Having had several days to digest our experience we thought it time to share the impressions we formed on our recent New York to Los Angeles voyage on the Queen Victoria. In order to provide some insight into our perspective I'll share our background. I'm 45 and my wife is 39. Prior to this trip we have done six TA's on the QM2 (four in Britannia and two in Queen's Grill) as well as the Dubai to Southampton world cruise segment on the QM2 last year (in Queen's Grill).

Both my wife and I are Cunard World Club Platinums and have never sailed with any line other than Cunard.

All previous QG cabins had been Q5, and our Britannia cabins were A1-A3. On this trip we booked a Q5 and were assigned cabin 5189, located on the fifth deck on the extreme starboard stern corner of the ship. As there have been many questions about how the QV "compares" I've provided my highly subjective comparison to the QM2 when appropriate. Read more