The new Queen Anne at her fitting-out berth

	Nights on board		9
	Days at sea		5

Itinerary
Sunday 20th September	-	Southampton, UK
Monday 21st	-	at sea
Tuesday 22nd	-	at sea
Wednesday 23rd	-	Cadiz, Spain
Thursday 24th	-	at sea
Friday 25th	-	at sea
Saturday 26th	-	at sea
Sunday 27th	-	Santorini, Greece
Monday 28th	-	Mykonos, Greece
Tuesday 29th September		Piraeus, Greece disembark & fly to UK

Cunard's newest ship Queen Anne had barely completed her sea trials in February 2024 when we made this advance booking. My reticence regarding 'big ships' was sufficiently out-weighed by my curiousity - and by the need for somewhere to wear all those jackets in my wardrobe!

For this cruise, Andrew & I would be joined by our friend Angie as well as 'newbie' Fran. However, the original itinerary showed us visiting Cadiz, Mykonos then Santorini but for some reason Cunard altered it to Cadiz, Santorini then Mykonos.

Since making the booking, we had heard various reports that traditional Cunard passengers did not like the style of the ship and my own experience of Cunard's product was that it was not always up to the standard they would have you believe it is. However, in Princess Grill, we were fortunate to be allocated an excellent table and (given that Princess is not the highest grade on the ship) the menu offerings were extremely good.

Sunset in Princess Grill		Lobster Newburg & Sesame Shrimps		Welcome Back!		Princess Grill Suite		Afternoon Tea The Grills Terrace

We were aware that the Princess Grill Suites were not as large as on Cunard's other ships but on Queen Anne, the cabin area itself was reasonable but there's no walk-in closet, shelf storage is limited and the bathroom is ridiculously small for such a high grade 'suite'.

That said, there were quite a few things that Queen Anne did very well and we had a lovely cruise with Angie and 'newbie' Fran, with lots of sea days. Sadly, we never made Mykonos because of high winds but that didn't spoil the overall experience.

Cruise Mileage: 3,039 nautical miles
Total Mileage to date: 264,600 n miles