QE2. Packing Suits and Porters

[PCM]

Apologies for this obscure question, but ...

 

Do I need to packs my suits in a case, or are they ok on hangers.

 

We are parking with CPS. When we are 'met', will the 'someone' have one of those trollies with a 'bar' for hanging clothes on, similar to the ones they have in hotels?

 

Regards,

 

Piers.

[nitwit]

When I went last I took some of my suits and Nit's dresses in carriers. the porter told me to carry them on board as it had been a problem in the past with damage. When he looked and saw I was laden down with a baby etc he called over another porter who whisked them away. They were in my cabin when we arrived which I thought was very kind. My point is they don't like to do it but they might if you give them a tip.

Glenn.

[Host Sharon]

Apologies for this obscure question, but ...

 

Do I need to packs my suits in a case, or are they ok on hangers.

 

We are parking with CPS. When we are 'met', will the 'someone' have one of those trollies with a 'bar' for hanging clothes on, similar to the ones they have in hotels?

 

Regards,

 

Piers.

 

I would put them in proper suit carriers. When you drive up a porter will take the cases but then they go through onto a conveyor belt for xray etc. You may end up having tocarry them yourself if they are loose.

[Cruachan]

I would put them in proper suit carriers. When you drive up a porter will take the cases but then they go through onto a conveyor belt for xray etc. You may end up having tocarry them yourself if they are loose.

 

I second the advice from both the previous posters.

 

At the QE2 Terminal the porters appear with luggage barrows and wheel all your stuff away. I loaded my two suit carriers onto the barrow the first time and spent a nerve wracking hour or so wondering if they would get to the cabin ok. They did in the end with no problem.

 

At the Mayflower Terminal, there are "holes in the wall" right next to the drop off point (no more than five or six paces away) and everything seems to go pretty much straight on to the conveyor from there, and I found the whole experience less stressful. On both occasions though everything got to the cabin ok.

 

I'd definitely invest in one (or more) of those strong suit carriers - the kind that folds up into an item about the size of a small suitcase. The stronger it is and the more zips and buckles it has the better.

 

Jimmy

[The Real PM]

I'd definitely invest in one (or more) of those strong suit carriers - the kind that folds up into an item about the size of a small suitcase. The stronger it is and the more zips and buckles it has the better.

 

Jimmy

 

Is that the same as a garment bag?

[Cruachan]

Is that the same as a garment bag?

 

Yes, I think so.

 

J

[PCM]

Thank you for all the useful thoughts...

 

Q. Do passengers arrive ( at embarkation ) in a suit, or do they dress casually, and hope everything arrives in time for Dinner, as it were?!

 

Regards,

 

Piers.

[Cruachan]

Q. Do passengers arrive ( at embarkation ) in a suit, or do they dress casually, and hope everything arrives in time for Dinner, as it were?!

 

Piers,

 

it's a bit of a mixture for embarkation. I'd say the majority dress completely casually (probably 70 - 80% but that's just a guess). My personal preference is for something like a blazer, slacks and collar and tie but that's probably not essential.

 

J

[Norfolk Brit]

Thank you for all the useful thoughts...

 

Q. Do passengers arrive ( at embarkation ) in a suit, or do they dress casually, and hope everything arrives in time for Dinner, as it were?!

 

Regards,

 

Piers.

 

Piers, I studied form last time I was waiting to embark, as there was a rather terrifying thread running on here at the time about what to wear for embarkation. The majority wore casual (and not smart/elegant/whatever casual, either) - lots of jeans, chinos, crop pants, just normal everyday clothing.

 

Jimmy's rather posh:D.

 

Mary

[PCM]

Thank you!

 

Casual it shall be...

 

Piers. Herts, UK.

[garigoun]

Jimmy's rather posh:D.

 

Mary

 

And quite right too. One tries to keep up standards but it's a thankless task in a world of people dressed by Rags R Us.

 

Piers, go to your local Netto, or street market and look around you. That's the standard you can expect to see both on embarcation and for the majority of the time on board. You may find this difficult to believe but I do assure you it's true, there are even male persons who do NOT tie their own bow tie. There now what do you think of that? Perfectly disgraceful, personally I would not let them travel.

I am at present working on an improvement to the x-ray machines which will detect White dinner jackets, pre-tied ties, any and every kind of plastic footwear, coloured bow tie and cummerbund sets, so called 'fancy' DJ's, and any male headgear with the exception of a black trilby or a Montechristo Panama.

Luggage containing such items will be utomatically directed to a lightering barge on the far side of the ship from whence it will proceed to a deep sea dumping ground. The identity of the perpetrators will be broadcast round the ship and they will be escorted off with ignomy (If he's not too busy).

I hope that sets your mind at ease Piers. Don't forget - we're here to help.

Gari

[Norfolk Brit]

Thank you!

 

Casual it shall be...

 

Piers. Herts, UK.

 

It's a pleasure. But if you're Piers Morgan, we actually all wear fancy dress, and you'll look awfully daft if you don't.

 

Mary

[PCM]

It's a pleasure. But if you're Piers Morgan, we actually all wear fancy dress, and you'll look awfully daft if you don't.

 

Mary

 

A different 'Piers' - fortunately!

 

Piers.

[PCM]

And quite right too. One tries to keep up standards but it's a thankless task in a world of people dressed by Rags R Us.

 

Piers, go to your local Netto...

 

Gari

 

Indeed it is. We shall do our best...

 

Piers C-M

[Host Sharon]

Piers, I personally wouldn't call a garment bag the same as a suit carrier. I think of garment bags as basically a coathanger with a cover and zip, whereas a suit carrier is made from heavy canvas or similar and folds over in two. The point being they won't accept what I call garment bags as "hold" luggage and again you may end up having to carry them on board yourself.

[NomDePlume]

Jimmy's rather posh:D.

 

Mary

 

But he looks soooooooo nice on his embarkation photo...

[fizzy1]

And quite right too. One tries to keep up standards but it's a thankless task in a world of people dressed by Rags R Us.

 

Piers, go to your local Netto, or street market and look around you. That's the standard you can expect to see both on embarcation and for the majority of the time on board. You may find this difficult to believe but I do assure you it's true, there are even male persons who do NOT tie their own bow tie. There now what do you think of that? Perfectly disgraceful, personally I would not let them travel.

I am at present working on an improvement to the x-ray machines which will detect White dinner jackets, pre-tied ties, any and every kind of plastic footwear, coloured bow tie and cummerbund sets, so called 'fancy' DJ's, and any male headgear with the exception of a black trilby or a Montechristo Panama.j

Luggage containing such items will be utomatically directed to a lightering barge on the far side of the ship from whence it will proceed to a deep sea dumping ground. The identity of the perpetrators will be broadcast round the ship and they will be escorted off with ignomy (If he's not too busy).

I hope that sets your mind at ease Piers. Don't forget - we're here to help.

Gari

just returned from the oct 10 TA to new york, quite supprised by how well people were dressed, during the day and in the evening . Only a few people looked like they had just stepped off an oil rig, one guy in particular wore light blue jeans and a blue striped over the top shirt every time you saw him , morning, noon and every evening, he was short, unattractive and misserable so we assumed he had to dress like this to gain attention, and boy, it worked!!! we even witnessed a couple being turned away from the brittania on a formal night, he made a real fuss but a TRACK SUIT on the QM2 no! no! no!! at any time , he was screaming"but i don't have a dinner suit"" sorry sir may we direct you to the kings court buffet this evening, absolutely, so yes only a few let the side down, it's a bit akward when cunard say dress code only enforced in formal restaurants but then say dress code for each evening from 6 oclock through out the ship, people are not going to go back to their staterooms and change after eating are they? but it was a very elegent crossing all told

[Cruachan]

Only a few people looked like they had just stepped off an oil rig...

 

Fizzy,

 

I'll have you know that, when Gari was on the rigs, he dressed properly for dinner every night - dinner suit, and hand tied bow tie. Those Cunard production platforms would have accepted nothing less.

 

Am I right or am I wrong Gari?

 

J

[Jimsgirl]

Hullo Fizzy1

 

I can "up" you, on my cruise on QM2 earlier this year, I went to the WC Captains Cocktail Party(so everyone would have cruised with Cunard before) the dress code for the night was formal.

I could not believe that a couple came and tried to get in wearing shorts and T shirts! They were turned away.

Had they been first time cruisers it might have been understandable but as past pasengers I can only assume they wanted their 5 mins of fame!

[garigoun]

Fizzy,

 

I'll have you know that, when Gari was on the rigs, he dressed properly for dinner every night - dinner suit, and hand tied bow tie. Those Cunard production platforms would have accepted nothing less.

 

Am I right or am I wrong Gari?

 

J

 

Abso-bally-lutely, nothing less would do. In fact many people on the rigs dressed a damn sight better than some Bold Cunardeers. For example, I have seen, in the Lido on both QE2 and Q.V. and in the Kings Court QM2, men wearing the kind of sleeveless singlet or T shirt our cousins refer to as a 'Wifebeater' I think. You certainly would NOT be allowed to eat in the dining room in one of those on any rig or platform I've worked on.

 

Check out the thread on QE2's last visit to France, for a grand example of the dress sense exhibited by afficionados of the blessed boat.

Gari