Your Cruise Your Way Cruise Blog

By now you’re beginning to see why Cunard Line published this list on their website, and in their new electronic brochure for transatlantic cruises. They have been known for years as the ultimate host to world leaders, sports figures, diplomats, and stars of the silver screen, who sipped champagne at gala formal events and paraded along graceful promenades attired in their finest apparel. It is the definition of luxury travel, and getting there is truly half the fun. Cordially Yours and Show Stoppers make up part 6 of 101 Things To Do on a Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing.

Cordially Yours:
-Enjoy one of 50 different martinis and the detailed scale model of Queen Mary 2 in the Commodore Club.

-Meet old friends for drinks in the cozy Chart Room, or pop in alone and make some new ones.

-Puff a fine cigar while sampling an aged Napoleon Cognac in Churchill’s.

-Unwind with a soothing nightcap in a lounge before heading off to dreamland.

Show Stoppers:
-Let loose and boogie down in the stylish G32 nightclub.

-Watch 16 sensational dancers and singers from Europe perform in the extravagant Apassionata at the Royal Court Theatre.

-Fly through the rings of Saturn and beyond with Passport to the Universe, a fascinating, intergalactic documentary narrated by Tom Hanks, in the Planetarium.

-Take a salsa, cha cha or Latin dancing class, then try the dance in the Queen’s Room.

-Delight to the performance of Oscar Wilde’s famous comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, at the Royal Court Theatre.

-Join the pianist in the Gold Lion Pub for a chorus of “Ship of Fools”.

-Enjoy live jazz in the Chart Room.

-…Or classical concerts in Illuminations.

-Relive the Golden Age of Travel, when Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller ruled, with Big Band Night in the Queen’s Room.

-Take a complimentary gaming lesson in the Casino, then see if what you learned pays off at the tables.

-Dance, dine and enjoy music from classical to salsa at the Captain’s Black and White Ball.

-Join Robert Redford, or at least his voice, for Cosmic Collisions, a riveting film on cosmic phenomena presented by the American Museum of Natural History.

-Enjoy the serene sounds of a piano and violin trio in the Grand Lobby.

-Have your breath taken away by Rock @ the Opera, a dazzling show fusing the drama of opera with the best rock music.

Ready to go yet? Part 7, and the final installment of the series, will be tomorrow. Then get ready to book as space is going fast!