Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth
December 1, 2009
Cunard is in the process of building a new ocean liner, the much anticipated Queen Elizabeth. She is to be the sister ship to the Queen Victoria and is set to make her maiden voyage to the Iberian harbours and the Canary Islands in October 2010. Cunard picked this itinerary because the original Queen Elizabeth also took this same voyage. She will sail out of Southampton, and make calls to Vigo, Lisbon, Cadiz, Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de la Palma, and Funchal for this two-week voyage. Her decor will be an art deco style, and the music and dance will also mirror this era. As the website says,
“Relive in modern glamour high society events of the 1930s and 1940s as you grace ornate rooms whose rich décor recalls the halcyon days when our first Queen Elizabeth ruled the waves.”
For former Cunard President Carol Marlow’s press conference announcement introducing Queen Elizabeth, click here.
To see a video of the keel laying ceremony of the Queen Elizabeth, click here.
There have been visits to the Fincantieri Shipyard, in Italy by Cunard’s videoblogger, and here are the videos, enjoy.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3 (Adding the Queen Elizabeth name to the bow)
Part 4 (Interiors)
(Photo from Cunard.com)
–Saundra
December 10, 2009 at 7:07 pm
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