Well on time I arrived at Southampton Central Station to be treated by the Cunard shuttle service
which brought me straight to the Ocean Terminal.
Immediately on arrival once luggage was taken away from you. It appeared later in your cabin ( Cunard
calls them stateroom ).
After a short wait the very efficient check-in process turned to me. Passport was checked, Health
Declaration completed and, most importantly my credit card details stored.
Having received my ID-Card the next step was securities check. Like on an airport.
Finally I was able to board the ship.
Wow !
I will publish some pictures during the next days.
17:00 All Aboard. The gangway is raised and shortly afterwards the Queen Mary 2 sails for Halifax, a
distance of 2601 nautical miles.
( 1 nautical mile equals 1.15 statute miles, or 1.85 km ).
Dinner was at 18:00 in the Britannia Restaurant. Nice people at my table ( with bad table manners [ Americans ! ] ,
fantastic food and a great wine selection ( at cost, soft drinks are free ).
By the time dinner had finished the ship was out of the solent and the Isle of Wight was visible on the horizon.
Too late for the on-board cinema or the show I retired after this already exciting day to my room to write todays blog
post.
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