Luxury line Cunard this summer season will introduce pre- and post-Alaska cruise add-on excursions aboard the long-lasting Rocky Mountaineer prepare. The multi-day excursions are provided to friends crusing on Queen Elizabeth’s Alaska voyages beginning with early June departures.
All Aboard Rocky Mountaineer
Two well-known journey manufacturers will come collectively in the summertime of 2024 when Cunard groups up with the posh Rocky Mountaineer prepare to supply a collection of add-on rail excursions to cruisers crusing aboard Queen Elizabeth. The Vista-class ship, carrying 2,092 friends, will cruise roundtrip from Vancouver, B.C., on 7- to 12-day voyages alongside the Alaskan coast.
Guests can select a 4-night pre-cruise rail journey or a 3-night post-cruise tour, relying on the sail date. The pre-cruise possibility travels westbound from Vancouver to Banff, whereas the post-cruise journey heads east to Calgary.
Matt Gleaves, VP Commercial, Cunard, North America, mentioned, ”We are excited to companion with Rocky Mountaineer so our passengers can benefit from the spectacular surroundings and Alaskan wildlife within the utmost of luxurious each by land and by sea.”
A High-End Rail Itinerary Awaits
The Rocky Mountaineer prepare affords a high-end expertise and is the one passenger rail service on the western Canadian rail routes provided with the Cunard cruise.
Guests will take pleasure in expansive views from the prepare’s glass-domed home windows as they move by mountains, lakes, canyons and different surroundings. Cunard friends who guide the journey will obtain the prepare’s GoldLeaf Service, which incorporates connoisseur delicacies and full bar service.
Queen Elizabeth’s 7-night cruises name at Sitka, Juneau and Ketchikan, and her 12-night crusing visits these ports and provides Hubbard Glacier, Haines, Glacier Bay National Park, Tracy Arm Fjord and Ice Strait Point.
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The 11-night cruise visits the identical locations because the 12-night aside from Hubbard Glacier and Haines, whereas the 10-night crusing visits Hubbard Glacier, Skagway, Glacier Bay National Park, Juneau and Ketchikan.
Onboard Enrichment Programs for Guests
On Queen Elizabeth, which entered service in 2010, friends will journey and work together with specialists from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and well-known maritime archeologist and explorer Mensun Bound.
Three service-level stateroom classes are provided on Queen Elizabeth – Britannia, Princess Grill and Queens Grill.
Cunard operates three ships, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria. A fourth ship, Queen Anne, is underneath building at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Italy and is because of enter service in 2024. Her maiden voyage is tentatively set for May 3, 2024, roundtrip from Southampton, with port calls in Lisbon and La Coruna, Portugal.
The line is celebrating two 100-year anniversaries: The profitable conclusion of Cunard’s first world voyage, aboard the RMS Laconia in 1922, and the introduction {of professional} photographers onboard its ships. The latter is the topic of the “Sea Views” exhibition debuting this yr.
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