Queen Mary 2

Ships Statistics

 

113 feet longer than the original Queen Mary 

More than twice as long as the Washington Monument is tall (550 ft.) 

147 feet longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall (984 ft.) 

More than 3½ times as long as Westminster's Tower (Big Ben) is high (310 ft.) 

Only 117 feet shorter than the Empire State Building is tall (1248 ft.) 

More than three times as long as St. Paul's Cathedral is tall (366 ft.) 

As long as 41 double-decker London buses (31½ ft. each) 

Queen Mary 2's whistle is audible for 10 miles

First part of the voyage saw us steaming from Southampton to New York which was a distance of 3422 miles. The sea was quite rough and at one stage rose to a force 11. The crossing took six days.

 

 

The second leg of our journey began on the 22nd December and was from New York down to the Carribean. We visited St Kitts, Dominica, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Thomas. On leaving St Thomas we then sailed back to New York.

We arrived back in New York on the 3rd January. We had a much better time in New York on this occasion and then sailed that evening for our trip home. We arrived in Southampton on the morning of the 10th January.

Our 2nd Cruise with Queen Mary 2

On Saturday 11th January 2025 we drove up to Southampton to join Mary for our Caribbean cruise.  This was to be the start of what was a 35 night adventure.

Tenerife - Wednesday 15th January.

 

Barbados - Wednesday 22nd January

St Lucia - Thursday 24th January 

Curacel - 26th & 27th January

Dominica -  Thursday 30th January

Antigua - Friday 31st January

St Kitts - Saturday 1st February

British Virgin Islands - Monday 3rd February

St Maartin - Tuesday 4th February

Maderia - Tuesday 11th February

Southampton - Saturday 15th February