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Cunard Cruises - Ports of Call
Alaska Antarctica Asia Bahamas Bermuda	Canada Caribbean Dubai Europe Hawaii	Mexico Panama Canal Polynesia Russia Suez Canal
Cunard Cruises - Cruise Ships
Queen Mary 2	Queen Elizabeth 2	Queen Victoria

Transatlantic Crossings
Cruise Marketplace has cheap Cunard cruises featuring Cunard Cruises Transatlantic Crossings. Call today to book your discount Cunard cruise deals - 1-800-826-4333. Join the legendary Transatlantic Crossing aboard Queen Mary 2®and experience six unforgettable days to revel in activities and fascinating enrichment programmes. Relax in the Canyon Ranch SpaClub®, browse the books in the largest library collection at sea, attend lavish Royal Nights balls, and indulge in our traditional Afternoon Tea in the Queens Room. Be among the privileged travellers who can say they have experienced an extraordinary legacy.


Ports of Call:

• Cheap Cunard Cruises Cherburg
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Hamburg
• Cheap Cunard Cruises New York, New York
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Southampton

Mediterranean
See the most captivating destinations of this storied region from the decks of Cunard's regal Queen Mary 2® and our newest liner Queen Victoria®. In 2009, these remarkable vessels will visit the best of the Mediterranean, including four maiden ports of call, giving you even more opportunities to experience the allure of this romantic region.

Ports of Call:

• Cheap Cunard Cruises Ajaccio, Corsica
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Athens (Piraeus)
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Barcelona
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Cannes
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Corfu
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Florence/Pisa (Livorno)
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Monte Carlo
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Rhodes
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Rome (Civitavecchia)
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Venice
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Volos (for Meteora)

Caribbean
Imagine the finest, most elegant oceanfront resort in the Caribbean. It would offer an astounding array of amenities, exquisite dining with perfectly paired wines, places to explore and relax, incredible entertainment and the chance to indulge in pleasures and pursuits for which you never normally have time. Now imagine taking this ideal resort with you, traveling from one stunning Caribbean destination to the next onboard the grandest ocean liner ever built - Queen Mary 2. She offers several itineraries to the region - including our popular 10-day Connoisseur's Caribbean and 13-day Panama & the Caribbean itineraries that take you to the heart of this relaxing tropical wonderland.

Ports of Call:

• Cheap Cunard Cruises Basseterre
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Bridgetown
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Castries
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Charlotte Amalie, St.Thomas
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Fort de France
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Montego Bay
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Philipsburg
• Cheap Cunard Cruises St. George's
• Cheap Cunard Cruises St. Johns
• Cheap Cunard Cruises St. Vincent, Grenadines
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Willemstad

Northern Europe and UK
Sail to the mystical fjords of Norway, in a region that richly rewards those travellers looking for a truly unique experience. Explore quaint coastal towns and go on deck to see the stunning formations sculpted by glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age.


Ports of Call:

• Cheap Cunard Cruises Amsterdam
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Bilbao
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Copenhagen
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Isafjordur
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Paris
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Bordeaux
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Lisbon
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Liverpool
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Marseille/Provence
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Amsterdam
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Southampton
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Brussels

Scandinavia, The Baltics and Iceland

Ports of Call:

• Cheap Cunard Cruises Aalesund
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Akureyri
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Andalsnes
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Skarsvag
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Trondheim

Canaries, Madeira and the Azores
Explore the magical lands that make up the Canary Islands. Sail the waters of the Atlantic before approaching the island of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with spectacularly lush vegetation, abundant clear waters and floral wealth. On Tenerife, gaze at El Teide, the highest mountain in Spain and experience the rich diversity of its landscape and sunny climate.

Ports of Call:

• Cheap Cunard Cruises Arrecife, Lanzarote
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Santa Cruz de Tenerife
• Cheap Cunard Cruises St. Peter Port, Guernsey

USA and Canada
For an entirely different experience, sail along the New England coast and visit memorable Canadian ports of call with Queen Mary 2® or Queen Elizabeth 2®.

Ports of Call:

• Cheap Cunard Cruises Bar Harbor, Maine
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Boston, Massachusetts
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Cheap Cunard Cruises New York, New York
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Newport, Rhode Island
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Quebec City, Quebec
• Cheap Cunard Cruises St. John's, Newfoundland

World Cruise
It is the ultimate journey. A three-month voyage that touches upon dozens of magical ports on one of the most magnificent ocean liners ever built, Queen Mary 2® or her new sister ship, Queen VictoriaTM. Each day, new horizons materialise before you. Exotic locales - Australia, South America, Asia, and Europe - await your discovery. Diverse cultures ask to be encountered. Now is the time to experience one of travel's richest legacies. The Cunard® World Cruise.


Ports of Call:

• Cheap Cunard Cruises Cape Town
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Da Nang (Chan May)
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Dubai
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Easter Island
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Fuerte Amador
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Hong Kong
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Kailua, Kona, Hawaii
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Kobe (for Kyoto)
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Mumbai
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Penang
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Puerto Montt
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Rio de Janeiro
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Sharm el Sheikh
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Sydney
• Cheap Cunard Cruises Whitsunday Islands

Cunard Line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, has a long and illustrious history. The line was founded in 1840 by Samuel Cunard, a businessman from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cunard applied for and received a contract from the British government to carry the Royal Mail from Britain to North America on a fleet of steamships that would maintain a weekly service. The first route was from Liverpool to Boston via Halifax, but the western terminus was soon moved to New York.

Throughout the 19th century, Cunard Line produced larger, faster and more luxurious ships. Their ships never pushed technological boundaries -- when a new technology was proved by other lines, Cunard adopted it. The line also could boast never having lost a life at sea due to failure of ship or seamanship.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Cunard applied for and received a subsidy from the British government to build a pair of ships that would not only be the largest in the world, but the fastest. The government agreed to the subsidy to keep the Cunard Line British at a time when J. P. Morgan, the American financier, was acquiring steamship companies in an attempt to form a trust. In return for the subsidy, Cunard Line agreed to permit their ships to be used as armed merchantmen in time of war. The two new liners, Mauretania and Lusitania, were one third larger than any existing ship and powered by turbine steam engines, a new technology. Mauretania was the slightly faster sister and quickly took the North Atlantic speed record (and held it for a record 22 years). She had a long, profitable career. Lusitania, on the other hand, was less fortunate. Continuing to carry passengers and cargo during World War I, she was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland.


Cunard's express liners carried three classes of passenger: first, second and steerage. First class was opulent, with public rooms imitative of the decor of country houses and hotels. Second class was comfortable and cheaper. Steerage was for immigrants. Even though immigrant fares were low, the volume of immigrants carried made this the most profitable class of passenger.

Between the world wars, Cunard fielded a fleet of three grand liners on the premier Southampton to New York run: Mauretania, Aquitania (a larger four-funnel ship that would sail for 35 years) and Berengaria, a former German liner (Imperator) that had been surrendered as war reparations.


In the late 1920's Cunard lay down plans for a pair of liners that would be capable of maintaining the weekly service between Southampton and New York. Construction was delayed by the Great Depression, but the British government issued loan guarantees on the condition that Cunard merge with its rival, White Star Line. Cunard-White Star Line launched Queen Mary in 1935 and Queen Elizabeth in 1939. Queen Mary won the speed record for the North Atlantic from the French liner Normandie and kept it for the next 16 years.

Both Queens and numerous smaller Cunard ships served with distinction as troop carriers during World War II. Winston Churchill credited the two Queens with shortening the war in Europe by a year, as they were able to transport 10,000 troops each trip -- without escort -- because of their speed.

After the war, Cunard resumed trans-Atlantic service with their Queens and a large fleet of smaller ships, including the notable Caronia, Cunard's first purpose-built cruise ship. With the arrival of the jet airplane, however, the profitability of line voyages between ports, of ship travel as transportation, declined. Cunard's ships began to lose money, and, one by one, they were withdrawn from service. Queen Mary was withdrawn in 1967 and sold to the City of Long Beach, California, to become a hotel and conference center. She remains there to this day, having been a shoreside attraction longer than she sailed the seas. Queen Elizabeth was withdrawn in 1968. She later burned in Hong Kong harbor, as she was fitting out to become a floating university.


In 1960, the British government agreed to lend Cunard money for the construction of a new liner on the condition that the ship could be requisitioned for national service in an emergency. Initially, an 80,000-ton Atlantic liner with accommodation in three classes was envisaged, but by 1965 the planned Q3 was replaced by a concept of a smaller ship of some 65,000 tons that could make Atlantic voyages -- but which was also well suited for cruises. Hence the Q4 design was born.

In 1967, Queen Elizabeth II launched Queen Elizabeth 2, named for the earlier ship, Queen Elizabeth. QE2, as she became known, made her maiden voyage in 1969, as a two-class ship for crossings and a one-class ship for cruises. To replace inefficient steamships, Cunard acquired two ships already being built, launched in 1971 and 1972 as Cunard Adventurer and Cunard Ambassador.

From the 1970's until the 1990's, Cunard Line passed through a series of owners that tried successively to build or buy running mates for QE2. The first was Trafalgar House, a properties investment company that acquired Cunard in 1971. They commissioned two new ships for the line, Cunard Countess and Cunard Princess (Cunard Ambassador was gutted by fire, and Cunard Adventurer was sold).

In 1982, the British government requisitioned QE2 to serve as a troopship in the Falklands campaign. Upon her return she was refurbished and returned to cruising.

In 1984, Cunard acquired Norwegian American Cruises and their highly regarded ships, Sagafjord and Vistafjord. In 1986, the line acquired Sea Goddess I and Sea Goddess II from Norske Cruises.

In 1987, QE2 was re-engined. Her trouble-prone, bulk oil guzzling steam turbines were removed and replaced with diesels. The improvements in fuel efficiency and reliability ensured the ship's survival.

In 1994, Cunard, by then a division of Norwegian conglomerate Kvaerner, acquired Royal Viking Sun, the last surviving ship of Royal Viking Line.

In 1998, Cunard was acquired by Carnival Cruises, which merged the management of Cunard with Seabourn, their other luxury brand. By that time, Cunard was down to two ships, QE2 and Vistafjord (later renamed Caronia). Carnival's chairman, Mickey Arison, had big plans for Cunard. With the deep pockets of Carnival Cruises behind them Cunard commissioned a new liner, one which would be superlative in every way.


The year 2004 was a momentous year in Cunard's history. In January, Queen Mary 2 -- the largest, longest, highest, and most expensive ship ever built -- was christened by Queen Elizabeth II and made her maiden voyage attended by worldwide media coverage. In May, Queen Mary 2 took over the North Atlantic liner service between Southampton and New York and became the flagship of Cunard Line. In that month QE2 was repositioned to make cruises out of Southampton for the British market. In November, QE2 became the longest serving ship in Cunard's history, and Caronia was sold.

And 2004 was momentous for another reason. As one of the Carnival family fleet of cruise lines, Cunard was later in the year moved under the Princess/P & O Cruises umbrella, where its operations will now be overseen by an almost entirely new staff (both onboard and on shore).

The year 2007 saw the inevitable happen as Cunard unveiled the sale of QE2 -- for $100 million to developers from Dubai, where the ship will be converted for use as a hotel. The venerable ship will sail its last voyage in November 2008. To retain a three-ship fleet, the company ordered its third Queen Elizabeth, a 90,000-ton ship that will be a sister vessel of Queen Victoria. Queen Elizabeth will enter service in 2010.

Under Carnival Corp. ownership, Cunard has adopted a much tighter focus. It only operates large ships that are British in feel and that fly the British flag. In design, both Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria capitalize on the long history of the company. Gone are the days of the 1980's and 1990's, when the Cunard name was blurred by sub-brands -- such as Cunard Sea Goddess, Cunard NAC and Cunard Crown -- that operated a mixed bag of ships in terms of size, age and ambiance.


Cunard cruise lines proudly displays this message on their website. With a heritage of luxury, Cunard has provided the ultimate in service and magnificence since 1840. When you're looking for a superior cruise experience, there is really no other choice but Cunard.

Originally, Cunard cruise lines' massive ships were floating palaces of splendor and pampering, surrounding guests with every comfort and elegance. Everyone who was anyone was drawn to Cunard cruise lines from world leaders to movie stars. Understanding that the journey was as much fun as the destination, these world travelers thrilled at the idea of sailing the world aboard ships designed in regal style.

Now you can do the same. Cunard cruise lines has evolved, but has not lost sight of what a cruise was originally intended to be: graceful, elaborate, fun-filled, carefree and extravagant. Just as many members of various royal families, along with the wealthy, heads of state, presidents and other world figures have done, you can now set sail onboard ships unmatched in grandeur.

Cunard Cruise Lines' Ships
Queen Mary 2 - The grandest, longest, fastest, most luxurious ship ever built, the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) has stretched the limits of imagination and magnificence with her size, stature, amenities and service.

Queen Victoria - Launched after the Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria boasts a three-tiered grand lobby with regal staircase reminiscent of Hollywood movies. She also offers over 1000 staterooms, 86% of which have ocean views.

Queen Elizabeth 2 - Predecessor to the Queen Mary 2, the Queen Elizabeth 2 has been home to the wealthy, celebrities and royalty. Originally commissioned as Queen Elizabeth in 1969, she was reengineered in 1987 and totally refurbished from bow to stern in 2001.

Sail to the Four Corners of the World
Famous for her transatlantic tours, Cunard cruise lines offers passage to destinations throughout the world. From the jungles of Brazil to the ever-popular Virgin Islands, you'll discover adventure beyond imagination. Scour the continents with trips to Europe, Scandinavia and Africa. Everyone must visit the Mediterranean at least once in their life. You can do it in royal style aboard one of Cunard cruise lines' opulent vessels.

Cunard cruise lines is continually offering special cruise packages. You'll get the most affordable pricing when you book online. Wherever in the world your sense of adventure takes you, go in style when you book passage on a Cunard ship.