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Cunard's Queen Mary 2 to Draw Crowds when She Arrives in Sydney This Afternoon
The largest ship to ever visit Australia, Cunard’s magnificent Queen Mary 2, is expected to turn heads in Sydney this evening when she makes a spectacular afternoon arrival.
Queen Mary 2 is expected through Sydney Heads about 5pm and will make her way up the harbour to dock at Garden Island Naval Base at Woolloomooloo around 6.30pm.
Now halfway through her 101-day world voyage, Queen Mary 2 is making a rare overnight call in Sydney and will leave the city at midnight tomorrow night (Monday March 8) bound for Adelaide.
Measuring 345 metres long and reaching 62 metres above the water, the elegant ocean liner is two-thirds the length of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and taller than the Bridge’s road deck.
The 151,400-tonne Queen Mary 2 can carry up to 2620 guests, with her visit set to pour more than $1 million into Sydney’s economy through passenger and crew spending and port charges.
“What better way to spend a glorious Sunday afternoon on Sydney Harbour than watching Queen Mary 2 make her entrance into Sydney,” Ann Sherry, CEO of Carnival Australia, which represents Cunard Line, said.
The magnificent Queen Mary 2 will return to Sydney on her fourth world voyage next year, and will meet her brand new sister, the elegant Queen Elizabeth, for a Royal Rendezvous on Sydney Harbour on February 22, 2011, which is expected to attract thousands of Sydneysiders.
Fares on Queen Mary 2’s 2011 world voyage start from $3169 per person twin share for 17 nights sailing from Cape Town to Sydney.
Launched in 2004 and renowned for her elegance and refinement, Queen Mary 2 has created a new golden age of ocean liner travel. She boasts 10 restaurants, five pools, the biggest ballroom at sea, the largest library at sea and the world’s first floating planetarium.
More than 16,000 meals are consumed each day aboard Queen Mary 2 including 73kg of lobster and 3.3kg of Russian caviar along with 344 bottles of champagne and 6000 cups of tea. Annual tea consumption aboard Queen Mary 2 would fill an Olympic-size swimming pool.
The ship’s huge 2.1 metre-long whistles – one an original whistle from the first Queen Mary – can be heard 16 kilometres away.
For more information on Queen Mary 2 and her world voyage visit www.cunardline.com.au
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