Day Two – At Sea
The Queen Mary 2 hasn’t changed much since I last sailed her in June 2005. No visible signs of wear and tear. It’s taken me a while to get reacquainted with the deck plans but I’m slowly remembering which decks are the “you can’t get there from here” decks. You know…the “you have to go up to go down” decks because of the placement of the galleys or other so-called necessary evils.
All the passengers are so very courteous with one another. No five-language announcements for yet another “Gold By The Inch” sale or “Jackpot Bingo. It’s blissful. The only announcements to be heard are by Commodore Warner at noon, when he - brings us up-to-date on our location (at the western edge of the Sargasso Sea) where we can see seaweed from the Seaweed Forest, floating past.
I haven’t been to the gym yet. Well, I visited it briefly today and plan to spend 30 minutes there this afternoon. Lunch was at my favorite place: The Golden Lion Pub where I had a most wonderful Ploughman’s Lunch – a crispy roll, sliced ham, large wedges of Stilton and English Cheddar, Branston Pickle, lettuce, tomato and mustard. All washed down with a perfectly poured Guinness. Can anything be better?
Time to head up to the gym. Note to self: Deck 8 forward – very forward is a good location for close proximity to the Spa, Gym and Library.
The night ended on a high note. Dinner was excellent. Freshly caught lobster from Halifax, Nova Scotia where the QM2 had visited a day or so ago and purchased freshly caught lobsters. The filet was truly a filet mignon, not some circularly cut sirloin masquerading as filet.
Directly from our dinner, we headed to the Royal Court Theater for the evening’s Gala performance. Tonight it was a Tribute to Judy Garland. It was a beautifully choreographed musical montage. Voices were actually on key, dance steps perfected to precision. Not exactly for an audience of 20-30 somethings, but the average age on this crossing is probably close to 60 so the show definitely befits the target audience.
Immediately after that….I had to witness the first Royal Black and White Ball in the Queen’s Room. A terrific orchestra provided dance music. All of the music onboard is excellent, even the featured shows have live music….none of that canned pre-recorded synthesized music on some of the other cruise lines.
Because of the daily time change…I’m getting totally out of sync and for some odd reason, all of us are getting tired early. I’ll pick this up tomorrow. G’nite!
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