Queen Mary 2 (QM2) Review

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2 Queens on Queen Mary 2

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Sail Date: Jan 2016
Cabin: Balcony, obstructed view

This review is a continuation of '2 Queens on Queen Victoria.......'

We disembarked Queen Victoria for our ‘back to back’ cruise on QM2 to Fort Lauderdale - the first 10 nights of the world cruise. It was painless – we put the cases outside our cabin the night before we disembark, collect them in the arrival hall and then hand them over to a Cunard bus which will take them to QM2. We stroll into Southampton and like the rest of Southampton who are awake on a Sunday morning end up in Ikea which offers ‘Free Coffee’ during browsing time between 10-11am. We get a great view of the 3 Queens – the ships I mean – who are all in dock to start their world cruises. It’s a spectacular sight. After our free coffee and internet we avoid ‘browsing’ at Scandinavian Furniture and head instead for Asda to top up our wine before boarding QM2.

We board for our next cruise (or voyage as Cunard calls it). Our new Cabin (or stateroom as Cunard calls it) is on deck 8 and has a great view of a lifeboat right outside our balcony. We did know this on booking the cabin and it does not bother us. In fact I look a lot brighter with a shade of orange reflected against my skin. Being back in a ‘Britannia cabin/stateroom’ we are assigned a table of 2 in the main dining room. Although we did enjoy the Princess Grill restaurant on the Queen Victoria, there is nothing to match the main Britannia restaurant on board QM2. It is a feast for the eyes as well as the mouth. We are on a balcony table to can look across the whole restaurant. The food is excellent as are our waiter and assistant waiter.

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Balcony, obstructed view

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Lovely view of a lifeboat

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