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Darrell6t
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Posted: Thu Oct 19th, 2006 12:23 am | 1st Post |
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| We have booked a cabin on the Queen Victoria, which is still being built. We start in NYC where the Queen Victoria will be joining the Queen Elizabeth 2 and the Queen Mary 2 for a celebration. Then we go through the Panama Canal and get off in LA. This is a 17 day seqment of the world cruise. It leaves NYC in January 2008.
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Posted: Thu Oct 19th, 2006 12:32 am | 2nd Post |
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| That sounds so exciting! Imagine having all three ships in port at the same time. That will be quite a sight! What ports do you have on this segment?
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Darrell6t
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Posted: Thu Oct 19th, 2006 12:37 am | 3rd Post |
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| Ft. Lauderdale, Aruba, Puntarenas and two ports in Mexico. There will be a lot of days at sea. It will be the first time the Queen Victoria will have visited all these ports, so there should be a lot of excitment.
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Posted: Thu Oct 19th, 2006 06:49 pm | 4th Post |
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| That sounds so amazing! I'd love to do a cruise like that. Darn kids and that whole saving for college thing.:D
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Posted: Mon Oct 23rd, 2006 08:34 pm | 5th Post |
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WOW!!! That sounds like a really cool cruise! I'm jealous...........
I just got the Cunard brochure for 07 cruises........there is one trans-Atlantic crossing on the QM 2 that I am going to look into.
We've done 2 crossings on the QE 2, and would like to try the QM 2.
Have you been on the QM 2? If so, any cabin suggetsions?
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Darrell6t
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Posted: Mon Oct 23rd, 2006 10:16 pm | 6th Post |
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| I have been on the QM2. It is an amazing and magnificent ship. But it is so big that you need to plan carefully to allow enough time to get from one venue to another. We had a cabin near the middle, with a in-hull balcony. It was fine. Being in the middle puts you closer to either end of the ship and not too far from the main dining room. Compared to HAL, the service was rather cold and not as good.
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Posted: Mon Oct 23rd, 2006 10:30 pm | 7th Post |
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Do you recall what category cabin you had? What dining room do you eat in?
Did you go to the Pub? That sounds good to me! You don't pay extra for the Pub, do you?
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Darrell6t
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Posted: Mon Oct 23rd, 2006 10:50 pm | 8th Post |
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Our cabin was one of the lowest balcony categories. The lowest category were forward and aft. And we were on the lowest deck that has balconies. But without finding the paperwork, I don't know the exact category. We were in the Britannia Dining Room, where all the ordinary people eat.
The Pub serves a very limited menu for lunch only, as I recall. It does not cost extra. And it was good food. The fish and chips was wonderful. But it was often crowded and you had to wait for a table. But a fun and different place to eat.
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Posted: Mon Oct 23rd, 2006 11:11 pm | 9th Post |
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How many tables were in the Pub? I love fish & chips!
How was the in-hull balcony?
What did you think of the food in the dining room?
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Posted: Tue Oct 24th, 2006 12:37 am | 10th Post |
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| Sorry, I know this is a dumb question, but what is an in-hull balcony?
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Darrell6t
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Posted: Tue Oct 24th, 2006 12:43 am | 11th Post |
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Not many tables in the Pub, but I don't know how many. Maybe a dozen or so.
The in-hull balcony was OK. We didn't spend a lot of time out there, but if you want to see much besides sky, you had to stand up.
I thought the food in the dining room was quite good. The service varied from OK to absolutely terrible. They were still having staff troubles when we were onboard. I hope things have straighten out since then. The upstairs, casual cafeteria thing is a confusing mess with many problems. the food up there was variable. The confusion was horrible.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24th, 2006 12:48 am | 12th Post |
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| An in-hull balcony may be unique to the QM2. Those cabins have a balcony that is created by cutting a hole in the hull instead of extending out from the main ship structure. As a result, the part under the railing which is glass on most ships is steel and you can't see through it. The QM2 also has the glass walled ones like that on upper cabins.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24th, 2006 01:05 am | 13th Post |
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| Thanks Darrell. I've never heard that term before.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24th, 2006 01:06 am | 14th Post |
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Darrell6t wrote: Our cabin was one of the lowest balcony categories. The lowest category were forward and aft. And we were on the lowest deck that has balconies. But without finding the paperwork, I don't know the exact category. We were in the Britannia Dining Room, where all the ordinary people eat.
The Pub serves a very limited menu for lunch only, as I recall. It does not cost extra. And it was good food. The fish and chips was wonderful. But it was often crowded and you had to wait for a table. But a fun and different place to eat.
I had heard rumors that they still did the "class distinction" thing on the Cunard ships. Is that what you're saying? That the passengers with better cabins ate in a different dining room?
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Darrell6t
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Posted: Tue Oct 24th, 2006 04:57 am | 15th Post |
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| That is not a rumor about multiple classes on Cunard. There are three classes and each has their own dining room. The highest class has a private bar and a small sun deck with a hot tub just for them. The really big, two story suites have many more perks. And for $30,000 a week per person they deserve them.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24th, 2006 01:48 pm | 16th Post |
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hstrybuf wrote:
I had heard rumors that they still did the "class distinction" thing on the Cunard ships. Is that what you're saying? That the passengers with better cabins ate in a different dining room?
That's right, Deb. It was that way when we were on the QE 2. Which dining room you eat in in the evenings is dictated by what category cabin you select.
Other than the dining room and cabin, most everything else on board is for everyone (entertainment, etc).
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