Sailings feature intercontinental Grand Voyages, Regional explorations and Full-World Voyages. 2018-2019 Fleet Voyages to include additional Transatlantic Crossings and Caribbean & Atlantic Islands Voyages.
VALENCIA, CALIF. – Luxury cruise brand, Cunard, has unveiled its January to May 2019 programme called the 'Oceans of Discovery' which will include a voyage to Alaska. This will be the first time that the current fleet will have travelled to Alaska, and the first time that the cruise line will have ventured there in over 20-years. From January to May 2019, Cunard's iconic flagship Queen Mary 2 and her sisters Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria will call at 49 different countries and 109 destinations. Of these, 21 are maiden calls and exciting new destinations include Boracay (Phillipines), Akita (Japan) and Goa (India).
Since Cunard pioneered the concept of world cruising in 1922, it has undertaken more world voyages and sent more ships around the globe than any other passenger line. In keeping with this grand tradition, Cunard will operate a full world circumnavigation on Queen Victoria in 2019, while flagship Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth will carry out exotic voyages that offer richer, deeper and more regionally-focused itineraries than ever before.
"Our Winter 2019 program debuts 'Oceans of Discovery, by Cunard,'" said Josh Leibowitz, Senior Vice President, Cunard North America. "Across the fleet, Cunard's Winter 2019 program covers the globe, including places that we have not visited for years. Our itineraries have been designed to offer enriching days in port as well as plenty of time on board for our guests to relax and enjoy all that our ships have to offer."
Cunard World Club members will be able to book exclusively with stateroom assignments beginning on March 28, 2017, and booking will open for the public on March 29, 2017.
Queen Elizabeth
In 2019, Queen Elizabeth offers a series of round trip voyages from international ports that offer deeper, richer and more regionally focused itineraries. In between these home-port deployments will be exotic Grand Voyages that capture the imagination and spirit of adventure in travel lovers around the world. Included in Queen Elizabeth's deployment is a maiden 27-night sailing from Yokohama to Vancouver during which Cunard will cruise in Alaskan waters for the first time in 20 years.
Queen Elizabeth's Winter 2019 deployment features:
- 25 voyage combinations ranging from 5 to 38 nights
- 54 ports
- 18 countries
- 25 maiden calls for Queen Elizabeth including:
– Australia: Busselton (for Margaret River); Kangaroo Island; Hobart; Burnie; Port Arthur
– New Zealand: Akaroa (for Christchurch); Picton
– Philippines: Boracay
– Japan: Hakodate; Akita; Kanazawa; Sakaiminato; Yatsushiro (for Kumamoto); Aomori; Muroran (for Sapporo)
– United States & Canada: Sitka, Ala.; Kodiak, Ala.; Anchorage, Ala.; Juneau, Ala.; Skagway, Ala.; Icy Strait Point, Ala.; Ketchikan, Ala.; Victoria, B.C.; Vancouver, B.C. - Overnight stays in Amsterdam, Cape Town, Hobart and Wellington
- Scenic cruising in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand and Marlborough Sound, New Zealand
- Iconic city waterfronts: Cape Town, Sydney and Auckland
- 23 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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