An exciting event began today as Cunard’s newest vessel, QUEEN VICTORIA, and oldest, QUEEN ELIZABETH 2, began a tandem transatlantic crossing from Southampton.QUEEN VICTORIA, has been in the news with a much publicized incident of what might have been some cases of Norovirus. Despite this, most passengers on her 16 night Maiden Canary Islands Festive Celebration were not effected.The two Cunarders will begin what will end up to be an around the world voyage. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 will be on her final world cruise before she is withdrawn from service in November 2008.The excitement promises to be on January 13 when the two ships will meet up in New York City with QUEEN MARY 2. This is the first time in Cunard’s 168 year old history that the line has had three “QUEENS”  in service at the same time, and will be the only time these three ships will ever meet. For nautical enthusiasts it will be a once-in-a-lifetime event. Fireworks and fanfare will prevail as the ships will meet in a royal rendezvous near the Statue of Liberty.A look at QUEEN VICTORIA’s 105 “Pathway To The Explorers World Cruise” itinerary:

January 2008
	13	Sun	New York, New York	Depart 5:00 pm
	14	Mon	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
	15	Tue	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
	16	Wed	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	7:00 am – 5:00 pm
	17	Thu	Cruising the Straits of Florida
	18	Fri	Cruising the Caribbean Sea
	19	Sat	Oranjestad, Aruba	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
	20	Sun	Cruising the Caribbean Sea
	21	Mon	Transiting the Panama Canal
	22	Tue	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	23	Wed	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	7:00 am – 7:00 pm
	24	Thu	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	25	Fri	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	26	Sat	Acapulco, Mexico	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
	27	Sun	Manzanillo, Mexico	9:00 am – 6:00 pm
	28	Mon	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	29	Tue	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	30	Wed	Los Angeles, California	6:00 am – 5:00 pm
	31	Thu	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	February 2008
	1	Fri	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	2	Sat	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	3	Sun	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	4	Mon	Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii	7:00 am – 6:00 pm
	5	Tue	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	6	Wed	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	7	Thu	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	8	Fri	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	9	Sat	Pago Pago, American Samoa	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
	10	Sun	Cross International Dateline – Lost Day
	11	Mon	Cruising the South Pacific Ocean
	12	Tue	Lautoka, Fiji	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
	13	Wed	Cruising the South Pacific Ocean
	14	Thu	Cruising the South Pacific Ocean
	15	Fri	Auckland, New Zealand	7:00 am – 5:00 pm
	16	Sat	Napier, New Zealand	12:30 pm – 8:00 pm
	17	Sun	Wellington, New Zealand	8:00 am – 6:00 pm
	18	Mon	Cruising the South Pacific Ocean
	19	Tue	Cruising the South Pacific Ocean
	20	Wed	Cruising the Tasman Sea
	21	Thu	Melbourne, Australia	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
	22	Fri	Cruising the Tasman Sea
	23	Sat	Sydney, Australia	Arrive 7:00 am
	24	Sun	Sydney, Australia	Depart 6:00 pm
	25	Mon	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	26	Tue	Brisbane, Australia	8:00 am – 6:00 pm
	27	Wed	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	28	Thu	Cruising the Pacific Ocean
	29	Fri	Port Douglas (for Great Barrier Reef), Australia	7:00 am – 6:00 pm
	March 2008
	1	Sat	Cruising the Coral Sea
	2	Sun	Cruising the Coral Sea
	3	Mon	Cruising the Banda Sea
	4	Tue	Cruising the Celebes Sea
	5	Wed	Cruising the South China Sea
	6	Thu	Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	8:00 am – 6:00 pm
	7	Fri	Cruising the South China Sea
	8	Sat	Cruising the South China Sea
	9	Sun	Hong Kong	8:00 am – 11:59 pm
	10	Mon	Cruising the South China Sea
	11	Tue	Da Nang (Chan May), Vietnam	7:00 am – 7:00 pm
	12	Wed	Cruising the South China Sea
	13	Thu	Ho Chi Minh City (Phu My), Vietnam	7:00 am – 7:00 pm
	14	Fri	Cruising the South China Sea
	15	Sat	Bangkok (Laem Chabang), Thailand
	16	Sun	Ko Samui, Thailand	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
	17	Mon	Cruising the South China Sea
	18	Tue	Singapore	7:00 am – 6:00 pm
	19	Wed	Kuala Lumpur (Port Kelang), Malaysia	7:00 am – 6:00 pm
	20	Thu	Penang, Malaysia	7:00 am – 5:00 pm
	21	Fri	Cruising the Andaman Sea
	22	Sat	Cruising the Bay of Bengal
	23	Sun	Chennai (formerly Madras), India	8:00 am – 6:00 pm
	24	Mon	Cruising the Bay of Bengal
	25	Tue	Cruising the Indian Ocean
	26	Wed	Cochin, India	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
	27	Thu	Cruising the Indian Ocean
	28	Fri	Mumbai, India	7:00 am – 10:00 pm
	29	Sat	Cruising the Arabian Sea
	30	Sun	Cruising the Gulf of Oman
	31	Mon	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	7:00 am – 6:00 pm
	April 2008
	1	Tue	Cruising the Gulf of Oman
	2	Wed	Cruising the Arabian Sea
	3	Thu	Salalah, Oman	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
	4	Fri	Cruising the Arabian Sea
	5	Sat	Cruising the Gulf of Aden
	6	Sun	Cruising the Red Sea
	7	Mon	Safaga (for Luxor/Karnak), Egypt	Arrive 6:00 am
	8	Tue	Safaga (for Luxor/Karnak), Egypt	Depart 1:00 pm
	9	Wed	Transiting the Suez Canal
	10	Thu	Cruising the Mediterranean Sea
	11	Fri	Athens (Piraeus), Greece	6:00 am – 11:59 pm
	12	Sat	Cruising the Aegean Sea
	13	Sun	Naples, Italy	9:00 am – 7:00 pm
	14	Mon	Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy	7:00 am – 7:00 pm
	15	Tue	Cruising the Mediterranean Sea
	16	Wed	Barcelona, Spain	8:00 am – 5:00 pm
	17	Thu	Cruising the Strait of Gibraltar
	18	Fri	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
	19	Sat	Lisbon, Portugal	8:00 am – 11:59 pm
	20	Sun	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
	21	Mon	Cruising the Atlantic Ocean
	22	Tue	Southampton, England