“Just get on the ship and go!” has become my philosophy for cruising. I love ship life, no matter what the itinerary. My husband, Carl, and I have been on 33 cruises over the past 20 years—ranging from eight to 27 nights. For me, the longer the better, especially if there are sea days.
We recently took a 12-night British Isles cruise on Cunard’s Queen Victoria, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. This was our first Cunard cruise, with 1,800 passengers (including 1,300 British and 231 from the United States, including us), starting and ending in Southampton, England. Its itinerary included a few stops we had visited several times before: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast (where we toured the amazing Titanic Belfast exhibit for the third time), Liverpool, and Cobh, Ireland (which also has a Titanic Experience that is much smaller but very good).
