The 2009 World Cruise

[Michael Gallagher]

The World Cruise that never was - from an unpublished brochure

[Brandon Sterkel]

Wow! I can't believe that a document like this actually exists!

Looking at this makes me think of what could have happened had the ship not been sold to Dubai. Most likely, had this voyage occurred, I would have made the trip out to Los Angeles to see the ship in person.

Thank you for sharing this document with us, Michael!

[Michael Gallagher]

The most interesting thing is that it ended in Southampton on 2 May 2009 - the 40th anniversary of her first departure for New York. We did have brief conversations about repeating the crossing (2 - 7 May) for the anniversary which would have made it the fastest crossing since 1996 and the fastest of the 21st Century - a record that could have stood for decades!

[Thomas Hypher]

Ah the usual placeholder Latin!

[Trevor Harris]

Too bad it didn’t happen for QE2. What fun it would have been!

[June Ingram]

Thanks, Michael.

And the fact that there were plans indicates that it should have happened ! 

[Twynkle]

Too bad it didn’t happen for QE2. What fun it would have been!

In some way though, Trevor - QE2 did have rather a good World Cruise in 2009
and yes, it was great fun...until the navigator got lost!
(By the way - this link / subject has been highly 'off topic' for a long, long time.)
https://www.theqe2story.com/forum/index.php/topic,88.0.html#lastPost