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Of course not but there is no way anyone should pay good money for a smelly cabin and if a replacement isn't offered, then one should demand one or get the Captain to come down and experience the smell for him/herself and demand action.

This has already been asked but no reply so I ask too. Did you ask or better still, demand to be moved to another cabin?

Me too [unless the chap is in danger of expiring due to heat overload, and yes, for the naysayers, the temperature can get hot and beads of sweat is SO not nice] except I read a piece which said dancers' jackets aren't always comfortable so a waistcoat in those circs. can be useful on the dance floor.

Nail in the coffin. Football [soccer] link. That's enough to assure me 100% a waistcoat is not required.

Depends how discreet you are. I guess practise could make perfect...if undiscovered. If discovered, you could claim broken specs or a diagnosed but hidden eyesight issue which demanded full use of the binocular lenses and the fact they were aimed at chaps' legs, was a muscular problem which meant your gaze was lowered on occasions.

I will lend you a pair of mini binoculars if we ever meet so you can discreetly give male legs the once over! edit and if you don't get thrown off the ship, you can spill the beans!😃

I was going to post a photo of Mr Bond a la Daniel Craig but forgot in my eagerness to post. He wears a dinner jacket, magnificently!

Having attended countless black tie events over the past many decades, whilst the purists might advocate cummerbund or even a waistcoat and look down on those who, with the changes in fashion over the decades, eschew such accessories, it is not necessary or a requirement to wear such additional details although I will admit, a cummerbund can be rather useful for the more portly gentleman. A satin stripe traditionally matches the lapel of the dinner jacket. My husband has the stripes, but not the satin lapel. What would the Fashion Police make of that! For heavens sake, let's be pleased when most chaps wear a dinner suit, be it a charity shop buy, M&S or a Saville Row Made to Measure. To be that picky as to accessories and stripes is enough to make me see stars with said stripes. 🥴

My parents knew a couple who booked QG suites and an opposite inside...he snored!

Yes. A dark suit will be perfectly acceptable. The majority of chaps will be gussied up in black tie but he will most certainly not be alone non black tie.

Depends on how long the cruise is. I 'recycle' evening wear, even on a two weeker if I feel one outfit warrants a second appearance especially as I have favourites which don't get worn shoreside..

In QG. the table layout is fluid and based purely on passenger requirements. For instance there might be three large tables, or one or two if the need is there, I have no reason to doubt PG would be different.

May well be allotted different disembarkation times and as such, bags in the baggage hall just might, not have been unloaded in time. As luggage ties are colour/numbered, it wouldn't hurt to ask for extra 'Diamond' colour coded tags so all bags have the same ties and will therefore be offloaded at the same time and will be in the same area of the baggage hall.

We spent four weeks last year on Victoria on two separate occasions, 6&7 aft and had no vestige of a smell at all, cabin or corridor.

Last year on Victoria.

I'm trying to find live camera action of QV leaving but I'll answer this instead. Funnily enough, I was thinking sitting on the steps would make a far better photo than 'the' pose where couples seem to be clinging on to one another for dear life. Glad you got some photos. We also have some family cruise ones from way back. Relaxed but in our finery, is how I'd describe them and most definitely not posed as such.🙂

Good for you. I see the same 'Cunard couple' pose being taken over and over again, usually on the main atrium stairway on QV and it really does look so DARNED posed so I'm sure your photo was a breath of fresh air. 🙂

Absolutely, why the angst. Gentleman or Nobleman, there are occasions when a tie is required, and then there are occasions when not or optional. Should a possible tie less situation arise, it's comforting to know the choice is there to wear, or not to wear whilst ignoring the raised eyebrows of those who would seek to impose their own ideals on others. 🙂

So do I! 🤞

Thx Simple reason for my absence, I didn't know the answers. Still don't !!😄

Bette Midler film Beaches early scenes were filmed at Brighton Beach so this maybe a Brooklyn answer.

B2B booked on separate invoices, if you have any OBC left, how about pre paying bottles of wine to store up for the next cruise.

tfg, is a Cunard newbie and will have no CWC status, hence my reply. He/she might have priority status but that's unclear. Those who turn up whenever they want eg very early will not gain entrance to the terminal, as they did in the past. Others with no experience of the tightening up of terminal admissions, may still say, turn up when you want but, as you say, be sensible.

Depends on whom you ask. I'd say getting stricter, others may say piffle and turn up when you want.

Not sure if the room service menus are the same throughout the ship. but we find it more than sufficient for an occasional lunch. Then again, if in QG, you can order what you want as long as you give sufficient notice, eg a decent lunch salad of your own fixings with own choice of protein ordered with the Butler at breakfast time. 🙂