Cunard Line made its inaugural debut on the streets of Pasadena, California today at the 122nd Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, winning the prestigious Queen’s Trophy for best use of roses. Cunard’s float, themed “A Grand Celebration at Sea,” depicted the Cunard fleet of three Queens – flagship Queen Mary 2, Queen [...]
01 January
All I can say is: WOW. I honestly never thought I’d see a woman at the helm of a cruise ship in my lifetime. When Inger Klein Olsen assumed command of Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria on Wednesday, 1 December 2010, she made history by becoming the venerable shipping line’s first female captain.
Captain Olsen’s first task [...]
09 December
My first job after graduating from college was at Cunard Line. One of the best parts of the job was encountering passengers, many who were eccentric, to put it mildly. Among the frequent cruisers: “the purple lady” who only wore purple clothes and shoes; a former gun-runner for Ethiopian King Haile [...]
03 October
by Arline and Sam Bleecker
Special to ShipCritic Blog
Ironically, lots of people die nasty deaths in the bucolic English countryside … at least in the popular British TV series “Midsomer Murders” and in many of the much-loved 80-plus mystery novels of Dame Agatha Christie.
We know because we’re addicted to murder and mayhem in the British Isles [...]
26 July
On February 24 thousands of “Sydneysiders” turned out to view the historic meeting of two of the world’s most glamorous ocean liners in Sydney Harbour – Cunard Line’s new Queen Victoria and legendary Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE 2) - as they met during their respective World Cruises. The historic Royal Rendezvous marked the only time that the [...]
27 February
She’s drop-dead gorgeous. A month after entering service Cunard Line’s newest ship, Queen Victoria, visited New York yesterday with her sisters, Queen Mary 2 and the elderly Queen Elizabeth 2 in her last year of service. Since QE 2 has always underwhelmed me and QM 2’s decor is a bit spartan, I didn’t expect to be [...]
14 January
In Southampton, U.K. Cunard Line’s newest ship, Queen Victoria, was christened by Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall Monday, Dec. 10. Built at a cost of $1 billion, the 90,000 cruise ship will depart on a Mediterranean cruise before her 2008 world cruise. Visit The Cruise Log to get Gene Sloan’s first impressions of Queen Victoria.
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10 December
Cunard Line has taken possession of the 90,000-ton Queen Victoria at Fincantieri, one of four major ship yards in Europe. While considerably smaller than the 140,000-ton Queen Mary 2, she will have the exclusive Queens Grill and Princess Grill. Passengers will find a West End-style theater with private boxes and a two-story library. Victoria will leave [...]
26 November
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