Gnu, I hope you win the jackpot. Kat, you should win one, too, so that you can travel in style. Might I suggest the QM2, though the crossing from the UK must be better than the crossing from the US. Going east means losing an hour of sleep almost every night. Going west means getting an extra hour of sleep almost every night! I've heard westbound passengers are much happier than those eastbound, who are downright grumpy. If you do stowaway, that still might be the ship to pick. Gnu, if you go to Iceland. say Hi to Skarpi for all of us. I did a two-week tour several years ago (before my pension was reformed), but i wasn't on Mudcat at the time and didn't know Skarpi existed!