Very well, we made it on the Queen Mary 2. Our first impressions:
Check-in to a ship is more pleasant that to an airplane, but there's still waiting. But we were almost the last ones in the line, so coming after 3 pm should be best.
In the first minutes on board we had a woman complaining about manners on an international ship as opposed to an all-American cruise. I'm still happy about our new president...
The ship is huge and there's so much going on. In the evenings there are places where you can hear multiple live bands playing at the same time.
Having a balcony is great. So far it's been too cold to really enjoy it, but I could just sit there all time and watch the ocean.
Britannia Club, the single-seating corner of the main dining room is pretty cool. We can eat when we want to and it gives us the feeling not being at the bottom of the QM2 class hierarchy.
At dinner and show time the ship is almost deserted - good opportunity for great pictures.
In short and not surprisingly, we're loving it. More stories tomorrow.
