I noticed that when you look back over early brochures there was certainly a younger crowd, and then in much later years there appeared to be the more mature passengers. As one of the younger set
l never had a problem fitting in and quite enjoyed meeting the many and various people. What l did find was that in my early years of travelling peopel assumed my parents were else where on the ship and were somewhat surprised that l should be such a ship by myself, and why on earth was l only going all that way for a trip ashore in NY . Must admit l never gave the ages of the people l met any thought, they were all nice genuine people and all out to enjoy the QE2 and what she had to offer.
On the Maiden voyage after the refit in 1987 friends were asked to take part in the promotional footage, he was filmed making a phone call and as he said the phone was unplugged and he just pressed a few random numbers and spoke to himself. His wife later asked why they had picked him and she was told because he looks like a typical QE2 passenger, blazer & silver hair...she was lost for words
