DDBINK1

The Chief Engineer has to be Montgomery "Scotty" Scott.

Wouldn't that be just great on the QM2.

His famous line, " Captain, She hasn't go the power", could be combined with "But Captain, Carnival won't let us start the Diesel Engines" !!

But I do like the character.

Captain could be Captain Kirk, think of the ADVENTURE as it continues !!!

If I remember right, there was a small light that stayed on in the Bathroom when the main light was turned off at night. But I used a night light that turned on when the light went off and off when the light was on. No problem with the plugs at all. Also, I had a small battery powered light I put on the night stand to use in the cabin to get to the bathroom. The suite I had, had a pole in the middle of the room that was a real problem in the middle of the night. I am a very poor pole dancer for sure.

You must eat very poorly at home. I agree about the buffet but rarely have a meal in the MDrm that compares with what we eat every day at home. Yes you get the treatment, napkin on lap etc, but I find the food stodgy and mostly poorly cooked. Cunard need to have a re think on food, their menus are so dated. Modern food is simpler (as food in the Golden Lion) much tastier and has none of the often unpleasant sauces which seem to accompany most meals.

 

And don't even get me started on what they do with meat. At least I think it's meat, it's often difficult to tell.

 

David.

I beg your pardon?

When I eat my Lucky Charms for breakfast, my Spaghetti-O's for lunch and my TV dinner for whatever, I eat very well, thank you very much !!

I have not eaten in the MDR since my first Cruise on QM2 on the Inaugural Caribbean Cruise. I have been in the Queens Grill. So I may have missed some of the recent changes on the menus. And to bring it back to the topic, it never changes my tips to the wait staff. They are not the chef. I rate their work on the way they interact with me and serve me. Not the taste of the food.

I think that if you don't experience the problem you should not judge.

A person with circulation problems may need to use a chair to get around off and on based of pain, stability, even time of day.

Best advice we give in clinic is to keep active as much as possible. That could take the form of using a chair for long distance but if you can get up and dance a few Rumba's do it. Then rest and try to do it again.

Those ramps to get onto a cruise ship can be daunting with the angle walking up to the ship.

My best story was when on my First QM2 voyage, standing in line for dinner outside the MDR and there was actually 4 scooter chairs lined up with people on them and I smartly waited for the doors to open and said Gentlemen ARE YOU READY, GET SET, and suddenly a lady on one of the scooters shouted RUN HIM DOWN !!!! :eek: And I swear she tried to get me. Of course she was at the next table to mine and we had a great time laughing about it.

The Atlantic Room??

I had actually forgotten that it existed on QM2.

Does anyone have any experience of utilizing it? I believe bridge games go on there but beyond that ??

Could be a place to put single cabins?? ;)

You absolutely have to stay on the Queen Mary Hotel. And there will be others there that have arranged cab or vans to the QM2 in port.

If you stay on the ship, take the haunted ship tour. Eat in the restaurant Sir Winston's. Have cocktails in the Observation lounge and walk the promenade about the ship. Shop in the shops if you like. Explore the ship everywhere. I find it exciting and on my second stay had the best time as I think I had a visit from a ghost!!!! :eek:

It is worth every penny.

Pavilion Pool - Outdoor pool with retractable roof on Deck 12.

4.8m width, 7.5m length, 1.62m to 1.38m depth.

Heated to 30°C.

Do they ever open the roof on that pool?

Quite! Totally agree. We've all seen people who eat huge meals and never seem to put on any weight, and stay slim :( .

Those people have hollow legs and hide the food there for later disposal.

Whilst others eat hardly anything, gain weight very easily, it is a constant battle to not get fat, use strict diets, and who only have to glance briefly at a dessert menu... for their clothing to cut off their circulation :D

A bit of liposuction and a lifestyle face lift and no problems if done precruise. :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Salacia

...or men wearing kilts?

What do men wear under those dresses? :confused:

And how is that independence vote going??

I tend to spend a lot of time in the exercise center. Sometimes waiting for a eliptical or other machine. I seem to go when everyone else wants to go, like there is a bell that goes off and everyone hits the gym at the same time.

Then there is the promenade deck for walking. And I try the stair exercises too but they smell like cigarettes sometimes.

With all that, I still make sure I have anticipated my clothing choices. Pants seem to shrink in a suit case on a cruise for some reason. :rolleyes:

There always seems to be time for dessert after breakfast and second breakfast and lunch and dinner and midnight snack dessert. And of course High Tea. And before High Tea coffee and cookies in the cabin.

How do you loose weight on a cruise?

Seems like it is impossible. :confused:

Enough already. Where did I say anything about the US. I said "the average people" and by that I mean the average people on Cunard ships. That is what we are talking about, RIGHT? And that is simple versus gourmet. You may well be the gourmet 7 nights a week....many of us are not.

When I am on a cruise, I think of the foods in the buffet as simple, because I can pick up what I like from a huge selection. No pressure, no waiting, no ordering, just get some food and eat it.

Now, when I go to the sit down areas, the MDR or a restaurant on board the ship, then to me, that is gourmet. I sit down, I am dressed up, I get a cloth napkin, a wait staff member hands me a menu, I choose a meal and it is served. Now I cannot say that I think all the food served is gourmet by taste, because all chefs are not created equal. But comparing my home cooking to a meal on the ship, definitely the meal on the ship is GOURMET!!!!!

An extra four hours off at every other port... to put that into perspective, we would need to know how many hours off is the norm, and how many times the ship stops at ports during any particular voyage.

 

For example, consider QM2 transatlantic crossings NY to Southampton, which is approximately seven days. That would mean that every 7 days, half of the housekeeping staff got an extra four house off to go ashore. (Unless there was a noro outbreak, and then all bets are off.) I imagine that after spending so many hours on their feet, there are crew members who are happy to have four hours of rest rather than going ashore. So a bonus 4 hours off on a rotation basis at port stops - oh yeah, that's living large.

I completely agree. The staff work many hours for the guests and have little time to relax and enjoy life off work. In talking to some of the staff they take naps instead of visiting off the ship in ports also. One of my trips, the butler said he had his wife also on board and they tried to get the extra time off together but sometimes it did not happen as they worked in different departments. He also told me that they work shifts that are split up during the day. Early morning for 4 or 6 hours and later in the day for 6 to 7 hours. That is alot of work and long hours. I remember our butler checking in with us in the evening and when we had box seats for the show on QV, she also showed up during the show to pour champagne and make sure our goodies we had to eat were adequate. This on top of the staff already provided in the box seats. I would have thought her shift was over as it was the late show.

I have read on here that all the food for the staff is free while on board?? I think that not all types of food are free to the staff. I had one waiter on board QM2 say he always bought a steak dinner on first Sunday of the month, with dessert. He said it was his treat to himself. I understood it to mean that steaks were not on the free food menu for staff.??? Anyone know? I do know they have to buy Chips (Crisps for you people over there) and other snacks.

Y'all get kind of brutal with each other on here when you disagree or find something inaccurate in a post. (I am from Tennessee, that is how we talk).

No offense meant. :) Be kind. please??

I had a conversation with a butler and a house keeping staff member once and they both said they got 4 extra hours off at every other port. The staff rotate that bonus time so that they can go off the ship and enjoy some time off and shop for sundries as they are cheaper on shore than on the ship.

If I remember right, I may have worn Shorts to the QG for lunch in Hawaii. :eek:

This topic is always interesting in the answers people give.

Cultures seem to effect the responses.

There is a CC article and I hope I get this right

http://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=132

it that does not work then someone can help I am sure.

Every time I read these postings I doubt myself as to if I have given enough. I would never stiff anyone on a tip. Especially since I have never had a bad experience on a cruise. (except in the laundry, but haven't we all??? )

I have followed the guides on this article and then some. But some on these posts do a lot more.

I have Tippers Guilt for some reason.

How much does one tip when on a World Cruise?

This is probably covered somewhere here...?....but I'm wondering about the differences between the two vessels and pros or cons for each. I've done several transAtlantics (on Seabourn and Silversea), and very much enjoy sea days and formal evenings. Now, am looking at a January crossing (Westbound) on QV in January. Just saw that there is a 7-day eastbound on QM that would arrive S'hampton 10 days before the QV leaves there. I'm a female solo traveller.

 

Interested in thoughts on the two ships; what to expect from a TA in January...yadda. Thanks very much!

I think you should book both cruises you list. And stay in England for the 10 days in between. Then give us all a great report of your experiences.

I have travelled on both ships for Voyages in both a balcony cabin on QM2 and QG on both. The one Big thing that was different on QV was the sound the vibrates throughout the ship when QV hits a wave of size. I think the bow is not a great design. Some friends I met on QV stated it could at times wake them at night when the waves were rough since their cabins were forward. My cabin on QV was aft with a view of the wake, never heard the vibration except while out and about in the forward sections of the ship.

Between the two ships, I like them both. I never had anything to say that was bad about the service or meals. Beware the Laundry rooms they are sometimes "interesting" places to meet people. :eek:

I don't have experience with TA's yet, but I have done Caribbean (QM2) and LA to Hawaii on both ships. Sea days are great on both, always something to experience and have fun doing. There are single get together times on each ships programs and I am sure you will meet CC people and dinner friends too.

Above all, which ever you choose or both, you will have a great experience.

I think singles cabins would be great for QM2. Should have had them to start. But what will there be to complain about if they make single cabins and appropriately price them??? :cool:

Since being informed of our upgrade from P1 to Q6 I have many questions... We like wine but are frugal... Was planning to bring a few bottles on board to enjoy in cabin before dinner... Now wondering if the "House Wine" provided in the Queens Grill Suite Mini Bar will be a better "value." I mean, it is Cunard. Please help us decide.

Last time I was on QM2 the house wine (red) that I drank was good. It had the QM2 logo on the bottle. Others may have more recent experience. Of course your own you bring on board is always good.

Hi DDBINK1

 

The old Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth... did six feet to the gallon, so it was said :eek: .

 

The France could steam Le Harve to New York and back without refueling.

 

 

The QM2's tanks hold:

Heavy Fuel Oil 1,412,977 US gallons (5,348.7 cubic metres)

Marine Gas Oil 966,553 US gallons (3,658.8 cubic metres)

 

The diesel engines consume 3.1 tonnes/hour

The gas turbines consume 6.0 tonnes/hour

(both at full load)

 

Daily consumption at 29 knots (I wish) is approx 261 tonnes of HFO and 237 tonnes of MGO

(all Cunard's figures, any mistakes aren't mine! ;))

 

 

Not quite what you wanted, sorry, but that's all I know at present, I'll keep looking :)

 

All best wishes,

Not being a great math man, how far can that translate into the travel on the ship??

I am betting quite a distance. and

Thank you for the information.

SFB

 

No I am not the Queen, however there are some activities that are private and some are public.

 

The activities of a laptop, tablet, I Pod , photos of family etc are IMHO private, and private activities take place in the privacy of the cabin.

 

A bar , a place of entertainment is for public activities.

 

The Chart Room in a bar lounge, for drinking, listening to the entertainers, maybe a lecture, for meeting with friends .

 

Suppose I decide to cut my toe nails in there ?

 

After all I will not be disturbing anyone ,- and if the String quartet was playing well he** I can still listen to the music!

 

 

 

My comment was in support of another posting re the fact that it is becoming increasingly obvious that some passengers (not all) are behaving in a less than courteous manner , and misusing various spaces.

Your answers and post is the best I have read in a while.

I agree, why have WiFi in public areas?? The routers or what ever they are, are a minimal expense. Spread it out all over the ship. That way, having a nice time in a lounge is not part of a computer competition.

Does anyone know how far QM2 can travel on one fill up?? I was reading about a 10 day period between ports on one posting and I thought wow this ship has some gas tank. :confused:

The Golden Lion is a popular place to have lunch (no extra charge) and therefore fills up early.

 

On days where there is a trivia quiz right before lunch you'll find many from the quiz will stay seated (so brush up on your trivia and join a team to ensure a seat! ;) )

 

There are many photos of the QM2's Golden Lion, of the interiors of QM2, and a "tour" of her public rooms, via the link below, I hope they help :) .

 

Bon Voyage!

Pepper,

I looked at many of your picture sets. You have an astounding eye for taking a great picture. Thank you. :)

Fashion alerts are the best.

How about a tie that makes a political statement is a great question?

Such as ??

Would one be barred from the Ball? or Dining Room?? while wearing one?

What about the pre tied neck ties with the bit of elastic one stretches out to fit over their heads and then around their necks?

Very convenient for the man on the run.

OR the Bow tie, pretied with a hook and clasp

Not that the color is Cunard appropriate but dashing anyway. I have seen many of these vile contraptions round many a man's neck at the evening meal. Most don't have the female companion to assist in a proper tie thus lacking in fashion sense have opted for the ease of placing one about their neck.

But of course there are the rabble rousers that truely make a mess of the situation by wearing this

Now this I would hope the Security Forces involved would demand removed and thrown into the wake immediately. I am unsure if Her Majesty's Government would even allow such a horrid T SHIRT to be sold in the Empire let alone be worn to a formal evening meal.

I won't even mention the last most unmentionable tie available.

Hint: THE CLIP ON :eek: