Cunard's Queen Mary 2 does the crossing from April through December. From January up to April, she is on a world cruise to keep her mostly in the southern hemisphere. At other times, the crossing takes 7 days. She goes from New York to Southampton UK. She obviously has to do the journey in the other direction, too. That's quite a few crossings. Interspersed might be some cruises to the Norwegian fjords, the Mediterranean, and New England with Eastern Canada. This is the only ship dedicated to doing the transatlantic crossing most of the year. Most of the other cruise lines do repositioning transatlantic twice a year. They go from mostly Florida to the Mediterranean in April and they come back in November. For that, it is a limited window, but there are a lot of lines doing it with at least one of their ships: Norwegian, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Holland America, Carnival, etc. It's a great experience, and you might get to stop at Bermuda, the Azores, Madeira, the Canaries, and/or Gibraltar. The ships run quite a bit slower at ~16 knots, and those crossings take about 14 days. You do not want to be accosted by overweight older women who are Trumpers and might even attend a Bible study or two. They will not make your day. However, there will be some interesting people aboard. If you choose to ignore just about everything around you, the experience can be incredibly relaxing.
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