Cunard Queen Elizabeth is BACK!

After 31 months, there is finally a Cunard ship back in Australian waters! On Monday 7 November, Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia. -- ✓ Ethical & Green Cruise Merch: https://chrisframeofficial.teemill.com ✓ Cunard History: https://www.chriscunard.com/ ✓ QM2 leaves Fremantle 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8muLLdmqKDU ✓ Out Cunard Books: https://www.chriscunard.com/books -- The last Cunard ship was Queen Mary 2, which arrived, and departed Fremantle in March 2020 when cruising was brought to a halt by the cruise pause. QE’s arrival here is at the end of a voyage that originated in Europe, with the ship having cruised through various Asian ports on her way towards Australia. This also makes Queen Elizabeth the first cruise ship of international origin to visit Western Australia since the early days of the pandemic. Queen Elizabeth will commence a new Australian season, cruising first from Fremantle to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, before commencing a long Aussie-voyage that will take in multiple ports, returning to Fremantle in December. The 92,000 ton ship will then have an extended season of Australian and New Zealand cruises, helping to reinstate the popular cruise seasons that Cunard had enjoyed in local waters prior to the pandemic. Long term subscribers to my channel will remember that I was aboard Queen Mary 2 back in March 2020 when the cruise pause came into effect. The ship docked in Fremantle where the 2020 world cruise was abruptly ended, as the world started to shut down. Queen Mary 2 sailed back to the UK with her crew aboard, as well as a handful of passengers who were unable to fly back to Europe. At the same time, Queen Elizabeth was sailing on the east coast of Australia, with her final 2020 voyage ending in Sydney. The ship then sailed to anchorage off Gladstone, Queensland, before repositioning to the Philippines where she remained for several months. QE ultimately returned to the UK and waited out the pandemic alongside her sisters QM2 and Queen Victoria. Australian cruising resumed in May 2022 and gradually cruise ships from multiple international cruise lines have started returning to Australian ports. Queen Elizabeth’s arrival is a welcome sight for the West Australian tourism industry, with estimates putting the value of a large cruise ship visit at over $500,000 for the local economy. This includes passenger spending, shore excursions, taxis, hotel costs and also provisioning, where food and wine is brought aboard the ship from local merchants. Before I go, did you know we now have a range of ethical cruise clothing at our merch store? We have a summer and winter range that are perfect for your next cruise – so check it out on the merch shelf or via the link in the description. Be sure to subscribe to the channel for more updates from Queen Elizabeth’s Aussie season, and until next time, I hope to sea you on board. -- Thumbnail Alert & Arrow Icon: Jesse Pinkman CC. BY. Attribution via The Noun Project / Adobe Spark Music: YouTube Audio #cunard #cruisenews #queenelizabeth #fremantle #australia #cruise #cruiseship