by The Inside Cabin | Sep 3, 2016 | Sea Day, 2016 Queen Mary 2 Crossing
Jo Haley’s morning show is definitely must watch TV. It’s on every morning looping from 6 am until noon as she presents an overview of the day’s program, interviews the evening’s entertainer (usually) and one or two other people, either from the ships company or...
by The Inside Cabin | Sep 2, 2016 | Sea Day, 2016 Queen Mary 2 Crossing
Many of the crossings on the QM2 have a special theme. For our crossing, they will be holding a QM2 version of Fashion Week which will end when we arrive in New York which happens to coincide with the start of The New York City Fashion Week. There are four special...
by The Inside Cabin | Aug 31, 2016 | Sea Day, 2016 Queen Mary 2 Crossing
We are looking forward to a lazy day at sea. We have been packing up and moving almost every day for the last few days and it does tend to drain some energy. Our day started – as usual when we are aboard a cruise ship – er I meant ocean liner – with a hot, room...
by The Inside Cabin | May 15, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
It’s definitely cooler as we continue north toward San Diego. Some deck motion has returned, although nothing like some of the days crossing the Atlantic or in the Tasman Sea near Australia. There was another “Walk for the Cure” this morning, but we were hunkered down...
by The Inside Cabin | May 14, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
We are starting our final two sea days before we arrive in our hometown of San Diego. Packing has continued this morning as we (Judy) continues to fill our suitcases while I try to stay out of the way. We won’t really know until sometime tomorrow if everything will...
by The Inside Cabin | May 12, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
The Mariners Recognition event was held in the Queens Lounge today at 10:30. There were probably about 150 in attendance and it appeared to be limited to people with at least 100 sea days or at the Bronze Level. As we entered the lounge we were greeted by the Captain,...