Queen Mary 2 in Fremantle, Australia today - 18th Feb 2020

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Due to the Coronavirus the Queen Mary 2 is no longer visiting Hong Kong and has come to Fremantle and spending overnight in town and then will set sail from Fremantle on 19 February for an Australian itinerary, as follows:
 

Monday 24 February - Darwin, Australia

Tuesday 25 February - Darwin, Australia

Saturday 29 February - Yorkeys Knob, Australia

Following Yorkeys Knob the ship will sail to Airlie Beach on her original schedule, after which the voyage remains unchanged.

 

This info from the Cunard website: https://www.cunard.com/en-gb/contact-us/travel-health-advisories

 

 

[Laurostar]

Looks like its not the only Cunarder coming to Fremantle with the Fremantle Ports Cruise Ship Schedule showing a new update today that Queen Elizabeth is booked to  now arrive in Fremantle on 27/4/20 overnighting and then out on 28/4 destination unknown, but looks like the Alaska season is being scrapped and probably heading back to the UK, suspect via Colombo and Suez.

QE was supposed to be leaving Melbourne on 5 March 2020 for Singapore, Japan and then on to Alaska so looks like the Cunard/Carnival schedulers have been absolutely working overtime with all these changes to QM2, now looks like making substantial changes with QE and the arrival of Sapphire Princess in Fremantle from 1 May 2020 for a series of 8 visits.

This will probably mean that Cunard will extend their Australian season for QE from 5 March until late April 2020.

Going to be a few bargain basement sales in the next few weeks to quit all this this inventory.

The cruise companies must be in a world of pain right now.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

 

 

[Laurostar]

As per the main Cunard Board, The Captain of QE has just announced to all pax that itinerary of QE will be changed such that it will not now be going to Asia and Japan on route to Alaska. It will be staying in Australian and New Zealand waters for an extended period and will be doing a Tasmania and a couple of New Zealand cruises and then finishing with a 28 day circumnavigation of Australia before then crossing the Pacific to Vancouver.

 

The bookings of 27 and 27 April at Fremantle that appeared yesterday  are part of the circumnavigation cruise.

 

Apparently the bookings for these new cruises open 21/2/20.

[MicCanberra]

Wow, good news for Aussies cruises.