Which Cunard ship is your Favorite and why ???? - Cruise Line Fans: Cruise Forum, Reviews and Chat From Real Cruisers

Ziggy7 · 10-27-2005, 10:07 PM

Which Cunard ship is your Favorite and why ????

If I booked today, which ship is best ???

Cunard cruisers, I need your help!!!! I need your vote!!!! Dont let corruption win!!!! Vote for the Kitty to win!!!

amyb · 01-30-2006, 01:59 PM

QE2 - my favorite ship ever. She is graceful and beautiful to look at. An Historic Vessel as well and something that may not be around forever so I would book her before QM2 which is so new.

Cruise Lover · 01-30-2006, 11:10 PM

Definitely the QM2 because there is basically no class system like on the QE2. Although I ve never sailed on the QE2 I have a friend who did.
I did enjoy the Cunard Princess and Countess, those were nice when they were new.

amyb · 02-07-2006, 12:23 PM

The only real places you can't go on QE2 is the upperclass restaurants and one sitting room. I was onboard for six days and never ran into a room I couldn't go in except the restaurants. There is no feeling of segregation if you are thinking of the fences a la the titanic movie!

theklb · 02-25-2006, 08:10 PM

The first Queen Mary without question,and i'm not just saying that because I live in Long Beach her current home.

blazerboy · 02-28-2006, 05:06 PM

Haven't yet sailed on QM2, but am partial to QE2 (versus the former Caronia) Love the old liners anyway, and this is really the only one left.

The maritime art on board is wonderful. The food is out of this world in the grill restaurants, and the feeling is one of really seeing the 'way things were.'

I never found there to be any more "class distiction" on QE2 than any other ship. Yes, you have separate dining rooms, but, even on Princess, not everyone eats in the same restaurant. Everyone mixes in all other venues, and if there are those few that segregate themselves in the Queen's Grill Lounge, probably better for everyone that they do!

The one area where the QE2 falls short is in the cabins in the lower categories. I'd take an inside with bunks in a minute to do another crossing on her, but if you're used to modern cruise ship staterooms, these might "dissapoint" in that they're really small, and oddly shaped, without the ability to have the beds pushed together until you get up to the highest category of the two main dining rooms. We were been upgraded on both recent trips, and, while I enjoyed paying the lower fares, I really revelled in the food in the two grills! But food's my thing.

When we travel on the QM2, I'm sure it'll be in the main dining room, but that's o.k.- if I'm on a ship, I'm having a good time!

Anxious to hear more about Queen Victoria, and see where that fits in the line up.

Andrew

joramrose · 02-28-2006, 06:24 PM

Nor have I sailed the QM2 - had her booked and had to cancel twice.

But the QE2 -- That is one classy vessel!! My favorite ship of all time, all sizes, all itineraries. (Although there is a 40-foot sailboat about which I have some super fond memories!!))

Yep, I will take an inside lower deck cabin anywhere she goes!!!

I made two TransAtlantics on the Queen, a trans canal and a leg of the World Tour from Sydney to Hong Kong via Japan. All were wondeful -- food, accommodations, shore trips, onboard entertainment, onboard enrichment lectures and the daily bridge tournaments.

In my next life I may opt to do as one old lady and just live on the queen!!

love
joan