devolve Posted January 3 #1 Share Posted January 3 Hi we are considering a QM2 cruise around the British Isles late August, has anyone experience of this cruise they can share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted January 3 #2 Share Posted January 3 We have many Cunard British Isles' cruises to out name and I would say the one you're looking at doesn't have a very interesting itinerary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare david63 Posted January 3 #3 Share Posted January 3 One of the things that you will probably find is that there will be a lot of Americans onboard as they tend to like the British Isles cruises, with any cruise line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted January 3 #4 Share Posted January 3 28 minutes ago, david63 said: One of the things that you will probably find is that there will be a lot of Americans onboard as they tend to like the British Isles cruises, with any cruise line. Can't say we noticed more US passengers but then we didn't look out for them. What I would say is noticeable, is the average age of the passengers is higher than some other itineraries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted January 3 #5 Share Posted January 3 12 minutes ago, Victoria2 said: Can't say we noticed more US passengers but then we didn't look out for them. What I would say is noticeable, is the average age of the passengers is higher than some other itineraries. Yes, I think that is right, though it might be younger in August. I have been on two cruises in the summer, though not in August, and on both the weather was fairly grim. For me Orkney was the highlight and yours doesn’t go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Solent Richard Posted January 3 #6 Share Posted January 3 36 minutes ago, david63 said: One of the things that you will probably find is that there will be a lot of Americans onboard as they tend to like the British Isles cruises, with any cruise line. You are correct @david63 because the subject is a Queen Mary 2 cruise. Of course, when one gets 'out and about' around the ship one will meet many passengers from shores outside of the UK: mainly American and German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigrlewis Posted January 3 #7 Share Posted January 3 We did QV in August our itinerary was Southampton, England, UK At Sea For 1 Day Edinburgh (tours fromNewhaven), Sco Kirkwall, Scotland, UK At Sea For 1 Day Glasgow (tours from Greenock),Scotl Isle of Mull Scenic Cruising, Unite Belfast, NI, UK Liverpool, England, UK At Sea For 1 Day Holyhead, Wales, Great Britain At Sea For 1 Day Southampton, England, UK Embark Ship Arrive Early Morning, Tender Required, Depart Early Evening Arrive Early Morning, Depart Early Evening Arrive Early Morning, Depart Early Evening Arrive Morning, Cruise By, Depart Afternoon Arrive Early Morning, Depart Early Evening Arrive Morning, Depart Afternoon Arrive Early Morning, Tender Required, Depart Afternoon Debark Ship We enjoyed all the ports especially Liverpool and cork noticeably older UK crowd and yes more Americans. id say go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted January 3 #8 Share Posted January 3 (edited) 1 hour ago, exlondoner said: Yes, I think that is right, though it might be younger in August. I have been on two cruises in the summer, though not in August, and on both the weather was fairly grim. For me Orkney was the highlight and yours doesn’t go there. Having cruised B.I. May/June/July and August, having children onboard during the summer holidays would bring the average age down, but there were still more older passengers than usual. The on dit pre Covid being apparently, if illness strikes, it's easier to leave the ship and thus insurance isn't quite the issue it could be say, in the Med. We have experienced sleet [May] hail, fog, sweltering heat, brilliant sunshine, lightening and torrential rain. No wonder the British past time inconsequential chat is often weather related.🙂 edit Nationalitles Americans and other nationalities, of course but not necessarily 'more' Americans as many of our QV cruises have had a good number of visitors from across 'the pond'. Edited January 3 by Victoria2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare foodsvcmgr Posted January 3 #9 Share Posted January 3 We were on the same sailing as craigrlewis and would thoroughly recommend it. Certainly at 64 I didn’t feel old. Very nice group of passengers, seemed more UK than US. The weather was often not the best but it didn’t really impact anything till heavy fog on the last sea day blocked our view of Wolf Rock and Eddystone Lighthouses just 3 miles off the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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