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Ah, the cabin we had in July. Folk came to our cabin for a bit of a do too, and our cabin on deck seven and... Nice to know we'd be considered lacking in airs! 😅

Ha, a VIP point of debate.😀 I'm afraid I can't in all honesty say 'come to our suite' be it hotel or ship without it sounding, to me, a bit sniffy so hotel accommodation with a couple of rooms still remains a room for us and ship accommodation with a couple of rooms remains a cabin. Each to their own. If anyone wants to call their accommodation a suite, then go ahead. It's a free world out there thank goodness. 🙂

Norway is one of our fall back sea trips. Wonderful. I'm sure you will enjoy your foray on our favourite big boat. 😃

I enjoy reading QG comments too but may I say, expectations should be high but crucially also relevant across all Cunard and if not met, as DaisyUK experienced with some meals, then I can understand disappointment. Queen Victoria has an amazing staff and I am SO please to hear they will be one of the reasons a newbie to the ship will probably be back, even if there might/will be a subtle change in staff as QA poaches staff from all existing three ships.

Glad you liked the cabin. I was a bit concerned I'd oversold it! Meals not up to scratch? You shouldn't have to but, send them back as I did twice last May but then we eat off so often I'm usually very happy, apart from when I have to get a magnifying glass out to find my fillet minion! 😃

Back to back tastings last NY Eve with Tesco Finest Sparkling wine [Hush Heath Estate's product] and Lanson, Tesco was voted by our fellow diners as the winner. It's brilliant anyway but at its price point, fantastic. However I say this as a non wine connoisseur.

We holiday in a cabin on a Cunard cruise.

but Med based Spring, Summer and early Autumn and so fly cruising. Very disappointed here.

Winifred 22 is right. There's no separate dress code between any of the restaurants, The Lido buffet excepted. If you wanted to dine together, it's The Lido buffet, Britannia [prior arrangement and usually OK], The Verandah [a pay for extra] or any Lido pop ups [to pay for speciality dining at the end of The Lido].

Wonderful. Regarding the first tranche, we managed all the ports, bar Seattle and Miami [we picked Victoria up in S.F. and 'did' FLL instead of Miami], on the last couple of segments of a QV Worldie and had the most fabulous time. I can thoroughly recommend it to those folk lucky enough to book.

and don't I know it. Took me ages to stop demagnetising my cruise card against my iPad. I'm sure on one cruise the Concierge got her daily work out running up and down stairs to the Front Desk for me when she insisted on getting replacement cards for me. 😀

Quite rightly bearing in mind not all of us take a phone away with us and not everyone has a phone capable of opening doors or paying for stuff anyway, I can't see open sesame by phone, just yet.

Many years ago, one of our non Cunard Alaska cruises featured in The Times Travel section. The journalist termed it 'The Parkas and Pearls' Cruise. Ultra casual during the day to fit in with 'exploring the frontier' etc, and the pearls came out at night time. It will certainly be different from a TA but that's no reason to change one's evening attire.

Does it matter? Maybe cut down on jackets if lugging is an issue but still take formal wear and to be frank, all my non formal wear- no dresses, just [very] smart trousers and tops/floaty overshirts, these days would be worn as formal by many as I have mixed and matched to Gala dinners too. We wear what we want and not what fits in with others and are utterly compliant with the advisories. D&N has expressed it well in #25 and whilst his idea of day wear is miles apart from ours, he is dressing to please himself and staying more than compliant and blow [in the nicest of ways 🙂] what others wear. That saying, you may be happily surprised and the ship of an evening no different from any other destination.

Lots of striking tops out there. It's just a case of finding them but let me put it this way, mine aren't found in an everyday High Street shop. 🙂

Gives a whole new dimension to Holy jeans!

It's quite obvious there are agents and then there are Super Agents. Find a gem and stick with him/her. I trust our agent implicitly and would never book with anyone else.

A new one on me and never heard of it but cute to have a tradition such as this. I would have thought if you explained the tradition to your wait staff/Head Waiter well in advance, they would be able to oblige.

I got a bit lost reading the post so forgive me, but I am under the impression the brochure price is the starting point for all agents over here before any agent discounts.

UK =or US apparently er [contrary lot over there 😁] Australia, probably 'or'. Doesn't matter witch wan yew yuse, wee no wat yew meen

I wouldn't bother. We never upload photos and it's done when we check in.

Zoot suit? Steamerpunk? You've lost me I'm afraid. We will stick to our usual conservative attire. If you were the only ones in fancy dress, doesn't that indicate fancy dress isn't what Gala nights are about? Your Zoots and Steamerpunk are both unknown to me but enjoy wearing them. ps, I still don't thin k there will be a Victorian Gala evening.

I completely agree apart from champagne. I prefer English sparkling wine and Tesco's Finest to be precise.

Flapper evening wear is adhering to the theme but I'm pretty sure a gala evening in the 20s didn't include guests toting blow up guns! 😀

What folk wear, is down to the individual but Gala for me does not mean fancy dress. I have a long strand of pearls and a feather what-not for my hair but apart from a long evening dress which has slight 20's beading, that does it for me. Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby evening wear, super but the Peaky Blinders outfits which seem to be creeping in? Pure fancy dress. It's a Gala night, not a fancy dress party!