{"id":3862,"date":"2016-09-02T16:47:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T00:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/?page_id=3862"},"modified":"2019-03-29T11:41:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T19:41:44","slug":"nyc-qm2-july-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/travel\/nyc-qm2-july-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC &#038; Queen Mary 2 &#8211; July 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-3862\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-3862-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3862-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3862-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>This July, we&nbsp;were&nbsp;off to New York for another high-seas adventure with our dear friends, Charmaine and Kevin, who joined us last year for our Queen Mary 2 transatlantic crossing. This time, we didn't travel as far. Still on the QM2, but just up to Halifax, Nova Scotia then back down to Boston for the 4th of July before returning to New York. Just five nights - not long enough! We had a great time again and certainly enjoyed seeing Charmaine and Kevin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our itinerary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>June 30 - Fly from Seattle to New York<\/li>\n<li>July 1 - Board QM2 and set&nbsp;out to sea<\/li>\n<li>July 2 - At Sea<\/li>\n<li>July 3 - Halifax<\/li>\n<li>July 4 - Boston, MA<\/li>\n<li>July 5 - As Sea<\/li>\n<li>July 6 - Arrive back in New York<\/li>\n<li>July 7 - New York City and fly home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We won't go into detail about every day of the trip like we did last time, just some of the highlights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons we wanted to take this trip is that the QM2 just got out of 20+ days in dry dock. Just 10 days before we embarked, she had completed a refit, \"Remaster,\" in Hamburg, Germany. We were eager to see what had been done. There were, of course, much behind-the-scenes updates and maintenance but most interesting to use was to see the \"soft\" changes. Grills cabins were updated, new cabins added, including single-occupant cabins. Carpets throughout the ship were also replaced. The Princess Grill and Queens Grill got overhauls in layout, furnishings and menus. One of the specialty restaurants, Todd English, was redone as The Verandah, in keeping with the theme of the other Cunard ships. New dining venues were added and menus in all revamped.<\/p>\n<p>We'll post some or our own Before-&amp;-After pictures where we have them.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/img_3034_2016-07-04-hdr.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3890 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/img_3034_2016-07-04-hdr-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Cunard, QM2\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/img_3034_2016-07-04-hdr-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/img_3034_2016-07-04-hdr-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/img_3034_2016-07-04-hdr-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/img_3034_2016-07-04-hdr-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/img_3034_2016-07-04-hdr-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/img_3034_2016-07-04-hdr.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-3862-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-3862-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-3862-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget_recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" >\n<div id=\"rpwwt-widget-1-0-0\" class=\"rpwwt-widget\">\r\n\t<ul>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/queen-mary-2-new-york-to-new-york\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_2959_2016-07-03-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-200x200 size-200x200 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Canada, Halifax, North America, Nova Scotia, QM2,Cunard,Queen Mary 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_2959_2016-07-03-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_2959_2016-07-03-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_2959_2016-07-03-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_2959_2016-07-03-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_2959_2016-07-03-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/img_2959_2016-07-03-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span class=\"rpwwt-post-title\">Queen Mary 2 &#8211; New York to New York<\/span><\/a><div class=\"rpwwt-post-date\">September 5, 2016<\/div><div class=\"rpwwt-post-excerpt\">As we mentioned in the intro to this section, we decided to take another cruise on Cunard&#8217;s Queen Mary 2. We really looked forward to seeing all the changes in-store from her five weeks in dry dock. Cunard got us hooked on checking online to see the latest updates throughout the &#8220;Remaster.&#8221; We arrived in New York the day before the cruise and met up with our travel companions, <span class=\"rpwwt-post-excerpt-more\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/div><div class=\"rpwwt-post-comments-number\">1 Comment<\/div><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/la-sirena-new-york\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_173341-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-200x200 size-200x200 wp-post-image\" alt=\"La Sirena, NYC, New York, New York City, Restaurants\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_173341-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_173341-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_173341-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_173341-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_173341-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160630_173341-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span class=\"rpwwt-post-title\">La Sirena &#8211; New York<\/span><\/a><div class=\"rpwwt-post-date\">September 2, 2016<\/div><div class=\"rpwwt-post-excerpt\">Dinner for our night in New York\u00a0before once again boarding the Queen Mary 2 (see\u00a0our last trip) was at La Sirena, a Mario Batali venture just in its 5th month. It\u2019s a large, open space, so different than the current trend toward \u2018micro\u2019 restaurants. Of course, it\u2019s a gamble to produce the high quality dishes typical out of a smaller kitchen, where attention to detail is a trademark. We had an <span class=\"rpwwt-post-excerpt-more\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/div><div class=\"rpwwt-post-comments-number\">1 Comment<\/div><\/li>\r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/new-york-viceroy-hotel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160630_163220-2_2016-06-30-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-200x200 size-200x200 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hotels, NYC, New York, New York City, North America, USA, Viceroy Hotel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160630_163220-2_2016-06-30-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160630_163220-2_2016-06-30-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160630_163220-2_2016-06-30-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160630_163220-2_2016-06-30-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160630_163220-2_2016-06-30-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160630_163220-2_2016-06-30-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><span class=\"rpwwt-post-title\">New York &#8211; Viceroy Hotel<\/span><\/a><div class=\"rpwwt-post-date\">September 2, 2016<\/div><div class=\"rpwwt-post-excerpt\">Opened in 2013, the Observer (Kim Velsey, 10-10-2013) described the Viceroy as \u201cSoho with a killer view of Central Park, new construction with a mid-century aesthetic, masonry with a soaring glass facade.\u201d And that pretty much captures it. The chic vibe extends from the moment you approach the doorway where you are greeted with \u2018Welcome Home\u2019 (actually sounding genuine BTW), to the compact <span class=\"rpwwt-post-excerpt-more\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/div><div class=\"rpwwt-post-comments-number\">1 Comment<\/div><\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n<\/div><!-- .rpwwt-widget -->\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This July, we&nbsp;were&nbsp;off to New York for another high-seas adventure with our dear friends, Charmaine and Kevin, who joined us last year for our Queen Mary 2 transatlantic&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/travel\/nyc-qm2-july-2016\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3863,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3862","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3862"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26343,"href":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3862\/revisions\/26343"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodfriendstravel.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}