The 3 Queens and New York
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…
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Cunard’s Rose Bowl Float
Explosion on Queen Mary 2 A Few Months Ago
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…
Queen Elizabeth Delivered and Christened
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.…
Cunard Takes Delivery of Queen Elizabeth
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…
Queen Elizabeth’s Artwork Update
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…
The New Queen Elizabeth’s Artwork
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…
Queen Victoria in Boston
The Queen Victoria made her maiden call in Boston yesterday. The industry site Cruise Industry News, has photos from yesterday. QV gets a celebrity’s welcome in Boston with the fireboats The QV docks, why there are tugs there I haven’t…
QE2 Plans Up In The Air?
Fellow cruise blogger John Honeywell reports that South Africa canceled plans to have 2 cruise ships docked in South Africa for the World Cup. A few weeks ago we reported that the Queen Elizabeth 2 was to be repositioned there possible…
QM2 Update [w/Pics]
I found some pics from Cruise Page’s message board, posted by Aad. Have a look.
Queen Mary 2 Breaks Away in Zeebrugge
Yesterday when the QM2 was calling in Zeebrugge, Belgium, her mooring lines. Reports are that the vessel broke her bow lines from high gusts of wind. The vessel then drifted into the harbor before being helped back with the assistance of…
The Past Week Summed Up
Well I’m back and as promised here is everything that happened recently including two big stories out of San Diego and Dubai. A domestic dispute turned deadly as a husband murdered his wife in their cabin. A couple on the…
Queen Elizabeth Shipyard Report #1
This past week saw the laying of the first piece of the new Queen Elizabeth. The ship is being constructed at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard in the north west part of Italy. This photo courtesy of Cunard. I have no idea…
More Queen Elizabeth news
Cunard announced today that the maiden voyage of Queen Elizabeth sold out in a record 29 minutes. That’s right, 29 minutes. This beats out the pace the origional Queen Elizabeth sold at. Also remember to check out my maiden post…
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Queen Elizabeth images
Here are a bunch of pictures of the much anticipated Queen Elizabeth. Advertisements Occasionally, some of your visitors may see an advertisement here, as well as a Privacy & Cookies banner at the bottom of the page.You can hide ads…