We have four "gala nights"- Masquerade; Roaring Twenties; Black & White and Cunard Red & Gold. In addition, we have a "special night"- Robert Burns Night, celebrating the birth of the Scots poet Robert Burns. There will be a parade of the haggis, toasts, and readings. As our contribution to the theme, we have tartan pocket squares for our jackets.
Our itinerary includes:
- Philipsburg (Sint Maarten),
- Oranjestad (Aruba),
- Panama Canal Transit,
- Huatulco (Mexico),
- Cabo San Lucas (Mexico) and the final stop:
- San Francisco. We get an overnight stay on QV there, before we take Amtrak's "California Zephyr" east to Chicago (three days, two nights in one of the big family bedrooms).
Right now, we have two large hard-sided suitcases (with wheels); a garment bag with our formal wear; a smaller roll-aboard stocked with booze, and a daypack each with change of clothes, toiletries, electronics, etc.
Packing has included a mini-pharmacy of Covid treatments in the event we become ill and are "confined to quarters". We have to take a Covid test the day before departure and demonstrate a negative result. Hopefully, we'll stay negative the entire trip!
Both of us have lots of e-books and at least one poolside-compatible paperback, along with a portable Monopoly game. We can check out books from the on-board library of about 6,000 volumes & there is a book exchange (like a "Little Free Library"). There are also some boardgames that we can check out of the Library.
Two of the folks who *were* scheduled to take the complete World voyage- but unfortunately had to cancel- made these two videos.
The first is a "teaser trailer" and the second is of QV's departure from Southampton UK last week:
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