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No signs of any changes yet to the Queen Anne 2026 world voyage itinerary that I'm seeing. Cunard announced the change to Queen Anne's 2025 world voyage (to reroute the final segment from Singapore to Southampton via Cape Town instead of Dubai) in April, so we may have a few more months until a decision is made to change the 2026 itinerary. But in any event, I agree with @Poole Boy that any changes to the 2026 itinerary will likely impact the initial segment from Southampton to Singapore. At this point, I would not anticipate any changes to the segments calling in Australia.

Unfortunately I don't know what earliest departure time constraints Cunard might put on the Seattle transfers. I have Southampton transfer booking forms for Heathrow and Gatwick which specify they are only for flights departing 2:00pm or later. The transfer booking forms I have for the New York airports (La Guardia, JFK and Newark) specify they are only for flights departing 1:00pm or later.

In Brooklyn, the setup is different from Southampton with regard to the order of check-in and the security screening. The security screening comes first at Brooklyn with no separate line for grills guests that I'm aware of. Once through security, there is a separate priority check-in line for grills guests and anyone else with priority because of their Cunard World Club status. We've found that line is often long enough by the time we've made it through security that sometimes it doesn't offer much of an advantage over those in line for non-priority check-in. But once you've made it through check-in and if boarding hasn't started yet, there is a separate priority waiting room at Brooklyn where grills guests are invited to board first once boarding starts.

On the Cunard US website, they offer transfers on their 2025 cruises from Seattle. Here are the prices per person quoted for their various transfer options on those Seattle cruises. Group Transfer Port To Airport: $50 Executive Car Port To Airport: $80 Mini-Van Port To Airport: $110

The latest counts from QM2's departure today indicate the highest crew count I've heard recently. September 15, 2024: 2442 passengers and 1267 crew

Cunard has an intranet site called "My Voyage" which you access via your device's browser once on board the ship. That's sometimes referred to as an app, but it's not an app in the conventional sense of something you install from an app store.

Sorry, one correction to this itinerary as I have edited above. 20-Mar-27 - Port Canaveral (not Orlando).

I can comment on the recent passenger and crew counts which QM2 has reported to Southampton VTS upon departure from Southampton. May 16, 2024: 2419 passengers and 1245 crew May 30, 2024: 2591 passengers and 1252 crew June 9, 2024: 2442 passengers and 1249 crew July 14, 2024: 2622 passengers and 1246 crew July 21, 2024: 2508 passengers and 1251 crew August 16, 2024: 2445 passengers and 1242 crew August 30, 2024: 2449 passengers and 1220 crew September 11, 2024: 2554 passengers and 1253 crew

Queen Anne (Post South America) 2-Apr-27 - Southampton 3-Apr-27 - Zeebrugge 5-Apr-27 - Hamburg 7-Apr-27 - Southampton 9-Apr-27 - Vigo 12-Apr-27 - Barcelona 14-Apr-27 - Alghero 15-Apr-27 - Cagliari 17-Apr-27 - Malaga 18-Apr-27 - Gibraltar 21-Apr-27 - Southampton 23-Apr-27 - Ferrol 26-Apr-27 - Agadir 27-Apr-27 - Casablanca 28-Apr-27 - Tangier 29-Apr-27 - Cadiz 2-May-27 - Southampton

Queen Elizabeth 24-Sep-26 - Seattle 27-Sep-26 - San Francisco 29-Sep-26 - Los Angeles 1-Oct-26 - Cabo San Lucas 5-Oct-26 - Acajutla 8-Oct-26 - Fuerte Amadour 9-Oct-26 - Panama Canal Transit 10-Oct-26 - Cartagena 12-Oct-26 - Ornajestad 15-Oct-26 - Miami 18-Oct-26 - San Juan 19-Oct-26 - Antigua 20-Oct-26 - Castries 21-Oct-26 - Bridgetown 23-Oct-26 - Philipsburg 24-Oct-26 - Road Town 27-Oct-26 - Miami 29-Oct-26 - Grand Turk 31-Oct-26 - Willemstad 1-Nov-26 - Kralendijk 2-Nov-26 - Oranjestad 5-Nov-26 - Miami 8-Nov-26 - San Juan 9-Nov-26 - Antigua 10-Nov-26 - Castries 11-Nov-26 - Bridgetown 13-Nov-26 - Philipsburg 14-Nov-26 - Road Town 17-Nov-26 - Miami 19-Nov-26 - Grand Cayman 20-Nov-26 - Montego Bay 22-Nov-26 - Roatan Island 23-Nov-26 - Puerto Costa Maya 24-Nov-26 - Cozumel 26-Nov-26 - Miami 29-Nov-26 - San Juan 30-Nov-26 - Antigua 1-Dec-26 - Castries 2-Dec-26 - Bridgetown 4-Dec-26 - Philipsburg 5-Dec-26 - Road Town 8-Dec-26 - Miami 10-Dec-26 - Grand Cayman 11-Dec-26 - Montego Bay 13-Dec-26 - Roatan Island 14-Dec-26 - Puerto Costa Maya 15-Dec-26 - Cozumel 17-Dec-26 - Miami 20-Dec-26 - San Juan 21-Dec-26 - Antigua 22-Dec-26 - Castries 23-Dec-26 - Bridgetown 24-Dec-26 - Bridgetown 26-Dec-26 - Philipsburg 29-Dec-26 - Miami 31-Dec-26 - Grand Cayman 1-Jan-27 - Montego Bay 3-Jan-27 - Roatan Island 4-Jan-27 - Puerto Costa Maya 5-Jan-27 - Cozumel 7-Jan-27 - Miami 10-Jan-27 - San Juan 11-Jan-27 - Antigua 12-Jan-27 - Castries 13-Jan-27 - Bridgetown 15-Jan-27 - Philpsburg 16-Jan-27 - Road Town 19-Jan-27 - Miami 21-Jan-27 - Grand Turk 23-Jan-27 - Willemstad 24-Jan-27 - Kralendijk 25-Jan-27 - Oranjestad 28-Jan-27 - Miami 29-Jan-27 - Nassau 31-Jan-27 - Amber Cove 1-Feb-27 - Grand Turk 3-Feb-27 - Half Moon Cay 4-Feb-27 - Miami 7-Feb-27 - San Juan 8-Feb-27 - Antigua 9-Feb-27 - Fort de France 10-Feb-27 - Bridgetown 12-Feb-27 - Philipsburg 13-Feb-27 - Road Town 16-Feb-27 - Miami 18-Feb-27 - Grand Cayman 19-Feb-27 - Montego Bay 21-Feb-27 - Roatan Island 22-Feb-27 - Puerto Costa Maya 23-Feb-27 - Cozumel 25-Feb-27 - Miami 28-Feb-27 - San Juan 1-Mar-27 - Antigua 2-Mar-27 - Roseau 3-Mar-27 - Bridgetown 5-Mar-27 - Philipsburg 6-Mar-27 - Road Town 9-Mar-27 - Miami 11-Mar-27 - Grand Cayman 12-Mar-27 - Montego Bay 14-Mar-27 - Roatan Island 15-Mar-27 - Puerto Costa Maya 16-Mar-27 - Cozumel 18-Mar-27 - Miami 21-Mar-27 - San Juan 22-Mar-27 - Antigua 23-Mar-27 - Castries 24-Mar-27 - Bridgetown 26-Mar-27 - Philipsburg 27-Mar-27 - Road Town 30-Mar-27 - Miami 2-Apr-27 - Charlotte Amalie 3-Apr-27 - Philipsburg 5-Apr-27 - Bridgetown 6-Apr-27 - Bridgetown 8-Apr-27 - Willemstad 9-Apr-27 - Kralendijk 10-Apr-27 - Oranjestad 13-Apr-27 - Miami

Queen Mary 2 11-Jan-27 - Southampton 15-Jan-27 - Funchal 22-Jan-27 - Basseterre 24-Jan-27 - Bridgetown 25-Jan-27 - Bridgetown 27-Jan-27 - Castries 28-Jan-27 - Grenada 29-Jan-27 - Roseau 30-Jan-27 - English Harbour 1-Feb-27 - Amber Cove 3-Feb-27 - Philipsburg 10-Feb-27 - Tenerife 14-Feb-27 - Southampton 16-Feb-27 - Vigo 17-Feb-27 - Lisbon 18-Feb-27 - Lisbon 21-Feb-27 - Southampton 23-Feb-27 - Ferrol 26-Feb-27 - Funchal 27-Feb-27 - Funchal 2-Mar-27 - Dakar 4-Mar-27 - Mindelo 5-Mar-27 - Mindelo 8-Mar-27 - Tenerife 9-Mar-27 - Lanzarote 11-Mar-27 - Lisbon 14-Mar-27 - Southampton 17-Mar-27 - Trondheim 19-Mar-27 - Tromso 20-Mar-27 - Tromso 22-Mar-27 - Andalsnes 23-Mar-27 - Bergen 26-Mar-27 - Southampton 27-Mar-27 - Rotterdam 28-Mar-27 - Rotterdam 30-Mar-27 - Southampton

Queen Anne South America Voyage 10-Jan-27 - Southampton 18-Jan-27 - Hamilton 21-Jan-27 - Port Canaveral 22-Jan-27 - Fort Lauderdale 24-Jan-27 - Grand Turk 27-Jan-27 - Bridgetown 1-Feb-27 - Fortaleza 4-Feb-27 - Salvador 6-Feb-27 - Buzios 7-Feb-27 - Rio de Janeiro 8-Feb-27 - Rio de Janeiro 9-Feb-27 - Santos 12-Feb-27 - Montevideo 13-Feb-27 - Buenos Aires 14-Feb-27 - Buenos Aires 17-Feb-27 - Puerto Madryn 19-Feb-27 - Beagle Channel 20-Feb-27 - Ushuaia 21-Feb-27 - Cape Horn 22-Feb-27 - Punta Arenas 23-Feb-27 - Amalia Glacier 24-Feb-27 - PIO X Glacier 26-Feb-27 - Puerto Montt 28-Feb-27 - San Antonio 1-Mar-27 - San Antonio 2-Mar-27 - Coquimbo 5-Mar-27 - Arica 7-Mar-27 - Callao 8-Mar-27 - Callao 11-Mar-27 - Manta 13-Mar-27 - Fuerte Amador 14-Mar-27 - Panama Canal Transit 16-Mar-27 - Oranjestad 19-Mar-27 - Fort Lauderdale 20-Mar-27 - Orlando 29-Mar-27 - Ponta Delgada 2-Apr-27 - Southampton

I've found all the port details for the new itineraries. As before, I'll post the itineraries for one ship at a time. Queen Victoria 7-Nov-26 - Southampton 9-Nov-26 - Zeebrugge 10-Nov-26 - Cherbourg 11-Nov-26 - Southampton 15-Nov-26 - Funchal 16-Nov-26 - Tenerife 17-Nov-26 - Lanzarote 19-Nov-26 - Agadir 21-Nov-26 - Casablanca 22-Nov-26 - Tangier 24-Nov-26 - Lisbon 27-Nov-26 - Southampton 29-Nov-26 - Zeebrugge 30-Nov-26 - Amsterdam 1-Dec-26 - Amsterdam 3-Dec-26 - Cherbourg 4-Dec-26 - Southampton 8-Dec-26 - Funchal 9-Dec-26 - La Palma 10-Dec-26 - Tenerife 11-Dec-26 - Lanzarote 13-Dec-26 - Lisbon 16-Dec-26 - Southampton 19-Dec-26 - Lisbon 21-Dec-26 - Funchal 22-Dec-26 - Tenerife 23-Dec-26 - Las Palmas 24-Dec-26 - Lanzarote 28-Dec-26 - Southampton 29-Dec-26 - Zeebrugge 31-Dec-26 - Amsterdam 1-Jan-27 - Amsterdam 3-Jan-27 - Southampton 5-Jan-27 - Ferrol 6-Jan-27 - Vigo 7-Jan-27 - Lisbon World Voyage 10-Jan-27 - Southampton 18-Jan-27 - New York 19-Jan-27 - New York 24-Jan-27 - Oranjestad 26-Jan-27 - Panama Canal Transit 29-Jan-27 - Acajutla 1-Feb-27 - Puerto Vallarta 4-Feb-27 - Los Angeles 5-Feb-27 - Los Angeles 10-Feb-27 - Hilo 11-Feb-27 - Honolulu 14-Feb-27 - International Date Line 19-Feb-27 - Lautoka 21-Feb-27 - Noumea 24-Feb-27 - Sydney 25-Feb-27 - Sydney 28-Feb-27 - Airlie Beach 1-Mar-27 - Townsville 2-Mar-27 - Cairns 8-Mar-27 - Bitung 10-Mar-27 - Puerto Princesa 12-Mar-27 - Manila 14-Mar-27 - Hong Kong 15-Mar-27 - Hong Kong 17-Mar-27 - Chan May 19-Mar-27 - Phu My 21-Mar-27 - Singapore 22-Mar-27 - Singapore 23-Mar-27 - Port Kelang 30-Mar-27 - Port Louis 31-Mar-27 - Le Port 4-Apr-27 - Durban 7-Apr-27 - Port Elizabeth 9-Apr-27 - Cape Town 10-Apr-27 - Cape Town 13-Apr-27 - Walvis Bay 21-Apr-27 - Dakar 24-Apr-27 - Tenerife 25-Apr-27 - Funchal 26-Apr-27 - Funchal 30-Apr-27 - Southampton 2-May-27 - Hamburg

Queen Elizabeth Q628: 15 Oct-27 Oct 2026 = Caribbean Q629: 27 Oct-5 Nov 2026 = Caribbean Q630: 5 Nov-17 Nov 2026 = Caribbean Q631: 17 Nov-26 Nov 2026 = Caribbean Q632: 26 Nov-8 Dec 2026 = Caribbean Q633: 8 Dec-17 Dec 2026 = Caribbean Q634: 17 Dec-29 Dec 2026 = Caribbean Q701: 29 Dec 2026-7 Jan 2027 = Caribbean Q702: 7 Jan-19 Jan 2027 = Caribbean Q703: 19 Jan-28 Jan 2027 = Caribbean Q704: 28 Jan-4 Feb 2027 = Caribbean Q705: 4 Feb-16 Feb 2027 = Caribbean Q706: 16 Feb-25 Feb 2027 = Caribbean Q707: 25 Feb-9 Mar 2027 = Caribbean Q708: 9 Mar-18 Mar 2027 = Caribbean Q709: 18 Mar-30 Mar 2027 = Caribbean Q710: 30 Mar-13 Apr 2027 = Caribbean Not much detail here, but it does show QE will be doing Caribbean itineraries of various lengths from late 2026 into early 2027.

Queen Mary 2 M703: 11 Jan-14 Feb 2027 = Caribbean M704: 14 Feb-21 Feb 2027 = Spain & Portugal M705: 21 Feb-14 Mar 2027 = Spain & Portugal M706: 14 Mar-26 Mar 2027 = Norwegian Fjords M707: 26 Mar-30 Mar 2027 = Netherlands This is consistent with the hints at a Caribbean voyage (Southampton, Funchal, Basseterre, ..., Southampton) and a possible voyage (Southampton, ..., Ferrol, Funchal, Dakar, ..., Southampton) from the schedules found on the Funchal port authority website as well as the call to Bergen found on their port authority website.

Queen Anne South America Voyage H703: 10 Jan-22 Jan 2027 = Southampton to Fort Lauderdale H704: 22 Jan-8 Feb 2027 = Fort Lauderdale to Rio de Janeiro H705: 8 Feb-28 Feb 2027 = Rio de Janeiro to San Antonio H706: 28 Feb-19 Mar 2027 = San Antonio to Fort Lauderdale H707: 19 Mar-2 Apr 2027 = Fort Lauderdale to Southampton H708: 2 Apr-5 Apr 2027 = Southampton to Hamburg H709: 5 Apr-7 Apr 2027 = Hamburg to Southampton H710: 7 Apr-21 Apr 2027 = Mediterranean H711: 21 Apr-2 May 2027 = Spain & Morocco Note the call to Gibraltar on 18 Apr 2027 we found previously on their port authority website is apparently going to be part of voyage H710 to the Mediterranean.

Queen Victoria V621: 16 Oct-7 Nov 2026 = Unknown V622: 7 Nov-11 Nov 2026 = Europe V623: 11 Nov-27 Nov 2026 = Spain, Morocco & Portugal V624: 27 Nov-4 Dec 2026 = Netherlands V625: 4 Dec-16 Dec 2026 = Spain & Portugal V626: 16 Dec-28 Dec 2026 = Spain & Portugal V701: 28 Dec 2026-3 Jan 2027 = Netherlands V702: 3 Jan-10 Jan 2027 = Spain & Portugal 2027 World Voyage V703: 10 Jan-19 Jan 2027 = Southampton to New York V704: 19 Jan-5 Feb 2027 = New York to Los Angeles V705: 5 Feb-24 Feb 2027 = Los Angeles to Sydney V706: 24 Feb-15 Mar 2027 = Sydney to Hong Kong V707A: 15 Mar-22 Mar 2027 = Hong Kong to Singapore V707E: 22 Mar-10 Apr 2027 = Singapore to Cape Town V708: 10 Apr-30 Apr 2027 = Cape Town to Southampton V709: 30 Apr-2 May 2027 = Southampton to Hamburg Note these itineraries are consistent with what we found previously on various port authority websites with the exception of the 9 Feb 2027 date for Funchal which I questioned at the time as being inconsistent with a world voyage itinerary. Some of the voyages titled "Spain & Portugal" will be voyages to the Canary Islands and Madeira.

I'm starting to find more information concerning the new itineraries. I'm not yet seeing details for all the port calls but I'm finding voyage descriptions which indicate the general destinations of each voyage as well as the starting and ending points for the segments of the world voyages. As we've already deduced, QV will be doing a full world voyage in 2027. I'm now seeing QA will be doing a South America voyage in 2027. I'm not yet seeing anything for QE's 2026 Alaska itineraries which is not a surprise. But I am seeing dates for QE's Caribbean itineraries in late 2026 and early 2027. I'll start a new post for each ship to show what I'm seeing so far.

The answer to when Cunard has usually released the voyages after April probably won't help too much any more. Traditionally, Cunard have announced their early year schedules (through April/May) in March two years in advance and most of their Summer/Autumn schedules (but not QE's Alaska schedules) in September two years in advance. But this year they moved that schedule up and announced the bulk of the entire 2026 schedules (but again not QE's Alaska schedules) on February 20th to go on sale March 6th/7th. Now they have advertised the announcement of the early 2027 itineraries is coming soon. So perhaps we can now anticipate a revised release schedule going forward where they release the early year schedules in September and the remainder of the schedules the following February/March.

I've looked at this voyage H511B on several other travel agent/cruise booking websites both in the US and the UK. I also looked at Cunard's partner website for Spain. They all allow me to start a booking for two adults and one child. And they allow me to select a cabin that accommodates three guests (when I choose a fare that allows cabin selection). Now I don't know if the booking would error out later if I were to try to confirm it with a payment. Obviously I won't be attempting to take the process that far. Just saying, other sites aren't listing voyage H411B as "Adults only".

According to the Terms and Conditions, the "Advocate" (the one making the referral) will have the OBC credited to their Cunard World Club account when "the Friend's booking is fully paid and is active at 89 days or less before sailing." Then it says: "Advocate must use their OBC on any voyage sailing within 12 months of deposit into their Account. Advocate must contact Customer Service at (800) 728-6273 to apply credit to booking of their choice at least 72 hours after receiving email communication that confirms Friend has completed their booking and no later than seven (7) days prior to sailing."

Very curious indeed. I get the prompt on every device I try. I wish I didn't since I have to dismiss it to get the cruise search function to work. It's a real nuisance. Here is what the Cunard US home page looks like on my phone.

I'm not sure if this will help any, but I've been curious about this "Refer a friend" promotion since it's been a nuisance with its prompts that pop up while I attempt to search for cruises on the website. First of all, here is what the home page on the Cunard US website looks like with the "Refer a friend" prompt at the bottom right. When I click on that prompt here is what it looks like. When I complete that form and submit it, I am given a URL to send to my friends to use to book their cruises. In my case, with a first name of John, that URL begins with "https://refer.cunard.com/John...". When someone uses that URL, they get this screen. I have blurred out the XID= value in the URL since I figure that might be specific to me. I assume anyone I refer as a friend has to book their cruise on the Cunard website using that URL to record the booking as a referral from me. Now I have no idea how the process works from this point. Perhaps it's broken from this point on. I doubt I will actually find anyone who might want to take advantage of this promotion. Just saying this is what I'm seeing for the start of the process if that's any different from what you and your travel agent have been attempting.

There are a couple more details that can be gleaned from the schedule on the Cairns port authority website. QV is listed as sailing from Airlie Beach prior to her call at Cairns on 02 March 2027 and sailing to Bitung after that call.

The Gala Evening dress code as listed in the daily programmes specifically mentions both "smart trouser suit" and "cocktail dress" as options. Here's the quote (emphasis mine). "eveningwear of dinner jacket, tuxedo, or dark suit with a regular tie or bow tie, or floor length dress, ball gown, cocktail dress, smart trouser suit, or formal separates."