortable during the warmer evenings. Gala Evenings dress code has not changed and guests will still be required to wear a dinner jacket, tuxedo or dark suit for men with a regular tie or bow tie." Finally, with the resumption of service in 2021, Cunard changed the Smart Attire dress code to be "jacket optional" on all itineraries across the fleet. Now I'll leave it for others to conclude what the main driver was for Cunard to first make it "jacket optional" across all Smart Attire evenings on their Australian itineraries and how much that drove the subsequent decision to extend "jacket optional" to all other itineraries. I won't presume to offer an informed opinion about that.

Here's a link to a post by @Pushpit showing a screen shot of the main menu of "My Voyage". Fortunately I've never had to use "Medical assistance", but I suppose that's the menu item for "our virtual GP service, SeaConsult". Note there is a menu item for "Daily programme". That works well. One thing I would like to see enhanced with that functionality is for it to allow you to see the next day's programme once it has been released and delivered to your stateroom in paper form in the evening. As it is, that's a link to the current day's programme only.

No, I don't think you've posted this photo before. This guy with all the itineraries has figured it out. I'll wait a few more hours to give others a sporting chance at this one.

Correct. That image is from QV's recent call there on October 9th. By the time I captured that image, it was getting late in the day. Almost could have qualified as a sunset image for our "Daily sunrise photo" thread.

Here's a webcam capture of a Cunard ship at a port we've seen before.

@e&mcruise, you may have been thinking of discounts on Wine Academy activities. Here is what I am seeing in the Cunard Wine Collections brochure available on line. "Not only do our collections offer great savings on wine, but by purchasing a collection you will also receive a range of discounts against Cunard Wine Academy activities and events during your voyage. Please present your voucher booklet to receive your discount. For further information about the Cunard Wine Academy activities taking place on your voyage please refer to the Daily Programme or speak with your restaurant Sommelier. Captain’s Collection – receive a 10% discount on Cunard Wine Academy activities* Commodore’s Collection – receive a 15% discount on Cunard Wine Academy activities* *Discounts apply to all guests travelling in the same stateroom. Excludes WSET courses."