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Could Meghan Markle be a Virgin godmother?

The engagement of Prince Harry and American TV star Meghan Markle has sent the world in to a frenzy. It’s even sent the cruise ...

Cunard announces fourth ship for fleet in 2022

Cunard announces fourth ship for fleet in 2022

It’s been a long time coming, but iconic cruise line Cunard is adding a fourth ship to its fleet. The luxury line has been ...

Experience luxury in the 'ship within a ship'

Experience luxury in the ‘ship within a ship’

The Norwegian Jewel’s arrival in Sydney won’t just be the city’s first experience of a Norwegian ship in a long time. It will also ...

How Queen Mary kept calm and carried on to take Sydney by storm

How Queen Mary kept calm and carried on to take Sydney by storm

Downpours and storms may have put a damper on a historic royal rendezvous in the early hours, but it didn’t stop Queen Mary 2 ...

Classy new kennels onboard the Queen Mary 2

Classy new kennels onboard the Queen Mary 2

This is one cruise line where you don’t have to leave your dog at home – Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 has some luxurious new kennels ...

Cunard's Queen Mary 2 gets sumptuous new menus

Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 gets sumptuous new menus

A secret Development Kitchen, staffed with world-class chefs, is currently designing new dishes fit for the Queen herself – the Queen Mary 2, that ...

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Queen Mary 2 opens The Verandah in 2016

Guests travelling aboard Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 are in for luxury culinary experience in 2016 with the launch of their first Verandah restaurant. The debut ...

Carinthia Lounge Queen Mary 2 Cruise Passenger

Queen Mary 2 to feature a refurbished Carinthia Lounge 

  Queen Mary 2’s Winter Garden will be rechristened and refurbished next year as Carinthia Lounge. In a recent announcement by Cunard, the new ...

New Single Cabins

Solo sailing in style – Cunard’s new single cabins

Sailing solo is about to become more stylish than ever after Cunard revealed its spectacular and luxurious new single cabins. As part of the ...

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Take a look inside Cunard’s Queen Mary Grill Suites

Cunard’s Queen Mary 2’s renowned Queens Grill and Princess Grill suites and restaurants will be redesigned during a major refit in May and June ...

The dance of the Three Queens

The dance of the Three Queens

This week, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria gathered in Liverpool, England, to celebrate 175 years of Cunard. What better way to ...

ZQ Bedroom

The top 10 luxurious river and ocean suites

If you’ve got a little bit (or a lot) of cash to splash, we’ve compiled a list of the most luxurious river and ocean ...

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QM2 – An English Restaurant?

Sometimes the English language is just too complicated. Cunard is a very English sort of shipping line (and certainly not a mere cruise line).

QM2 Down Under

QM2 Down Under Day 1

My feet hurt. I’ve only been on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 for about three hours and I think I’ve walked a marathon course just having a quick look around.

Do cruisers look at sanitation ratings of cruise ships?

It’s been an interesting week one way and another, and before you start wondering this blog isn’t about marriage. What caught my eye, in fact, was the news that the Queen Mary 2 failed a sanitation test a few days ago.....

Relieving Cunard

Meet the couple reliving memories on the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth

My parents, Ken and Norma Gladstone, were honoured to be invited onboard the Queen Mary 2 last week to attend a ceremony to commemorate the Australian troops who sailed off to war on two Cunard liners – the original Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth - 70 years ago.