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For more than two decades, Queen Mary 2 has occupied a unique place in modern cruising. Launched in 2003, she was designed not simply as a cruise ship, but as a true ocean liner capable of maintaining the famous transatlantic route between Southampton and New York.
Even today, Cunard describes her as the world's only ocean liner. But ships cannot sail forever. Eventually, Queen Mary 2 will reach the end of her working life, raising an intriguing question: What could replace her? 
Image: AI created rendering based on a sketch from Harry Cotterill
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So, you’ve probably seen the films from the golden era of Hollywood, seen pictures of the stars arriving on transatlantic liners, perhaps your own family arrived in the New World aboard one of the Atlantic greyhounds and I’m certain you’ve watched Titanic and marveled at the elegance of shipboard life (we’ll ignore the bit about icebergs for the sake of this article) and you wish you’d got to travel just like the movie stars, but cruising just doesn’t seem to be that way anymore.
Well, you can! Cunard Line’s RMS Queen Mary 2 still regularly sails the line voyage between New York and Southampton, she is the last built true ocean liner, following in the wake of illustrious predecessors such as her namesake the Queen Mary (now permanently moored in Long Beach, California) and successor to the Queen Elizabeth 2 (now a hotel in Dubai). She carries on a tradition that has been some 181 years in the making. Join me as I tell you the top five reason you should make a Transatlantic Crossing; to aficionados its always a crossing, never a cruise. (You can have that tip for free.) 
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