Queen Mary Cruise Day 2 Newport Rhode Island

Queen Mary Cruise Day 2
Newport Rhode Island

We arrived in port at about 7:30 AM. We were awakened around 7:15 by the phone. The call was room service notifying us that our coffee and fresh danish was on its way to our cabin. MMMMMMMMMMM the smell of fresh coffee and warm pastries was so good at that early hour. After we finished our coffee we headed down to the Britannia restaurant for our sit down breakfast. Diane had blueberry pancakes with English style bacon. English bacon is a nice piece of what we Americans call ham. Tim had the eggs benedict.

We went ashore via tender at about 11 AM and conducted our own walking tour of Newport. Newport is a very quaint city with a lot of early American buildings in the downtown area. This area also has a lot of mansions built in the last century. While walking around town we asked some locals where the best restaurant was in town. We were directed to the Brick Alley. We took his advice and had our lunch there.
We split a bowl of Newport style Clam Chowder $5.95, an order of Lobster roll with home made Cole slaw and a side of garlic mashed potatoes. $19.95. Of course we had to have refreshment. Diane had a split of sparkling wine at $6.95 and Tim had a pint of Guinness beer for $5.25. If the clam chowder had not been liquid it would have melted in your mouth it was sooooooooooo goooood. The lobster roll was very tasty with a good amount of lobster meat with mayo and some spices mixed in and spread over a piece of bread. Diane ate ¼ of the role and Tim was a pig and finished it up. We are looking forward to our next ports of call and having more of this delicious meal. After purchasing some small local trinkets we headed back to our floating home to rest our tired feet. This evening was the Black and White ball. We were required to dress formal for dinner and all of the evening’s activities. Diane looks very beautiful in her black and white gown. Tim wore his normal tux with just one addition of a new pair of shoes for this cruise. We attended the captain’s cocktail party at which we were served Champagne or orange juice. The Captain was occupied departing from Newport so the Staff Captain assumed the duty of host. While the Staff Captain was making his speech the real captain interrupted him via the PA system on the ship to announce that we were departing Newport.

Dinner in the Britannia restaurant was good. We were disappointed in the menu selection for the evening. Diane had roast duck and Tim had steak with what appeared to be French fried potatoes. Dessert was Grand Mariner soufflé. After dinner we had our pictures taken bye ships photo staff at different backgrounds. We hope that they turn out and will purchase ones that we like. The Queen Mary 2 only has 8 ½ x 11 pictures at a cost of $24.95 each.

We then went to the Royal Court Theater for a production show by the Royal Cunard Singers and Dancers. The theme of the show was ‘Crazy in Love’. The show was ok but not anything we would pay to see.

After the show it was bedtime.

Tomorrow Boston and meeting up with old friends for the day.