Queen Mary 2 (QM2) Review
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WE had 5 days in New York b4 embarking on the cruise. Checking in & embarking at the NY terminal was not great & the staff pretty offhand. Not what I expect of Cunard. It sells itself high so it needs to "deliver" to those standards
We chose a Princess Grill suite which was lovely. The food & service in the Princess Grill restaurant was excellent. Maître D Stanley runs a tight & efficient staff.
Some of the stateroom corridors look a bit tired & dull but the main lounges etc are very nice & very clean.
Cabin Review
Princess Suite
This suite is towards the "aft" of the ship between stairways B & C. Very spacious suite with loads of storage which made a pleasant change. Good size balcony with 2 "plastic" rattan sun chairs & table. Not overlooking any lifeboats. Upward extending oval coffee table great for having breakfast in the room. Nice bathroom with a bath as well as overhead shower. BUT no illuminated extendable make up cum shaving mirror. As I am very short sighted this made applying make up somewhat difficult as I needed to lean right across the sink to the mirror to see what I was doing. Yes there is a dressing table in the main part of the cabin but it is so poorly lit that it is of little use. Be ware that this suite suffers from near constant "vibration" which really started to get on my nerves. If I leant my head back onto the headboard I felt like Woody the Woodpecker & standing still I could feel the vibration rising up from the soles of my feet. The sea was like a mill pond so that couldn't have been the reason. We noticed that there are a number of areas of the ship that vibrate a lot & make a bit of a "thumping" sound
Port Reviews
New York (Manhattan)
No excursions taken. We stayed 5 nights in the Crowne Plaza & did our own thing
Halifax
No excursion just a walk along the Boardwalk