Queen Mary 2 2020 World Voyage…..continued
The 2020 World Voyage ended abruptly and prematurely in Freemantle due to the advancing COVID pandemic.
We are now completing the voyage.
April 28th, 2023 Southampton to the US For the first time in a very long time we had breakfast in the dining room, and jolly good it was too. We usually have to go to the Kings Court and Carinthia for breakfast as the dining room is long closed...
April 27th, 2023 Southampton Today was another cold and rainy one. We decided to skip the Isle of White, and instead blow all of our OBC in the spa. Well I did anyway. It was OBC well spent. I had fallen in love with a scarf in the Liberty shop...
April 26th, 2023 Southampton The Daily Programme Port Highlights has a description of Southampton on the front page. This has been the same since Sunday. I am thinking of offering to try to make it more interesting, reading exactly the same...
April 25th, 2023 Southampton Nothing has changed, except there is a new car carrier docked across from us. We are still in Southampton on Queen Mary 2, waiting for the information on when we will fly home. We have been officially told that...
April 24th, 2023 Southampton I dreamt last night that we were back at sea again, and speeding towards New York. I looked out the window, and the car park was still there, No we were not at sea, We spent the morning in the Commodore Club. We knew...
April 23rd, 2023 Southampton Well there was an 8:00 AM announcement from Captain Hall. He told us how far the world voyage passengers had sailed, and wished all of the disembarking passengers a safe journey home. Phew! No bad news. I was told by...
April 22nd, 2023 At Sea Well mostly at sea, with a little bit of Southampton thrown in This is the last day for the majority of passengers on the ship. You can feel it in the air. There is a definite sense of melancholy. This has been their home...
April 21st, 2023 At Sea The captain was right. The weather had definitely changed, and we awoke to a cold and rainy day. Usually most of the passengers seem to be out on deck, and we were concerned that the ship would feel crowded with everyone...
April 20th, 2023 At Sea First thing this morning we went to clear UK immigration. There are 2 delightful young immigration agents on board, and once we have all seen them, the ship will be cleared to dock in Southampton. It is so great when they...
April 19th, 2023 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Land again! We had booked a tour to ride the cable car up Mt Teide, a very tall volcano on the island. I was very excited as I love cable cars and volcanoes. It sounded like the perfect way to spend our...
April 18th, 2023 At Sea Gone were the ostrich feathers, but they were replaced by a beautiful display of strelitzias – birds of paradise. Today was well spent going to the lectures, and craft class. Stephen Payne gave a very interesting talk on...
April 17th, 2023 At Sea The arrangement in the lobby this morning was a beautiful display of ostrich feathers. Could this be because it’s the Roaring Twenties gala ball tonight? It certainly looks beautiful; they always do such a good job with...