Queen Mary 2 (QM2) Review

One shot deal for British wife who loved it. Not for me.

Review for Transatlantic Cruise on Queen Mary 2 (QM2)
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twistedwankel
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: May 2015
Cabin: Standard Inside

First of all they lost my luggage for 3 hours which had all our fancy dress clothes in it. Of course so did the Epic we rode to get to Europe. I assume they were looking for Booze and thought my body wash was liquor??? The room steward found it via talking to her associates in a different area of the ship. B instead of A and let it sit there for hours.

Being the only remaining Ocean Liner it rides very well in swells. It has adequate elevators and is adequately staffed. The whole experience is definitely British with teas, lectures instead of fun entertainment and I swear 90% of all passengers carry one or two books with them at all times to avoid interaction with strangers.

I was very unhappy when informed at check in that our fixed supper time was 8:30pm (as we asked for earlier due to digestion issues) and they actually wrote that earlier times were based on cost of rooms. I learned from a table mate this was a lie as they were on an inside cabin, same as us, on the same deck and they originally had a 6:30pm dinner time and changed it. We were fortunate to have two couples with our table who were interesting and a good laugh. Others were not so lucky as evidenced by later empty tables to avoid each other? The other "pay extra" restaurants were booked prior to 7pm for the whole voyage so that was no help. We ate at the buffet earlier and had a light supper with our new found friends at 8:30 - 10:30pm over drinks.

Cabin Review

Standard Inside

Cabin IA

Very clean and well laid out. Extra nice good sized bathroom. Plenty of storage. Nice large safe and fridge. No coffee maker so you have to use room service for that. Wife would have preferred a window as she never knew what time it was and got a bit claustrophobic with the yawing of the ship.

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New York (Manhattan)

The Yellow cab has printed fixed fare to JFK. WRONG. This is only from Manhattan. It costs us $74 metered + tip from Brooklyn Dock to JFK after waiting 20 minutes in a Cue. No waiting line to take the SUV limo for $70 direct to JFK. A much better deal as it turns out.

Southampton

IBIS regular was a good hotel a few hundred yards from dining and shopping. Very near to RR Station Central and a short cab ride from the Cunard Docks.

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