BONUS 12: Unique Cruise - Queen Mary 2 Crossing Review

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Doug Parker

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4.8 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

On this bonus episode we get a review of Rick's Queen Mary 2 crossing from New York City to Southampton, England. We get a unique perspective of this crossing and why they are loved by so many cruisers.

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0:00.0	This is Cruise Radio.
0:02.3	Broadcasting from the Tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida.
0:06.7	This is Cruise Radio.
0:09.4	Hey, how's it going?
0:10.1	My name is Doug Parker.
0:10.9	Thanks for checking out this bonus episode of Cruise Radio, a review of Queen Mary 2.
0:15.2	Rick will be here in just a couple of moments to share his experience of his seven-night
0:18.9	eastbound crossing, yeah, from New York to England
0:21.9	on the Queen Mary 2. So looking forward to that review. Before we get to Rick, don't forget
0:26.2	about our Cruise Radio News Facebook group. Come in there and kick around the cruise conversation.
0:30.4	We love to have you. Just search Cruise Radio News on Facebook. All right, what's going on, Rick?
0:35.9	Hey, Doug. How are you? Good, my friend. Good talking to you again. You like Kuhnard. You're a Kuhnard fan.
0:42.1	So I want to ask you, though, what made you want to book this eastbound? And why eastbound and
0:47.1	not westbound? Well, as you say, I've sailed with Kynard 31 years, and I really enjoy the onboard atmosphere and their cruise product and
0:58.3	we decided that we were going to go back to Europe again this year and we had done one
1:04.8	other crossing on Queen Mary 2 10 years ago which was an eastbound and we initially wanted to do a westbound to have the 25-hour days rather than 23-hour days.
1:17.7	But it didn't work with the scheduling.
1:20.5	So we went ahead and did this, and it was fabulous.
1:25.8	Now, you get to the cruise terminal, which I believe you embark in Brooklyn there in New York City, correct?
1:31.3	Right, right, Red Hook.
1:32.6	Yeah, and Red Hook.
1:33.3	And how was that embarkation process for you?
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