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No walk in closet as the Vista's 2 but we found we have had but plenty of space to lose stuff! 😀

Showing friends photos so had my iPad with me and let’s face it…haggis nachos??? 'Slightly' different with regards to the nachos.😀

No idea. The concierge just told us they had been asked to leave when we asked if we were going to have yet another 5am wake up of thumps and shrieks. It was many years ago but we were impressed

Well I just popped my head in as I walked back to the cabin this afternoon and two spare washing machines with empty dryers too. Wow. I now have less to do on Monday!

Ritz Carlton Club level, Laguna Niguel, the second time a loud and noisy family ( children were early risers and made sure adjoining guests were also awake) came to breakfast in their night robes, they were asked to leave the hotel. He apparently was 'in film production'. Held no water and they left. It can be done.

Sublime king crab legs to the downright Scottish tasty Haggis nachos, nachos being sliced tatty scones ( no, I had no idea what they were but think fried potato cakes).

My parents loved QE2. We never got the opportunity to travel with her. I'm darned sure I wouldn’t want to cruise with her now.

For us, it’s polo shirts. Having had expensive shirts ruined by over zealous pressing of the collars years ago, not Cunard I must add, we won’t chance them to the ship’s laundry. Any delicate clothes get washed at home as the passengers' laundry, whilst a great provision, understandably has robust machines which don’t have delicate enough cycles.

Add wet from low lying mist now to the cold and cloudy to that now.😕 Oh well, plus ca change and all that!

Great news. Being personally pro active sure beats a wait list. Well done.

It’s not clear to me who is booking what, other than Cunard ships sail pretty full. I would love to see a spread sheet of the 'pure Cunarders' who are now booking with other lines. As to ‘happy ships' I have banged on how QV is such a happy ship, and others have said the same about her sister. I’m sure QM2 era would say their dignified lady is pretty happy too. Annie is too new to have a happy family. As I have said many times, the comments on this forum are but a microscopic percentage of Cunard passengers and as I’m not on any other social media, I can’t be certain, but I would imagine the percentage there is pretty low.

We have been sitting in 'the gap' quite a bit this cruise and we’ve got used to it. OK there’s no view and I do need a back cushion, of which there are loads, for some of the chairs, but it’s OK. 🙂

Clive Myrie has proven to be an amazing speaker and quite honestly, could have filled the theatre three times over. We decided to watch his talks later in the comfort of our cabin. I sat next to a real snuffler the other day and as our cabin is snuffle free watched with a cup of coffee. The show tonight sounds quite good too so we’ll be taking on pinch point alley on the way to the theatre. The wind today defeated us, yet again so it’s been an inside day. What with the cool Canary cruise and the predominantly windy and cold weather this cruise, we’ve not done too well with the Queen Anne weather stakes. Still smiling tho'. 🙂

and if all fails, there’s the ship's laundry, which is what I went with yesterday. Couldn’t be bothered trying to guess when a machine would be empty.

and not all passengers views, future and present are reflected in the views of CC board members. Myles has been onboard for quite a few weeks now. Hope it’s not all been a dreadful experience.

The number of wheelchairs on the May cruise was way beyond any cruise we’ve ever been on which was reflected on disembarkation. HUGE numbers. Huge. Not nearly as many on this one. That’s not to say provisions couldn’t be improved but the May cruise was atypical as was pointed out by assistance as we embarked.

I have been so impressed with my choices for dinner this cruise, I broke a habit of a lifetime and photographed a couple. I add the caveat my iPad was with me in case a whale popped up its head to say hello. No ipad, no smiling whale photo. Unfortunately, no whales so my dinners got photographed, and I did the smiling! 🙂 Enjoy your extra cakes. I love Mackintosh designs. No Baked Alaska on the menu but then I have two specials ordered for tonight so will be avoiding puds. I went to watch Queen with Adam Lambert concert filmed in Tokyo, on the Pavilion screen last night. Great way of passing 90 mins but it was a bit chilly so memo for future 'cold water' cruises, take a shawl.

Getting back to the thread topic. King Crab legs. Steamed and unadulterated. What a lunch!🙂

and as one is paying, it’s incumbent on the payor to be aware of guidelines which have changed…with the times!

Standards haven’t dropped but the guidelines for dress have changed. That’s not dropped, that’s changed! As to 'standards' for QG, I have this lunchtime, congratulated our Head Waiter on the quality, the taste and the choices on the main menu in QG. The staff are amazing too. Will we be transferring our 25 and 26 bookings away from Our Annie? No.

Not a case of being sensitive. It’s being cognisant of the fact Cunard is moving with the times to stay relevant. Those who don’t like the moves, should carry on their own style and ignore those who ‘don’t measure up' but for sure, make known their thoughts to higher ups. It might help. It might not. Captain Hudson ( what a charming, great chap) stopped to talk to us on one of his deck ambles and we discussed the fact Cunard is aware and values its heritage whilst looking to the future. We have the same attitude. What I wouldn’t let pass is a member of staff talking to me as was described in #201. The staff on Queen Anne have been superb and this incident lets all the staff down when in fact, the staff are wonderful. So please, treat this as an anomaly and not the norm but, if senior managers aren’t aware of such retorts, then nothing can be done.

Even if I notice an attire I wouldn’t wear or wouldn’t let my husband 'out' in, I have no difficulty ignoring surrounding dress sense. What I wouldn’t ignore, is the attitude given in post 201 re 'respect for others culture' from a member of staff to a passenger. Totally out of order and should be actioned by senior staff. We happened to meet the Captain as he walked the decks and he stopped to talk to us (what an great, personable chap) and our conversation ran along the lines of 'how wonderful the staff on Queen Anne are'. They are and it’s sad to hear of this anomaly.

I use them when washing delicate woollens in the machine. I’m probably a victim of overselling by the store which sells the products but, I’m a sucker for kerping woollens looking brand new so, I buy, I use. 🙂

You can and that’s what we do, utilising both credits.

Craigrlewis, you should not have to spend the time following this up, but if you do feel you want to, and I would if it were me, my suggestion is to get to speak to Callum Williams. He is the Guest Services Manager and is extremely approachable. In fact, you can’t miss him as he walks around the ship. This is not a case of the over used 'dumbing down', how I hate that phrase, it’s a case of staff training and to be fair, staff being afraid of unruly passengers. There will be those who don’t dress appropriately all the times and that won’t stop but the disruption caused by cell phone on speaker and the child is not acceptable at all and there is NO way the bar staff should have told you to respect other cultures when the ethos of the surroundings and fellow passengers weren’t being respected. If I had experienced that, my main complaint today would have been about the staff.