UK Blog Post: Cruise ship status report: Queen Elizabeth

[LauraS]

A new ship always takes a while to settle down and Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth was no exception following its launch last October, as evidenced in the early Cruise Critic member reviews, some of which complained of penny-pinching, small drinks measures, soggy chips in the Lido restaurant and unexciting entertainment. Fast forward ten months. Has anything [...]

 

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[Ray66]

I've just returned from a two week cruise to the Baltic on the Queen Elizabeth and couldn't fault it. I love the ship and the other two Cunard ships. I don't understand some of the remarks in that article. Some just seem to be nit-picking.

 

"but many appeared not to be able to understand English and seemed very tired.”

Obviosuly a lot of the crew are foreign, as on most cruise ships I suspect.

 

“There is no buzz, no sparkle, no ‘wow’ factor,”

I'm not sure exactly what they expect?

 

There again I have nothing to compare it with as I've only ever sailed with Cunard.

[Ray66]

Are these not "wow" factors? Only Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria have private boxes in the theatre. Cast members that I spoke to said that they had never performed in a theatre like this at sea.

 

 

How many ships have two storey libraries with 6,000books?