Re: Queen Mary 2 Review - Transatlantic Crossing



Tom K wrote:

Cruise Review
Queen Mary 2
6 Night Westbound Transatlantic Crossing
June 2, 2008
Southampton to NYC

SNIP........

My son Jonathan, who attends NYU, spent his spring semester in Berlin. His classes finished a few days before our sailing, so I asked him if he'd rather fly home or go with us. He opted to sail with us.

Jonathan is a very smart young man, good choice(grin).


While most of the ship is knock down dead gorgeous, Decks 2 and 3 have areas where the most hideous (but how do you really feel about them?) plastic paneling was installed. It depicts the 4 seasons. but the paneling is totally out of place, in my opinion, and made out of cheap looking plastic. To me, it almost looks like Joe Farcus sat there and held his breath unless they would let him have at least one small area on the ship to design. and that's what they gave him.

Do you have any pictures of these areas?


--Maritime Quest.

The ship has 4 elevator / stairway banks, designated A, B, C and D. In the open areas of the elevator banks, and along the outside areas of the bow on decks 2 and 3 there are panels depicting ocean liner and Cunard history. This is called Maritime Quest. There are panels showing famous former Cunard passengers like Laurel and Hardy, Helen Keller, Jackie and Bobby Kennedy, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, General Eisenhower, and Winston Churchill.

There are also panels showing old Cunard advertisements, topics of history. like in the early days when they had live cows and live chickens on ships for fresh milk and fresh eggs prior to refrigeration. You can spend days reading about the history of Cunard and Transatlantic crossings.


As I recall this history is the major reason you wanted to do the crossing and it sounds like it didn't disappoint you.


Chef's Galley is done as a sort of Emeril Live at Sea. They do a cooking demonstration each night at 7:00, and the 6 or so tables are served the same meal as the chef prepared in front of you (though chefs in kitchens behind prepare what is actually served to passengers). The nights have different themes. One night was Asian, another was French, and another Italian. We chose the Italian night.

Princess has started doing something similar, but only one or two nights and not on all ships. It sounds like a great idea.


Cunard is Dress. If you don't like dressing up. Don't Go. Out of our 6 evenings, the first and last were elegant casual - requiring jacket (but no tie). 3 Were Formal. 1 Was Semi-Formal - jacket and tie. Most people stayed dressed up for the entire evening. I even saw people in tuxes in the computer center at night, and in the buffet for midnight snacks.

So the guys need at least a jacket or better every night. How were the woman dressed on the different nights?

The lectures sound very nice and I could spend lots of time in the planetarium.


single malt Scotch whisky tasting,


This would be perfect for Kevin.lol


There is a lot to do on board. but to be totally honest. after about 2 days. I wanted a Port.

I am not at all surprised.lol


I'm probably missing a hundred things, but Charles and Mark(SF) will most assuredly provide more insight than I've given here.

Thanks for a really great review and I hope Charles and Mark(SF) will also write reviews.

sue
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