Cunard Line’s RMS Queen Mary 2 has been awarded a maritime Oscar from Berlitz in their 2005 guide to Ocean Cruising & Cruise Ships…
Cunard Line’s RMS Queen Mary 2 has been awarded a maritime Oscar from Berlitz in their 2005 guide to Ocean Cruising & Cruise Ships. The famous liner’s Queens and Princess grill accommodations were awarded five stars – ranking Queen Mary 2 seventh out of more than 260 ships – and besting the luxury vessels of Silversea, Crystal and Radisson Seven Seas.
Queen Mary 2, which began service in January 2004, is the only ship in the world offering regularly scheduled transatlantic crossings between Europe and North America. The world’s largest, longest, tallest, widest and most expensive – $800 million – liner offers accommodations for 2,620 passengers in degrees of style and comfort ranging from pampered elegance to almost unimaginable luxury.
In fact, passengers who occupy the award-winning Grill accommodations, with butler service and all the other requisite trimmings of finery, enjoy consummate luxury. What other ship in the history of ocean travel has offered the option of a 9,000-square foot, bi-level living space with five bedrooms, 10 marble bathrooms, private balconies and exercise rooms? What other ship, since the heyday of the French Line a half century ago, has offered a bar devoted to the finest Champagne? And the world’s first planetarium at sea with virtual-reality rides through the galaxies… not to mention the exquisite pleasures of America’s best-known spa?
“It is especially gratifying to receive this recognition as Queen Mary 2 has not even been in service for a year,” said David Gevanthor, Cunard’s vice president of marketing, “Queen Mary 2 has made her mark as a travel icon for the 21st century and we know that these accolades from Berlitz echo a respect shared by many travelers worldwide.”
All hail Cunard’s new, award-winning Queen
From November 2004 through April 2005, Queen Mary 2 will operate 18 Caribbean cruises departing from either New York or Fort Lauderdale. Depending on the sailing date, prices for a seven-day cruise go from $15,449 per person, double occupancy, for one of the liner’s 2,249-square foot Grand Duplex apartments to $3,249 per person, double, for junior suites measuring 381 square feet. Inside cabins for seven-day sailings start from just $1,149 per person, double.
When not cruising the Caribbean, Queen Mary 2 resumes her reign plying the North Atlantic as Cunard liners have for 165 years. For 2005, the line will offer 26, six-night crossings between New York and Southampton, England, priced from $1,499 per person, double, which includes Economy Class air to or from London. A collection of cruises to the Mediterranean, Northern Europe and the eastern seaboard of North America are interspersed with the transatlantic series.
Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 features 10 dining venues, including a Mediterranean speciality restaurant operated by celebrity chef Todd English. The liner also has the only Canyon Ranch SpaClub® at sea, the world’s first planetarium at sea, the largest ballroom at sea, the largest library at sea, and the largest wine collection at sea, as well as a Veuve Clicquot Champagne Bar, a two-story theatre, a casino, five indoor and outdoor swimming pools, hot tubs, boutiques and children’s facilities complete with British nannies.
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