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I was annoyed by the vibration in 11120 during a transatlantic crossing in January 2017.

There were bad vibrations between C and D (port side) in my cabin on deck 11. I noticed them in the Britannia Dining Room on deck 2 (port side) as well.

There were $400 one-way fares on Norwegian Airlines from Gatwick to JFK in early January.

chengkp75: Thank you for the information. Perhaps I was experiencing a beat frequency between the aft propellers or and interaction between the propellers and the resonant modes of the ship. At least I will know how to phrase my inquiry if I ever experience the issue again.

I want to thank chengkp75 for his technical response. I noticed that you are a former cruise ship engineer. Do you happen to know the rotation frequency of the propellers? How about the diesel engines? The vibration that I felt could be a fundamental or some harmonic caused by a frequency difference. What I observed is that it seemed to be nearly constant from start to finish.

For my crossing starting 1/3/17, the vibration started as soon as we started moving away from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and stayed roughly constant until we arrived at Southampton.

I do not want to travel on QM2 again unless I can be assured that my cabin will not be affected by the vibration I experienced earlier this month.

I was in cabin 11120 so adjacent to the cabin 11118 reported by sand dollar26.

For chengkp75: I don't know the exact frequency. I gave an estimate.

What is the source of ~15 Hz vibrations on the port side of QM2? It was bad enough on deck 11 aft that I couldn't read a book in my cabin. Does it come from the gas turbines located in one of the upper decks? Which cabins are most affected?

We asked our waiter during the 1/3/17 crossing which seating was more popular. Georgiana told us that the late seating was more popular, at least on that crossing.

Is there an ATM or cash point at the arrival terminal in Southampton?