My wife and I have taken a number of cruises with four cruise lines. This was our first cruise with Cunard. I took away a few good impressions of the QM2: the library is excellent. I have always thought it was crazy for cruise lines to lock up their libraries. I thought they should just buy paperbacks and forget about the hard covers, and give people 24 hour access to them. With QMII, they have such an impressive collection it should be locked. Their non-fiction and reference sections are great, and the fiction is ample.

The ship is truly beautiful: great Art Deco style and tastefully decorated. You will be hard pressed to find a more attractive looking ship.

My opinions of the programs on our cruise are mixed, but primarily favorable. I expected the Julliard Jazz Orchestra and it was not there. (Had I known that in advance, I would not have taken the cruise. The entertainment on the cruise was competent, as you expect on every cruise – theme nights, show tunes, accessible classical, etc. Read more