Queen Mary 2 (QM2) Review
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I put "cruiser" in quotes above as one of the reasons for taking this trip was to experience the closest thing still available to taking a voyage on an ocean liner. Cunard likes to call it a crossing rather than a cruise and that is what we were after, as we prefer to avoid airports whenever possible.
We have never travelled overnight on anything larger than a trans-tasman car ferry so it was a real adventure for us.
Other than seeing this huge ship up close, the other aspect of the journey that appealed to us was the dressing up factor - there are not that many opportunities to 'dress to the nines' in our home city and dressing for dinner 8 nights in a row was a real treat. Even the informal dress code on QM2 requires a jacket for men and something fairly classy for women, so every evening meant a change of clothes and some selfies in the cabin before heading out for the evening.
Cabin Review
Unobstructed view as lifeboats are well below, can see down to the promenade deck - plenty of storage room in wardrobe and under bed (for suitcases). There is an extendable clothes line in the shower recess for drying ones 'smalls'. At the opposite end of the ship to the Britannia Club dining room and the elevator near the dining room goes to level 12 but then one has to cross open deck, which on the Atlantic can be less than pleasant - a passenger with poor mobility may find it annoying but we worked out a standard inside route from stateroom to dining room and it was fine.Generally quiet except for an odd noise in the air conditioning which was resolved by maintenance the same day we notified the purser of the problem.We did not spend huge amounts of time on the balcony on our TA crossing but did use it daily and would definitely book this deck/stateroom category again.