We travelled on the Queen Elizabeth round trip from Southampton through the Caribbean, as we had done last year with our two young children and Mother, and whilst we had an enjoyable trip, it was as good as last year, perhaps it was due to the last cruise being over Christmas and New Year, or whether it was because the ship was still new, I'm not sure.

We had to pay full price for the children as all the free child places were gone - we later discovered our children were the only passenger children on board, as we had 3 staterooms, and my mother booked 2 weeks later than ourselves, I asked before we sailed could my mother be moved to a similar area to us, as she suffers from panic attacks, she was the opposite end to us so would take a good 10 minute walk, and she isn't very mobile, they said to ask the purser on the first day which we did, I was told they would let me know when a cabin became available, and I am still waiting!!! I since have found out a number of passengers were moved throughout the voyage, so I am a little annoyed to say the least.

We ate in on the first seating, and had the worst waiter, I have ever had the misfortune to encounter, he wouldn't engage in conversation, the bread, was thrown down on your plate, dressing for the salad had to be asked for, and was then slopped down on the salad, when cheese was ordered, after waiting 15 minutes, we asked for the biscuits, not once, twice, but three times, we decided to eat in the Jasmine in the Lido, chalk and cheese excellent service, as one would expect from Cunard, word, got back to the Britannia, and the said waiter, was replaced by the Head Waiter, Stephen would excellent, and much more to Cunard's standard. Read more