Above: Faial Island, Azores, Portugal - GETTY IMAGES

“There’s something truly magical about a transatlantic crossing,” said the diamond merchant from Antwerp who sat across from us in the Queen Elizabeth’s Princess Grill Bar on the evening of our departure. He and his wife had done more than 30 crossings on Cunard, so they spoke from experience. “And traveling by ship means that we always arrive well rested and with no jet lag.”

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Above: Faial Island, Azores, Portugal - GETTY IMAGES