My husband and I were celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary, so this was the first time we cruised without our 7 year old daughter. We have been on 10+ cruises and decided on the Queen Mary II based on the itinerary and the Luxury Liner concept. We are both in our early 40's. Here is our review of the cruise:

Ship itself:

The ship itself is very clean and I would categorize it as "understated elegance". There is a very small Grand Foyer and all of the furnishings and public areas are very tasteful. That said, the entire ship seems to be laid out as one big afterthought. Apparently, Cunard had the ship designed as an ocean liner, then the interiors were laid out once the hull was built, at least this was the explanation we were given. If you like getting lost, this is the ship for you! If you enjoy finding interesting public rooms on the last day of your cruise, ditto! We were constantly going down a small flight of stairs, through a long "hallway" (that was made into the photo store or something of that sort) only to end up going up another short flight of stairs and stumbling onto the Ballroom, which was very grand but good luck finding it. Then off of the Ballroom were double doors leading to the disco, which had no windows outside to the view (both of these rooms were on level 3. Read more