To celebrate one of those birthdays ending in 0 this year we were originally thinking about doing a trip round Norway and the fjords. I happened to mention this to someone I "met" on these boards previously and she mentioned that she had always wanted to do a transatlantic on the QM2. Hubby happened to have the newspaper open on a page showing a trip incorporating a transatlantic as i read her reply, we decided that was a sign and booked! We flew to Toronto, went to Niagara then train to NY for a few days.

We had been told that embarkation can be tiresome, we had been given a late slot of 3.30pm but on the advice of the hotel headed off about 1.00pm. We barely queued and were straight on into our balcony cabin - two minutes later our luggage was with us! The cabin was a premium balcony on deck 4, close to C stairs - it was well fitted out, lots of storage and very comfortable. It was nice to have the balcony, we did not spend much time on it but it was good to be able to see the sea.

The ship is beautiful- enjoyed the different themes on each staircase and the Maritime Quest exhibition was very informative. Loved the colour coded carpets on the stairs...A for Apple (green) B for Berry(red) C for Chestnut and D for donkey is how I remembered them. Although the ship is big it did not seem that way - we were well located for everything Read more