# Mutiny on the Queen Mary 2! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183 "2006-01-23T01:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183/21 "2006-01-23T18:28:39Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > “Bill, that looks like the Queen Mary coming this way.” Or rather the _Queen Mary’s Revenge_. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183/22 "2006-01-23T18:36:47Z")
No word yet from my pals. I don’t actually think Conrad takes a computer with him, and Matthias never touches the damn things, so we may just have to wait till they reach New York… ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183/23 "2006-01-23T18:47:02Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Now wait… It’s a 38 day cruise. …There are another 1000 passengers boarding in Rio, so it needs to be on time. _The passengers who have been inconvienced are getting a 50% discount!?_ They missed two stops! … I’d trade places with any of the whiners. The **ship** is on a 38-day journey, not all of the passengers. If there are 1000 passengers boarding in Rio, surely there are close to 1000 passengers disembarking at Rio too? Perhaps including many who only paid for a Flroida-\>Rio trip? And the main complaint seems to be that they announced the cancellation of two ports of call _after_ they left Florida. Shouldn’t they have been told before getting underway and given a chance to cancel the trip? ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183/24 "2006-01-23T19:27:03Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > … cruises today don’t have classes. The cheap seats are in the bottom of the boat, but everything else is the same for everyone. Actually, Queen Mary 2 _does_ have classes. There are two classes for suites (Queens Grill and Princess Grill), and another class for the plebes in the staterooms. There are actually portions of the ship reserved for the exclusive use of the Queens Grill passengers, and each of the three classes has separate dining facilities. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183/25 "2006-01-24T02:08:36Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > The **ship** is on a 38-day journey, not all of the passengers. If there are 1000 passengers boarding in Rio, surely there are close to 1000 passengers disembarking at Rio too? Perhaps including many who only paid for a Flroida-\>Rio trip? > > And the main complaint seems to be that they announced the cancellation of two ports of call _after_ they left Florida. Shouldn’t they have been told before getting underway and given a chance to cancel the trip? The ship hold nearly [3000 passengers.](http://www.cunard.com/cunardqueenmary2.asp) It’s the largest cruise ship in the water today. It’s too big to go through the Panama Canal, that’s why this jaunt is around Tierra Del Fuego. From what I’ve read, here and elsewhere, they are all in it for the whole 38. I suppose there could be some short ride passengers. But the majority are not going to know how to dress themselves when they get home 😃 I barely remembered after just a 12 day. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183/26 "2006-01-24T02:23:12Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Let me be the first to say it. > > ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! > > Avast, ye scurvy dogs! The passengers should rise up, kill the crew, and take 'er over as he GREATEST PIRATE SHIP t’ever sail the seven seas! Arrrrrrr! The ninjas wouldn’t stand a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183/27 "2006-01-24T15:10:32Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > **Tuckerfan** , cruises today don’t have classes. The cheap seats are in the bottom of the boat, but everything else is the same for everyone. Listen, I **saw** “Titanic”, ok? If I cannot be assured that the riff-raff will be kept behind flimsy accordion-expanding iron gates so that my delicate sensibilities won’t be sullied with their malodorous effluvia, why what the hell would I even want to BOOK passage?? Then again, as **MilTan** points out, there are physical class separations. Oh, thank goodness !! ( fans self with $ 500.00 bills, which went out of vogue just about the time this mentalit did. We hope. 😃 ) Signed Truly Yours In Aquatic Purity, Master Cartoon O’Verse ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183/28 "2006-02-21T23:39:58Z")
Heard yesterday from my pal Conrad. He and his uncle and everybody else aboard QM2 _got a FREE cruise._ One-hundred-effing-percent refund. Gracious indeed of Cunard Lines, and a good incentive for them to look into that dicky propshaft before next they weigh anchor. As I suspected, they could have given a tinker’s cuss if QM2 had stayed out 38 weeks, let alone days. They were taking it easy in the grand manner. _And not paying dime one for it all_, irrespective of gratuities, extras and the like. Good Og, I envy them. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183/29 "2006-02-22T00:15:33Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > From the story > > Christ Jesus, aren’t they even going to try to repair the ship, or are they planning to screw over the next batch of passengers, too? Since my Mum and Dad are going to be amongst the next batch of passengers, I have some knowledge. They are going to offer a reduced number of stops, but they are also offering money back on the ticket price to compensate. M&D are looking forward to the saved money (they still get the full 38 days on board the ultra luxury cruise liner ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mutiny-on-the-queen-mary-2/341183.md?page=1)