Queen Mary 2 (QM2) Review

Dull, and couldn't wait to get off

Review for Transatlantic Cruise on Queen Mary 2 (QM2)
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HJ Bear
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jun 2014

Just got off a transatlantic crossing on the Queen Mary 2, and it was the first cruise I was happy to get off. Service, activities, luxuries? Not on this ship.

First the service. The crew on this ship looked like you should be serving them. Six days before I heard a good morning out of any of them. Five days before anyone in the dinning room offered to refill a glass. It was a good thing I could get up to fill a glass myself, or both of us would've died of thirst. The service in Kings Court was also horrendous. The food choices were minimal at best. I don't know how many times we saw food bins half empty, and nobody refilling them. Just not the friendliest, or most attentive crew I've ever seen. Our muster drill alone had people sitting on treadmills in the fitness center, and most of the passengers that attended would've died before they ever made it to a lifeboat. The crew had no idea who was there, or who was missing. They really didn't look like they cared. It was a just going through the motion thing for them.

Activities on this ship are a joke. First, it was like a floating nursing home. I didn't know if I needed to laugh, or cry when I read scarf tying on the daily activity list. I realized I should cry when napkin folding was on the list for the next day. Seriously? If you didn't read, hit the fitness center, or play some type of board, or card games your choices are limited. Being out on deck is always iffy crossing the Atlantic, but the indoor activities left a lot to be desired. The lectures were not the most exciting at sea either to hold interest for a whole hour, or day. The planetarium, well sitting on deck at midnight would probably be more enjoyable. The cabin TV channel selection was to be nice, sucked.

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Cabin was nice, but under the fitness center. Every time someone dropped weights on the floor above your head it sounded like a bomb going off, so be prepared. Also, felt a lot of motion in rough seas this far forward. If you have any kind of motion sickness issues this cabin is not for you. Move farther back in the ship.

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