Can we expect a Cunard Triad Cruise sometime in 2007?

[cruiserking]

Now that we've all seen the publicity poster of the three noble Cunard Queens side by side, might that not be fodder for a spectacular promotion sometime in 2007?

 

Do you think the marketing whiz bangs at Cunard will concoct a triad cruise featuring the trio of Cunard ships on a Transatlantic voyage from Brooklyn to Southampton?

 

It would be a mighty impressive sight to see Flagship QM2 flanked by her older and younger sisters as they steamed pass Governors' Island and out into the Atlantic.

 

Jonathan

[guernseyguy]

Now that we've all seen the publicity poster of the three noble Cunard Queens side by side, might that not be fodder for a spectacular promotion sometime in 2007?

 

Do you think the marketing whiz bangs at Cunard will concoct a triad cruise featuring the trio of Cunard ships on a Transatlantic voyage from Brooklyn to Southampton?

 

It would be a mighty impressive sight to see Flagship QM2 flanked by her older and younger sisters as they steamed pass Governors' Island and out into the Atlantic.

 

Jonathan

 

Jonathan,

 

Not in 2007 as the QV does not enter service until the end of 2007.....as for a triple crossing - the QV could not keep up with the QE2 or the QM2 and complete the crossing in 6 nights - she could (just) do it in seven. Alas the newest ship is also the slowest, while the oldest is the fastest......

 

Peter

[bobby1119]

The newest is the slowest and the biggest has a limp...but the oldest is still the fastest and easily the best.

 

Cunard did not have these problems when they built their ships on the Clyde.

[guernseyguy]

The newest is the slowest and the biggest has a limp...but the oldest is still the fastest and easily the best. Cunard did not have these problems when they built their ships on the Clyde.

 

Ah Bobby, I agree on your assessment of the three....but Cunard had PLENTY of problems when they built on the Clyde - the original Queen Mary wobbled and vibrated badly and had a significant stiffening operation after her first season.....the QE2 was rejected by Cunard initially, and when on steam lost power a couple of times.....as a Scot, much as I'm loathe to admit it - the French did a good job building the QM2 - it isn't their fault someone pranged it on the way out of Fort Lauderdale.....

 

Peter

[bobby1119]

....but Cunard had PLENTY of problems when they built on the Clyde - the original Queen Mary wobbled and vibrated badly and had a significant stiffening operation after her first season.....the QE2 was rejected by Cunard initially, and when on steam lost power a couple of times...Peter

Peter, you are right about the Clyde-built ships not being without their woes. I am just in a "missing the good old days" mood, dreading the day when QE2 - that cherished and valiant remaining link - passes. Keep your posts going as I love reading them!

[Kindlychap]

I think this is a very poor idea, at least from Cunard's point of view.

 

Just recall how the tandem crossing emphasised how ugly and ungainly QM2 was made to look by QE2.

 

The outgoing ship showing the two ships that are soon to carry on alone how it is done? Not very clever!