Royal rendezvous Down Under

Yet another royal appointment took places lately. On 24th February QE2 and Queen Victoria Cunard cruise liners met up in Sydney Harbour.

For QE2 this is last voyage, before becoming a floating hotel in Dubai.

Learn fencing and glass blowing on your cruise.

As unbelievable as it sounds, that is an offer of new cruise amenities in 2008.

Cunard Line's Queen Victoria is to offer fencing. Celebrity Cruises’ Solstice will feature a glass-blowing studio at sea in cooperation with the Corning Glass Museum of New York State. While P&O ship Tamarind will include Cirque Ventura - a circus school.

Three Cunard’s Queens meeting in New York

This historic meeting took place on 13th January, when three maritime queens; the Queen Elizabeth 2, the Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Victoria met for the first time in New York.

As the Queen Elizabeth 2 will retire later this year, eventually to be converted to luxurious hotel in Dubai, this was most certainly the only time these Cunard’s Queens will ever meet.

The next ‘royal appointment’ will take place in Australia on 24th February, when Queen Elizabeth 2 and the Queen Victoria cruise liners will meet again in Sydney.