Queen Mary 2 (QM2) Review

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First time crusing experience for my mum's 60th birthday

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Jane
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Jun 2011
Cabin: Balcony, sheltered

I wanted to write a review on here as before going away I'd read a few reviews that had made me anxious about my first cruise, but our holiday experience was so good that I felt that I needed to address the balance. It seems that people sometimes like to find fault for the sake of it, or have unreasonably high expectations that will never be met. But my (and my family's) experience on the QM2 was nothing but amazing, and something that's going to be hard to top.

I've never cruised before (although often thought about it as someone who hates flying!) but we decided to do something different and special as a family (two parents in their 60's and two kids in their 20's) for my mum's 60th birthday. We choose the QM2 as we thought it couldn't get any better than that for a first trip and also wanted to see the beautiful scenery of the Norwegian Fjords and the cruise schedule fell perfectly with the date of my mum's birthday. When we first received the details from Cunard with the schedules of dress code for formal nights etc... we were all a little anxious as to what we'd let ourselves in for and whether the cruise would prove to be too formal and stuffy for us (and also, more importantly, whether we had any clothes that would be suitable!) but we really needn't have worried. As soon as we boarded the ship we were made to feel completely at home and the mixture of people on board the cruise was so varied that there was never a worry that you would stick out from everyone else. The activities on board were well tailored to suit all tastes, and you could do as much or as little as you wanted.

The boarding process was an absolute dream - very organised staff and no stress at all, such a change to airports and even ferry ports. Disembarkation was similarly stress-free, although it was slightly difficult to retrieve all the cases (we thought we had lost one) as the room they were left in was a bit chaotic, but staff were on hand to help and it was no more stressful than finding your case an the airport terminal.

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Balcony, sheltered

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