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Seamlessly combining Cunard\u2019s hallmark nostalgia and timeless opulence, the Queen Mary 2<\/em> is the very last ocean liner of her kind \u2013 and has a passenger list that\u2019s so diverse it may surprise you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A young boy was in his bedroom when the old-fashioned postcard arrived. Adorning his walls was an image of Leonardo DiCaprio in \u2018I\u2019m the King of the World\u2019 pose, and on his shelves was every book ever written on RMS Titanic<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boy\u2019s fathers were growing concerned that he should pick a healthier obsession \u2013 pyramids or dinosaurs or something, any subject other than the world\u2019s most famous maritime tragedy turned pop-culture phenomenon, notably by James Cameron\u2019s eponymous 1997 blockbuster movie. This postcard wasn\u2019t going to help \u2013 a vintage advertisement depicting the outline of a ship with shadowy smokestacks sailing off into a dreamily romantic Art Deco-style sunset. The slogan? \u2018Across the Ocean with Cunard.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The postcard read something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Dear Charles (and I don\u2019t mean the recently ordained King Charles III on this overpriced postage stamp \u2013 you\u2019re obviously way cooler).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Ahoy from the middle of the ocean. I am wearing a tuxedo as I write to you aboard the Queen Mary 2<\/em>. It\u2019s not a cruise, but a transatlantic crossing, on the last existing ocean liner. More importantly, the captain has announced that at around 10pm this evening we will be passing over the final resting place of RMS Titanic<\/em> and of course I wanted you to be the first to know. Will send you this as soon as I reach Southampton. Love, Guncle Clarkie\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My nephew\u2019s excited whoop could apparently be heard right down the block. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s a climate-change-hot New York City Thursday in July. I grab a car from Times Square, where no one can avoid the bombardment of headlines about the recent Titan submersible implosion. A shiver runs down my spine. Bad omen? I decide not to think about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t want to miss the boat,\u201d I accidentally say out loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShip,\u201d says my driver, pointing to the harbour. \u201cShe\u2019s a ship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Kate Winslet\u2019s Rose DeWitt Bukater before me (okay, more like Kathy Bates\u2019s Molly Brown in truth \u2013 I\u2019m middle-aged and pleased with myself because I\u2019m carrying a surfeit of gala-wear), I step out of the car and look up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can compare with the sense of awe and childlike glee that accompanies your first glimpse of the Queen Mary 2<\/em>? An old-school, luxury ocean liner, gracefully docked against the NYC skyline, she is reminiscent of a bygone era of optimistic industrialist power and opportunity. Her opulent style is evident in the sweeping staircases, grand ballroom and elegant promenade deck, and wraps itself around its well-heeled guests on its regular scheduled transatlantic crossings between New York and Southampton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The QM2<\/em> is the largest passenger ship in history, carrying travellers who prefer not to fly, nautical enthusiasts who love being at sea, and people like me who adore experiential travel and enjoy taking their time. She\u2019s a physical manifestation of the phrase \u2018bon voyage\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just want to enjoy the rest of my life,\u201d explains an elderly but spry trans woman from San Diego, underlining what brings her aboard. Right now, I\u2019m totally spacing out that there are so many queer people at the LGBTQ+ Happy Hour in the Chart Room bar. For a moment, \u2018Queen Mary\u2019 feels like a euphemism for a classy gay cruise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a cruise, dear,\u201d the woman from San Diego corrects politely. She\u2019s sitting in a handsome armchair with an epic view of the bow and the open ocean ahead. \u201cIt\u2019s a crossing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Sam, a musician from North Carolina who has to be in the UK<\/strong><\/a> for a performance, quips, \u201cI\u2019m a super-nervous flier and my doctor won\u2019t prescribe me Xanax. But this turned out cheaper than the plane ticket and all meals are included\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embarrassingly, his enthusiasm is met with a yawn. And not because I\u2019m bored. In fact, I\u2019m incredibly overstimulated. But there are four diesel engines on the QM2<\/em>, each 12.5m long and weighing 217 tons. They produce enough thrust to launch a jumbo jet. The quiet vibrations and the hum of the ship, combined with my surroundings\u2019 extraordinary comfort, lull me to sleep everywhere I go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LGBTQ+ Happy Hour is long over when a white-gloved hand gently shakes me from a doze. \u201cYeah right, Sam, this boat is a total score,\u201d I agree, sitting up straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a boat,\u201d corrects the steward kindly. \u201cIt\u2019s a ship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it\u2019s the old-world, neo-Gilded Age vibes, or the uniformed stewards who turn down your bed at night. Or perhaps it\u2019s the free room service whenever you want, or the lectures, painting classes and ballet performances. The economic value of the five- to seven-day journey compared with international flights becomes very apparent the moment you step on board and is always a topic of conversation at dinner. Being a solo traveller who loves to gab with new people, I choose the \u2018open\u2019 seating option and eat at a different table every night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy husband and I have done this crossing many times now,\u201d says Michael, who owns a business in London, but lives in Las Vegas and travels constantly back and forth. This is not uncommon \u2013 many QM2<\/em>ers book numerous crossings years in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The gym is \u2013 as you’d expect \u2013 state of the art, but there is something about running with a group on the deck in the misty mornings, in the middle of the Atlantic, that is particularly exhilarating”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe prefer it because we can take the dogs if we want and there\u2019s no jet lag,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, I could totally get into cruising,\u201d I muse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a cruise,\u201d everyone says in unison. \u201cIt\u2019s a crossing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while a trip on the Queen Mary 2<\/em> may not be a cruise, the ship\u2019s lineage birthed cruising. Cunard is one of the oldest cruise brands, around since 1840. The first purpose-built cruise ship was launched in 1900 and stemmed from the idea that ocean lining is more than a mode of transport \u2013 it\u2019s also an adventure. Cunard\u2019s first Queen Mary<\/em>, whose maiden voyage was in 1936, survived World War II and was so coveted and esteemed that she was neither scrapped nor recycled, but retired to Long Beach, California, and converted into a floating hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I enjoy most about everyone I meet onboard are the commonalities I discover across a diverse clientele. I had assumed all guests would be mostly older, white, American<\/strong><\/a>, straight couples. And although retirees do make up a large majority of the passengers, I was surprised to see so many young people, single travellers, families, nationalities, ethnicities and pets (to be clear: booking passage for dogs is very strict and they are kept in kennels, not in staterooms, with walks at allotted times). The QM2<\/em> is a multicultural maritime utopia, where everyone is united in the excitement of showing off their best tuxedos and ballgowns on Gala Evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are three Gala Evenings, so I brought three different tuxedos,\u201d I brag to Sam as we do a morning jog around the deck of the ship. The gym is \u2013 as you\u2019d expect \u2013 state of the art, with plenty of treadmills, but there is something about running with a group on the deck in the misty mornings, in the middle of the Atlantic, that is particularly exhilarating. \u201cYou weren\u2019t kidding when you said you were Molly Brown,\u201d Sam huffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe brochure said \u2018dress to impress\u2019,\u201d I reply, \u201cso\u2026 challenge accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAssuming you don\u2019t fall asleep, Molly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a moment I consider tripping him up, but out of the fog comes another very big ship that seems to be travelling straight at us. On this transatlantic crossing, one often sees passing tankers laden with shipping containers, but this one is different. It\u2019s quite oddly shaped with cranes on it. I think to myself that it\u2019s possibly one of the returning support vehicles for the ill-fated submersible, and get the chills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turns out some people aren\u2019t just nervous fliers, but nervous seafarers as well. When I fly, I have low-key anxiety about crashing. And when I\u2019m on a boat, I often think about sinking. It isn\u2019t rational, of course, as the QM2<\/em> has more safety features and protocols than NASA. And when the Titanic<\/em> sank all those years ago, it was Cunard\u2019s RMS Carpathia<\/em> that rescued the survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ship has been engineered specifically to cross the Atlantic safely in the most violent weather (pro tip \u2013 eastbound crossings in summer tend to be the calmest). In fact, during a storm, Michael and his husband love to come to the Chart Room to take it all in. The QM2<\/em>\u2019s confidence at high seas is apparently fun to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it\u2019s because the Titanic<\/em>\u2019s demise has made such an indelible imprint on the global imagination \u2013 eerily echoed right now by the Titan submersible tragedy \u2013 any transatlantic crossing can\u2019t help but trigger associations of sinking. Even on the in-stateroom TV channel that displays the QM2<\/em>\u2019s location on a digital map, the only other dot on that map marks the wreck of the Titanic<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithout question, the Titanic<\/em> overshadows any other tale regarding any ocean liner,\u201d says Jonathan Quayle, a nautical antiquities dealer and expert who lectures on the Queen Mary 2<\/em>. \u201cAnd while her story is both tragic and fascinating, far more joyous stories of countless other ships should be better remembered than they are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan speaks as part of Cunard Insights, the QM2<\/em>\u2019s enrichment programme, which offers talks and seminars by experts and historians. The programme strives to engage, educate and entertain\u2026 if, of course, the hum of the ship doesn\u2019t rock you to sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I dash back to my cabin to write the old-fashioned postcard I\u2019ve bought with a certain young relative in mind. The water is flat calm, the air balmy with a spooky energy \u2013 I\u2019m getting Bermuda Triangle vibes. Or maybe they are just the vibrations of the Queen Mary 2<\/em> insisting it\u2019s nap time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I wake the next day, I\u2019m still in my tux, drooling and with the postcard stuck to my forehead. I have texts from all my LGBTQ+ Happy Hour friends from the night before saying \u201cWhere are you?!\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s time!\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMolly literally missed the boat,\u201d I chuckle, rolling over and looking out at the open ocean. And then correct myself. \u201cIt\u2019s not a boat. It\u2019s a ship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photography by Diane Bondareff, Christopher Ison, Mark Laing and courtesy of Cunard<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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