As GoldFlyer says, some amazing trip reports have been written about traveling on Cathay. Here's a very old thread I started, listing some memorable Cathay trip reports. It was a lot of fun reading them and getting into the spirit of a trip I had upcoming at that time. I just checked links in that thread, and not a one works with our move to the current software. Still, it gives you some handles you can search on and find the threads anew. Or just search for newer ones.

Here's one example, by PresRDC.