This was our second cruise, the first had been in 2014 on the Celebrity Equinox, which had been an excellent experience in every way. This year we thought that we would try the Cunard line and booked a cruise on the Queen Victoria which turned out to be a dreadful experience, all except for the embarkation process in Southport which was extremely well organised.

The main problem for us was that the air conditioning in the cabins could not be adequately controlled so we spent the entire cruise either freezing or being excessively hot, At first we thought it was faulty unit, but when the technician came he found that it was operating correctly.

We checked with other guests who had the same issue, so operating correctly must mean that you just put up without being able to control the temperature to a comfortable level. Read more