At Sea 5: On Board Queen Mary 2

On Board Queen Mary 2 - April 15, 2010

This was the last section of QM2’s World Cruise so only 400 new passengers were joining the ship at the Brooklyn Terminal. This made for a speedy check-in (registering, photo ID card picture being taken and the security check). Usually there are about 2500 persons embarking. A staff member told us that about 650 people had been on the voyage the entire time – the day we land in the maritime port of Southampton will be their 107th day on the ship. He described them as “mostly rich and old”.

Time passed quickly having the compulsory boat drill, unpacking one of the four pieces of luggage we brought, eating and drinking. My husband and I sat in the Commodore Club (always a favorite place). It is a piano bar on deck 9 and has a detailed scale model of QM2 behind the bar. The Commodore Club is at the very front of the ship so we had a fantastic panoramic view.


The ship began to move at 5:40 p.m. and we sat and watched the activity in New York Harbor. We remained there until we cleared the Verrazano Bridge and then sailed past the famous Parachute Jump, a defunct amusement ride in Coney Island. It remains a landmark and has been called the "Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn". We had memories of riding on it on a date in the fifties but sadly it ceased operations in 1968.