Rok 2020 przejdzie do historii żeglugi pasażerskiej
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Do niedawna rejsy wycieczkowe były najszybciej rozwijającym się sektorem branży turystycznej,
w ostatnim dziesięcioleciu .
Sytuacja pandemiczna wstrzymała na dobre tą formę turystyki.
ponieważ wiele krajów na całym świecie zamknęło swoje granice w odpowiedzi na
pandemię
Nie ma jasnego harmonogramu, w którym rejsy miałyby rozpocząć się ponownie.
Chciałbym przybliżyć wam piękno sylwetek kilkunastu statków pasażerskich.
Na dzień dzisiejszy nie wiadomo jaki czeka je los.
Mam ukryte pragnienie aby w roku 2021
znów powróciły na wody oceanów i zachwycały nas ponownie swoim pięknem.
Poznajcie więc ich historie, fakty, ciekawostki
Queen Elizabeth
Currently Cunard's newest liner, with fleetmates Queen Victoria and RMS Queen Mary 2. As vessel design, Elizabeth is similar to Arcadia, Coral Princess, Island Princess, Costa Luminosa, Costa Deliziosa.
HM Queen Elizabeth II is ship's Godmother. The naming ceremony was on October 11, 2010. The British monarch also christened Cunard's RMS Queen Mary 2 (2004), and in 1967 - Queen Elizabeth II (QE2 ship ceased operations in 2008).
Ship's inaugural cruise/maiden voyage started on October 12, 2010, leaving from homeport Southampton to Canaries (Spanish autonomy territory). The itinerary visited Lisbon, Cadiz, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de la Palma and also Funchal (Madeira Island, Portugal).
For its first year of service, Queen Elizabeth did around 142,000 miles (230,000 km) of cruising to 100+ different destinations. Among the many celebrities who participated in ship's onboard show programs were Ruth Scott, Lord Jeffrey Archer, Brian Hoey. Ship's first birthday was celebrated in Malta (Port Valletta) on October 12, 2011.
On January 13, 2011, the 3 Cunard liners met in USA (New York City) on a second "Royal Rendezvous" to commemorate the second year after the first Royal Rendezvous. On this occasion, Elizabeth and Victoria crossed together the Atlantic Ocean. All Cunard ships gathered again in Southampton on June 5, 2012, to celebrate HM's diamond jubilee. A month later (on July 15), for the first time ever, Queen Elizabeth and QM2 docked together in Hamburg (Germany).
In October 2011, the vessel changed its registry (flag-state) from the UK to Bermuda, which allows cruise wedding ceremonies to be held on the ship. The word “Southampton” on the stern was replaced with “Hamilton”.
On March 12, 2013, the liner passed by RMS Queen Mary - an earlier Cunard fleet member. QM is now permanently docked at Long Beach CA (Los Angeles), serving as ship hotel. On March 13, 2017, the ship departed on its ever first cruise leaving roundtrip from Japan (Kobe). The 7-day itinerary (March 13-20) came after the local municipal government asked Cunard to schedule a Kobe-based cruise as in 2017 Port Kobe celebrated its 150th anniversary. The voyage included the Japanese ports Kagoshima, Busan, Hiroshima, and Kochi. This "surprise cruise" became part of the 2017 world voyage. CLIA's "2017 Summit at Sea" conference (May 9-17, 2017) was held onboard the ship. The itinerary (May 8-12) was roundtrip from Southampton to Hamburg.
In 2019, Cunard repositioned the liner for a 2-month long season in Australia (February-March), with departures from homeports Melbourne and Sydney on 7 cruises to NZ, South Australia, and Tasmania.
In 2019, MS Queen Elizabeth had scheduled Cunard's first ever Alaskan cruise season in over 20 years. The 27-day Pacific Ocean crossing itinerary (Asia-Alaska repositioning, May 5-31, 2019, Yokohama to Vancouver)
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