Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing (Europe to NYC)

I’m about 10 minutes in, and I’m struck by something I’ve always loved about y’all’s channel: You’re in arguably the most luxurious accommodations in arguably the most luxurious mode of transport in the world, and y’all seem genuinely humbled by the whole thing.

I immigrated to America on the Queen Mary in 1961 in tourist class (cheapest). Many areas of the ship were off limits to tourist class. Last month on a trip to LA my wife and I stayed on the Queen Mary which is a hotel and we stayed in the First Class cabin. We explored every inch of the ship. It was great to go back on her after 52 years. I remember waking up at 300am in 1961 to see the Statue of Liberty as we entered New York. Your voyage looked amazing.

Not just a ship, this is a legend a living being. As an Ocean liner QM2 honours the Titanic and her sisters, we will never forget. This is a vessel, a workhorse, made to battle the North Atlantic. Not a floating village, this is the real deal. Just discovered your channel, love it thnx!

Had tears in my eyes when you crossed under the Verranzos bridge which I did on the Stockholm in 1956 as a 9 year old with my family. Still here at 76. I also crossed the Atlantic again in 2017 and talked with the captain about my earlier crossing. My best wishes to all who have crossed the Atlantic or will do soon the future.

For financial reasons, Jeb and Suzanne's next trip will be a recreation of Miles and Aleena's trip from Boston to Seattle on Greyhound. It will also take eight days.

I think one of the reasons I love your channel is that you guys are authentic. I love that you are 'not fancy', it's relatable. I enjoy that. Thank you guys for always taking us on the journey with you

As someone who spent the first 21 years of life in Manhattan, the entry into the harbor, the passage under the Verrazano Bridge, the sight of lower Manhattan at night, Lady Liberty, and the final stop in Buttermilk Channel brought increasing tears to my eyes. Great video!

I wish Ocean Liners were still popular today. For those wondering, ocean liners are mainly for crossings and direct transport between continents or countries, whereas cruise ships are mainly just for pleasure sailing. That makes Queen Mary 2 the last ocean liner as she is the only ship that conducts transatlantic crossings. However, I do believe it is possible to book a round trip ticket aboard the Queen Mary 2 but that would be much more expensive. All that aside, one day I would love to make a crossing aboard the Queen Mary 2. Also, I had no idea the Queen Mary 2 has penthouse cabins and now I realize my dream to sail aboard QM2 will have to wait until I save enough.

I never did thank Jeb for literally curing my fear of flying. I had to fly to Australia for work (24 hours from UK) and was utterly paralysed with fear weeks beforehand. I ended up mainlining Jeb Brooks almost endlessly, watching all his hundreds of flights pass by peacefully, and when the day came it all went absolutely fine. A fantastic YouTube channel.

The best (and only) shipboard experience I’ve ever had was during my junior year in college when I went on a program called Semester at Sea. It’s a floating college campus, where I took classes while at sea while we visited 9 countries (10 if you count our port of departure which was Nassau, Bahamas). It’s mostly college students onboard, but there are people who book spaces onboard as guests. We circumnavigated the globe, starting in Nassau, and visited Havana, Cuba; Salvador, Brazil; Cape Town, South Africa; Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; Chennai, India; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hong Kong; Busan, South Korea; and Osaka, Japan before crossing thethe Pacific to our final port of Seattle. 3 ocean crossings, 9 countries and 3 of the most exciting months of my life.

I've never had much interest in trying a typical cruise ship, but definitely count me in for this trans-Atlantic experience on the QM2. Awesome and classy!

20:30 exactly 20 years and 1 month ago I drove over that bridge...a 19 year old from Lafayette Louisiana who hadn't been further abroad than the Panhandle of Florida or Houston Texas. I went with a friend who was from there to spend 2 weeks. On the last day we were there the massive east coast Blackout happened when we were in Downtown manhattan...We walked 12 miles to get back to his uncle's place, and as we crossed into Queens I looked back and saw hundreds of thousands of people walking behind me. And shortly after crossing into Queens night fell and we saw the stars explode into view overhead for what is probably the first time in over 50 years. It really was a remarkable experience, one that reminiscing about is making me a bit emotional.

This proves what I‘ve been thinking for a while. You two have to be the best travel reviewers on YouTube, alongside perhaps DownieLive. You and Suzanne are both so consistently wonderful, both in character and in video quality, it really is amazing! Always professional, but always light-hearted. Even in an environment like this, that 99.9% of viewers will likely never experience, you do not make us feel left out for a second. No distance, no pretentiousness, no flaunting, the video is as inviting, engaging and fun as all the others on more “mundane” transport options. Seriously Jeb and Suzanne, you are great!

Watching the channel grow and evolve has been a fun ride. The editing and the storytelling has become so crisp and so easy to watch. Adding Suzanne, who luckily got over being camera shy, has brought a whole new level of joy to the channel. Great job!

As an Ocean Liner enthusiast/Titanic historian/Ship fan/Transportation stuff fan/fan of almost every type of thing like that, Jeb's videos, especially this one are just special to me!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank you for sharing your journeys with us. I know I will never experience the thrills you guys have but being 75 and not being able to travel too much I appreciate all you do to bring us your adventures. Please do not stop as my wife and I are living life through your eyes and experiences through your videos. Paul & Lilli

As most people have already said, I absolutely love how humble and authentic you both are. It makes you relatable and such a joy to watch. You both get to do things most other people can only dream of yet you don't come across as entitled. This is what keeps me coming back and excited for every new video. It doesn't matter if it's about airplanes, trains, busses and now even cruises. It's you guys that make the video. Congratulations on 100 million views, it is so well deserved and thank you for all your hard work you both put into these videos!

I love that you don't feel limited to planes, it makes your channel much more interesting. Planes, ferries, trains - bike trip when? Love the video so far

Almost 125,000,000 views so that should mean you are just about a millionaire now or maybe more. Just found your channel. Well done. Just simple scenes. No bragadocious content, polite, easily dictated for my ears. Congratulations

Having done more than 100 Caribbean cruises your video doing a trans-Atlantic was very unique for us. We never sailed the Cunard Trans-Atlantic because we felt it was too class oriented. But in today's venue of regular cruising it too has become more and more class oriented with special areas and lounges etc. Thanks for the insight and adventure. George in NY