Follow the stars
What sets the different cruise lines apart and how do you choose the right one for you? To help, we’ve lined up the options alongside their celebrity equivalents
CUNARD MERYL STREEP
WHY CUNARD?
Just as Meryl Streep is the actress’s actress, Cunard is the cruisers’ cruise line: classic, timeless, the original. In the film Let Them All Talk, Meryl herself spent weeks living on board the RMS Queen Mary 2, playing a novelist who writes while making a Transatlantic crossing. Ed Sheeran felt similarly inspired when he had a pop-up music studio built aboard the ship, going on to record much of his Divide album at sea.
WHICH CRUISE SHOULD I TAKE?
If you’re creative like Meryl and Ed, take Cunard’s unique Fashion Week cruise (from 31 October), which features runway shows and Q&As with designers. But the classic voyage is from Southampton to New York (above), with black-tie dinners, Michelin-starred menus and the only Laurent Perrier champagne bar at sea.