Day 3 Boarding the Ship
We had our bags packed and delivered downstairs around 9am. Bus pick up was not till 12 so we had a quick wander around the nearby shops which was, in retrospect, a bad idea as it was Sunday, Chinese New Year and the streets near our hotel were just a solid mass of humanity moving very slowly.
We finally got back to the Hotel, boarded our bus and after a ride of around 15 minutes made it to the cruise terminal where there was a fair wait in line till we got checked in. Then it was the automatic migration gates and Jeanette’s run of luck ran out and the system trapped her in the run till an immigration offical came and got her out.
Finally onto the ship. In the run up to our voyage, we had heard a lot of negative comments about the Queen Anne so we were very pleasantly surprised. Its style is, I think, Art Deco and the designers may have pushed the envelope a little too far in certain areas but overall it’s pretty well done.
A lot of thought and care has gone into the cabin design and ours is very comfortable. The coffee is the best we have had on a cruise line and our first evening meal was outstanding . So we travel on with very high hopes.
Hardys’ Travels 