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Welcome Onboard Chaps.

Really looking forward to this crossing, and spending Christmas in New York!

Cheers

Gary

When we were on the QM2 in August

We splashed out on a 7day Spa pass. Which gave us access to the spa pool, whirl pool and a couple of sauna's, and somewhere to sit and relax. Or fall asleep as I always seem to do :rolleyes: It was a great way to spend a couple of hours just chilling each day before getting ready for evening meal each evening.

But there are a limited number they sell each cruise, so go the first day if your considering it!

Hello

We are onboard too!

We are Gary & Stef from York.

This will be our 2nd TA on the QM2 so we are really looking forward to this

Look forward to hearing from you all.

Cheers

Gary & Stef

We pre booked West Quay Cars

They were very good and waiting for us when we landed.

They were still expensive at £17 but cheaper than the checkercars, who I assume must have to pay the Airport some massive fee to be the Airport taxi of Choice with a desk inside the terminal!

1 Week TODAY and we will all be stepping on board the QM2!:D

Hopefully it will be a tad less windy! I hear the swells round the UK coast are forecasted to be very high today!

Happy Packing!

Cheers

Gary

We were in the Champagne bar on the 1st night, and they asked if we would like to come to the champagne tasting the next day!

I think it was approx $60 for I think 5-6 Champagne and nibbles.

We enjoyed it and would do it again.

Hello Cary & Jim

Good to hear a few more people on board. Don't forget to check out the roll call for this sailing as well.

I believe this sailing has now sold out, so well done on your Upgrade!:)

Suffice to say we have not been upgraded :(, but more than happy with the price we paid for the type of cabin!

Dont worry about Evening Meal with your table mates. You will only need to tolerate them for one meal a day, as Breakfast and lunch you can be sat with anyone, not your usual table and table mates! We have always had great table mates on all of our cruises with the exception of one, who just totally ignored us! Was a big table of 10 people though. The ironic thing was they were also our stateroom neighbors as well, so never said a word to us! Very strange! It was soon sorted as we moved table no problems and no questions asked.

I guess we cant get along with everyone we come in contact with. The way of the world just proves that with all the troubles! But put that to the back of your minds, you WILL be just Fine and Dandy :)

I can thoroughly recommend the Champagne tasting.

Also for a special occasion the Champagne afternoon tea is worth the upgrade.

Geez Champagne features a LOT in this post!

Happy Packing

Cheers

Gary

We have only done a little 3 night cruise on the QM2 in December last year.

We really like the ship and when we saw the 3 Queens in Liverpool in May we decided we NEEDED to do a Trans Atlantic.

We have never had so many Seadays in a row, so will be interesting to see how it goes, Although there does look to be some good Guest speakers Onboard!

Cheers

Gary & Stef

Hi There

We took a taxi from the terminal a few months back and it cost £24 which I thought was pretty expensive

You might be worth booking a Taxi in advance to pick you up. Try West Quay Cars, they will be able to give you a fixed cost. Think its maybe around £17

Hope that helps

Cheers

Gary

We Have recently booked so we will be on board also.

This will be our First ever Transatlantic voyage. So really looking forward to it.

We did a taster cruise on the QM2 on the 12 th December last year. We fell in love with the ship, so we just had to book this QM2 Voyage

We are Gary & Stefan from York UK

Cheers

The Flow rider does have set times its open.

It also has times when its Boogie Boarding and Stand up Surfing at different times.

Just Sign your Waivers and you will get a wrist band at their Sign up stand, and then you will be able to join the Line when you like.

I think you can also book some 1 to 1 time with an instructor too.

You will have a great time on the Flowrider

13 days and counting on the newly refurbished and hopefully finished explorer of the seas!! :D

Our Promo B Was for the SimplyLOW Promotion booking think it took off approx £250 PP

BUT beware if you wanted to change your Cabin to a different grade, as they will take the Simply LOW promotion off you!!

Jane your cruise reviews always put smiles on our faces!

We NEED to cruise with you guys again sometime! Those New Years Eve pics brought happy Memories back! ;)

NOW one thing that I think is missing from this cruise in review!!! Where are your infamous Toes!!!!:eek::eek:

Both You and John are looking great, retirement and cruising suits you both!

Cheers

Gary

We too were on the 3 day cruise to The Christmas Markets

Having done a Mini Cruise on the Royal Caribbean Adventure of the seas last year we knew that it would not be a true reflection of Cunard. If my only experience of Royal Caribbean was based on that Mini Cruise I probably would have never sailed with them again! :eek: We came across many people who were put off cruising for life!!

As for the Cunard cruise, we had a really good mini cruise, Good service and good food in the Britannia. Chart room and Pub always struggled to find a seat (Never got one), Sir Samuels great place for a quick Sandwich in the afternoon. I think sometimes the problem is that Cunard bang on about the "White Star" Service which is good, but you can get just as good on many other ships we have been on.

Although the QM2 Ship design and interior is in a class of it own.

As others have said try a longer cruise before removing Cunard for your cruising list

Cheers

Gary

Great blog, keep up the good work!

Hope they have manage to get the Planetarium working, as it had broken down on Sunday!

Excellent review so far!

We are sailing on her on the 3rd November!! :D:D

Jane - Another FAB picture review of your Jolly Holidays!

We just love reading your reviews, even though they do make us jealous! ;)

Keep up the good work!

Well im sure it wont be long before you get another cruise booked, so It wont be long before Im reading about another one of your adventures!

And of Course the toe pics that make me chuckle every time :D

Cheers

Gary

Many Thanks for the Link

Much Appreciated

:)

Sunset Catamaran Champagne Cruise

This tours was offered by Royal Caribbean for our cruise on 3rd of November, but just checked what is on offer in Nassau and it seems to have been taking off the list of excursions.

Does anyone know if this is still running?

Is it available to book privately now that its not available on Royal site?

I guess it may of course be Full and thats why Royal has removed it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Many Thanks

Gary

Just got off the Brilliance this morning!:( and I miss my lovely Aft Balcony already! We were in 8672 and sitting watching the wake soon became my favourite place! :D

Excellent Review and Pictures

We are on Enchantment on the 3rd November 2014! So still a bit longer to wait, but really pleased with how the ship looks

Cheers

Gary

We did TE on QV on Christmas Eve 2011!

It wont be repeated, Food was OK at best and service not that much better.

Its no Surprise he is no longer featured on QV now.

We was on the Granduer in August 2012 shortly after its refurb.

Water and foul smelling gunge came up through the vents in the floor of the bathroom.

The cabin Steward soon cleaned it up, and we think that the system cant cope when people empty their Baths in Junior Suites or higher.

Also a lot the public restrooms were not working for about a day near Giovanni's

I would have hoped that the systems would have settled down by now, but it looks like the situation could be getting worse! :eek:

UK users are now able to download the App to their Iphones now!

Onboard on the 3rd June!:D