Queen Mary 2 to Receive New Staterooms as Part of Refit.

Currently undergoing a refits at the Blohm & Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, Cunard's Queen Mary 2 is having 35 staterooms added to her top deck. The initial frames to mount the structures to the deck have been hoisted aboard the Queen. In addition to these staterooms 15 single cabins will be added.

Cunard Queen Mary 2 - Frames added to secure new staterooms to the existing deck.
Cunard Queen Mary 2 - Frames added to secure new staterooms to the existing deck.
For the 13 year old ship, this major upgrade will add new dining establishments, existing lounges and staterooms will be totally upgraded. Our canine friends are not to be left out of this major refit - 12 additional kennels are being added.
Queen Mary 2 is expected to return to service on June 23, 2016, arriving at Southampton on that day and later that evening departing on an transatlantic crossing to New York.

--------------------------

Related Links
-----------------

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Our NYCruiseInfo Blog Is Moving. - Come Visit Us At Our New Web Address.

Image
Our Blog Will Continue But We are Moving to A New Address - Still Covering Cruising From New York and New Jersey. Due to recent events, we have decided to consolidate our blogs and move the hosting of those blogs from Blogspot to our own website. We will continue to provide cruise news, ship reviews, cruise schedules, features articles  and more.  We will be focusing our efforts on continuing to provide a detailed web site focused on cruises sailing from the Port of  New York and New Jersey. I hope you will visit us at  NYCruiseInfo.com Website for daily cruise news posts going forward. THANK YOU for your loyal readership over the years and I appreciate your support. Come See Us At Our  New Location -NYCruiseInfo.com Website - We are Waiting For You   .
Read more

Select Cruise Lines Suspend Operations, Stocks Plummet, President Addresses the Nation.

Image
Princess Cruises - Temporarily Suspends Operations - Video Jan Swartz The heightened awareness around the coronavirus has been amplified by President Trump's address to the nation on 3/11/20. The speech, which did not instill confidence in the public, has caused an already devastated cruise industry to take further blows. Here is a synopsis of the changes in the past 24 hours. While addressing the nation on 3/11/20 President Trump imposed the following: No foreign nationals from European countries will be permitted into the US. Exception: UK Residents. American Citizens traveling to most of Europe will need to self- quarantine themselves for a 2 week periods following their return to the US. The majority of European cruises are filled by American Citizens - with the new ruling, cruise cancellations spiked significantly. In reverse, many Europeans travel to Florida to embark on Caribbean Cruises. With the changes above they will NOT be p...
Read more

Norwegian Cruise Lines Extends Pause to October 1, 2020

Image
Norwegian Cruise Lines Extends Pause to October 1, 2020 In a written statement, Norwegian Cruise Line has stated they have extended the pause in operations to  October 1, 2020. Below is the official statement posted on the Norwegian Cruise Line Website. TRAVEL ALERT Updated: July 29, 2020 - Suspended 2020 Cruises  The safety, security and well-being of our guests, crew and communities we visit is our number one priority. We continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 coronavirus situation and the global health environment. With COVID-19 continuing to impact communities and ports around the globe, we have extended our voluntary temporary suspension of voyages through October 2020. We are committed to taking all appropriate steps and actions to combat the spread of COVID-19 and are working closely and in partnership with local, state, federal and global agencies. While this may result in additional future changes, please know our teams are working around t...
Read more