Cunard: Good news and bad news

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Who wouldn’t dream of a trip on one of the Cunard ships: the Queen Mary 2, the Queen Elizabeth 2 or the Queen Victoria. When I’m old and rich, I’m definitely going to sign up for a three-month, round-the-world stint on whichever ship passes my nearest port.

This week the Cunard ships have made the headlines for both good and bad reasons. Apparently, last week a fight broke out on board the Queen Mary 2. Two passengers were “disembarked”, in official Cunard lingo - in other words, they were forced to leave the ship at the next port, which happened to be the British Virgin Islands. Unfortunately one of them was the father of a nine-year-old girl who continued the cruise with her grandparents.

But the PR people have been clever enough to keep the positive Cunard headline higher in the news: next week, all three Cunard ships are due to meet up for the first time, on the Queen Victoria’s maiden voyage. Head down to New York Harbor on January 13 and you should see all three anchored in the waters off Lower Manhattan. Fireworks will commemorate the event and New York cruise companies and hotels are offering special packages for those who want a good view.

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