Host Hattie Posted May 22 #326 Share Posted May 22 30 minutes ago, exlondoner said: @Host Hattie Do you have a booking on this elegant ship? Not until next year at the moment but I've got my eye on one in September. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted May 22 #327 Share Posted May 22 To complete the set of webcam images for the ports of call on this itinerary, here's a capture showing QA's departure from A Coruña this afternoon. This is from the "A Coruña (móbil)" webcam on the CRTVG "g24.gal" website. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 22 Author #328 Share Posted May 22 (edited) Tonight’s canapés and menu. Edited May 22 by exlondoner 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 22 Author #329 Share Posted May 22 I went to the Library to sign the book, and Ashley knew about it but couldn’t find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safarigal Posted May 22 #330 Share Posted May 22 Just now, exlondoner said: I went to the Library to sign the book, and Ashley knew about it but couldn’t find it. That's ridiculous! I gave it to her this morning. She wanted to put it out on one of the tables, but I told her to keep it in her little section otherwise it was bound to get lost. It is is the library - so do try again tomorrow and I will remind Ashley 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 22 Author #331 Share Posted May 22 3 minutes ago, safarigal said: That's ridiculous! I gave it to her this morning. She wanted to put it out on one of the tables, but I told her to keep it in her little section otherwise it was bound to get lost. It is is the library - so do try again tomorrow and I will remind Ashley 🙂 She was submerged under piles of books. She needs a bigger desk. I said I would go back tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 23 Author #332 Share Posted May 23 And when we got back from breakfast, we found this sad but inevitable sight. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted May 23 #333 Share Posted May 23 Have a good last day onboard and thanks again for taking the time to post during your cruise. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NE John Posted May 23 #334 Share Posted May 23 4 hours ago, exlondoner said: And when we got back from breakfast, we found this sad but inevitable sight. Thanks for taking us along with you, virtually at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 23 Author #335 Share Posted May 23 I shall do a summing up, possibly even a review, after I’ve thought about it a bit. But at the moment my feeling is that the least good part of this cruise has been the slightly disappointing weather, which is something it is hard to blame Cunard for. This ship has so much lovely outdoor space, even with its inferior prom deck, that it is made for warm weather cruises. We have two Med. cruises booked, fortunately. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 23 #336 Share Posted May 23 I will also do a summery but it will be from two perspectives, mine and my husband and we don’t necessarily have the same opinions on all things. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judyrem Posted May 23 #337 Share Posted May 23 On 5/21/2024 at 4:25 PM, Victoria2 said: Caesar on the menu comes pre prepared. Off the menu and as a special would probably be what you would order. I order a Caesar with dressing on the side, sometimes they add to much dressing and it's not acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 23 #338 Share Posted May 23 22 minutes ago, Judyrem said: I order a Caesar with dressing on the side, sometimes they add too much dressing and it's not acceptable. I have all sauces on the side and no salad dressing at all but the reference was to pre prepared or table mixed dressing so should have added 'dressing' after Caesar.🙂 Thanks for clarifying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare foodsvcmgr Posted May 23 #339 Share Posted May 23 Thank you both for all the first hand insight and information that makes me eager to try QA. Although, absent a bid, I’m strictly Britannia or possibly Club, it’s been very helpful learning about the ship in general. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted May 24 #340 Share Posted May 24 Sounds your cruise didn't end too well! Queen Anne Disembarking delay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 24 #341 Share Posted May 24 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Host Hattie said: Sounds your cruise didn't end too well! Queen Anne Disembarking delay We had a potential issue but it was resolved by the wonderful Concierge , Joy. For the very first time, we saw a controlled announcing of tags, at the gangway in order to disembark. Sensible as baggage unloading did seem to be very slow and those who might in the past have got off but with no bags ready to collect, caused a bottle neck, couldn’t do so. Speaking from an early disembarkation procedure, * only ten mins later than given* we saw a controlled exit. I can imagine tempers might have got a bit frayed at any long waits. Edited May 24 by Victoria2 Spellin and * …* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 24 Author #342 Share Posted May 24 10 minutes ago, Host Hattie said: Sounds your cruise didn't end too well! Queen Anne Disembarking delay I don’t quite know what went wrong, but it was not good. We were supposed to disembark at 7.45, but were still on board at 8.20. Goodness knows how slow it was for later disembarkation groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 24 #343 Share Posted May 24 A piece of post cruise good news from me After copious amounts [for me] of wine; being almost force-fed those gorgeous little round choc petit fours - the ones with truffly interior [take some more?-oh go on then, I'll have some with my morning coffee]; fries with an awful lot of meals and basically, foods I wouldn't normally eat, I have put on precisely...one lb!! Queen Anne worked miracles...sort of although I actually think regularly yomping the length of the ship in the wrong direction and having to yomp back had a lot to do with it.😀 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TowandaUK Posted May 25 #344 Share Posted May 25 (edited) 13 hours ago, Host Hattie said: Sounds your cruise didn't end too well! Queen Anne Disembarking delay Our allotted time was 9.10. We had breakfast and at 8am we decided to find somewhere near deck 2 where we could park ourselves for an hour. Went down in lift c as instructed. and it was chaos everywhere. It seems disembarkation was delayed and there were people queued and people waiting everywhere. We had been intending to wait in the Chart Room but it was completely full. We had no option but to make our way through the queues it was impossible to turn back, and managed to get through to the Queens room where thankfully there was plenty of room to sit. Had we known of the delay we would have waited well away from deck 2 and not added to the congestion. Cunard did a very poor job of advising people of the delay and nobody was marshalling the queues. They did eventually advise of delays but not until well after things got really bad. Chaos. There were announcements that the gangway closed completely for some while because of overcrowding in the terminal. We held back because of the chaos and joined the queue at 9.55 (45 minutes after our allocated time). We went through steadily and were in our car at 10.25. I’m surprised that Cunard claim that everyone was off by 10.25. When we drove out at 10.30 there was still a steady stream of people leaving the terminal. Edited May 25 by TowandaUK Font adjustment to copy and paste text 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 25 #345 Share Posted May 25 (edited) Thoughts so far from a devoted and loyal Cunard passenger. Negatives, Washers: being about twenty five yards down the corridor gave me the perfect opportunity to use them. How useful was that! Gave us a couple of bottles of wine instead of laundry charges! Always a plus. The washers are digital, sensitive little souls and go technical at the slightest issue but luckily, staff are very quick to administer to their [the washers not the technicians] diva like personas. I suggested it would help if a quick pictorial chart was on the wall so folk could see which programme would be for the best i.e. quick wash of 26 mins is all that's needed for most, not a 50 min heavy duty wash but which programme does one pick for that? I gave tutorials to quite a few men...yes, men. Ladies didn't seem to be in charge of laundry duty on Annie. A+ for the machines and speed of fixing but C- for the diva temperaments. corridors and service carts. I am thinking of borrowing a trike horn for our next cruise. Either the corridors are narrower than QV or the carts bigger, I'm not sure but it became a game if the lovely little room attendant on our stretch of cabins [not ours]was working as to me going 'beep beep' and she smiled and moved her cart half way into the cabin to allow us to pass. C- there Cunard but A+ for the way staff helped. Lifts...nightmare both em/debarking and then door closure speed never mind the 18 people [that's stacked babies by the way 😁] it's supposed to be able to handle. No more need to be said other than not well planned at all Cunard. Huge minus there. E- Embarkation, a doddle but that's from a different perspective from nearly everyone else so can't really give a true perspective. Same for disembarkation. There was chaos on deck 2 but due to [admin?] errors, our disembarkation procedure was taken over by a staff member and we 'sailed' off with no problem. We seemed to be late docking but I have no idea why such chaos but it was interesting to see at 8.20am, baggage handlers were working in an empty space which would normally be filled with bags even at our priority timed slot. Again, not an issue for us but Cunard are going to have to up their game re Annie's baggage delivery both em/debarking. Not good enough at all. Another even 'huger' minus F- Edit Pinch points around the ship for all passengers, never mind wheelchair users/the mobility challenged but a HUGE one by the casino and the opposite bar. Definitely a D- there for the ship designers. Edited May 25 by Victoria2 red highlights 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 25 Author #346 Share Posted May 25 46 minutes ago, Victoria2 said: Thoughts so far from a devoted and loyal Cunard passenger. Negatives, Washers: being about twenty five yards down the corridor gave me the perfect opportunity to use them. How useful was that! Gave us a couple of bottles of wine instead of laundry charges! Always a plus. The washers are digital, sensitive little souls and go technical at the slightest issue but luckily, staff are very quick to administer to their [the washers not the technicians] diva like personas. I suggested it would help if a quick pictorial chart was on the wall so folk could see which programme would be for the best i.e. quick wash of 26 mins is all that's needed for most, not a 50 min heavy duty wash but which programme does one pick for that? I gave tutorials to quite a few men...yes, men. Ladies didn't seem to be in charge of laundry duty on Annie. A+ for the machines and speed of fixing but C- for the diva temperaments. corridors and service carts. I am thinking of borrowing a trike horn for our next cruise. Either the corridors are narrower than QV or the carts bigger, I'm not sure but it became a game if the lovely little room attendant on our stretch of cabins [not ours]was working as to me going 'beep beep' and she smiled and moved her cart half way into the cabin to allow us to pass. C- there Cunard but A+ for the way staff helped. Lifts...nightmare both em/debarking and then door closure speed never mind the 18 people [that's stacked babies by the way 😁] it's supposed to be able to handle. No more need to be said other than not well planned at all Cunard. Huge minus there. E- Embarkation, a doddle but that's from a different perspective from nearly everyone else so can't really give a true perspective. Same for disembarkation. There was chaos on deck 2 but due to [admin?] errors, our disembarkation procedure was taken over by a staff member and we 'sailed' off with no problem. We seemed to be late docking but I have no idea why such chaos but it was interesting to see at 8.20am, baggage handlers were working in an empty space which would normally be filled with bags even at our priority timed slot. Again, not an issue for us but Cunard are going to have to up their game re Annie's baggage delivery both em/debarking. Not good enough at all. Another even 'huger' minus F- Edit Pinch points around the ship for all passengers, never mind wheelchair users/the mobility challenged but a HUGE one by the casino and the opposite bar. Definitely a D- there for the ship designers. I agree with most of these, though I am happy to say I never went near a launderette. 😀 I will post my thoughts, but still feel zonked after yesterday. Aren’t holidays supposed to be revivifying? I am also suffering from quite bad reverse seasickness, not the right word. But when I went to the loo in the early morning, I had to cling to the walls to keep myself upright, as the floor was moving about. Does anyone else get this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Pushpit Posted May 25 #347 Share Posted May 25 20 minutes ago, exlondoner said: , I had to cling to the walls to keep myself upright, as the floor was moving about. Does anyone else get this? That is motion sickness, in that the inner ear is not adjusting to the changed circumstances. I used to get it for a few hours after a Crossing on QE2 since she was nothing like as stable as QM2, and the old embarkation process meant one was on the streets of Manhattan very quickly after arrival. The inner ear adjusts more slowly if you have (e.g.) a minor infection or you are a bit run down, since the immune system will be taking up the body's resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 25 Author #348 Share Posted May 25 1 minute ago, Pushpit said: That is motion sickness, in that the inner ear is not adjusting to the changed circumstances. I used to get it for a few hours after a Crossing on QE2 since she was nothing like as stable as QM2, and the old embarkation process meant one was on the streets of Manhattan very quickly after arrival. The inner ear adjusts more slowly if you have (e.g.) a minor infection or you are a bit run down, since the immune system will be taking up the body's resources. It usually takes several days. And, when on board, the ship hardly moved at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 25 #349 Share Posted May 25 2 minutes ago, exlondoner said: It usually takes several days. And, when on board, the ship hardly moved at all. Oh it did move on the return BoB if 'you' are in a wheelchair. If you have legs, sea or not with which to steady yourself, not an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Pushpit Posted May 25 #350 Share Posted May 25 1 minute ago, exlondoner said: It usually takes several days. And, when on board, the ship hardly moved at all. The inner ear varies from person to person, and can be very sensitive in some people. We don't really understand why that is, other than we know there is a small genetic component to it. For those people who would never go on say a Thorpe Park funfair ride such as a big dipper, they just know it's going to wallop their inner ear for hours. The usual clinical advice would be to rest, take plenty of liquids and occasionally sit outside in day light to persuade the inner ear to calm down. Hopefully it's not pouring with rain down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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