Yacht Club in the post-COVID era - recent experience?

[AspirationalFlyer]

Hello all 

 

A few other questions from me, albeit unrelated to my last post. 

 

What is the Yacht Club like in this post-COVID era? Questions: 

 

1. Is it still open? I think the answer is yes. 

 

2. Can you dance? If so, is the dance floor busy? 

 

3. Is it quieter (and less fun?) than it used to be? 

[mcloaked]

On QE in March the Yacht Club was open - it is not our normal regular go to venue on the ship, but occasionally we would drop in there around 11pm after ballroom dancing in the Queen's Room much of the evening.  The Yacht Club was not the heaving mass of people that we used to see before the pandemic, but the times we were there people were dotted around the room, perhaps up to 20 or so, and the bar was open.  Some were dancing, others just watching, having a drink and listening to the music.  On one occasion the music being played was quite nice and we did a bit of bopping and a few jives, but on a different evening there was a DJ who played more of the thump thump, boring, music that all you can do to is shift from foot to foot in time to the monotonous thumping with meaningless no doubt deeply meaningful lyrics going along with it - we stayed not long before heading to the Commodore Club for a drink and to listen to the pianist playing and singing. But yes it is open, and the bar is only too happy to serve whatever drink you want, and people dance with no masks needed. As for whether or not that is fun, or more or less than two years ago, is a personal choice.

[ovccruiser]

We were on QE in October last year and the Yacht Club was open to limited numbers with live jazz music only. It made it a rather pleasant experience like the old jazz clubs used to be. We were on again last month and the Yacht club was more or less back to normal with the DJ playing music and people "dancing" 😄