When my husband, David, and I boarded the Queen Mary 2, we were laden with far more than our usual carry-on luggage. Though our trip from Southampton, England to New York City would take only a week, ...

The ocean liner rose as the 30-foot-high swell passed beneath the hull. After a slight pause, it surged forward, careening to the bottom of the wave trough with a bang and a deep shudder. It was the ...

Ill-fated love, terrorists, con men—like the grand hotels that were also once staples of cinema and stage, ocean liners are reliable backdrops for every cliché known to the machinery of melodrama.

Cruise ships and viral outbreaks — name a more iconic duo. This time around, the ship in question is the Queen Mary 2, and it was on a 29-day cruise taking passengers from England to the Caribbean and ...