Articles and an update

They did make it back onto the ship in Cairns/Port Douglas.
Mom said she hopes to have a few days ready for the blog either today or tomorrow...

Their friend Roscoe (who gave them a tour of Auckland, his home town, and will be boarding the ship in Singapore) sent them a link to this article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Stirling and Clare are quoted in the article.

More articles:

• Aussie pilot to guide Queen Victoria through the Great Barrier

• Queen Vic's great, but...

• Queen Victoria's onboard cuisine gets tweaked according to port's fresh offerings

• A royal rendezvous for Cunard queens in Sydney

• Queen Victoria rules the waves
  

• She rules the waves
  
  
• Queen Victoria's big meals on the high seas
  

"Three Seafaring Queens Spend a Day in New York"

Sunday night, the Queen Victoria left New York carrying 3,000 bottles of Champagne and more than 2,000 lobsters, “all of which,” Ms. Marlow said, “are expected to be consumed before the end of the month.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/nyregion/14ships.html?

"3 Queens for a Day in NY Spectacular"

The NY Post published this tidbit today:

"A Shore Thing"
There will be a meeting of the queens by the Statue of Liberty today when ocean liners Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Victoria convene between Battery Park and Liberty Island, where a 7 p.m. fireworks show will mark the historic occasion. This also marks a changing of the aquatic guard as Queen Victoria was christened at the end of 2007 and Queen Elizabeth 2 will be removed from service at the end of 2008. For more info, go to www.cunard.com.

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The NY Post also published this article on December 25th:

"3 Queens for a Day in NY Spectacular"
December 25, 2007 -- The three Cunard Queen ships - the Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth 2 and the new Queen Victoria - are expected to meet in the waters off lower Manhattan next month, with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop and a fireworks spectacular celebrating the event....

The Queen Victoria was christened Dec. 10 in Southampton, England, by Prince Charles' wife, Camilla Parker Bowles. It will embark Jan. 6 on a three-month, around-the-world cruise, including a trans-Atlantic crossing with the QE2.

After the Victoria and QE2 arrive in New York, they will rendezvous with the QM2, which homeports in Brooklyn.

The Queen Elizabeth 2 is expected to be retired from service later next year. Cunard is building a new Queen Elizabeth for a 2010 launching.

Thanks to Sharon B. for letting us know about today's article!