Class ACT

I am beside myself with excitement. A long-held dream of mine has been to sail on Queen Mary 2, and now here we are, surrounded by regal splendour, making the legendary transatlantic voyage from New York to Southampton. We are an incredible 61 different nations and 18 dogs on board, though canine companions are housed up in kennels on Deck 12; they have their own visiting and exercise area and no access to the ship’s public spaces of the ship (unless they are guide dogs). But the fact that passengers can sail on this magnificent vessel with their pooches in tow somehow makes it even more special, and I’m already coveting a border terrier named Muffin.

With seven solid days at sea this is not a cruise as such,