That is the second Cunard’s latest luxurious ship Queen Anne launched into her historic 107-night maiden world voyage from Southampton, marking a brand new chapter within the cruise line’s distinguished historical past. Spectators gathered throughout town to witness the ship’s 9 p.m. departure final evening (January 9), which was celebrated with a blinding fireworks show.
The three,000-guest ship will make her first American landfall in New York on January 17, a metropolis that has a permanent connection to Cunard and has welcomed Cunarders and their company longer than every other vacation spot.
Queen Anne turns into the 14th ship in Cunard’s illustrious historical past to undertake a full world voyage. Notably, Queen Anne can even be the most important Cunarder to realize a full circumnavigation of the globe.
Greater than 107 nights, Queen Anne will name at 30 completely different ports throughout 18 international locations. Highlights of the voyage embody iconic calls to Miami, San Francisco, the Panama Canal, Honolulu, Auckland, Sydney, Hong Kong and extra. Friends can even cross the Worldwide Date Line on February 12, experiencing the uncommon phenomenon of “leaping by way of time.”
The total world voyage additionally consists of in a single day stops in New York, Honolulu, Sydney, and Singapore, with Queen Anne returning to the south coast on April 27.
Katie McAlister, President of Cunard, mentioned: “It is a important second for Cunard as Queen Anne begins her maiden world voyage. It’s particularly becoming that her first go to to the USA can be New York, a metropolis that has lengthy been on the coronary heart of Cunard’s story. This voyage celebrates our heritage whereas providing company the chance to discover the world within the type and luxurious solely Cunard can present. Queen Anne really displays the evolution of our model, and this journey can be an unforgettable expertise for all on board.”
On board, company will get pleasure from quite a lot of curated experiences, together with world-class leisure and a spectacular sail away celebration, with celebrations persevering with all through the voyage.
Highlights will embody a particular World Voyage cocktail celebration and a shoreside Gala Occasion – in addition to enriching talks from notable audio system, corresponding to Olympic gold medalist Rebecca Adlington OBE, hypnotist Paul McKenna, actor Charley Boorman and former Wimbledon champion Pat Money.
Queen Anne
Queen Anne’s design ideas have been based on heritage, craftmanship, type, storytelling, and innovation, and the 14-deck ship provides vacationers a number of breath-taking experiences, and extra selections of leisure, eating, and bars than ever earlier than.
She additionally boasts the widest choice of health, magnificence, thermal and spa amenities to this point seen on a Cunard ship, along with her reimagined Mareel Wellness & Magnificence proposition – spearheaded by an unique Harper’s Bazaar Wellness at Sea program – heralding a brand new period of wellbeing at sea.
For extra details about Cunard or to ebook a voyage, contact your Journey Advisor, name Cunard at 1-800-728-6273, or go to www.cunard.com.
About Cunard
Cunard is a luxurious British cruise line, famend for creating unforgettable experiences around the globe. Cunard has been a number one operator of passenger ships since 1840, and this 12 months celebrates an unimaginable 185 years of operation. 2025 is a momentous 12 months in Cunard’s historical past, which can be marked with a number of iconic land-based occasions and particular Occasion Voyages. The Cunard expertise is constructed on superb eating, hand-selected leisure, and excellent White Star service. From a partnership with a two-Michelin starred chef, to inspiring visitor audio system, to world class theatre productions, each element has been meticulously crafted to make the expertise unforgettable. A pioneer in transatlantic journeys and spherical world voyages, locations sailed to additionally embody Europe, the Caribbean, Alaska, the Far East and Australia.
There are presently 4 Cunard ships, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria and new ship, Queen Anne, which entered service in Could 2024. This funding is a part of the corporate’s formidable plans for the way forward for Cunard globally, with the model now boasting 4 ships in simultaneous service for the primary time since 1999. Cunard relies at Carnival Home in Southampton and has been owned since 1998 by Carnival Company & plc. www.cunard.com (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:CUK).
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