Thread: Cunard's "Three Queens" Cruise

This is part of a very interesting article found here --> A Tale of Three Queens: World Cruises - Cruise Line Fans: Cruise Forum, Review



Cunard's "Three Queens" Cruise

The first leg of the new "Three Queens" world cruise will depart Southampton on January 5, 2011, for a tandem voyage with sister ship Queen Elizabeth to New York. At New York on January 13, passengers will join the new Queen Elizabeth for the world cruise sector to Fort Lauderdale, Aruba, Puerto Limon, the Panama Canal, Cabo San Lucas and Los Angeles, then across the Pacific to Hawaii, the Samoas, Fiji and four calls in New Zealand before reaching Sydney.

At Sydney on February 22, "Three Queens" passengers will transfer to the Queen Mary 2 for their final leg for two more calls in New Zealand, Guam, two calls in Japan, Xingang for Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Nha Trang, Bangkok, Singapore and Phuket before calling at Mumbai, Dubai, Safaga, Sharm el Sheik and Monte Carlo, and a final call at Barcelona before returning to Southampton on April 19.

This itinerary will allow passengers to experience the whole Cunard fleet in a total of 103 nights. Meanwhile, Queen Mary 2 will differ in her 2010 and 2011 world cruise itineraries by sailing in 2010 from New York to Southampton and then the Mediterranean, and in 2011 from New York down to South America and South Africa then to Australia, Japan and then the Mediterranean before finishing in Southampton. As the latter cruise will not include a Transpacific crossing, it will not be a true circumnavigation, as the Queen Mary 2 is the only ship offering world cruises that is too big to navigate the Panama Canal.

Thanks for posting this Char, I wish I could be on this cruise, but it clashes with my Queen Victoria cruise for 2011.

All 3 queens will be in New York on the 13th January 2011

Okay, Stephen, a question for you. If you had to chose only one of the three ships for a cruise, which one would you select and why? (Yes I am still thinking about doing Cunard despite the $$$)

As I have not been on any of the three yet, it's hard to say. But if I had to say now, I would do a transatlantic on QM2 for the true Cunard experience.

But the new QE2 should have that feel plus the retro look, right?

Originally Posted by nealberk

But the new QE2 should have that feel plus the retro look, right?

She will be a Cunarder and i am sure very nice, but she is still a vista class cruise ship on the outside.

Hopefully I will get an invitation to have a look around and will be able to say more then

Victoria is in that same category, isn't she?

Originally Posted by nealberk

Victoria is in that same category, isn't she?

Yes Queen Victoria from Eurodam do look very much alike.