Queen Victoria to Visit Australia
Australia is set to play host to one of the world’s youngest Queens, following Cunard Line’s announcement that its latest luxury liner, Queen Victoria, will visit the nation in 2008.
Scheduled for launch in December 2007, the 90,000-ton Queen Victoria will be only one month old when she sails from Southampton in January 2008 on her maiden world voyage, which will see her call at 37 cities including four Australian ports: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Port Douglas.
Once again, Cunard Line is promising a spectacle in Sydney Harbour with Queen Victoria’s visit on February 24, 2008 coinciding with a call by her famous sister, the gracious QE2.
Representing the legendary style and elegance of ocean cruising, the Cunard sisters are expected to attract thousands of Sydney sightseers to the city’s foreshore during their stay.
Their joint call will come one year after the widely anticipated visit to Sydney by QE2 and her bigger sister, the 154,000-ton QM2 on February 20, 2007.
The meeting of Queen Victoria and QE2 in Sydney will fall midway through their 2008 world voyages, which will commence on the same day, January 6, 2008, from Southampton. While both ships will sail in tandem to New York, arriving there January 13, from that point they will follow very different routes until they meet again in Sydney.
In a unique offer, Cunard is giving passengers the option to swap ships in Sydney, enabling them to enjoy one world voyage on two ships.
Announcing details of the 2008 world cruise program, Cunard Line’s Managing Director in Australia Gavin Smith said the itineraries marked a record Cunard presence in Australia and reflected the nation’s popularity as an international cruise destination.
“Between them Queen Victoria and QE2 will make 10 calls to Australian ports, injecting more than $7.5 million into the Australian economy – and creating waves wherever they go,” Mr Smith said.
“In particular, their joint appearance on Sydney Harbour on February 24, 2008 will be a day to be remembered.”
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