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Just to note, there were no Burgundy whites by the bottle on Queen Anne in May. Maybe not stocked yet but might be worth bringing your own if you care.

Thank you! These are great suggestions…she’ll be happy to hang with us too 🙂

Sounds like we can check with Royal and cancel by day 2 since the trip is day 4. Will look for direct vendors!

Any idea whether that applies to the RCCL excursion? We’re signed up for Margarita madness lol

I didn’t identify it in the op!

Yes she’s almost 19. Thank you!

Hi, we are traveling with a college sophomore, B2B on Navigator July 1 and July 5. Is there any solo programming for young people? Are they allowed into adult spaces (gym, spa, adult pool, bars and disco)? I understand they can’t drink on board but perhaps can in Ensanada? What’s the best way to meet other college aged kids?

I would do the $300 tab in a heartbeat. Norwegian is my least favorite cruise line but I used to love their premium package (included great bottles of wine, truly premium liquor and Starbucks). But then they got rid of the Moet so it became less appealing…and I’d still prefer Princess, Celebrity, Crystal, even Royal Caribbean. And believe it or not, I’d still prefer Cunard over all others with the unusable drinks package.

Interesting. On May 24 they went strictly by arrival time at the Golden Lion, ignoring entirely the staggered time people were given to arrive. Hence the over two hour wait.

I love this feature on virtually all other cruise lines. I actually spend much more because I’ll happily pay the difference to try better wines by the glass and have less of a commitment to a bottle. Cunard moved many wines to costing more than the package by vastly overpricing them. ($14.50 a glass for a $27 dollar bottle wine). So I find that so disingenuous, I would rather drink less on Cunard.

I loved not having the package. I felt like I had $72 a day pp (we were 3 people) to spend on actually good wine and never came close to hitting the cost of the package. But we drink primarily water/ sparkling water and fine wine, not too many cocktails…

Also the pours on a glass are so stingy, whether on or off the package, I would always get a bottle from now on.

Hi—was with mom in a wheelchair and might I advise that for disembarkation, you ignore the stated time to arrive at Golden Lion and check in early for assistance? Our stated time to arrive was 8:50 for a 9:10 disembarkation. We were not helped off the ship until after 11.

I’ve now realized I have a NY conference call during dinner rather than an hour before! I wish they just gave the exact time and clock change information at embarkation…

Only private lessons happening. Some tunes it’s the only space onboard.

I think the issue with this is that Wellness space is available for all passengers as is all the surrounding seating. There is no seating on the deck 3 promenade. There are yoga classes and dance lessons there given the lack of other spaces available.

I believe I saw one gentleman last night.

I’ve been trying to do my civic duty and run to hold them for older passengers. The best trick is to watch the numbers and try to get there in advance but it’s an imperfect system.

Hi, that’s lovely to hear, I appreciate your grace towards those of us still learning! it’s a private dance group where we pay extra to the organizer who hires a few pros (2 male/2 female) and some hosts (3 additional men on this one) to dance with the guests in the evenings, and we can hire the hosts for private lessons as well.

Bright Lights Society starting at 10:30 is far better than the Yacht Club and even somewhat better (although smaller) than G32. Like G32, it’s a low floor, right by Queens Room but DJ is right there with you and it’s hopping! Love it.

Hello. Anyone have the current bar menu and onboard purchase price for the premium non-alcoholic package? It’s jumped from $36 to $40.5 online…

We find the $36 a day for non-alcoholic to be great value. So am spending that thousand on a 14-day. The question is whether to double it or to put the thousand dollars to 5 or 6 nice bottles of wine we actually want and a few cocktails.

And that is why I sometimes get the drinks package even though it’s a terrible value for me because I primarily buy bottles of wine for dinner and maybe have 1 or 2 cocktails at most. Just so I can try whatever I want and abandon it without feeling like I have to finish. My other alternative is to do the non-alcoholic package ($36 a day) because we drink a lot of latte, sparkling water and virgin Bloody Mary’s, and just pay for the occasional cocktail.

Mimosas are very popular at breakfast!

I love Cunard. That said, the drinks package on Cunard is absolutely awful unless you’ll drink anything. Unlike any other line I’ve been on, they don’t just upcharge the extra (ie, don’t even give you credit for the $13.50 allowed on the package), but they also deliberately overcharge on any decent wine glasses and cocktails to take them out of the package. If they increase the package allowance, they increase the glass price. There is no premium package and the bottle discount is half what it is on other lines and the amount it applies to is capped. Both RCCL and NCL have better options. go on Cunard for everything else and allocate X to your alcohol…