Today I’m not sure if we are in the B of B or the Atlantic. I missed the Captain’s mid day report, but no doubt Nick Brewer will be able to tell us!
The sea is rough but QA is coping well without too much movement. This morning at 11.00 Sir Alan Collins KCVO CMG spoke to a packed Royal Court Theatre on ‘What is the role of an Ambassador’. He spoke well and his talk was packed with photos and film clips of his career as an Ambassador at posts around the world, including New York, Singapore and the Philippines.
I’m beginning to get a feel for Queen Anne. 18 months ago I saw little of the ship and her layout. There has been plenty of criticism of her on social media since her launch, but others argue that Cunard needed to change to get away from the traditional standards that had made her ships famous.
I’m one of the older set and I still love the Queen Victoria, the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary 2. Today I was frustrated by the fact there are no more lifts (elevators) on QA than there are on QV, yet there are many more passengers on the much larger Queen Anne. As a result we found that we were having to wait 20 minutes on one occasion today to move from deck 4 to deck 9 – OK I’m an old moaner!
I will mention more pros and cons as we go forward.
Tonight is a formal night. It will be interesting to see how many DJ’s and Black ties appear!
Yours surely will – I hope! Standards, Richard.
Perhaps you should run a competition for everyone who follows your blog: Total length of time spent waiting for a lift during your entire cruise!!