Originally Posted by
Gman.45
Regarding cruises - do a crossing with Cunard on Queen Mary 2. I've been on a few cruises, 4 total including the one crossing trip from the UK to NYC we signed up for on a whim instead of flying back from England. Fantastic time, but we like "British" things. The planetarium/theater was great, several showings per day, one show was really interesting showing how ships navigate(d) using the stars and a good watch (time), and the symphony they had on board as well as the other music acts were fantastic. The dining and other food options were excellent. The pools are great, they had 4 or 5 IIRC, and while the main pools didn't allow kids under a certain age, they had a dedicated kids pool for very young children, and kids around 4/5 or whatever to 16 could go in the other pools with an adult - so those of you doomed with children could always have swim options.
The Queen Mary 2 isn't as huge as some of the monsters on the sea, but it's still pretty big, and had a ton of interesting features. Lots to see and do. Our crossing had really great weather, but it was during the spring so I'd bet it's very date specific on that score.
Anyhow, great way to spend a week+ instead of the typical cruises I was on (2 of them were work related things long ago, and I swore I'd never get on one again until the missus twisted my arm on the Queen Mary 2 crossing. That I'd repeat again).