Other Things You'll Want to Know - July 7, 2017

CND subscribers also read about:

• The completion of the project to dismantle and recycle Costa Concordia. 
• An unusual wedding aboard Cunard's Queen Victoria

Details appeared in the July 7 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Coming Together

A couple months ago we told you about all the additional features being added to Cunard's Queen Victoria during its month-long dry dock. The ship is now about half way through it, and Cunard has provided us with some cool video of the extra space being created on the ship.

Queen Victoria arrived at Fincantieri in Palermo on May 5, and work began immediately. Last week the new aft sun deck and three decks below it (creating three new decks of interior space) were lifted onto the ship. A short video of the operation is below.

Details appeared in the May 16 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - May 12, 2017

CND subscribers also read about:

• Three crew members arrested on Island Princess.
• Cunard's Queen Victoria arrived at Fincantieri's Palermo yard for her monthlong dry dock.

Details appeared in the May 12 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Cunard Releases Queen Victoria Plans

Cunard has released details of the changes they plan to make to Queen Victoria during its May dry dock, which includes the creation of Britannia Club facilities aboard the ship.

The work will be done during a monthlong dry dock at Fincantieri's Palermo yard beginning May 5. Completion is planned for June 4.

The complete story appeared in the March 17 edition of Cruise News Daily.

The new Chart Room aboard Queen Victoria

Britannia Club stateroom aboard Queen Victoria

The new Britannia Club restaurant aboard Queen Victoria

Renderings courtesy of Cunard Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.

What’s Large and Purple and Just Fits under the Sydney Harbor Bridge?

No, it’s not a 90,000-ton grape. It’s Cunard’s Queen Victoria celebrating International Women’s Day.

The liner is in Sydney as part of its 120-day world cruise, and as dusk fell last night the ship began to turn purple (the recognized color for women’s rights) and wore a 60-meter-long banner along her hull with this year’s campaign message #PledgeForParity.

Details appeared in the March 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Queen Victoria in Sydney lit for International Women's Day

Photo courtesy of Cunard Line and James Morgan. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.

After Refit, Queen Victoria Begins Her World Cruise

Cunard’s Queen Victoria sailed away from Southampton earlier this week under a canopy of fireworks celebrating the start of her world cruise in Cunard’s 175th anniversary year.

Passengers aboard Queen Victoria are enjoying a refurbished ship just back from a 20-day refit at Blohm+Voss in Hamburg, updating the ship with many of the features recently added to Queen Elizabeth.

In this video, can see just how it was done - in Cunard style.




The complete article appeared in the January 23 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Cruise News Daily Headlines for August 13, 2014

* Regal Princess Naming to Launch Princess’ 50th Anniversary Celebration
Regal Princess entered service in Europe in May, and technically, it has been sailing without a name, because there was no christening when it entered service. Princess said that would wait until the ship arrived in the US for its inaugural Caribbean season.
   And now we see why. That celebration in November will kick off the cruise line’s 50th anniversary year of 2015, and judging by the special event they have planned for Regal Princess, it’s going to be quite a year.

* Queen Victoria to Get Enhancements Earlier
A mechanical problem is causing Cunard to send Queen Victoria to dry dock a year before one was planned for a major refit. Since it’s there, Cunard has decided to go ahead and add the various enhancements now, both above and below decks, which will make Queen Victoria even better for all of 2015.
   The drydock is now scheduled at Hamburg’s Blohm+Voss shipyard beginning January 3 (2015). The ship will return to service with its January 20 World Cruise.

* Meyer Floats Out Quantum
Early this morning (in Germany - overnight in the US) Quantum of the Seas was slowly floated out of the covered building dock at Meyer Werft. The experts made short work of it, because within about three hours, Quantum was docked at the finishing dock. By this afternoon, finishing work had already begun.
   We have photos on our blog,

The complete articles appeared in the e-mail edition of Cruise News Daily delivered to our subscribers.

It Was Queen Mary 2's Day in Southampton

It was a special day in Southampton because all three of Cunard's queens visited the city to mark the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Queen Mary 2. As part of the celebration, HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh visited Queen Mary 2.

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Queen Mary 2 arriving at Southampton

 

All three of Cunard's queens arrived early this morning at Southampton

HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, visited Queen Mary 2 to mark the occasion.

The Duke of Edinburgh on the bridge of QM2 with Capt Chris Wells

Cunard's Three Queens Arrive at Southampton:



Highlights of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Queen Mary 2

Duchess of Cornwall Visits Queen Victoria

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall spent the day aboard Cunard's Queen Victoria last week marking the fifth anniversary of her christening the vessel. While aboard, she attended several events including the unveiling of a new portrait which will be displayed aboard Queen Victoria.

In this video, Cunard President Peter Shanks describes the duchess' time aboard the vessel.




Video courtesy of Cunard Line

Video: Three Cunard Queens Celebrate Jubilee in Southampton

Cunard's three queens, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria, and their flagship, Queen Mary 2, arrived together this morning (June 5, 2012) at Southampton to honor Her Majesty The Queen on her Diamond Jubilee. It was the first time ever the three ships have arrived together in their home port. The arrival is described here by Capt Kevin Oprey, master of QM2.

Queen Victoria at Bermuda

Queen Victoria made its first call at Bermuda today since Cunard switched its registration to Bermuda last month. Its home port (as shown on the ship's stern) is Hamilton, but ironically, it called at the more remote Dockyard because Queen Victoria can't fit into the Hamilton. Photo