Around The World Cruising On The Ultra-Luxury QE2
09/06/2007 09:09 a.m.
Imagine stepping onto the deck of the most famous cruise ship in the world, the mighty Cunard Queen Elizabeth II, and settling into your spacious stateroom where you will be spending the next 109 nights during which time you will visit 42 ports in 27 countries on a route from New York via the Panama Canal to Los Angeles, across the South Pacific to New Zealand and Australia, through the Far East to India, Arabia and Europe, before crossing the North Atlantic from England, and back to New York.
The cost? Although your travel agent can apply various discounts, you're going to be looking at over $30,000 per person for a standard stateroom. That's not pocket change, but you will be receiving the trip of a lifetime, voyaging around the planet in opulent luxury and visiting:
Fort Lauderdale; Curacao; Fuerte Amador, Panama; Acapulco; Los Angeles; Honolulu; Pago Pago, American Samoa; Lautoka, Fiji; Noumea, New Caledonia; Auckland, Tauranga and Wellington, New Zealand; Sydney, Phillip Island, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle and Exmouth, Australia; Bali; Taiwan; Kobe and Kagoshima, Japan; Shanghai and Hong Kong, China; Bangkok; Singapore; Penang, Malaysia; Phuket, Thailand; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Cochin and Mumbai, India; Dubai; Salalah, Oman; Safaga and Alexandria, Egypt; Aqaba, Jordan; Piraeus, Greece; Civitavecchia, Italy; Valencia, Spain; Lisbon; and Southampton. Overnight stays in Auckland, Sydney (two nights), Hong Kong (two nights), Shanghai, Bangkok, Mumbai (Bombay) and Dubai.
The luxury of the Queen Elizabeth II is palatial and sumptuous. Every detail is designed to be the finest available. The Queen's Grill restaurant may be the finest dining venue on the high seas, where you can enjoy Russian Sevruga Caviar on Ice, Terrine of Foie Gras, Broiled Fillet of Scottish Salmon, Broiled Lobster Tail and Prime Rib of Angus Beef.
Where else can you go shopping at Harrod's when you're on a cruise? The Queen Elizabeth II has its own onboard version of the venerable London store. The provision of luxuriant and exceptional services extend even into the library, which has it's own professional librarian to assist you in locating the perfect reading matter for those long, languorous days at sea.
If you really want to blow the budget, how about cruising around the world in one of the Queen Elizabeth II's Grand Suites which are the largest and most luxurious suites afloat offering a king size bed, expansive living and dining area, oversized balcony and bathroom with bath and shower in an area larger than most Manhattan apartments: 1,184 square feet.
Your travel agent can make all the arrangements to book you into a Grand Suite, but remember that if you have to ask the price you can't afford it! Start your request here!
Tags: cruising, luxury, around the world, qe2
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