The Queen Victoria will follow a westerly route around the globe that starts with a trans-Atlantic sailing to Bermuda and Fort Lauderdale before stops in the Caribbean and a transit through the Panama Canal to the Pacific Ocean. From there, the ship will sail along the West Coast of Mexico to San Francisco and then cross the Pacific to Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand and Australia.
Additional calls will explore parts of Asia including Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam as well as Sri Lanka and the Seychelles. Following visits to South Africa and Namibia, the ship will head north to the Canary Islands before returning to Southampton.
Overnight stays are planned for San Francisco, Sydney, Hong Kong and Cape Town.
Cunard pioneered the concept of around-the-world voyages nearly a century ago and has offered dozens of the trips over the years.
The 2019 sailing will open for bookings on Tuesday with fares for the full trip starting at $17,579 per person, based on double occupancy. Fares for passengers who board the sailing in Fort Lauderdale start at $15,799.
Cunard recently announced that the Queen Victoria will undergo a significant makeover later this year.
Cunard's Queen Victoria to get a Makeover
The nine-year-old Queen Victoria will enter a dry dock in early May for a month-long, $40 million makeover that includes the addition of new Britannia Club cabins.
Already available on Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth, Britannia Club cabins come with their own private restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They're considered a step up from the standard Britannia cabins that make up the largest segment of accommodations on Cunard ships.
The revamp of Queen Victoria will bring 43 of the new Britannia Club cabins. A new restaurant to serve passengers staying in the rooms will be added on Deck 2 in a space that currently houses the vessel's Chart Room bar.
As part of the makeover, a new Chart Room bar will be added on Deck 2 where the ship's Cafe Carinthia currently is located. The Chart Room will serve illy coffee, Godiva chocolate treats and light bites by day and cocktails by night.
Taking place at a Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo, Italy, the overhaul of Queen Victoria also will include a complete redesign of the ship's majestic Grand Suites and several Penthouses.
The Grand Suites, which carry the names Aquitania, Berengaria, Mauretania and Laconia suites, will boast a new color scheme with purple elements that ties to the line’s early history. Each of the suites will measure 1,436 square feet.
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