Oh! The QM2. We loved it. Huge, but not RCCL huge.

Staterooms are fairlly well laid out, blond wood. Public rooms are beautifully decorated. Send a PM and I can email you some photos.

We generally do not like Huge. But we LOVED the QM2.

The one thing you have to worry about is the time zones.

You will lose one hour a day for five of your six days at sea, which can be discomforting.

We did a 10 day transAtlantic to Europe, and had a hard time adjusting.

But would I do it again -- in a heartbeat!

Frances

Some of the design decisions are a bit stupid -- to get to some of the pool deck area you have to cut through the Todd English restaurant.

The "Lido" deck dining is great for lunch. It's divided into four zones, with different types of food in each.

At night, they close off part of it to become four different reservations-requeted restaurants. We were not impressed with The Carvery.

We ate at Todd English one night. The food was sublime, the service horribly lacking. They were busy, with a group of 12 in one area and another large group in the private room, but they should be able to handle that.

Our favorite was the Golden Lion Pub for lunch. Limited menu, but oh so very British. Ploughman's lunch, fish and chips, shepherd's pie, cottage pie, and a side of mushy peas.

We were in the Brittania restaurant, and loved it. Some people were complaining about their wait staff, but ours was fabulous. And we liked the food.

We have to go to a wedding in Scotland in May 2008, and I want to come home on the QM2.


The only "bad" thing is, you are going the wrong way. You will have 5 time zone changes in 6 days, so you will lose an hour a day.

We did Ft Lauderdale to London in 10 days, and the 5 clock turn backs were very annoying to us.

B