[RayB]

My wife and I had the great experience to travel on the Queen Mary ll, two years ago on a crossing (not a cruise) from Southampton to New York. We had the privilege to sit at the Chief Engineers table for the entire crossing due to the fact that the couple with us was an acquaintance of the Chief Engineer. This ship is like The Villages - You have to see it and experience it, to believe it. It is the worlds largest and most luxurious ship built. When we docked in NY we docked next to the aircraft carrier docked there and used as a museum. I was on the top deck of the QM 2 and I looked down to the flight deck of the carrier. The stern of the QM 2 stuck out in the river well past the carrier. I enjoyed the British atmosphere including the high tea each day, the Captains reception, the entertainment in the theatre larger than a Broadway theater. The formal dinners with formal dress in the unbelievable grand dinning room with the three story high ceiling and the grand staircase. It was so impressive that I could hardly believe we were actually there. It was like a dream. What an experience. It was like it was in the first half of the Twentieth Century when the Cunard Line ruled the Atlantic passenger trade between Europe and America. We can hardly wait to make another crossing on the QM 2.