This was our seventh cruise with our two kids, two on QE2 transatlantic, two on Disney, one on Holland America to Alaska and one on Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas.

Overall, an OK cruise but it did not meet our expectations, based on the amount of hype and publicity. People came away expecting to be wowed and I don't think most people were happy, unless you paid a small fortune to be in the Grill class.

Good things: the planetarium, meeting passengers from other cruise ships in ports that wanted to be on the QM 2, interesting 12-course tasting menu in Lotus (Kings Court), crab cake in Todd English restaurant. Read more