Who the QE2 was built for?

Answer 1

QE2 was designed from the outset as a dual-purpose ship - for cruising in the winter months, and for continuing the historic transatlantic crossings the rest of the year. She made 806 Atlantic crossings and these were always successful and profitable.

Many of her passengers were rich and/or famous, and most were American, however she had a wide range of more economical cabins - some were surprisingly small - and people also used her as a transatlantic ferry. For people emigrating across the Atlantic she was surprisingly cheap since you could also take your car, (80 cars could drive onto her as built) your pets and all your worldly goods with you!

In her later years she was positioned as a reasonably priced cruise ship serving mostly European destinations but with occasional transatlantics and world cruises.