Afternoon: Independent arrivals. Welcome meeting and reception in hotel at 6 p.m.

Dinner: Enjoy dinner on your own to explore local fare.

Evening: Enjoy a free evening to explore.

Lodging: New York Marriott Downtown

Breakfast: In the hotel.

Morning: Enjoy a free morning on your own.

Lunch: You are free to enjoy lunch on your own. You may wish to take a late lunch onboard ship.

Afternoon: Group transfer by coach to embarkation of Queen Mary 2 at about 2 p.m.

Dinner: Onboard ship.

Evening: Free to begin exploring the magnificent Queen Mary 2 and its grand array of activities and entertainment.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast: Onboard ship.

Morning: Enjoy a variety of shipboard-enrichment activities during each of the next six mornings and evenings as you sail to London and your theatrical learning adventure. Experience the Cunard Insights guest lecture series, which explores historical and contemporary issues presented by speakers including explorers, academics, former ambassadors and politicians, historians and scientists, novelists, biographers and award-winning actors and film makers. If you are an avid reader, take advantage of the Book Club and literary discussions with librarians, or choose from a wide range of classes such as watercolors, computer lessons, wine tasting, ballroom dancing and more, or enjoy bridge and board games.

On deck, games and more active entertainment are available. You can exercise in the fitness center, walk around the Promenade Deck, swim in one of the pools, play tennis, or take exercise classes such as yoga and Pilates.

In the Royal Court Theatre, enjoy singers and dancers in stage shows. There are movies in the cinema, and the bars and lounges throughout the ship feature pianists, jazz bands and string quartets. Hear the Julliard School jazz series and take part in the Royal Night Theme Balls. Polish your acting skills with one-hour workshops with actors who spent three years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Or simply take Afternoon Tea and enjoy the Maritime Quest exhibition throughout the ship.

Lunch: Onboard ship.

Afternoon: To prepare for your theatre adventure in London in six days, Giles Ramsay, a theatre producer and director based in London, presents a colorful and informative lecture: "What is Theatre and Why Do We Need It?" He will offer insight on a different aspect of London theatre each afternoon.

Dinner: Onboard ship.

Evening: Enjoy an array of shipboard activities.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Onboard ship.

Morning: Enjoy a variety of shipboard-enrichment activities. Consider taking a class such as watercolor painting or ballroom dancing, enjoying one of the ship's swimming pools, and more.

Lunch: Onboard.

Afternoon: Giles Ramsay presents the multi-media lecture: "Medieval Drama Reformation and Christopher Marlowe.” Also, enjoy a Welcome Cocktail Party.

Dinner: Onboard.

Evening: Enjoy a variety of shipboard-enrichment activities, including many kinds of evening entertainment featuring dancing, music and more.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Onboard.

Morning: Enjoy an exceptional array of shipboard-enrichment activities.

Lunch: Onboard.

Afternoon: To continue your preparation for a fascinating theatre adventure in London, Giles Ramsay presents the lecture "Shakespeare's Life and Verse."

Dinner: Onboard.

Evening: Enjoy a variety of shipboard-enrichment activities. Check the QM2 schedule to see which night you can experience a Royal Night Theme Ball, donning your formal dancing attire and taking to the floor in a sea of glittering ball gowns and tuxedos accompanied by the sounds of a wonderful orchestra.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Onboard.

Morning: Enjoy a variety of shipboard-enrichment activities, perhaps excercising your mind playing bridge with new friends or trying out a board game, then exercising your body in the QM2's fitness center. You activity choices are plentiful.

Lunch: Onboard.

Afternoon: Giles Ramsay presents the colorful and informative lecture: "3,000 Years of British Theatre."

Dinner: Onboard.

Evening: Relax on the deck enjoying the camaraderie of new friends. Or choose one of the many kinds of nightly entertainment found on this elegant ship. You will never find yourself without plenty of nightly options.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Onboard.

Morning: You may choose to enjoy a yoga or Pilates class with one of the QM2's expert fitness instructors, or improve your skills in a computer class or one of many other class offerings. Choose from the plentiful shipboard activities offered on this grand ship.

Lunch: Onboard.

Afternoon: Theater producer and director Giles Ramsay continues his expert insights into British theatre.

Dinner: Onboard.

Evening: Choose to relax taking in a movie in the ship's cinema, or take it up a notch at the G32 Night Club with a popular themed night from the 1960s, '70s or '80s. You have many options to experience all the QM2 has to offer.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Giles Ramsay lecture, "The 20th Century: Wilde, Coward, Pinter, Orton, Osborne."

Breakfast: Onboard.

Morning: On your final day aboard the QM2, perhaps you will glean final bits of knowledge from a class you've been taking. Maybe you're in need of a rigorous walk around the Promenade Deck. Or perhaps you and new friends have been keeping track of your wins and losses playing bridge and are hoping to swing things in your favor. There are ample shipboard activities from which to choose.

Lunch: Onboard.

Afternoon: Giles Ramsay continues his series of exceptional lectures with "The 20th Century: Wilde, Coward, Pinter, Orton, Osborne."

Dinner: Onboard.

Evening: On your final evening aboard ship before making port in Southampton, you may want to have a quiet night spent with new friends. Or perhaps you'll toast your last of six nights at sea, marveling at all you've done and learned while crossing the Atlantic.

Lodging: Aboard The Queen Mary II

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Note: Walking and standing of up to one hour in Winchester Cathedral; some steps, stone floors.

Breakfast: Onboard.

Morning: Disembark Southampton and transfer by coach to London via Winchester. Experience a field trip to the magnificent Winchester Cathedral, which is one of the largest cathedrals in England and is the longest Gothic cathedral in Europe.

Lunch: At the Winchester Cathedral Refectory.

Afternoon: Continue the transfer to London.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: Experience a theatre performance that will be announced on the Road Scholar website nearer to the program date.

Lodging: Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Note: Most London theatres do not have elevators. Accessibility notes will be available when plays and venues are chosen.

Breakfast: Full English and continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Enjoy a captivating discussion with one of England's top national journalists on the "State of the Nation." Discuss England's world role in the past, present and future.

Lunch: Enjoy lunch on your own.

Afternoon: Enjoy a free afternoon on your own in the great city of London to see and experience its top attractions, including the British Museum, Tate Modern, Madame Tussauds, the Tower of London, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: Experience a theatre performance that will be announced on the Road Scholar website nearer to the program date.

Lodging: Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast: Full English and continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: On a field trip, experience the world-famous Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), new home to the theatre collection. Theatre and performance galleries are dedicated to the performing arts, displaying works of art, costumes, ephemera, video recordings, puppets, posters and photographs. The V&A's Theatre Collections hold the UK's national collection of material about live performance in the UK since Shakespeare's day, covering drama, dance, musical theatre, circus, music hall, rock and pop, and other forms of live entertainment. The collections were founded in the 1920s when a private collector, Gabrielle Enthoven, donated her extensive collection of theatrical designs, memorabilia, books and photographs to the Museum. She continued to add to her collection, and worked on it as a museum volunteer until her death in 1950. Since that period, the collection has continued to grow, and has provided a home for many other significant objects and archives. Between 1987 and 2007, some of this material was housed at the V&A's branch museum in Covent Garden, the Theatre Museum. New galleries devoted to the performing arts opened at the V&A in South Kensington in 2009.

Lunch: Enjoy lunch on your own to explore local fare.

Afternoon: Experience an interactive theatre production or directing workshop.

Dinner: In the hotel.

Evening: Experience a theatre performance that will be announced on the Road Scholar website near the program date.

Lodging: Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast: Full English and continental breakfast in the hotel.

Morning: Experience an expert-led field trip to an art gallery such as the National Gallery.

Lunch: Enjoy lunch on your own to savor local fare.

Afternoon: Enjoy afternoon tea with a theatre critic at the Phoenix Arts Club. Sandwiches and cream tea will be served at 3 p.m.

Dinner: The enhanced afternoon tea will replace an early dinner.

Evening: Experience a theatre performance that will be announced on the Road Scholar website near the program date.

Lodging: Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Breakfast:

Morning: Transfers to airports for departure flights home.

Meals Included: Breakfast