Queen Mary 2 Battles Fierce Storms Across the North Atlantic! Review of 8 Days of Potential Terror!

We’ve faced rough seas before, but nothing quite like what we encountered on this incredible voyage aboard the legendary Queen Mary 2. Setting sail from New York City on January 3, 2024, we embarked on what we hoped would be a smooth winter crossing of the North Atlantic, heading to Southampton, England. But instead, the ocean greeted us with three relentless days of pure chaos-snow, sleet, freezing rain, and one of the most violent storms we have ever faced. Over the course of 72 hours.
Day 1 - We departed from Brooklyn, New York, on a January evening. The Queen Mary 2, one of the most iconic ocean liners in history, began her transatlantic crossing.
Day 2: The Calm Before the Storm -Though the weather remained cold but clear for much of the day, the Captain’s evening report warned of deteriorating conditions ahead. The forecast showed that a developing storm system would meet us head-on within the next 24 hours. That evening, light snow began to fall, and the winds started to gust. The waves were now 10-15 feet high, signaling the onset of rougher seas.
Day 3: Beaufort Force 9 - We woke to the ship lurching underfoot, and looking outside, we saw blizzard-like conditions. The wind was howling at around 50 mph (80 km/h). The ship began to sway as the waves surged higher and higher. According to the ship’s weather report, we were experiencing a Beaufort Force 9 storm, with winds between 47-54 knots (about 54-63 mph) and waves reaching 23-32 feet. The conditions rapidly worsened throughout the day. Inside, some of the passengers began to sense the growing danger. Staff and crew remained professional and calm, but there was no ignoring the violent storm that had engulfed us.
Day 4: Beaufort Force 10 - Storm Intensifies - Overnight, the storm intensified, and we were officially in a Beaufort Force 10 storm, also known as a violent storm. Winds now reached 63-70 mph (101-113 km/h), and waves towered at 32-41 feet. The ship creaked under the immense pressure of the sea as it was pounded by one wave after another. The Captain’s report described the worst of it: we were caught in the center of a fast-moving low-pressure system, causing these extreme conditions. Passengers were advised to be careful and use handrails as the ship pitched and rolled in the violent seas. The stabilizers, designed to reduce the ship's rolling motion, were pushed to their absolute limits. Every few minutes, the Queen Mary 2 would rise high on a wave, only to drop into a deep trough, sending some passengers stomachs into freefall. You could hear the waves crashing into the ship.
Day 5: Beaufort Force 11 - The Worst of the Storm - We were in the grip of a Beaufort Force 11 storm, the second-highest rating on the scale. This storm brought winds exceeding 70 mph (113 km/h), with waves between 37-52 feet. At this point, the storm had reached its peak intensity. It felt as though the entire ocean was working against us. We could feel every wave, every gust of wind, every crash of water against the ship’s hull. Temperatures dropped to a frigid 19°F (-7°C). The ship’s crew worked tirelessly to clear the decks, while the ship battled through massive waves, she handled it quite nicely. All passengers were advised to stay indoors. That evening, the Captain informed us that the storm was expected to continue for several more hours, but that the worst was behind us. As the night went on, the winds slowly began to ease, but the ship was still caught in violent seas.
Day 6: The Storm Breaks - The winds decreased to a much more manageable 40 mph, and the waves, though still rough, were no longer the towering monsters of the previous days. The temperature warmed slightly to 32°F (0°C), and the snow gave way to light rain. For some passengers there was a sense of relief mixed with disbelief at what we had all just experienced. We had survived one of the most intense storms of the year to hit the Queen Mary 2, and it had taken every ounce of engineering and skill to get us through it. She is an amazing ship!
Days 7-8: Approaching Southampton
We will never forget our time aboard the Queen Mary 2, battling the fury of the North Atlantic.
Please consider watching our entire Cunard Playlist to see more of this magnificient oceanliner as well as some of the adventures we had at each of the ports of call. This journey started in NY and cruised to Southampton, England - Tenerife, Spain - Walvis Bay, Namibia - Port Elizabeth, Capetown & Durban, South Africa - Reunion Island - Mauritius Island and then finally Perth, Australia. We stayed in an inside cabin (check out our cabin tour & review video) for 45 days. With many interesting changes in weather, sickness, safety protocols, breaking-news LIVE updates, as well as amazing ports of call with two overnight stops..
And as always... Thanks for coming along on our journey!
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[@Diane-s5g]

I was 3 years old when my family crossed the North Atlantic in August from England to Canada. I will never forget even as a little one. Hit the tail end of a hurricane on a much smaller ship. Even the purcer and cabin crew were ill. My mother and sister were bedridden. I remember the stairs going up and then going down. My older brother and I wandered the ship freely. I also remember sitting in the children’s dining room watching a pitcher of water sliding all the way down this long table and then it slid all the way back. Crazy that I remember some of it so well even being so young. Later on I became a sailor.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Wow! What an amazing story and you became a sailor. That's just awesome! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for sharing such an amazing memory of your journey.

[@Diane-s5g]

@@HubbardsJourney I look forward to your exciting adventures in Antarctica!

[@royferguson2297]

Spent 44 years at sea as an engineer crossed the Atlantic many times, been in Hurricane's, Typhoons no way did the ship hit a 90 foot wave, or every one on board would have felt it.

[@HubbardsJourney]

I can not say if we actually had a 90 foot wave. But we had waves that felt like it could have been. Waves/swells were worse at night and you couldn't see how tall they were. Thank you for your comments, sharing your experience on the subject. Come along on our journey around the world as we will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica.

[@roconnor01]

You beat me to it,I was going to say exactly the same.

[@jajeronymo]

They were in international waters. No 90 ft waves there; but it might have been a 30 m one! (Ok I know...sorry... couldn't resist...)

[@stephenpayne4896]

Good to see that the ship seemed to handle the weather well. That’s the true liner difference!

[@HubbardsJourney]

Absolutely, 100%! Thank you for the comment and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@alanchandler254]

The difference between a properly deisned liner, and a cruise ship. Glad you enjoyed your crossing.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for your comments and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

Love the stormy weather, particularly on a vessel that can handle the worst of the North Atlantic

[@HubbardsJourney]

We agree!! The QM2 made our crossing exciting and relatively easy in three days and nights of gale storm 11 & 10. On a conventional cruise ship in these conditions it would have been disastrous! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@dmoniquerenee]

No Suprises here! Traveling on Cunard in January embarking in NYC and winter storms are "BAU". Business As Usual. My first experience was in January '89 and the QE2 was on saiing on 45 degree angle. I loved the experience and I do not get motion / sea sickness I ever monitor the weather. I grew up with senior citizen and they were obsessed / snow birds thus I refuse to track it now that I am senior. I'm glad you all were prepared for the weather. I am on week from 10-days in Alaska and I did not need the over coats and rain protective jackets you adorned. Thanks for the shaing your experience. Besides the weather, what were the most interesting and fun events on the ship. This looks like groundhogs day. BTW, Yes, I was able to find and Homer.

[@HubbardsJourney]

We agree BAU. Thank you for the kind words and sharing your experience on the subject. We had a great time on the QM2. We loved the shows, planetarium and all the history that was posted. Definitely a must do again. Thank you for coming along on our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica.

[@rodchris8630]

What a beautiful couple. You look like you enjoyed your trip together immensely! Excellent video. Loved it!

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for your kind words! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you again for commenting and expressing the kind words.

[@roconnor01]

You should try doing it on an 8000 tonne non-stabalized cargo vessel, with a very low freeboard,in the depths of Winter.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for sharing your terrifying experience. It definitely sounds more terrifying not having the luxuries of the QM2 :). Thank you again for sharing and for coming along on our journey around the world.

[@PatrickSBellSr]

This kind of weather is exactly why I want to do a North Atlantic cruise on a REAL ocean-liner like Queen Mary 2! This video is AWESOME!!

[@HubbardsJourney]

You should absolutely do it! But, I would suggest only on the QM2 in January. The QM2 kinda made it look easy and the video doesn’t really represent what the human eye can see. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for the kind words.

[@karenruane7297]

The hubby and I had a VERY bumpy ride in the other direction, from S'ton to NYC back in November 2018 - about 1 day into the voyage and for the following 4-5 days we had what the captain described as "exciting weather" - he wasn't wrong!! Luckily no adverse effects for us, it just made it more of an adventure! QM2 is certainly built for it 😅

[@HubbardsJourney]

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your travels and experience with us. We hope you come along on our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica.

[@dakinila3966]

On a QM2 crossing in late April, we met severe storms. My husband was out on our balcony every day with pleasure. The ship glided through it all effortlessly. One highlight: Sitting in the Brittania bar one sunset and watching the waves come up window-high.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Love it!. In our video we were faced with gale force storms 11 & 10 considered to be extremely dangerous and the QM2 kinda made it look easy and the video doesn’t really represent what the human eye can see. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you again for sharing your experience.

[@carolinecaiger6717]

Been there, done that! Left Liverpool on Dec 27 and suffered right across the Atlantic. Icebergs and all 😢

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for your comments and sharing your experience on the subject. We hope you come along on our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica.

[@pamrobinson4350]

Umm....why? is this God's way of telling people they've got too much money??

[@petermac9303]

@@pamrobinson4350I guess really annoying jealous haters is just a plus.

[@pamrobinson4350]

@@petermac9303 Oh dear Peter....'jealous haters' ?! :-) Got to be an American with that level of hysterical response.

[@JohnTerry-hi9lv]

I Spent 3 years on original Queen Mary the weather you have is minor to what the Atlantic threw at us over that time awesome

[@HubbardsJourney]

WOW!! Thank you for sharing your experience on the subject I’m assuming you worked on the ship? Three years is a long time. What did you do on the QM? We would love to hear more. Thank you for coming along on our journey around the world.

[@20041027redsox]

Ships have been crossing this transatlantic route for centuries. Many of those ships were wooden or lacked modern amenities. How people survived those is beyond me.

[@HubbardsJourney]

We agree!! Thank you for the comment and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@ShakesSphere]

Imagine the open longboat of the Norse, tree log canoes of natives, and wooden clippers with their sails....imagine the dories...

[@HubbardsJourney]

That's actually mind blowing how they did back then! Thank you for your comments and coming along on our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica.

[@ShakesSphere]

@@HubbardsJourney Stay safe and enjoy!! Make sure you're on the best ship to handle Drake's Passage ;)

[@KandeShack]

I’m terrified to go on a cruise! Fear of bad weather, drowning, you name it!

[@robinharrison3907]

Great Video Team 👍👍Very interesting weather a little scary in places 👍👍

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for your kind words and coming along on our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica. We hope you subscribed.

[@bekihodgson4]

I'd love to go on QM2 so much that I wouldn't mind the weather. I'd find it so exciting.

[@HubbardsJourney]

You should absolutely do it! Remember the storms were 3 straight days and nights of gale force 11 & 10 storms considered extremely dangerous. The QM2 kinda made it look easy and the video didn't really represent what the human eye can see. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for sharing your comment.

[@gatewayz75]

I would have probably filmed the waves from a lower deck window or porthole to get a better perspective of the swell , I also wouldn’t have walked on icy snowy decks with the railing right there 😮great ocean liner, I loved my cruise on her.

[@HubbardsJourney]

You are awesome!! Thank you for the input! We agree 100% GREAT OCEAN LINER! Thank you again for your comments and coming along on our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica.

[@guidine7]

One of the most interesting cruise videos i have seen on KZbin 👍💁🇩🇪

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for watching and your kind words. Subscribe and come along on our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica.

[@rjgmedia6298]

Tell me you didn’t have an urge to walk to the front of the ship and yell “iceberg right ahead!” 😂

[@bobm2878]

Nice video!! And you all have friggin courage!!! I mean, there's no way - no way- I could be on a ship - even the QM 2 - in those storms. I'd sh-- my pan--. Serious. I'd be scared as heck.

[@GreatWhiteShark75]

I was on a U.S. Navy Destroyer. We were walking on the bulkheads the whole time that we were on the North Atlantic during winter.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for your service and sharing your experience. I’m thinking the US NAVY DESTROYER is definitely built and designed for the very worst weather conditions in any ocean in any part of the world. We would love to hear more about the storms you were in relative to the beaufort scale. As we mentioned we were faced with 3 days and nights of gale storm 11 & 10. The QM2 kinda made it look easy and the video doesn’t really represent what the human eye can see. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you again for sharing your experience.

[@rockabillycatz]

Love watching sailing from USA to uk,I actually have a booklet of the QE2 from the 40s I doubt it’s highly collectible but who know.👍👍

[@dsr8223]

Well, that might be new bucket list item.

[@HubbardsJourney]

You should absolutely do it! But, I would suggest only on the QM2 in January. Remember the storms were 3 straight days and nights of gale force 11 & 10 storms considered extremely dangerous. The QM2 kinda made it look easy and the video didn't really represent what the human eye can see. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for sharing your bucket list addition!

[@MyBjornE]

Have made a number of trips on the North Atlantic with merchant ships in the winter and they have no stabilizers so they can roll a lot, the worst storm was on a trip from the USA to Europe when the sea was 15-30m and the wind was 30 m/s + and we rolled 15-45 degrees for about 7 days

[@HubbardsJourney]

WOW! That sounds extra terrifying, no stabilizers! I could imagine it got messy! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for your comments and sharing your experience.

[@evanpeay]

this is the way to cross the ocean...need interesting weather....

[@HubbardsJourney]

In the North Atlantic We agree!! Thank you for the comment and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@robertcreacall638]

I was in a voyage in 1972 on Oriana across Atlanic. We had rough seas towards Lisbon.

[@sandradavies7804]

We once spent three days on a Biscay crossing to Spain, bad weather was forecast but even the captain hadn't anticipated a force 12 gale. A one and a half day crossing turned into three and most people spent that time hurling into buckets.

[@HubbardsJourney]

WOW! Holy cow gale force 12! What ship were you on? Was it an ocean liner? If it was a conventional cruise ship I could imagine it got messy! Thank you for your comments and sharing your experience on the subject. We hope you subscribed to our channel as we continue our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica.

[@sandradavies7804]

@@HubbardsJourney It was the ferry. About the same size as a small to med size cruise ship I think.

[@alexwatson5873]

You guys are fun!

[@HubbardsJourney]

We love it!! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you again for commenting and expressing your kind words of FUN!

[@alexwatson5873]

@@HubbardsJourney I subscribed already! Looking forward to the journey!

[@markomarten]

QM2 is unique and takes everything in her stride, it might be worth sitting down and watching some of the videos about its development and architecture too. Yes there are cruise ships across the globe but they don’t have the ability to cope with such demanding environments as the Atlantic sea. One special feature is the lifeboats being high up because of the waves that can easily be experienced. There’s nothing ordinary about QM2 and the staff are exceptional too.

[@HubbardsJourney]

We agree!! You said it perfectly! Thank you for the comment and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@ActiveTravelWestUSA]

Excellent! Traveled around the world many times, and was thinking on,y thing i need to do is take this Ship ! We will book it soon, thank you

[@HubbardsJourney]

You should absolutely do it! Remember the storms were 3 straight days and nights of gale force 11 & 10 storms considered extremely dangerous. The QM2 kinda made it look easy and the video didn't really represent what the human eye can see. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for sharing your excitement for travel and danger 🙂

[@thomassmiffie3132]

QE2 was even better, a true trans Atlantic warrior! She could take on the Western Ocean (North Atlantic) in any of its guises.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for sharing your experience on the subject. Also thank you for coming along on our journey around the world.

[@scottscoobyrichardson9519]

Had a few good trips on the QE2 across Atlantic. One was extremely rough .

[@bstanz5266]

When I was on the ship I was told the ship hit a 90 foot wave during the night and nobody woke up or even knew the ship hit that big of a wave!

[@HubbardsJourney]

I remember when that wave hit! I was awake in bed doing video editing and if I recall it was around 1-2 am everything went flying in the cabin. My wife slept through it. Thank you for sharing your experience on the subject. Also thank you for coming along on our journey around the world.

[@mrmullett1067]

@@HubbardsJourney could you describe what a 90 foot wave is. Is it from the bottom of the trough to the top of peak .. or the average (root mean square RMS value). I was on board SS Australis (ex SS America) in 1973 after leaving Miami and we passed the remnant hurricane effects. The "waves" crashed over the bridge, but they weren't 90 foot waves. Curious since she was an unstabilized vessel and was taking the sea at a diagonal into the wind, ... so she was rolling and rocking. Definitely climbed the wave and buried the bow. Open decks were closed, but she was a good ship and could handle the Atlantic. It sounds a bit like your ship may have encountered what we call a rogue wave where there is a superposition of waves which added to form a large encounter. Not uncommon.

[@SteveMcGuire-u2e]

You are very gullible.

[@CarnivalCruiseAddicts]

Complex weather patterns!!! Hope you packed the dramamine! Choked on a snowflake haha! Snow on a cruise ship might be fun, but I would certainly fall on my a$$. I think on that cruse, would prefer the snow vs sun! Great video!

[@HubbardsJourney]

Chris, the Queen Mary 2 is an Ocean Liner; it doesn't compare to a traditional cruise ship. She handled the storm very well even though some passengers were sea sick and terrified of the conditions. The ship was amazing! If you ever get the chance to cruise over in the dead of winter on QM2 do it. It’s an experience you will never forget. Thank you for your comments and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@SiiliViin]

Don't know, why so many hate cruise ships. It would be same to hate sports cars, because they are not good in snow storm. Both are completely different types, you can not compare 1:1 them. Both are good in their designed category. I personally never liked ocean liners, as they all looked like hideous cake boxes, except Normandie. She was beauty. This QM2 looks also nice for liner. And I like cruise ships, I think Oasis class is best looking passenger ship of all. But this trip, it seems sailing very slow and waves not so high. Looks more like "normal" storm to me, but this could be fake illusion by camera.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your travels and experience on the subject. The video never captures what the human eye can see. Video just doesn't capture how bad it really was. Thank you again for your comments and coming along on our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica.

[@robperkins2085]

It's hard to enjoy your actual footage when you keep obscuring it with messages from viewers. I wanted to see your crossing not read a bunch of messages.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for the constructive input. We really didn't know how it was going to work posting some comments from our original video. We were trying to show what some other actual passengers and fans were saying in their own words. Again thank you for comments and coming along on our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica. We hope you subscribed.

[@raypitts4880]

@@HubbardsJourney bloody poor job at that to small to read evan on pause it took a magnifiy glass to see evan then the pixals to fine to see the writing next time put notes at bottom of main screen there is a place tell viewers to go ther--*

[@stratorunner1]

Thankiuu ! Ya look in love , wishnin ya guys a happy life !

[@gavinhodgkins6643]

Just come across your video guys, wow that must have been epic. Would loved to have to have that experience. I guess Queen Mary 2 is like a Rolls Royce in those conditions.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Absolutely, 100%! Thank you for the comment and we hope you come along on our journey around the world as we will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica.

[@pinkelephantman]

Good to know the ship can take a hit like that!

[@HubbardsJourney]

Absolutely, 100%! Thank you for the comment and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@danielson101]

id love to be there!

[@HubbardsJourney]

We wish you were there! You should absolutely look into doing it! Remember the storms were 3 straight days and nights of gale force 11 & 10 storms considered extremely dangerous. The QM2 kinda made it look easy and the video didn't really represent what the human eye can see. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for sharing your interest for travel and danger 🙂

[@ex-cabincrew]

I love severe turbulence on a flight so rough seas can't be too difficult the get through 🤣🤣

[@HubbardsJourney]

That’s an interesting comparison. I’m thinking I will take my chances in the ocean with a life preserver. Turbulent flights scare the crap out of me!!! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for your comments.

[@tonyburgham4322]

The QM2 is the world's ONLY purpose built ocean liner.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Absolutely! You are 100% spot on! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for commenting and sharing your opinion.

[@JamesBarry-j7m]

My advice before you sailed😂😂😂 this you should have taken the Staten Island ferry a few times lol

[@METALITHrevetments]

Oh, lookadis....da backadaship! I miss New York sometimes.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for your comment and for coming along on our journey around the world.

[@kategibb5245]

Have done about,50 cruises and would love to experience weather like that, but only onQM2

[@HubbardsJourney]

We agree!! 100% ONLY on the QM2! Thank you for your comments and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@lchaput7721]

You're referring to the QE2 which, alone, suggests you'll never do it.

[@stormchaser300]

Sounds like a the modern version of the titanic.🛳🛳🛳⚓⚓⚓⚓

[@HubbardsJourney]

I can see that. The QM2 has a grand feeling it kinda feels like what I would think the Titanic would feel like. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica come along on our journey around the world. Hit the subscribe button. Thanks again for watching!

[@mrmullett1067]

You haven't been on board SS Australis (SS America) in a hurricane obviously. QM2 certainly wouldn't be battling, might have been exciting but not at all dangerous.

[@allisonlane7367]

Just starting on this video and your captain sounds exactly like the one on a cruise I took on 2 Sep 24 on P&O Pacific Explorer! We thought he was very unenthusiastic but seems your one sounds the same 😂😂😂

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for your comment. We would agree, we only had this captain for the eight days of the crossing on the QM2. Once we got to Southampton and she started on her World Journey, we got a different Captain. He was a delight! Very enthusiastic, easy to understand, and always gave us a little bit of maritime trivia each day. We cruised on the QM2 all the way to Fremantle Australia, 45 days that we enjoyed immensely. We have continued exploring since then. Both on land and at sea. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world!

[@spanishpeaches2930]

My kids would like the sushi, but me and my wife avoid it. Used to work on the transworld cruiser..Canberra.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Canberra was a P&O Ocean Liner. Did you see many storms while at sea? We would love to hear. Relative to the sushi, is this one of those if you do know, it’s not going to hurt you but, if you do know you are going to be freaked out? I don’t want to know so I can keep enjoying my sushi. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for commenting. We would love to hear more about Canberra and how it handled at sea.

[@tonyfranks9551]

Please take a little time to remember the WW2 convoys in much smaller ships.

[@meredithlyon3142]

Very interesting. But that's Congress, not the White House.

[@HubbardsJourney]

I know someone just commented. I would like to say I love doing stuff like this to get audience comments but, this was not the case here I'm LMAO 🤣 Thank you for your comment and pointing out my funny! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica coming along on our journey around the world. Hit the subscribe button. Thanks again for watching!

[@COLINJELY]

I am doing the Westbound Transatlantic via Le Harve, next month

[@HubbardsJourney]

That sounds awesome! I’m thinking you might have better weather conditions that time of the year. We would love to hear how your journey across goes. Please let us know. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you again for sharing your upcoming sailing.

[@COLINJELY]

@@HubbardsJourney January this year i did a 22 night HAL South America/Antarctica cruise. Great scenery, not so impressed with the HAL onboard experience

[@dl11950]

Its interesting when you are sitting in the Golden Lion or Britannia watching waves wash over the windows

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for your comment and yes, it’s freaking awesome looking out the window watching waves while having fish & fries and maybe an adult beverage :) Thank you again for coming along on our journey around the world.

[@stuntmanstu1]

Was it Tim B at sea that couldn’t move the fuel barge in time?

[@HubbardsJourney]

Not sure I didn’t see a post from him on that fueling. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for your comments.

[@terrysandiego]

Amazing experience via your video. Thank you. However, for me, this would have been better without all those messages spread across the video's scenes. Just sayin'. 🙂

[@HubbardsJourney]

You are the best! Thank you for the kind words and constructive input. We really didn't know how it was going to work posting some comments from our original video. We were trying to show what some actual passengers and fans were saying in their own words. Again thank you for comments and coming along on our journey around the world. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica. We hope you subscribed.

[@dianacarragher5845]

Hello Mike its ages since i've seem a post from your channel it sure looks rough but thats sea travel will be on QE in December Greetings from Sydney.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Hi Diana, Someday we will get on a ship together. Have fun!

[@dianacarragher5845]

@@HubbardsJourney So good to hear from you our journeys are short now wer're quite old now and it is more of an effort also we like good service and smaller ships we have booked QA a segment of her maiden world cruise Auk/Syd just 5 days but it depends on our health. Looking forward to following the next 4 months.

[@emeraldkimble7602]

Lehavre France usually included In transatlantic crossings we did it the seine river in Paris too shallow for big dhipd

[@HubbardsJourney]

That sounds amazing! Thank you for sharing and for coming along on our journey around the world.

[@harrybear193]

The ship should take different route I guess we haven’t learned from the titanic

[@JamesBarry-j7m]

I have to say you sound like you just came from Staten Island 😅😅😅😅

[@richierugs6544]

i guess the food is fantastic but it doesn't look like fun to me one bit

[@henkhemming6674]

you ruin the video by putting in all those text clips all over the video...why??

[@hughjass-pz3cp]

fierce storm in north atlantic. LOL my money is on QM2. the passengers get roughed up. just another trip for QM2.

[@HubbardsJourney]

Absolutely, 100%! Thank you for the comment and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@kurtschultz4025]

That’s the capitol, not the White House.

[@HubbardsJourney]

I know someone just commented. I would like to say I love doing stuff like this to get audience comments but, this was not the case here I'm LMAO 🤣 Thank you for your comment and pointing out my funny! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica come along on our journey around the world. Hit the subscribe button. Thanks again for watching!

[@patriceogrady9763]

Looking at this you cant help but think of the people on the Titanic in the same conditions! Frightening!

[@HubbardsJourney]

We agree!! It kinda went through our minds. Thank you for the comment and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@BIGV710]

QM2 is not a cruise ship it is a Liner better on the pond as you yanks call the mighty Atlantic i am used to seeing all the ships here in Southampton England 75 miles from london by train or coach [bus] yes i live in southampton and you want to see it with about 17 big ships here including car carriers cruise /liners can be very busy in july august there is also a Titanic memorial at Above Bar Street and Brunswick Place

[@HubbardsJourney]

We agree on the QM2!! We need to do a video on Southampton. We have been there quite a few times. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you again for sharing your thoughts.

[@francismcdonnell753]

Enough of those damn comments across the screen already. So annoying.

[@Klink330]

I think it was a bit mean that you spoilt a fun challenge for prospective QM2 passengers when you showed everyone where Homer is hidden! Why would you even do that? I’m not sure that you identified the ‘white house’ either - no matter how hard I tried, I could only see the Capitol building…

[@HubbardsJourney]

Oh my goodness you are right it was the capitol building! Now that is funny 😂 🤣 😂Thank you for your comment and for coming along on our journey around the world.

[@Ron-u1z]

I'm ex Royal Navy and that nothing. You didn't but a 90' waves. No chance. It's a bit roughers but nothing really. And your on a luxury liner with big stabilizers, try being on a top heavy warship with rolling from port to starboard and back about 45/50 degrees. And you don't eat because our chefs just made lot mess ( stew) and sandwiches. Your better on the upper deck so you can see the pitch and roll/ horizon as it stops you being as seasick. We used to play on it and get a chit from the doc to bed down for 24 hours.zzzznnnnnn.😅

[@lifebysuzanne9405]

That looks easy I’ve been in far worse sailing out of NJ lol

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for mentioning your experience out of NJ. Do you know what the storm number was on the beaufort scale? We would love to hear more. As we mentioned we were faced with 3 days and nights of gale storm 11 & 10 and the QM2 kinda made it look easy and the video doesn’t really represent what the human eye can see. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you again for sharing your experience.

[@jamesroberts2115]

"Potential terror". LOL. A typical North Atlantic crossing for that time of year. Thousands of ships have encountered worse seas on that run and arrived at port.

[@HubbardsJourney]

We agree many ships have made the journey across. But, remember the storms were 3 straight days and nights of gale force 11 & 10 storms considered extremely dangerous. The QM2 kinda made it look easy and the video didn't really represent what the human eye can see. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for your comments.

[@JoachimKofahl-ou2yq]

Stop crying you are at the best ship in the world enjoy it

[@HubbardsJourney]

We agree!! The QM2 made our crossing exciting and relatively easy in three days and nights of gale storm 11 & 10. On a conventional cruise ship in these conditions it could have been disastrous! Thank you for the comment and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@alimanjozsi2998]

Oh, come on! Don't dramatise this much! As long your allowed to walk the outer decks, there is no problem and no danger!

[@HubbardsJourney]

The QM2 made our crossing exciting and relatively easy in three days and nights of gale storm 11 & 10. On a conventional cruise ship in these conditions it would have been disastrous! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@sharonhumphrey1452]

R u nuts😢

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for your comment and for coming along on our journey around the world.

[@watchtellyinuk]

So confusing; you tell us you're getting back on QM2, then you say it's your first time aboard her. MAKE UP YOUR MIND. I've been on her many times and the weather is irrelevant. Then you sell crap your channel ... lost all respect for you.

[@HubbardsJourney]

I’m so sorry for the confusion, we were trying to do a follow up from an 8 day segment of the crossing we did from New York to Southampton England. The full sailing for us was from New York to Perth, Australia. This 45 day sailing was our first and only time sailing on her. We definitely hope to get back to her soon! She is an amazing ocean liner. Thank you for your comments. We will be sailing the next 4 months heading to our last continent Antarctica. We hope to see you come along on our journey!

[@raypitts4880]

@@HubbardsJourney must do better you are showing your vid to 1000#s of video makers do it well please not make it cheap

[@turquoiseowl]

Had to stop watching an interesting video due to the annoying comments plastered across the screen. Why have you done that? Never seen it before.

[@HubbardsJourney]

That’s a good question: why did we do that? We really didn't know how it was going to workout. We did a previous video on the QM2 weather conditions on the crossing and had a ton of comments from passengers on the actual crossing. When we did this video we thought it would make it a little more interesting by sharing other passengers' live accounts of the crossing and others sharing their experience. We were trying to show what other actual passengers and fans were saying in their own words. We hope you give it another shot. We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for your questions and comments.

[@turquoiseowl]

@@HubbardsJourney I hope it works for others although not for me, just got too distracting especially when right in the middle. Happy travelling!

[@flyinghedgehog3833]

People pay for this? Meh

[@HubbardsJourney]

Yes, people do for sure. It's not for everyone. Thank you for your comment and for coming along on our journey around the world.

[@malacca1951]

Listen to the Captain at 6'05" reading the weather forecast. Note, er, how, er, every, er other, er word, er is 'er'! He must have said 'er' at least 100 times. Would YOU want to travel on a big ship where the English Captain cannot speak English properly!?

[@HubbardsJourney]

LOL!!! We will be sailing the next 4 months to our last continent Antarctica. Hit the subscribe button and come along on our journey around the world. Thank you for commenting and expressing some FUN.

[@iCE2sKY]

Great adventure and a very interesting video of you!! but to call this sailing in a so big and good ship like Queen Mary 2 for Potential Terror he he is very big gor-ddweud! I was sailing a in a such weather in 38 f sailboat ⛵and it was not so dramatic :)

[@HubbardsJourney]

Thank you for your comments and coming along on our journey around the world.

[@iCE2sKY]

@@HubbardsJourney Thx 2 U2 !!!👍