British cruise line Cunard, a subsidiary of Carnival Corp., has extended its pause in operations until spring 2021, according to a release.<\/p>\n
“After very careful consideration and reviewing the latest guidance, we simply do not feel it would be sensible to start sailing again with our current schedule so we have reviewed future itineraries,”\u00a0Simon Palethorpe, president of Cunard, said in the release.<\/p>\n
Cunard’s three ships, the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Victoria, all have different restart dates.<\/p>\n
The Queen Mary 2 is scheduled to sail again on April 18 and the Queen Victoria won’t sail until May 16. \u00a0And although the Queen Elizabeth’s operational pause ends March 25, the vessel\u00a0won’t sail any of its scheduled itineraries.<\/p>\n
“Queen Elizabeth\u00a0has returned to the U.K. and with ongoing uncertainty over the re-opening of many ports and countries, it is sadly not practical to continue her planned itineraries for 2021,”\u00a0Palethorpe said in the release. “Therefore, in addition to the pause in operations, all of\u00a0Queen Elizabeth’s\u00a0sailings due to depart between\u00a0March 26, 2021, and\u00a0December 13, 2021, in and around\u00a0Australia,\u00a0Japan\u00a0and\u00a0Alaska, will be canceled.”<\/p>\n
Instead, the Queen Elizabeth will have a new schedule.<\/p>\n
The canceled voyages are to be replaced by shorter European-centric trips around Cornwall in southwestern England, the Scottish Isles and\u00a0the west coast of Ireland There will also be trips to Amsterdam with an overnight in the city and trips to other European destinations including Spain’s Iberian coast and Norway.\u00a0All the new itineraries vary from three to 14 nights and will depart from Southampton beginning at the end of March.<\/p>\n
The line has made changes to the itineraries for Queen Elizabeth’s sister ships as well.<\/p>\n
“Additionally, recognizing the immense disappointment of those on board\u00a0Queen Mary\u00a02’s curtailed World Voyage this year, and the cancellation of her World Voyage in 2021, we are delighted that\u00a0Queen Mary\u00a02 will sail a classic World Voyage in 2022,”\u00a0Palethorpe said.\u00a0“This will replace her scheduled sailings departing\u00a0Jan, 3, 2022\u00a0to\u00a0April 3, 2022, \u00a0including the voyage to\u00a0South America.”<\/p>\n
The 118-night voyage will depart from New York City and will stop at ports around the globe including Hong Kong, Greece, Dubai and Sri Lanka among others.<\/p>\n
The cruise line, which had previously suspended operations until November, announced the further extension of their suspension in accordance with guidance from the U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) on the complexity of operating world voyages, Cunard said.\u00a0The FCO’s travel advice posted on their website currently advises against cruise ship travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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