Arrival of the QUEEN VICTORIA 22 December

QUEEN VICTORIA arriving Lisbon this morning on her Christmas and New Year's cruise in poor weather and heavy winds. She berthed at Alcântara and sails at 5PM with AURORA.

Chegada do QUEEN VICTORIA esta manhã no cruzeiro de Natal e Ano Novo, sob mau tempo. O navio larga pelas 17h00 com o AURORA.

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QUEEN VICTORIA leaving Lisbon

QUEEN VICTORIA departing from Lisbon on 2 December 2009, the sunny evening light showing off her good looks and perfect livery... Not the same as the old QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 but anyway a nice sight in Lisbon waterfront.

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QUEEN VICTORIA in Lisbon 24-12-2007

The new Cunard cruise ship QUEEN VICTORIA on her first call to Lisbon on 24th December 2007
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LOOKING INTO THE QV

Cunard has just introduced another QUEEN to their fleet: the Italian built QUEEN VICTORIA, a ship set to replace the veteran QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 due to retire from active service next November. A new ship based on the ZUIDERDAM class of Holland America Line, and a near sister of the P&O ARCADIA, the QUEEN VICTORIA looks a scaled down QM2 in terms of interiors: a conservative look of British interior design style as seen by the American based Carnival Corporation. What a difference from the British superliners of the sixties, the ORIANA, CANBERRA and QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 in her original form, with their trend setting very modern interiors. The new Cunarder is a nostalgic ship, her interiors looking like the original QUEENs of 1936 and 1940, and those ships were already very conservative when introduced.
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