Marcia Levin recently completed a transatlantic cruise on Cunard’s Queen Victoria. The crossing has been completed. I spent a few days in the UK, and returned home Saturday. Laundry is done, my dry cleaning has been dropped off, and I will eventually go about the business of getting back to business. It was a good trip – one I thought long and hard about . I know I made the right choice. Queen Victoria is the quintessential …
Marcia Levin is sailing on Cunard’s Queen Victoria on a transatlantic cruise. At 12:15 this morning the Officer of the Watch issued an alarm. A fire was expected in the funnel, or the stack, the iconic Cunard red and black stack. All officers and crew were called to duty and the Captain, on the ship’s system, advised passengers of what had occurred and that he would get back to us. Soon an all clear was issued and …
Marcia Levin is sailing on Cunard’s Queen Victoria on a transatlantic cruise. I flew out of Bermuda on Sept. 10, 2001. My husband and I had attended a Board meeting and convention of the Society of American Travel Writers and were booked to fly home on Sept. 9. A hurricane warning closed the airport, but we were lucky enough to be rescheduled on Monday, Sept.10 ,when the hurricane bypassed the island. Everyone remembers where they were on …
Marcia Levin is currently sailing on Cunard’s Queen Victoria. This cruise or transatlantic sailing as been variously called an “‘Atlantic Homecoming” and an “Atlantic Odyssey.” Yesterday we called at Port Canaveral and early this morning we pulled into the port of Nassau, Bahamas. Charleston, S.C., was the original second port of call, but there was no room at the port, so Nassau was substituted. The term “homecoming” is apropos because so many of the officers and crew …
Marcia Levin is currently sailing on Cunard’s Queen Victoria Cunard’s Queen Victoria sailed last night (March 29) from Port Everglades. I boarded for the 16-day sailing which winds up in Southampton, the ship’s home port, on April 14. I have sailed on Queen Mary 2 twice, and several times on QE2. This is the middle sister, so to speak. Queen Mary 2 is the oldest, Queen Elizabeth came on line last fall and I toured her in …
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