2012 World Cruises

[KenC]

Announced online today by Cunard - not able to access itineraries yet as Cunard.co.uk is amazingly slow. Bookings open 15 July.

 

 

CUNARD’S 2012 WORLD AND EXOTIC VOYAGES

 

Cunard’s largest ever winter series of voyages will go on sale on the 15th July featuring two World Voyages and a series of Exotic Discovery Voyages. Longer Winter Voyages and full World Voyages continue to prosper despite tougher economic times and with Cunard Liners ideally suited to longer journeys, the 2012 programme has a number of innovative and appealing choices.

 

Cunard will celebrate the 90th anniversary of their first World Voyage on Laconia in 1922 by sending two of its ocean liners, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth, around the world on very different journeys in 2012. Queen Victoria will offer a full Winter Season of Exotic Voyages taking in Panama Canal, Caribbean and her first ever Hawaii Christmas Voyage.

 

In terms of value for money, Queen Mary 2 will call at 31 ports in 19 countries across 108 days from £10,699– just £99 per day. Queen Elizabeth will call at 41 ports in 25 countries across 107 nights from £10,999 – just £103 per day.

 

Peter Shanks, Cunard President and Managing Director, says

 

“World Voyages deliver outstanding value for money when compared to other holiday experiences. There is a growing desire for adventure and exploration, Cunard’s World Voyages deliver just that – but at the same time provide the best in luxury and sophistication no matter where the ships may be.

 

“To arrive in ports like Cape Town, Sydney and Hong Kong on a Cunard Liner is an experience that no other cruise line can match – often with many thousands of boats and onlookers giving our guests unique and memorable experiences.

 

“With the addition of Queen Elizabeth to the Cunard fleet, we are able to offer a wider range of destinations than ever before. As well as their full World Voyages, both Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth will offer a wide range of shorter sectors joining up famous cities around the world. Queen Victoria endorses that choice with shorter and more affordable voyages to destinations like Hawaii and Panama Canal”.

 

Highlights of the programme include:

 

Queen Mary 2

• Departs Southampton on 10 January 2012 on a 108 night World Voyage which calls at 31 ports and 19 countries. Fares start from £10,699.

• Includes 22 night inaugural Sydney – Sydney ‘Circle Australia’ voyage (calling at Brisbane, Whitsunday Islands, Yorkeys Knob, Darwin, Bali, Fremantle, Adelaide and Melbourne).

• Opportunity to sail out and back to Australia, spend three weeks with friends and relatives in Australia, then sail home to Southampton.

• Visits to Japanese Ports of Hiroshima, Osaka and Nagasaki

• Popular Overnight stays in Cape Town, Hong Kong and Dubai.

• Range of shorter holiday sectors joining up key cities around the world.

 

Queen Elizabeth

• Departs Southampton on her second World Voyage on 10 January 2012. This 107 night voyage calls at 41 ports in 25 countries and is a traditional west-about voyage. Fares start from £10,999.

• Popular Overnight stays in Sydney, Hong Kong and New York.

• Strong Far East content including Ho Chi Minh, Bangkok, Singapore and Penang.

• Provides guests with the opportunity to experience two Queens by sailing to Australia on Queen Mary 2 and returning on Queen Elizabeth – a unique two-ship ‘no-fly Australia’ experience.

 

Queen Victoria

• Offering a full winter / spring season of Exotic Discovery Voyages from November 2011 to March 2012. Eight voyages taking in New York, Caribbean, Hawaii or the Panama Canal; fares start from £849 per person.

• Departs on inaugural Christmas Hawaiian Islands voyage from Los Angeles on 21 December for 14-nights. Ports of Call include Hilo, Honolulu, Nawiliwili, La Haina and Ensenada; fares start from £2,599 per person.

 

Value for Money – the new programme for 2012 will offer a range of early booking discounts including discounts of up to £2,000 per person and Complimentary Onboard Spend of up to $1,500 per person.

[KenC]

QM2 itineraries

 

January, 2012

 

Jan 10 Southampton, England Embark PM

11-12 W-TH Cruising the Atlantic Ocean

13 F Madeira (Funchal), Portugal Full Day

14 S Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands Full Day

15-21 SU-S Cruising the Atlantic Ocean (cross the Equator)

22 SU Swakopmund (Walvis Bay), Namibia Maiden Call Full Day

23 M Cruising the Atlantic Ocean

24 T Cape Town, South Africa (Overnight) Full Day & Overnight

25 W Cape Town, South Africa (Overnight) Full Day & Overnight

26 TH Cape Town, South Africa Full Day

27 F Cruising the Indian Ocean

28 S Durban, South Africa Full Day

29-31 SU-T Cruising the Indian Ocean

 

February, 2012

 

Feb 1 W Port Louis, Mauritius Full Day

2-7 TH-T Cruising the Indian Ocean

8 W Perth (Fremantle), Australia Full Day

9-10 TH-F Cruising the Great Australian Bight

11 S Adelaide, Australia Full Day

12-13 SU-M Cruising the Great Australian Basin & Tasman Sea

14 T Sydney, Australia Full Day & Evening

15 W Cruising the Tasman Sea

16 TH Brisbane, Australia Full Day

17 F Cruising the Coral Sea

18 S Whitsunday Islands (for the Great Barrier

Reef), Australia

Full Day

19 SU Cairns (Yorkeys Knob), Australia Full Day

20-21 M-T Cruising the Arafura Sea

22 W Darwin, Australia Maiden Call Full Day

23 TH Cruising the Timor Sea

24 F Bali (Padang Bay), Indonesia Full Day

25-27 S-M Cruising the Indian Ocean

28 T Perth (Fremantle), Australia Full Day

Feb 29 W Cruising the Indian Ocean

 

March, 2012

Mar 1-2 TH-F Cruising the Great Australian Basin

3 S Adelaide, Australia Full Day

4 SU Cruising the Great Australian Basin

5 M Melbourne, Australia Full Day

6 T Cruising the Tasman Sea

7 W Sydney, Australia Full Day & Evening

8-11 TH-SU Cruising the Tasman Sea & the Solomon Sea

12 M Rabaul, Papua New Guinea Full Day

13-14 T-W Cruising the Pacific Ocean

15 TH Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Full Day

16-17 F-S Cruising the Pacific Ocean

18 SU Osaka, Japan (for Kyoto) Full Day & Evening

19 M Cruising the Pacific Ocean

20 T Hiroshima, Japan Maiden Call Full Day

21 W Nagasaki, Japan Full Day

22 TH Cruising the East China Sea

23 F Shanghai, China Full Day

24 S Cruising the East China Sea

25 SU Hong Kong (Overnight) Half Day - Afternoon &

Overnight

26 M Hong Kong Full Day & Evening

27-28 T-W Cruising the South China Sea

29 TH Ho Chi Minh City (Phu My), Vietnam Full Day

30 F Cruising Gulf of Thailand

31 S Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Thailand Full Day

 

April, 2012

Apr 1 SU Cruising South China Sea

2 M Singapore Full Day

3 T Cruising the Andaman Sea

4 W Phuket, Thailand Full Day

5-6 TH-F Cruising the Bay of Bengal

7 S Cochin, India Full Day

8-10 SU-T Cruising the Arabian Sea

11 W Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Overnight) Full Day & Overnight

12 TH Dubai, United Arab Emirates Full Day

13 F Muscat (Mina Qaboos), Oman Full Day

14-17 S-T Cruising the Arabian Sea & Red Sea

18 W Sokhna, Egypt (for Cairo & Giza) Full Day

19 TH Transit the Suez Canal

20 F Cruising the Mediterranean Sea

21 S Athens (Piraeus), Greece Full Day

22-24 SU-T Cruising the Mediterranean Sea

25 W Lisbon, Portugal Full Day

26 TH Cruising the Atlantic Ocean

27 F Southampton, England Disembark AM

[KenC]

QE itinerary

 

January 2012

 

10 T Southampton, England

11-16 W-M Cruising the Atlantic Ocean

17 T New York, New York (Overnight) Afternoon & Overnight

18 W New York, New York

19-20 TH-F Cruising the Atlantic Ocean

21 S Fort Lauderdale, Florida

22 SU Cruising the Caribbean Sea

23 M Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

24 T Cruising the Caribbean Sea

25 W Transit the Panama Canal

26 TH Cruising the Pacific Ocean

27 F Puntarenas, Costa Rica

28-29 S-SU Cruising the Pacific Ocean

30 M Acapulco, Mexico

31 T Cruising the Pacific Ocean

 

February 2012

 

1 W Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

2-3 TH-F Cruising the Pacific Ocean

4 S San Francisco, California

5-8 SU-W Cruising the Pacific Ocean

9 TH Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

10-13 F-M Cruising the Pacific Ocean (cross the Equator)

14 T Pago Pago, American Samoa

15-16 W-TH Cruising the South Pacific (cross International Date Line)

17 F Port Denarau, Fiji

18-19 S-SU Cruising the South Pacific

20 M Auckland, New Zealand Full Day & Evening

21 T Napier, New Zealand Half Day - Afternoon

22 W Wellington, New Zealand

23-25 TH-S Cruising the Tasman Sea

26 SU Melbourne, Australia

27 M Cruising the Tasman Sea

28 T Sydney, Australia (Overnight) Full Day & Overnight

29 W Sydney, Australia Full Day & Evening

 

March 2012

 

1 TH Cruising the Tasman Sea

2 F Brisbane, Australia

3-4 S-SU Cruising the Coral Sea

5 M Port Douglas, Australia (for Cairns)

Mar 6-10 T-S Cruising the Arafura Sea & the South China Sea

11 SU Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

12-13 M-T Cruising the South China Sea

14 W Hong Kong (Overnight) Full Day & Overnight

15 TH Hong Kong Full Day & Evening

16 F Cruising the South China Sea

17 S Da Nang/Hue (Chan May), Vietnam

18 SU Cruising the South China Sea

19 M Ho Chi Minh City (Phu My), Vietnam

20 T Cruising the Gulf of Thailand

21 W Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Thailand

22 TH Ko Samui, Thailand

23 F Cruising the South China Sea

24 S Singapore

25 SU Kuala Lumpur (Port Kelang), Malaysia Full Day

26 M Penang, Malaysia

27 T Phuket, Thailand

28-29 W-TH Cruising the Bay of Bengal

30 F Colombo, Sri Lanka

31 S Cochin, India

 

April 2012

 

1 SU Cruising the Indian Ocean

2 M Mumbai, India Full Day

3-4 T-W Cruising the Arabian Sea

5 TH Dubai, United Arab Emirates

6 F Muscat (Mina Qaboos), Oman

7-10 S-T Cruising the Arabian Sea

11 W Safaga, Egypt (for Luxor/Karnak) Full Day & Evening

12 TH Cruising the Red Sea

13 F Aqaba, Jordan (for Petra)

14 S Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt

15 SU Suez, Egypt (for Cairo/Giza) Drop off for Shore Excursions

15 SU Transit the Suez Canal

15 SU Port Said, Egypt Pick up for Shore Excursions

16 M Alexandria, Egypt

17 T Cruising the Mediterranean Sea

18 W Athens (Piraeus), Greece

19 TH Cruising the Mediterranean Sea

20 F Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy

21 S Monte Carlo, Monaco

22-23 SU-M Cruising the Mediterranean Sea

24 T Lisbon, Portugal

25-26 W-TH Cruising the Atlantic Ocean

27 F Southampton, England

[Louise D]

Thanks Ken,

 

With regard to the QM2 itinerary, I think that there will be a lot of people just doing England to Australia, or Australia to England, and not many doing the full World Cruise. This is because to do the full World Cruise will require an extra circumnavigation of Australia or a long stay on land in Australia mid way through the cruise. But I think the itinerary on the sector from Sydney to Southampton is good and sufficiently different from the 2011 itinerary that I will probably be now also be booking for 2012.

 

Louise

[kpc33]

We booked the week it came out. Am glad the QE itinerary kept most of the same ports as the 2011 QE2 which we couldn't go. We have family in Melbourne, HK and Penang so we can visit them all in one trip. Doing S.F to Southhampton

[blue whale]

Thank you, Ken.

 

Do you have the various itineraries for Victoria winter 2012?

 

We are seriously considering Elizabeth winter 2012.

 

What determines the amount of ship board credit per person?

 

Blue Whale

[Cornus]

Hi Ken ~ Are you and Phill considering doing any segments...and if so, which ship? Funny I just spotted this thread this morning, right after Brent and I were discussing the 2012 sailings. Neither one of us has been to Australia and it's been on our *wish list* for some time. Maybe we'll meet up again in 2012! :)

[KenC]

Hi Ken ~ Are you and Phill considering doing any segments...and if so, which ship? Funny I just spotted this thread this morning, right after Brent and I were discussing the 2012 sailings. Neither one of us has been to Australia and it's been on our *wish list* for some time. Maybe we'll meet up again in 2012! :)

 

Hi Jack

 

we wish we were doing a segement - the QM2 to Australia via Cape Town is one we would do in a heartbeat. Unfortunately nothing planned for 2012 yet - but you never know!!! Best regards to Brent.

 

Ken & Phill

[KenC]

Thank you, Ken.

 

Do you have the various itineraries for Victoria winter 2012?

 

We are seriously considering Elizabeth winter 2012.

 

What determines the amount of ship board credit per person?

 

Blue Whale

 

Sorry Blue Whale - I just found the itineraries online and was the first to post them here!!! I don't think the remainder of 2012 itineraries will come out until later in the year, but I would expect something similar to 2011. Regarding onboard credit, I'm afraid you're asking the wrong person - I know nothing but I think it has to do with the length of world cruise segments taken and which category of cabin/suite!!!

 

Cheers

 

Ken