We met some friends who'd never been on a Cunard ship. They asked our advice about Queen Elizabeth as they were going on the 'Cunard Christmas Market Cruise to Amsterdam' commencing 19th December 2014.

After long discussions, and having no other commitments over that five day period, we said that we'd accompany them to show them around the ship and the city.

We didn't book until late in November and were lucky to get one of the last available balcony cabins. They'd booked earlier in the year but we notified Cunard that we'd be travelling together and gave them a TWID number so that our bookings could be aligned and we'd be sitting at the same dining table. Read more