DT_PB_all_at_sea Posted September 6, 2016 #1 Share Posted September 6, 2016 The QV is due a refit mid 2017 - based on the new deck plans for 2017/2018 Cunard will be adding new Britannia Club Staterooms and ripping out the lovely Chart Room Bar - which is where the Club Restaurant will go. The same as on QE. So far Cunard have been evasive as to this plan, come regular passengers have even been told the Chart Room will be relocated!!! Can't see where. Love Cunard but they are simply just cramming in more and more cabins on their lovely ships - reducing the public spaces for all. Does anyone else know about this or have an opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllieBallie Posted September 6, 2016 #2 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I'd be sad to see the Chart Room Bar go. It's one of my favourite spots on Queen Victoria. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT_PB_all_at_sea Posted September 6, 2016 Author #3 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Totally agree - Cunard are not being direct when asked, I love the room and use it often. With the extra passengers it is going to be a difficult to get a pre dinner drink as it is on QE. Such a shame between QE and QV I prefer QV. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted September 6, 2016 #4 Share Posted September 6, 2016 This has been discussed a few times here, there was some speculation that a new bar might go where the current photo gallery is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camgirl Posted September 6, 2016 #5 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I'd be sad to see the Chart Room Bar go. It's one of my favourite spots on Queen Victoria. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Here, here. QV pre refit is my favourite of the two as well. It will be awful to see that dreadful dark corridor like they have on QE. Why couldn't they have taken part of the Britannia restaurant upper deck instead? Or the photo gallery? Such a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllieBallie Posted September 6, 2016 #6 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I'm yet to travel on QE, my first trip coming up soon, but when I looked at the deck plans and realised there was no Chart Room equivalent but the Britannia Club restaurant instead I was disappointed. We enjoyed using the bar on QV, reading and drinking coffee in the daytime, listening to a wonderful pianist and drinking cocktails in the evening! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT_PB_all_at_sea Posted September 7, 2016 Author #7 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I had a response from Cunard/Cunard World Club: "Hi David, we will be creating the new Britannia Club restaurant in the space on the ship currently occupied by The Chart Room. We are still working through our designs and development plans for the rest of Queen Victoria’s 2017 refit. As always, we will be working closely with our on board teams and listening carefully to our guests as we define this exciting new chapter of Queen Victoria". I suggest if you agree that a new bar should be installed you may want to FB the Cunard page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT_PB_all_at_sea Posted September 7, 2016 Author #8 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Here, here. QV pre refit is my favourite of the two as well. It will be awful to see that dreadful dark corridor like they have on QE. Why couldn't they have taken part of the Britannia restaurant upper deck instead? Or the photo gallery? Such a shame. Carnival Dollar revenue generating pre occupation sorry to say IMHO - they charge a very high premium for Britannia Club staterooms with very little extra expense on their part - same size stateroom, same Britannia menu IMHO the only advantage for the price spike is flexible dinning time. Hopefully Cunard will stop keeping on cramming ever more staterooms in to every nook and cranny they can find!! Having said that I still love Cunard over all other large/mid ship lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CABINET Posted September 7, 2016 #9 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Totally agree - Cunard are not being direct when asked, I love the room and use it often. With the extra passengers it is going to be a difficult to get a pre dinner drink as it is on QE. Such a shame between QE and QV I prefer QV. Crazy. We are cruising on QE in December - is it really hard to get a pre-dinner drink, it's my favourite part of the evening :mad:? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertGraves Posted September 8, 2016 #10 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Cunard/CWC said: "As always, we will be [...] listening carefully to our guests as we define this exciting new chapter of Queen Victoria". Great! So, please Cunard, listen carefully to many of your guests and leave the Chart Room where it is. Otherwise, removing a wonderful asset of the ship, as the Chart Room is, will be far from an exciting new chapter of Queen Victoria.:) ---- Sorry, I could not resist...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevo43 Posted December 5, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I was in the QV last October. Commodore Rynd was in command. He confirmed that the chart room would be making way for the new Britannia Club restaraunt. However, he also said that the chart room was to be relocated. That remains a mystery. I'm going to plump for the photo gallery space... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Scrapnana Posted December 5, 2016 #12 Share Posted December 5, 2016 We are cruising on QE in December - is it really hard to get a pre-dinner drink, it's my favourite part of the evening :mad:? I never had any trouble in either the Queens Room or the Golden Lion. Cafe Carinthia did seem to fill up (likely because of its proximity to the MDR). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllieBallie Posted December 5, 2016 #13 Share Posted December 5, 2016 We are cruising on QE in December - is it really hard to get a pre-dinner drink, it's my favourite part of the evening :mad:? Getting the drink will be easy, it's the seats that are harder to come by. The Cafe Carinthia and Midships Bar get very busy before the 8:30pm sitting. The Commodore Club gets busy but we always got a seat there. I was in the QV last October. Commodore Rynd was in command. He confirmed that the chart room would be making way for the new Britannia Club restaraunt. However, he also said that the chart room was to be relocated. That remains a mystery. I'm going to plump for the photo gallery space... There's no Chart Room anywhere on QE and the photo gallery is still going strong. I can't see the photo gallery going on QV. It'll be interesting to see if they really do magic some space somewhere! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted December 5, 2016 #14 Share Posted December 5, 2016 The photo gallery has been suggested a few times.They will need a lot less space if they stop printing all the photos and rely on people viewing them via machines. They have already done that on QM2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamflightPat Posted December 5, 2016 #15 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I was in the QV last October. Commodore Rynd was in command. He confirmed that the chart room would be making way for the new Britannia Club restaraunt. However, he also said that the chart room was to be relocated. That remains a mystery. I'm going to plump for the photo gallery space... Now that the photo gallery on the other ships is largely digital they don't so much space to display photos. It is much better. There are computers there and you go on and look up your photos and order from the computer. I love the new set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandranuc Posted December 5, 2016 #16 Share Posted December 5, 2016 There's no Chart Room anywhere on QE and the photo gallery is still going strong. I can't see the photo gallery going on QV. It'll be interesting to see if they really do magic some space somewhere! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Well the new deck plans show the photo gallery (Images) exactly as it is now - but I suppose there is still time to change that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katzoe Posted December 5, 2016 #17 Share Posted December 5, 2016 We cruised for 21 days on QV in the Mediterranean in August and we would often have a drink in the Chart Room before or after dinner. It is a lovely lounge and we also enjoyed the musical offerings. We were disappointed that the room was always less than one third full and we couldn't understand why more passengers didn't stop there for a drink or to listen to the music. We will be sorry to see the Chart Room disappear but it was certainly not appreciated by the passengers during our cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllieBallie Posted December 5, 2016 #18 Share Posted December 5, 2016 The photo gallery on QE is digital and it takes up the same space as the photo gallery on QV. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tv24 Posted December 6, 2016 #19 Share Posted December 6, 2016 The Chart Room is my favorite space on all of the Cunard ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandranuc Posted December 6, 2016 #20 Share Posted December 6, 2016 The Chart Room is my favorite space on all of the Cunard ships. - but the Queen Elizabeth does not have a Chart Room, does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underwatr Posted December 6, 2016 #21 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I read tv24's comment to mean that QV's Chart Room is the favorite of any space on any ship. QM2 has a lounge called the Chart Room but it doesn't have the charm of QV's. I'll miss QV's as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen@stoneyard.co.uk Posted December 6, 2016 #22 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I worried about crowding in the bars on QE compared to QV. Cafe Carinthia and the Midships Bar seemed popular before dinner on QE. We did not eat in the Britannia for dinner but I do like to listen to the harpist. I never had a problem getting a table in Cafe Carithia. The only crowding I ever saw was in the Queens Room for afternoon tea and the Big Band Ball. I hope QV will be fine too after the refit. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classiccruiser777 Posted December 11, 2016 #23 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Very sorry to see the Chart Room go. One less reason to travel Cunard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted December 17, 2016 #24 Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) The new deck plan shows - i) additional cabins with (near) vertical stern like the Queen Elizabeth and ii) No Chart room replacement. Edited December 17, 2016 by guernseyguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underwatr Posted December 17, 2016 #25 Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) The new deck plan shows - i) additional cabins with (near) vertical stern like the Queen Elizabeth and ii) No Chart room replacement. It hasn't been unusual for the deck plan updates to show added staterooms earlier than showing changes to common areas. I'm pretty sure this was the case with the QM2 update. The important thing for Cunard is to be able to sell the revised stateroom layout. Here's one test for QV. Does it show Britannia Club as a class of stateroom? If so, does it show the BC dining room? Edited December 17, 2016 by Underwatr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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