1. I was let down by the booking agent, but accept that was not Cunard's fault.

2. My cabin should have had a Queen bed......it had 2 single beds. When I pointed out the booking the beds were just pushed together leaving a very uncomfortable ridge in the middle.

3. Advice was to stow bags under the bed....on doing so I found socks from a previous passenger! And realised the carpet was none too clean either. I reported this to the purser's office, returning the socks of course (the officer's face was a picture!). I was told the deck supervisor would contact me. This never happened. What did happen shocked me. The following evening on my return from the dining room the cabin steward saw me in the corridor and shouted at me in front of several other people. He told me I should have reported to him first, and now he was in trouble, etc, etc. I kept quiet and walked on to the cabin. Read more