Having spent a couple of past transatlantic voyages on the QM2, the first in 2005, this was a 21 day trip and a 5 day NY catch up for my 50th Birthday treat in the QM2's 11th year commencing 21st July. I was pleasantly surprised as this ship seems to have aged well, no doubt with much hard work from Cunard. Both cabins were 6th Deck, 6144 out and 6167 back, and lovely condition much as I ...
We were on the same cruise as Stu and Karl and indeed were their table companions. Whilst I agree with much that they said I think that the food was better than they imply, we found that there was always a reasonable choice of dishes and with the exception of one dessert really enjoyed all the meals and felt they compared well with the best restaurants around where we live, Surrey and the Scottish ...
Warning is will be quite long as I will have lots of time to kill – I will write day by day as we travel!
To give the correct context we are men in our late 40's, from the UK and have cruised many times (about 40 I would guess). We mainly sail with Celebrity, occasionally with P&O and also Cunard. We do every category from suites to insides depending on itinerary, occasion etc. With Cunard we ...
Okay, the QM2 is showing some age and the food isn't great, but still very good, but overall a nostalgic experience and I would do it again, (our 3rd time this time). There is nothing like it to leave New York aboard this ocean liner, (not a cruise ship!). Some thoughts:
Cabin on Deck 5 was fine, (with "in-hull" balcony). Deck 6 which is same accommodations is directly below the "promonade ...
A quick summary of those who made the trip. There was myself, 43, my partner Catherine, 42, and our son George who is four. We've been on several cruises previously with lots of different lines and we book purely on what's available and at what price, we have no brand loyalty so we feel our review won't be clouded by rose tinted glasses. We booked this trip around three weeks before ...
The Good
The Commemmorative Concert in Liverpool was absolutely fantastic & Cunard are to be congratulated on organising such a spectacular event.
The stewards/stewardesses & waiters/waitresses were excellent, as was the Britannia Restaurant morning, noon & evening.
Afternoon Tea in the Queen's Room was a delight.
The fireworks & sailaways were wonderful.
The ship was very clean, ...
We sailed from Southampton July 2, docked at Liverpool for a bang-up July 4th celebration and then sailed for Halifax, Boston and NYC. Weather mostly calm. Stopped to inspect derelict two-masted boat found adrift, but apparently no one aboard. Enjoyed lectures by ship's architect and other historians, also large library. Food unexceptionally good but only twice reached excellence IMO, once in the ...
Motley Mix Of The Ecstatic And The Unexpected:
This was Queen Mary 2’s and Cunard’s big cruise of 2015, it’s 175th anniversary cruise. We embarked at Hamburg and sailed to New York. But the 175th anniversary cruise was technically supposed to start at the first port of call after Southampton, Liverpool, and continue first to Halifax, Nova Scotia and then to Boston before finally ending up in ...
We embarked at Southampton of a 4 night voyage to Hamburg and back as it fitted my friends short schedule, Check in was quick and efficient and we were on the ship within 40 minutes of arriving including a 15 minute wait in the grills seating area,
Our luggage was waiting for us at our suite along with 2 bottles of complimentary sparkling wine, chocolates and fresh orchids which was a lovely ...
We were coming to the end of our 9 week UK & Europe holiday & wanted to end on a high note with a cruise from Southampton to Hamburg on the QM2.
We paid an absolute fortune for this 2 night 'luxury' cruise & boy was it a major let down! Admitedly we had done a 12 night Med cruise on the Celebrity Equinox a few weeks before & it was superb but we had thought that hey, this is Cunard & the ...