SCHEDULE: Thursday January 13th ARRIVALS: 6:00 AM (approx) All ships will be berthed at respective cruise terminal (see below). DEPARTURES: 6:00 PM Queen Mary 2 – from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Queen Victoria – from Pier 90, Manhattan Cruise Terminal Queen Elizabeth – from Pier 88, Manhattan Cruise Terminal 6:40 PM (approx) Cunard Royal Rendezvous at [...]
The 3 Queens, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Victoria, will all meet up in New York on Thursday. The Queens will be arriving into a city that will probably still be digging out from the storm that will slam them tomorrow. No word on how the weather will, if at all, impact their [...]
Apparently there was an explosion onboard Cunard’s flagship in September. One of the ships electric generators blew a capacitor which caused oil to be sprayed onto high voltage wires. This caused an arcing event that caused the vessel to loose power momentarily. The damage was apparently severe not only to the generator but to [...]
Ok now I have seen it all. Anyone that knows me, knows that I am always outspoken when it comes to technology. I am a proud technology pundit and always encourage the use of it, but this may be too far! Cunard recently hosted a virtual crossing aboard Queen Mary 2…on Facebook. Simply by visiting [...]
On the heels of Oasis’ rare guest, here is another post that should be on AboutThoseBirds.com but yet it finds its way here. Alastair Greener, of the great wearecunard.com blog, has the story. One story I heard about, but only believed when I saw the photo, was that half way across the Bay of Biscay, [...]
Today we saw the introduction of a new Queen. The Queen Elizabeth was christened by Her Majesty The Queen today in Southampton. The 1,600 invited guests saw the white wine bottle break against the ships hull on the first try. The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus were on hand to provide the atmosphere throughout the [...]
In the above photo, Cunard President Peter Shanks holds the keys to the vessel that he then handed over to the Captain, Christopher Wells. As all my readers know, ships do not use keys to turn the engine on, but symbolic none the less. But I digress….. At Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard, the Italian shipbuilder delivered [...]
Over the weekend I was digging through old posts from my original blog and I came across my very first post. It was the leaked images of the Queen Elizabeth’s interiors from way back in March 2009. I was looking at the pictures and something struck me. The new artwork that was just displayed to [...]
At an exclusive cocktail party, Cunard unveiled the centerpiece of the ships art collection. All ships from RCI to CCL ships, carry extensive art collections to take up wall space. There is careful though that goes into determining the right look throughout the ship (Just like CCL will theme each ship individually.) Cunard caters to [...]
