Queen Victoria Review

Hail to the Queen

Review for Canary Islands Cruise on Queen Victoria
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10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Oct 2019
Cabin: Oceanview, obstructed view

Chose this cruise as we love all the dancing aboard Cunard lines. This was our second, the first being 17 days on Queen Elizabeth. Had not been to the Canary Islands so it was a good fit. We had an ocean view as compared to a balcony last time and all was well. Room steward was great as always and room was clean and comfortable. Could not see the difference in cost being worth it on this 12 day trip. I think the main dining was OK but not great. Service was good but a little unorganized compared to last time. Never asked for second slice of bread and hardly filled an empty water glass. My wife is gluten intolerant and they prepare everything on the menu for her which other lines only have restricted menus. Did miss the shrimp cocktails as they were not ever there and the lobster tail was breaded?

Only attended a few shows as most were with the ships compliment and not acts brought on. The few acts were good but I would rate as below average as a whole concidering they used their own talent most nights, Ballroom dancing was good but I would have enjoyed more than one afternoon tea dance.. Upstairs club was great as was the party band(very varied in their different types of music) Also had a 60's review band that played in auditorium and in the Queens ballroom the last night.

Ports were interesting and all were walk off into the local city. We did not do any excurions as the ports offered nothing we hadnot already done. We just enjoyed walking around and sampling the local areas, and were usually back on board by 1-2pm.

Cabin Review

Oceanview, obstructed view

Cabin was comfortable although they could use a few more hooks for hanging items. We had a lifeboat outside our window which they seemed to enjoy moving at every port which meant someone was on the catwalk outside our window at every stop. This was first time we had obstructed OV and not sure I would do that again but we booked late and had little options.

Port Reviews

Madeira (Funchal)

Great place to just walk around town and get some local Madiera.

La Coruna

Note-most everything opens up around noon on the day we stopped. Great walking thru town and shops that eventually open.

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