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| Trip Planning | Travel Agent | History of Cunard | Queen Mary II Statistics | Photos of the Cruise |
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Trip Planning
Virginia told me she had relatives in Glasgow Scotland and we might be able to stay with them if we visited Scotland. She called me on the last day of April, 2018, and told me we had been invited to visit her relatives in Scotland! We have tentative plans to visit them in May of 2019! We will be in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands in November of 2018! Check out photos of Chuck and Virginia as they travel around the world and at home.......
Our Personnal Travel Agent Viviane Tondeur
We asked our travel agent to see what was available as far as taking a Trans Atlantic cruise from New York to England. She replied with the following suggestions! |
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Viviane Tondeur - Travel Agent |
Chuck, it looks like you're going to cross off 2 of my bucket lists. Petra and transatlantic crossing. I'm jealous! If any of this sounds good to you, I'll be happy to research prices and special promotions. |
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Passenger Registration or Emergency Contacts |
Log into MyGlobus, then select Passenger Registration or Emergency Contacts and complete the missing info, or call Globus at 800-221-0090 to have one of their customer service reps help you. |
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History of the Cunard Line |
Cunard Line is a British-American cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation Since 2011, Cunard and its three ships have been registered in Hamilton, Bermuda.In 1839 Samuel Cunard, a Halifax shipowner, was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract, and the next year formed the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company together with Robert Napier, the famous Scottish steamship engine designer and builder, to operate the line's four pioneer paddle steamers on the Liverpool蓬alifax烹oston route. For most of the next 30 years, Cunard held the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic voyage. However, in the 1870s Cunard fell behind its rivals, the White Star Line and the Inman Line. To meet this competition, in 1879 the firm was reorganised as the Cunard Steamship Company, Ltd, to raise capital.
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Overview of the Queen Mary II |
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RMS Queen Mary II (also referred to as the QM2) is a transatlantic ocean liner. She is the largest passenger ship built for the Cunard Line since Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969, the vessel she succeeded as flagship of the line. |
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Itinerary of the Queen Mary II |
The RMS Queen Mary II itinerary includes boarding at Southampton, Atlantic cruise and landing in New York plus airfare from New York to San Francisco. This is all part of the trip set up by our travel agent along with an upgraded cabin! |
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Day 1 - May 17, 2019 | Fly from Glasgow Scotland to Southampton England |
A preview of things to come!
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Queen Mary II - Boarding at Southampton | |
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The boarding was fast and very easy. The staff and wheelchair attendants very helpul. We had sparking wine waiting for us in ou cabin with a view!
Commador Club: Our Travel Agent Viviane Tondeur, setup a special cocktail party for us with a purser at five p.m. We had cocktails and snacks and had an hour of an overview of the Cunard Line and the status of a new ship being built. We learned about the changing of the cruise business. All in all, a great way to start the crossing. There were only six people at the private party and all were from California, four from southern and of course, the two of us from the Bay Area - San Francisco!
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Day 2 - May 18, 2019 | Over View of the Day |
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Queen Mary II - Cruising the Transatlantic Route | |
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Here we are in the grand lobby. To the bow are the theatres and night clubs. To the stern are the restaurants and another theare. Lots of shops around the circular lobby.
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Various high lights of the talks and entertainment.
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Day 3 - May 19, 2019 | Daily Activities |
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Day 4 - May 20, 2019 | Daily Activities |
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We had early seating at the Britannia Restaurant, six p.m. We liked an early dinner as there was much to do after dinner and we wanted to relax and get ready for a late evening. We were on the lower deck of the restaurant with a great view of the ocean. Looking good if I do say so myself!
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Day 5 - May 21, 2019 | Daily Activities |
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Day 6 - May 22, 2019 | Daily Activities |
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Chocolate and Ice Sculpture Celebration - The Kings Court
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The Veranda - Our Travel Agent Viviane Tondure, setup a special dinner for us! We first ordered Champagne of course! Then we had a Lobster Salad, the best cut of meats available - 28 eight day dry aged! Along with creamed spinach, potato gratin, ice berg lettuce salad and a Rum Baba desert and coffee! We did have a choice of Rum or Whisky!
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Day 7 - May 23, 2019 | Daily Activities |
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Afternoon Tea with the Sunrise Strings - Queen's Room - Deck 3 - Stairway D
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End Date - May 24, 2019 | Flying from New York City to San Francisco |
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Sailing Into New York City - Early Morning! | |
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First things I saw from our cabin was the skyline and most surprising was the Statue of Liberty!
Sailing into New York with the Manhattan Skyline - What a View from our Cabin!
Returning to San Francisco
Flying back to San Francisco on American Airlines.
Created on: 2017.08.15
Updated on: 2019.06.01