First day at sea.

Today we took things slowly - breakfast at nine; attended various beauty talks, enrichment lectures for Tom; sudoko by the window in the Grand Lounge; organised transfers to Gatwick upon our return; trivia quiz in the Golden Lion, with cocktails before lunch!! More talks/demonstrations after lunch - met a lovely lady from Lockerbie. Then time to prepare for the Gold and Platinum Members Cocktail Party with the captain. The final cruise for the poor old QE2 wa...

Another wake-up call today - the seas were rough last night and we didn't sleep well. Shannon had a 9am manicure and Jessie had a tour of the bridge and met the Captain. We had a computer lesson this morning. This afternoon's movie was "Circle of friends". Wonderful movie, but the book is much better. The weather quickly detiorated from lunchtime onwards. I was getting quite alarmed (as usual) as we passed through a storm with very rough seas and force 8 winds...

We had a wake-up call at 8.30am today so we wouldn't miss breakfast! After brekky Tom and I had another computer lesson, then lunch. Shannon and Jess had been to the kid's club. I had an eyelash tint and a manicure at the spa. We caught the movie of the day "While you were sleeping". After dinner (at which the waiters did their "Baked Alaska" parade) Tom and I went to the theatre to listen to a violinist. We also checked out the casino. Jessie went down to the i...

'We all missed breakfast this morning - slept in till 10am!!! Shannon wasn't too well today, so we took her to the on-board hospital for an injection, after meeting with the immigration officials in the Miships Lobby so that disembarkation at England will be quicker. Tom and I had Danish pastries and coffee on the Lido Deck, Jess joined the kid's activities and Shannon went back to bed. This afternoon we had another computer lesson, Jess went to kid's activitie...