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A Royal Rendezvous With Cunard As Queen Mary 2 Celebrates Her 10th Birthday

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<br><div class="post-entry" style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/cunard-three-queens-may-9.png" href="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/cunard-three-queens-may-9.png" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5381" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/cunard-three-queens-may-9.png?w=1210&amp;h=548" src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/cunard-three-queens-may-9.png?w=1210&amp;h=548" alt="Cunard Three Queens May 9" width="605" height="274" originalw="605" originalh="274" src-orig="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/cunard-three-queens-may-9.png?w=605&amp;h=274" scale="2" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 5px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;"></a></p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">Cunard will celebrate the 10<sup style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">th</sup>&nbsp;anniversary of the line’s flagship, Queen Mary 2, on Friday 9 May 2014 with the arrival of the whole three-ship fleet in Southampton. This will be a rare occasion to see Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth together, and Southampton will be the only place in the world to have hosted the Three Queens three times.</p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">The ships will arrive together at first light to begin a day of spectacular celebration, with an early morning Birthday Salute, a special reception and lunch on board Queen Mary 2 for invited guests in the presence of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, and a spectacular fireworks send-off in the evening before Queen Mary 2 leads the three ships in convoy down Southampton Water.</p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">Key local timings for the day are as follows:</p><h4 style="line-height: 1em; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Three Ships Arrival: 5.00 – 5.30am</span></h4><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/three-ships-arrival-cunard-may-2014.png" href="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/three-ships-arrival-cunard-may-2014.png" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5382" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/three-ships-arrival-cunard-may-2014.png?w=1210&amp;h=822" src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/three-ships-arrival-cunard-may-2014.png?w=1210&amp;h=822" alt="Three Ships Arrival Cunard May 2014" width="605" height="411" originalw="605" originalh="411" src-orig="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/three-ships-arrival-cunard-may-2014.png?w=605&amp;h=411" scale="2" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 5px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;"></a></p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">Sister ships Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria will take the lead up Southampton Water, followed by a fire tug with water jets to herald the arrival of birthday girl Queen Mary 2.</p><h4 style="line-height: 1em; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Three Queens Birthday Salute: 5.30 – 5.45am</span></h4><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">As Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria take a bow-to-bow position just 30 metres apart by the Queen Elizabeth II terminal, Queen Mary 2 will slowly sail past her sister ships. As a 10<sup style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">th</sup>Birthday Salute, “Happy Birthday” rendered on ships’ whistles will sound out across the water and 10,000 balloons will be released from the Pavilion Pool on Queen Mary 2’s top deck.</p><h4 style="line-height: 1em; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Three Queens move to their berths for the day: 6.00 – 6.30am</span></h4><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">After the Birthday Salute, Queen Mary 2 will continue on to Ocean Terminal where she will be based for HRH The Duke of Edinburgh’s visit. Queen Victoria will sail from Queen Elizabeth II Terminal to City Terminal, and Queen Elizabeth will move into her final position at Queen Elizabeth II Terminal.</p><h4 style="line-height: 1em; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Three Ship Formation: 8pm – 9.30pm</span></h4><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a data-cke-saved-href="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/three-ships-formation-cunard-may-2014.png" href="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/three-ships-formation-cunard-may-2014.png" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-5383" data-cke-saved-src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/three-ships-formation-cunard-may-2014.png?w=1210&amp;h=618" src="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/three-ships-formation-cunard-may-2014.png?w=1210&amp;h=618" alt="Three Ships Formation Cunard May 2014" originalw="605" width="605" height="309" originalh="308" src-orig="http://cruisemiss.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/three-ships-formation-cunard-may-2014.png?w=605&amp;h=308" scale="2" style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 5px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;"></a></p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">At 8.00pm, with all passengers embarked, Queen Elizabeth will move down the berth at Queen Elizabeth II Terminal while Queen Victoria sails from City Terminal to take up position behind her, so that the sister ships are bow-to-stern just 30 metres apart. Then at 9.30pm, Queen Mary 2 will reverse out of her berth by Ocean Terminal and will hold her position in the water, creating a curved array of the Three Queens, ready for the first fusillade of fireworks.</p><h4 style="line-height: 1em; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Queen Mary 2’s 10<sup style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">th</sup>&nbsp;Anniversary Fireworks: 10pm- 10.10pm</span></h4><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">In a 10 minute display – one minute for each of Queen Mary 2’s 10 magnificent years – the night sky will be lit up by spectacular fireworks, fired from the Hythe side of the river opposite Queen Elizabeth II Terminal, as the grand finale to a very special day.</p><h4 style="line-height: 1em; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.5em; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Three Ships Departure: 10.15pm approx</span></h4><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">As the climatic fireworks explode overhead, Queen Mary 2 will make ready to lead the way down Southampton Water, followed by Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria.</p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;">Public viewing vantage points to be part of Queen Mary 2’s special 10<sup style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">th</sup>&nbsp;Anniversary fireworks are Town Quay, Mayflower Park and Hythe Marina.</p><p style="line-height: inherit; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 1.6em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><br></p></div>
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