Awful experience ruined our anniversary and Cunard don’t care

Queen Elizabeth Cruise Review to Canaries

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 17

Overall rating:

1.8 out of 5
Queen Elizabeth

Southampton to Fremantle

Sail date: December 03, 2019

Ship: Queen Elizabeth

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

We went Queens Grill to treat ourselves and it was shockingly awful. Cunard promises a wonderful experience with a butler who sees to your every whim.... we never saw ours once. I don’t believe they exist. I need extra pillows to sleep more upright and I asked three times for these but they never came..... like the elusive butler! Our cabin also wasn’t made up in the morning and when returning at lunch time I had to call and get someone to come to do it. Also although I complained on board 3 times about the shoddy service no one did anything about it. Cunard shouldn’t advertise a service they don’t actually provide. It must be false advertisement. To add insult to injury the stewards decided to move our personal belongings off our bed and strip and remake it for the next guest even though we hadn’t even vacated the cabin. We hadn’t even finished packing and had gone for breakfast. Cunard think this is acceptable and even though I complained about the non existent butler, the fact no one acted on my complaints even though I met the concierge face to face and spoke to them on the phone, no chance of an extra pillow and being thrown out of our room by the stewards before we even finished packing. It cost over £900 for two days and it was definitely not worth it. When I complained when I got home Cunard said sorry that was it. So if you want to go on a cruise and be ignored, get frustrated and complain but still be ignored and have an awful time go ahead this is the cruise for you.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
No problems

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
We were not informed of ordering from the all art menus at lunchtime for the evening.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
We went Queens Grill to treat ourselves and it was shockingly awful. Cunard promises a wonderful experience with a butler who sees to your every whim.... we never saw ours once. I don’t believe they exist. I need extra pillows to sleep more upright and I asked three times for these but they never came..... like the elusive butler! Our cabin also wasn’t made up in the morning and when returning at lunch time I had to call and get someone to come to do it. Also although I complained on board 3 times about the shoddy service no one did anything about it. Cunard shouldn’t advertise a service they don’t actually provide. It must be false advertisement. To add insult to injury the stewards decided to move our personal belongings off our bed and strip and remake it for the next guest even though we hadn’t even vacated the cabin. We hadn’t even finished packing and had gone for breakfast. Cunard think this is acceptable and even though I complained about the non existent butler, the fact no one acted on my complaints even though I met the concierge face to face and spoke to them on the phone, no chance of an extra pillow and being thrown out of our room by the stewards before we even finished packing. It cost over £900 for two days and it was definitely not worth it. When I complained when I got home Cunard said sorry that was it. So if you want to go on a cruise and be ignored, get frustrated and complain but still be ignored and have an awful time go ahead this is the cruise for you.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
I had to call to have our room cleaned as it wasn’t done. I also asked 3 times for pillows they didn’t come. But the staff almost threw us out of our room to clean it before we even left

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
Queens Grill. Supposedly luxury travel but I disagree

Ship tip

Don’t go queens grill unless you want an awful experience

Ports of call

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Got thrown off really we couldn’t stay in our cabin and finish our packing because they were already cleaning it before we had done so
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4 Comments

myday    4 years ago

Have also done a 2 nighter which was wonderful. So much to do on board such a beautiful ship in 2 days, no time to complain! Thankful for the opportunity to be there.

millersaboard    4 years ago

I did a 2 nighter and it was fabulous thoroughly enjoyed it. Everybody has a different experience, seems ours were total opposites. Sorry you had a bad cruise.

phillpots    4 years ago

You added this post 3 days ago. Why add it again? Get over your cruise. It was 2 nights. Most stewards know these 2 nighters are hectic and just a turn around. My wife and i came off on the 1st nov. We were booked on this last voyage but chose in the end not to go. Wasted deposit i know. But we knew what we would be in for and said no on the end. 2 nighters are what they are. A quick turn around. And im afraid steward service does drop and its not just cunard. Hope this helps you in not reposting same again.

Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

So sorry for your disappointment