Review

[exlondoner]

My review has appeared in reviews, but there is no opportunity for questions or corrections, so I am posting to below, so everyone can have a go. 😀
 

There were faults with this cruise, but not over the things that are important to me. These are cabin, food, service, a calm and serene atmosphere, an elegant and spacious ship. All these aspects were excellent, especially the quality of service, which was faultless. The passenger/crew ratio of 1.77:1 was good, and there seemed more than enough staff. Yes, the QM2, being an ocean liner does have an occasional patch of superficial rust. It also had lots of people washing and scraping and painting and varnishing all over the place, so is being well maintained. While I was on board one of the D stairway lifts and the Terrace Pool were both returned to service after repairs.

Embarkation was pretty good. We arrived about midday and checkin was brisk and straightforward with no delays, as was security. There was a hiatus between the two, while we waited for the ship to be ready. Our Q5 cabin was elegant and spacious, though the bathroom is not well designed, and really does need a walk in shower. The QG restaurant is not the most elegant of rooms, but the quality of food and warmth of service more than compensated for this. There is also a wide choice - 16 main courses for dinner, plus any special requests. Nonetheless I did defeat them by asking for Dulce de Leche ice cream. No Dulce de Leche on board, but they did make salted caramel instead.

Eventually we caught Covid and went to a smaller cabin to isolate, which was not very enjoyable, but the QG staff continued to look after us as far as they could and rang.frequently to make sure we were OK.

I had read a lot of negative comments before we sailed and was quite worried, but found the ship as lovely as ever, calm, serene, elegant, and welcoming. 

[Host Hattie]

Thanks for submitting your review and for posting it here.

The review is here if anyone would like to give it a helpful vote 👍

Exlondoner's Queen Mary 2 Review

[Victoria2]

Thanks exlondoner

Love the last line.

Hope Victoria will be similar.

 

[exlondoner]

The only thing is that it is far more boring than the spoof one I posted, but life is like that. 😀

[exlondoner]

Embarrassingly, I have just managed to click to say my own review is helpful. Is there anyway of undoing this, as I am probably the last person in the world to whom it is helpful. Groan.

[Yorkshire Mike]

Beggar that - the onboard speakers on our cruise all spent time explaining why they were wonderful so a little self-promotion obviously can't hurt 👍

[alc13]

10 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

Embarrassingly, I have just managed to click to say my own review is helpful. Is there anyway of undoing this, as I am probably the last person in the world to whom it is helpful. Groan.

You reread it, and it clarified your thinking and confirmed your opinion!

[Windsurfboy]

Did you get any compensation for moving to smaller cabin. 

[exlondoner]

If get 3/14 of our fare refunded as credit, it will be at that rate, so that will cover it, I assume. But I must chase it up with our TA when I recover my energy - which will proabably be in about 2043.

[Windsurfboy]

hope the "can't be bothered" impact of covid doesn't last too long. Seems to effect a lot of people even if it was mild.

 

 

[exlondoner]

28 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said:

hope the "can't be bothered" impact of covid doesn't last too long. Seems to effect a lot of people even if it was mild.

 

 

 

It is not that I can't be bothered. It is simply that I have greater priorities for my very limited remaining strength.

[exlondoner]

3 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

 

It is not that I can't be bothered. It is simply that I have greater priorities for my very limited remaining strength.

Sorry, that sounded ungracious. Thanks for your good wishes.