The Queen Mary 2 crosses regularly but I would suggest one of the seasonal transatlantic cruises from FL (southern crossing is typically less bumpy than northern crossing).

Not sure if they are sold out, but I saw some cheap transatlantic cruise prices from FL on Royal Caribbean and Celebrity a while back. Ships head to the Med in spring for the summer season.

My in-laws have done cross Atlantic cruises multiple times. Why no cruise? They seem to be relatively inexpensive.

Non-cruise ships aren’t really set up for passengers. Modern cargo ships run with a shockingly (imho) small crew, and they don’t have meal prep/beds/etc for extra people

As a PP said you can find repositioning cruises (where a boat is shifting from the caribbean to Europe) that are pretty cheap.

Or if you really want the cargo boat experience there are some boats in the south pacific that supply remote islands and have 1-2 cabins for passengers.

Why are you opposed to a cruise?

Oh dear.

Please do your research.

You should read this.

https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/sailing-skills/finding-crew-for-ocean-passages-89188

You also need to understand that this isn't likely to be a pleasant thing to do. You may be severely sea sick the whole trip.

If you're planning on taking a cargo ship, you'll probably end up at the Port of Felixstowe or Immingham, as those are the two largest cargo ports in England. You can pick them up in Newark, Norfolk, or Baltimore. They may stop in Rotterdam or Antwerp on the way, as those are major trans-shipment ports.

You really want to take a cargo ship? They're fairly spartan; the schedules are weird (think 4am departure); and the ports of call are kind of boring. Oh, and if the container port is busy, you can end up waiting in a queue of ships for days.

Enlist in the Navy.

Anonymous[b wrote:[/b]]Why wouldn't you just do the Queen Mary 2? It's going to be much more enjoyable than a bare bones berth on a freight. Especially if you want to see the open ocean.

We did the transatlantic crossing, NYC to SouthHampton a year ago and had a wonderful time. Op — they don’t call it a cruise; they call it a transatlantic crossing.

Why would you think there are "boatloads of empty berths" on what I assume are freight ships? They only have a few staff on board in modern times. The ship is designed to hold thousands of containers, not really any people.

There are repositioning cruises in the late winter and mid-fall between Europe and South America. Those are usually cheap but very long.

Why wouldn't you just do the Queen Mary 2? It's going to be much more enjoyable than a bare bones berth on a freight. Especially if you want to see the open ocean.

Freight boats often have a few no frills berths for paying passengers. Google that.

Queen Mary 2 is the only remaining ocean liner I believe. So you could easily book that. Or are you talking a cargo ship?

Is there a way one could get a room on a transatlantic ship that isn't a cruise? There must be hundreds of NYC- Southampton sailings every month that have boatloads of empty berths. How does one do this? I've always wanted to see the open ocean.