molecrochip Posted November 4, 2021 #126 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Queen Victoria will be getting winter sun as a mobile support ship for both P&O, Cunard and other carnival brands in the Caribbean. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted December 9, 2021 #127 Share Posted December 9, 2021 On 11/4/2021 at 3:15 PM, molecrochip said: Queen Victoria will be getting winter sun as a mobile support ship for both P&O, Cunard and other Carnival (Corp.) brands in the Caribbean. Queen Victoria has been here now (Barbados) for a few weeks, anchored in one spot -far out in Carlisle Bay! Pics to come soon, I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted December 9, 2021 #128 Share Posted December 9, 2021 A beach view from the South Coast of the island... where QV is seen just outside of Needham's Point and the Hilton Hotel. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted December 10, 2021 #129 Share Posted December 10, 2021 New camera in hand now... Queen Vic. at anchor in Carlisle Bay, as promised... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Host Hattie Posted December 10, 2021 #130 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Beautiful photos, thanks for sharing them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted December 12, 2021 #131 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Queen Victoria will continue to be based at anchorage until the end of March. She is providing support for a number of Carnival Group brands who need crew to go through quarantine post flying from their local country and before joining the ship. This allows capacity on the operational ships to be higher and avoids the need for landside quarantine in Barbados. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted December 13, 2021 #132 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Queen Vic was briefly in the Bridgetown Port yesterday - for what reason I not sure, but one would suspect a large crew transfer or maybe just re-supply of supplies on board? or both? She's back at anchor in Carlisle Bay today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted January 3, 2022 #133 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Queen Victoria is now headed for destination LCCAS at 12 knots! Anyone know where that is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorky67 Posted January 3, 2022 #134 Share Posted January 3, 2022 St Lucia … Castries? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safarigal Posted January 3, 2022 #135 Share Posted January 3, 2022 8 minutes ago, Yorky67 said: St Lucia … Castries? Yes - very interesting...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matelot70 Posted January 3, 2022 #136 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, safarigal said: Yes - very interesting...... Scheduled to arrive 2245 UT 1845 local time Edited January 3, 2022 by Matelot70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1683 Posted January 3, 2022 #137 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Hope she returns to Southampton in time for our November cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted January 3, 2022 #138 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 12/13/2021 at 12:24 AM, Aplmac said: Queen Vic was briefly in the Bridgetown Port yesterday - for what reason I not sure, but one would suspect a large crew transfer or maybe just re-supply of supplies on board? or both? Transfer of a number of passengers who were covid positive from QM2 to QV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted January 3, 2022 #139 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Return of crew to Azura on Wednesday. Some crew have been on QV for 7-14 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1683 Posted January 3, 2022 #140 Share Posted January 3, 2022 7 minutes ago, molecrochip said: Transfer of a number of passengers who were covid positive from QM2 to QV. What will happen to the passengers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted January 3, 2022 #141 Share Posted January 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Yorky67 said: St Lucia … Castries? You were right! https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-60.9/centery:14.0/zoom:11 Here she is, going in right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted January 3, 2022 #142 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Believe that they will disembark in Barbados once their quarantine is up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Morgan Posted January 3, 2022 #143 Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 12/12/2021 at 5:07 PM, molecrochip said: Queen Victoria will continue to be based at anchorage until the end of March. She is providing support for a number of Carnival Group brands who need crew to go through quarantine post flying from their local country and before joining the ship. This allows capacity on the operational ships to be higher and avoids the need for landside quarantine in Barbados. End of March? We had heard through the grapevine of past guests and crew that she (QV) was meant to go to a dry dock at the beginning of March? Are we seeing another AZ saga for the poor ship where repairs are deferred indefinitely I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted January 3, 2022 #144 Share Posted January 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, molecrochip said: Believe that they will disembark in Barbados once their quarantine is up. Likely. Probably because of good air connections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted January 4, 2022 #145 Share Posted January 4, 2022 21 hours ago, Captain_Morgan said: End of March? We had heard through the grapevine of past guests and crew that she (QV) was meant to go to a dry dock at the beginning of March? Are we seeing another AZ saga for the poor ship where repairs are deferred indefinitely I wonder? I can confirm that she is due to dry dock before her formal return to service in late April. At the point of my previous post, the dry dock date was not confirmed. Carnival as a corporation have various ships scheduled to make use of various dry docks and there is a degree of flexibility in those plans. Current plans have QV in the Caribbean until end of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Morgan Posted January 4, 2022 #146 Share Posted January 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, molecrochip said: I can confirm that she is due to dry dock before her formal return to service in late April. At the point of my previous post, the dry dock date was not confirmed. Carnival as a corporation have various ships scheduled to make use of various dry docks and there is a degree of flexibility in those plans. Current plans have QV in the Caribbean until end of January. Fair point that the corporation is likely to move pieces around with respect to docking different ships in different locations, and if the aforementioned AZ saga is any indication it might very well be no surprise to anyone if QV's plans get shifted at least once or twice. Add to the mix the uncertainty of the current COVID landscape and it brings an entirely new meaning to word 'flexible' when referring to future planning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safarigal Posted January 8, 2022 #147 Share Posted January 8, 2022 And now she is heading back in the direction of St Lucia again 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted January 8, 2022 #148 Share Posted January 8, 2022 44 minutes ago, safarigal said: And now she is heading back in the direction of St Lucia again 🙂 Perhaps QV will be rendezvousing with P&O Britannia which is heading to Castries from Grenada. Both have scheduled arrivals in Castries tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted January 8, 2022 #149 Share Posted January 8, 2022 QV is now actively being used to quarantine Covid positive passengers who need to quarantine past the end of their current cruise rather than transferring them to Barbados quarantine hotels (which are now full). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Morgan Posted January 8, 2022 #150 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Which begs the question....do they keep QV in situ throughout the entirety of the Caribbean season (i.e. until end of March) to maintain their presence as a corporate support vessel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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