Howdy from Southampton and from Cunard’s new Queen Anne cruise ship, the fourth ship to hitch this basic British cruise line’s fleet and the 249th ship to sail underneath the Cunard flag.
Cunard has been working for 184 years and is among the world’s most historic cruise traces. All its ships are named after former British monarchs, with Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria already in service.
And the 14-deck, 3,000-passenger Queen Anne is the road’s first new ship in 14 years.
My video takes on this world class vessel’s swimming pools, promenade deck and sweeping staircases in addition to one of many poshest suites on board, which comes with its personal butler and unique restaurant.
Queen Anne oozes with understated opulence and the movie begins in entrance of its iconic funnel earlier than exploring the 2 fundamental swimming pools (one has a retractable glass roof) in addition to its promenade deck and basic deck video games.
Queen Anne, which has a most pace of 40.7kph (25mph), can carry 3,000 passengers
MailOnline Journey’s Jo Kessel (above) spends the night time on Queen Anne forward of her maiden voyage to Lisbon
Jo’s room is a Queens Grill suite (above), one of many ship’s most prestigious and sought-after cabins
Jo says her room (above) ‘has the texture of a non-public residence and comes with its personal butler, luxurious bathtub tub and posh Penhaligon toiletries’
The place of Jo’s room in the back of the ship ‘offers it a fantastically huge and deep balcony’
There’s quoits, a placing inexperienced and a state-of-the-art pickleball courtroom, a nod to the truth that that is at present the fastest-growing sport within the UK, in addition to the U.S.
The footage then strikes to the ship’s Grand Foyer, which harks again to the golden age of cruising with its Artwork Deco design and chic, sweeping staircases.
The foyer has a brand new design idea known as the ‘Cupboard of Curiosities’, which has a show of collector’s gadgets and artefacts, together with reproduction royal rings and tiaras. There’s even one in all Princess Diana’s notorious sapphire engagement ring, now worn by Kate.
And Queen Anne has numerous different elegant, conventional touches, from the pink uniforms worn by its bellhops to its drawing room and library.
The Pavilion – an area that includes a swimming pool in addition to a central stage and enormous LED display screen for open-air theatre
Jo meets Cunard’s first-ever feminine captain, Inger Thorhauge (left), who hails from the Faroe Islands, and one of many conventional bellhops
Jo places her {golfing} expertise to the check on Queen Anne, which she says ‘oozes understated opulence’
Queens Grill suite company have their very own unique restaurant (known as the Queens Grill), which is the top of positive eating at sea, says Jo. She enjoys duck liver parfait; lobster bisque; celeriac and apple salad; grilled south-coast lemon sole (left); vanilla cheesecake and eventually a cheeseboard
Having launched so many iconic Queens it’s becoming that Cunard is now welcoming its first-ever feminine captain, Inger Thorhauge, who hails from the Faroe Islands. It was an absolute honour to satisfy her.
One other honour was spending the night time in a Queens Grill suite, one of many ship’s most prestigious and sought-after cabins. It has the texture of a non-public residence and comes with its personal butler, luxurious bathtub tub and posh Penhaligon toiletries. And its place in the back of the ship offers it a fantastically huge and deep balcony.
Queens Grill suite company have their very own unique restaurant (known as the Queens Grill), which is the top of positive eating at sea. On the menu is a six-course feast and the meals’s so excellent that I order each course out there: duck liver parfait; lobster bisque; celeriac and apple salad; grilled south-coast lemon sole; vanilla cheesecake and eventually the cheeseboard. It’s exhausting to maneuver afterwards, but it surely’s price each scrumptious chew.
Subsequent, the movie seems at a few of the ship’s dazzling bars, which have all been designed within the spherical to make them really feel extra sociable. One of many line’s flagship venues is its ‘Queens Room’ – all 4 of Cunard’s ships have one – and Michelin-star chef Michel Roux occurs to be within the one on Queen Anne whereas I’m there. He’s begun a brand new partnership with Cunard, which has seen him design a few of its menus. He may even have his personal pop-up restaurant on board.
Within the video, he talks about how necessary good components are and the way Cunard places plenty of thought and time into sourcing superior meals.
The video’s finale is all about leisure, from stay music to an formidable and brilliantly-staged full-length manufacturing of Noel Coward’s play Temporary Encounter within the line’s first-ever two-deck theatre. This present embraces all the things Queen Anne is about – it’s elegant, refined and likes to let down its hair. And there’s no higher option to finish a day on board than with a late-night boogie.
The write stuff: Jo’s movie showcases the luxurious library on the ship, which arrived within the UK for the primary time this week
Queen Anne is the 249th ship to sail underneath the Cunard flag and the fourth ship to hitch Cunard’s present fleet
All through her maiden season, Queen Anne will sail from Southampton on itineraries to the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, the Canary Islands and the Norwegian Fjords.
She units sail at the moment for Lisbon, Portugal. Go to www.cunard.co.uk.
For extra movies from Jo go to her YouTube channel Go along with Jo.
Michel Roux, who owned the two-Michelin-starred restaurant Le Gavroche in London, has developed an unique gala menu for the Queens Grill restaurant and a brand new menu for Queen Anne’s pub, the Golden Lion (above)
Inside of the Grand Foyer on board Queen Anne. She options the most important curated assortment of artwork at sea, with 4,000 items of artwork by painters, photographers and illustrators adorning her decks
Company can get pleasure from sea views from the Panorama Pool Membership (above) – which includes a central pool and whirlpools
Cunard’s brand-new ship, Queen Anne, has entered UK waters for the primary time, making a grand entrance into her house port of Southampton
