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What a gorgeous ship. I'm in my early thirties and would absolutely appreciate sailing on her. No need to add entertainment geared towards younger folks. With today's crazy fast pace world it would be an absolute pleasure to just sit back with a coffee, and write a book in that environment.
My exact thoughts…I need a break from this “normal” world we live today…this would be the perfect spot to have peace and disconnect myself from everything…
I just watched this for the second time. Queen Elizabeth is my favourite ship. I love dining in the Britannia restaurant. The food and service are excellent. I've only sailed on her on cruises around Australia, where I live.
This is one of the few best looking ships in the 21st century, unlike the common grotesque cruise ships that's floating around (like floating kids' playground). Well thought out elegant designs, old world charm, with a library. And best of all, you can dress up in your evening formal black or white tie!
I agree Jason !! Incredibly beautiful classy ship !! The Cunard’s are ALL Beautiful and Elegant ships I agree with your assessment of the new MEGA CRUISE SHIPS!! They are UGLY!! Fat top heavy square blocked apartment buildings. And then to add insult to injury, they plop a amusement park on top ?!?! So sad . So top heavy. Can we say “ Poseidon Adventure “ boys and girls?
I found it was quite impressive & quite stunning, it made me feel I was on the Titanic with a modern twist. 😊 My first cruise on the Queen Elizabeth was from Melbourne to New Zealand return was a Christmas cruise in 2019/2020 it was the highlight of my life & thoroughly enjoyed it. The cabin was quite spacious & staff very friendly & helpful. Best time to buy the overprice stuff is near the end of the cruise when they drop the prices quite considerably (Having their sales) I disagree that Queen Elizabeth provided more for the older folk. They did provide for the children & teenagers. They had a disco up on one of the top decks for teenagers & teenagers at heart, also they provided activities for both children & teenagers throughout the day. Queen Elizabeth provided for all ages from what I saw. The ship had a mixture of both young & those in their Autumn years. Thanks for sharing too & really enjoyed your commentary as well.
Thanks ever so much for sharing your experience - really glad you had a great time. Queen Elizabeth is a stunning ship, and you're right; it does feel as though you're stepping back in time, but there are contemporary twists which make her feel quite modern. Very jealous that you did New Zealand and Australia. Both countries feature highly on our bucket lists :)
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I am swept away by this ship 😍 it has all the things that I would like for a sail away experience. Not just the fun, but also the classic, and elegant feel of it. The different areas are beautiful, clean and well maintained. Maybe one day
Thanks for what was a really nice, unbiased and thorough review. Really appreciate the detail and deck by deck view. We are travelling QE2 from Sydney jan 23 and it was nice to be able to visualise ….thanks again…
Hey Aaron, thanks so much for watching we’re glad your enjoyed! How amazing we’re sure you’ll have a fabulous time onboard, let us know how it went when you get back!! 😃
Hello Cliff. I'm not usually one to frequent a library on a cruise ship, but this ones worth a visit just to appreciate the decor alone! There was no limit to how many people could sit in there as far as I know, but there wasn't an abundance of seating truth be told.
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That was an absolutely wonderful tour and I love your sense of humor too ;) ! I have sailed on the QM2 a few times, but I now would love to sail on the Queen Elizabeth. Thank you.
Unfortunately, the afternoon was a bit of a shambles! The sandwiches were as dry as the Sahara dessert, and we waited 25 minutes for a scone. Cunard’s afternoon tea isn’t what it used to be :(
@@sailawaymag We were at the same sitting as you and I too was quite unimpressed, didn't seem to be very well organised and depended very much on where you were sat as to how quickly you were served, agree about the sandwiches, very disappointed, but the scones made up for it and the tea where we were sat (on the balcony just to the right of where you were filming from) kept flowing well and was always nice and hot :-)
@@sailawaymag Yes, loved it, second time on QE, first time back in 2016, though having watched your full ship tour I now wish I had done the 2 things I said I was definitely going to do this time 1. book the spa (I went to book my 2 hour slot for the Saturday as soon as we boarded, but saw the queue and it put me off) 2. I was definitely going to treat us to dinner in the Verandah (but my other half said he couldn't see the point as we'd already got dinner in the Britannia and he couldn't see the difference) oh well... next time :-)
@@cruisestayJJ Glad you had a good time, we really liked her too. Yeah the spa is a really nice experience, and its as relaxing as it looks. The Verandah is so worth it. We weren't keen on the food in the Britannia Dining Room, but we thought food in the Lido was decent, and the Verandah was superb. Looking forward to trying Queen Anne next!
Love the Art Deco theme of Queen Elizabeth, I would decorate my house like that if I could! Thanks for another great tour guys the quality of amazing. Do you think they will ever change the spa rules so we can book longer then two hours? Even though it looks amazing I don’t think I’d spend that amount for just two hours
Thanks for your kind comments. It is disappointing that they are only selling 2 hour slots to use the hydrotherapy pool and thermal suite; they used to sell daily packages and a cruise package - I paid $220 on QV in 2016 for a couple, for a week's cruise. Hopefully when the world sees sense, they'll reinstate the old packages; two hours in that spa isn't enough!
Cruise with Jay couldn’t agree more, by the time I’ve got fully comfortable and nodded off they be asking me to get out haha! Fingers crossed they change it soon!
We have just had our fourth cruise on this splendid ship. Three were to Alaska from Vancouver. The first one was in 2013 to the Norwegian fjords. We have travelled in all "classes" on this ship except Britannia Club. We find the Royal Court Theatre, the grand lobby, library and Commodore Club to be superior than the equivalent on the Queen Mary 2. The Grills facilities are, in our opinion, superior to those on the QM2 with the exception of the Princess Grill staterooms. On the QM2 they are square with a wide balcony, but on the QE they are long, thin and have a tiny balcony. The layout of the Queens Grill suite we had this year was so much nicer than the equivalent on the QM2. We were pleased that a harpist has returned this year. On last year's Alaska cruise there was an amplified saxophone at the Queen's Room tea a couple of times. Conversation was almost impossible. I don't know if I can agree that the entertainment is geared for older people. Most of the evening shows in the Royal Court Theatre feature loud pop-rock music. There was a rock and roll band on one night. I gave almost all of them all a miss (after standing at the back for a few minutes to be convinced this is not for me) but there was an excellent production of Top Hat. We can hardly wait to be back on board the QE or the Queen Victoria. We have not written off the QM2 though. Our next voyage is a westbound Atlantic crossing in a Britannia sheltered balcony cabin. From New York we will continue on to Québec on another week's voyage.
@@sailawaymag Yes, I sailed her from San Francisco to Sydney Australia. It stopped in Oahu, American Samoa, Fiji, 3 places in New Zealand including Auckland, and in Melbourne prior to disembarking in Sydney. Took most of the month of February 2012, but it was wonderful. Lots of sea days, but lectures and movies, etc. filled our days. We had some rough sailing on the Tasmanian sea, but this ship, unlike the popular cruisers, could handle it. Wish I was still able to travel but my mid-70’s have been difficult. Great memories on her, the Queen Victoria, the historic QE2, and the QM2.
The SS (RMS) Queen Elizabeth sunk but this is the MS [RMS] Queen Elizabeth Here’s everything I want to do on the Newly refurbished Queen Elizabeth 1:04 Royal court theatre 1:42 Golden Lion pub 1:48 The Venemade ballroom 2:41 Cafe Carithia lounge 3:24 Venanta 4:24 Britannia restaurant 7:54 Fitness center 8:15 Spa 8:38 Spa pool 8:51 Pool deck 9:26 The midnight buffet AKA Lido restaurant 10:16 Lido pool 11:00 The yacht nightclub My cruise is 7 days
Thanks so much for this information. I sail next month and I wondered about the temperature of the pool. I made the mistake recently in booking an expensive rooftop hotel room with its own heated pool that was way too cold for me. 38 sounds devine.
Thanks for your lovely comment Antonia. It was more like a whirlpool, people were complaining it was too hot - and there was steam coming off it. Hope you have a fabulous time, we'd loved to sail her again!
Her sister ship Queen Victoria is currently in Newcastle having some work done to her. Not don’t Cunard yet, booked on her next year with my husband as he was an engineer for Cunard so we got discount on our price.
That’s amazing! I went on Queen Victoria in 2016 and preferred it slightly to QE, but both are very similar! Hope you both have the best time! Was he a chief engineer? Im a couple of months away from qualifying as a Nav Officer :)
@@sailawaymag Yeah we both found that QV looks a lot more appealing than QE. It’s an engagement gift from his mum dad. Yeah he was an engineer on QE2 after leaving the navy as an engineer. Our yatch is part or the royal squadron club so we have a lot of ties with the royals and they sail on QV so that’s another reason we booked her over QE
@@sailawaymag Sorry I meant to say QM2. He did sail on QE2 back in 2004 with his nan. We are planning to stay on QE2 for our honeymoon for 1 week. Such shame she doesn’t sail anymore. She’s such a beautiful ship. Can’t wait.
Hi there ! Can you please mention the full sound places onboard ?Like how many shows and band have you seen for youre entirely journey with them ? i might work like sound tech for them and want asure how much i have to work for the amount o money !
At 6:35 I wonder if you can actually by Rolex watches, since at a normal jeweler you'll be put on a waiting list to buy one. The watch displays show Tissot, Citizen, Fossil and Raymond Weil which are low cost watches, and Frederique Constant which can be a few thousand dollars, about a third to a quarter the price of a new Rolex.
Yeah the Britannia dining room wasn’t great for us either! Everyone that I’ve spoken to has praised the food and overall experience in the Grills! Don’t think I’ll be doing just yet though, bit out of my price range 😂
It's been ages since I sailed on Cunard. I'm looking to get on the new Queen Anne this or next year. Can you tell me though, is Cunard's food and service back up to scratch, because it was rapidly going the way of P&O
Hey Lorraine, which ports are you going to other than Barcelona? In Barcelona, we'd recommend going to the Cathedral Sagrada la Familia- the architecture is incredible, and it's a must see at this port. Let us know the other places you are visiting and we'll give you some recommendations :)
@@sailawaymag Fantastic! Don't think they'll be doing that for our southern hemisphere summer cruise in 3 weeks' time but that's certainly my dream temperature.
Amazing ship for royalty and bookworms. If you have been on any Oasis class ships, well.. queen elizabeth will feel too formal maybe a little dated for the average cruiser.
Love the video. In two days, I’ll be on it for 39 days from Vancouver to Barcelona. You mentioned that it didn’t have many activities for young people and I think that’s a good thing because the ship is designed for people that don’t want to be around young people or children, which is the vast majority of cruisers. I’ve been more than 3400 days on cruise ships and my biggest complaint is children because it just doesn’t seem that any of the parents that bring their kids on have any quality to them I just got off the Princess which I was on for seven weeks and I’ve never seen more Third World people and extremely terrible children running and screaming at two or 3 o’clock in the morning. It was so bad I told the captain that I was going to call the highway patrol for Alaska. If he didn’t get them under order at which point, he told me he had more than 40 complaints written Against the children from the passengers and said that his hands were tied because Princess wouldn’t allow him to put them off in a port, which I told him I’ll happily call the police for you because their behavior was criminal This is one reason why people like Cunard lol. 😅
Thank you so much! Oh wow your going to have amazing time doing 39 nights, please let us know how it goes as we’d love to know! And not to fear, you defiantly won’t have yeh same issues you had with princess regarding kids! 😅
@@sailawaymag thank you for the reply. There is some kids here only about 20 but ironically the same exact types. However, in two days they are all getting off in LA so I can hold my breath till then.
Our tipping culture makes more sense than America’s. We as a country believe that it’s up to the employer to pay people a fair wage, not the customer to subsidise wages when they have already paid for the service already in the fare. Tips are extra, they shouldn’t be expected.
Removing gratuity is a cruel act.. Some staff told me that "behind the scenes" crew that do not face to face with you, also deserve a share of a tip from us, hundreds of them ..
I’ve been sailing several times, and I loved it! Both experiences are totally different, but I like them in equal measure. Cruising is probably more appropriate for my bank balance at the moment :) we love the south of France though, one of our favourite places we’ve been to!
Hello. Our favourite ship in the fleet is Queen Victoria. Queen Mary 2 is one of a kind, but she needs quite a bit of work to get her back to her glory day's. What's yours?
@@joshuanesbit it was under half capacity when we went! I don’t think Carnival ships are now sailing at reduced capacity, Britannia certainly wasn’t a month or so a go. But, I’d imagine onboard capacity will remain naturally lower, as there’s still a fair amount of people who have reservations travelling abroad at the moment!
Unfortunately, I was terribly disappointed. It was my first cruise and the whole experience bitter. The service was terrible, the food was terrible, I had booked the brittania Club balcony stateroom. And paid extra to dine on the verandah, and both brittania Club and the verandah were both disappointing as well as the Lido. The best meal I had was the burger at the Golden Lion. The entertainment was boring. The artists were good but repeated the same songs for the entire cruise. I don't think I would be cruising anymore, especially with Cunard, as it is owned by Americans Carnival cruises. The whole ship was beautiful, but unfortunately, the service let down the experience and the quality of food.
Queen Victoria and Cunard are more geared up to passengers of an older age, but we enjoyed our experience overall. We didn't notice any smell on board.
Guys? Why is it a no no to hate on Gays, Women and minorities. But it seems OK to hate on older people???? News Flash ! All of you above folks will be old someday! Then see how you like it ?!? For Shame ! Not very classy or grown up. !!!!!
