We have traveled transatlantic both ways on QM2,loved every minute of it and therefore decided to take this opportunity to try out the QE.

Embarkation was a little slow but not too bad. The ship itself felt smaller and less "spectacular" than we had expected.

Our initial lunch at the Lido buffet was quite enjoyable but in all honesty we found that the selection seemed a little limited. For five days it was fine but we certainly wouldn't want to be on this ship for more than a week. Some of the decor was lovely (the glass panels and lighting for example) but some things were just really tacky. There were strange plasticky models on the tops of the buffet stations which looked very odd indeed. Read more