QUEEN MARY 2
VITAL STATISTICS
LENGTH
SIZE
HEIGHT
WIDTH
CAPACITY
DRAFT
MAXIMUM SPEED
345 metres
151,400 tonnes (GRT)
62 metres above the water
41 metres (45 metres including bridge wings)
2620 guests plus 1253 crew
10 metres
30 knots or 55kmh
Built at a cost of US$800 million, Cunard’s 151,400-tonne flagship Queen Mary 2 is almost
twice as large as the original Queen Mary and more than double the size of the legendary
Queen Elizabeth 2.
The largest ship ever to visit Australia, the 345m Queen Mary 2 seamlessly combines a classic
British heritage with Cunard’s hallmarks of nostalgia, opulence and style, evident in sweeping
staircases, a grand ballroom and a 360° promenade deck.
A space ratio of over 57 tonnes (gross registered tonnage divided by guest capacity) per
passenger makes Queen Mary 2 one of the most spacious ships at sea, with room for 14 decks
of sports facilities, shops, lounges, bars, five pools, no fewer than 10 dining options and the
only planetarium afloat – Illuminations.
Almost 75 per cent of Queen Mary 2’s 1310 staterooms feature private balconies, while the
needs and whims of every two passengers are catered for by the attentive service of one staff
member.
Renowned artists were commissioned to produce more than 300 original works of art valued
at more than US$5 million for Queen Mary 2, which is also home to the Maritime Quest
exhibit tracing the history of Cunard and its Transatlantic heritage.
Launched in 2004, Queen Mary 2 is the world’s only liner offering regularly scheduled
Transatlantic crossings between New York and Southampton, as well as sailings to the
Caribbean, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean and world voyages. The liner was
refurbished in December 2011, with enhancements to all staterooms and suites as well as
many of its restaurants, lounges and bars.
Queen Mary 2 took home the top spot in the prestigious 2014 Berlitz Complete Guide to
Cruising and Cruise Ships “Large Resort Ship” category, with sister ships Queen Elizabeth and
Queen Victoria ranked second and third.
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Following the success of Queen Mary 2’s maiden Royal Circumnavigation of Australia in 2012
and New Zealand in 2013, Queen Mary 2 will undertake her second circumnavigation of
Australia in 2014. The voyage will generate an economic windfall around the country as she
visits eight different ports, with Australians able to sail on a full circumnavigation from
Fremantle, Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, which will all enjoy two visits from the liner.
In all, Queen Mary 2 will be in local waters for 36 days as she completes the circumnavigation,
visiting Fremantle (Feb 12, Mar 6) Melbourne (Feb 17, Mar 12) , Sydney (Feb 19, Mar 14) ,
Brisbane (Feb 21, Mar 16), the Whitsundays (Feb 23), Darwin (Feb 27) Bali (Mar 2) and
Adelaide (Mar 10).
Queen Mary 2’s 2014 Royal Circumnavigation is part of her seventh world voyage.
QUEEN MARY 2 FEATURES INCLUDE:
 1310 staterooms including 955 with private balcony cabins
 Ten different stateroom types including 171 junior suites, suites and penthouses as well as
two Grand Duplex apartments, each measuring 209sqm
 A spectacular six-storey Grand Lobby
 The largest library at sea, home to more than 8000 books
 The largest ballroom at sea
 A 1858sqm state-of-the-art Canyon Ranch spa spanning two decks and offering 24
treatment rooms
 More than ten restaurants and cafes including:
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The impressive 1347-seat three-storey Britannia Restaurant
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The 200-seat Queens Grill
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The 178-seat Princess Grill
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The fine-dining Todd English restaurant
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The Boardwalk Café
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The Golden Lion Club
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The informal 478-seat King’s Court for buffet style breakfast and lunch, which
transforms at night into four other dining options: La Piazza (Italian), Lotus (Asian), The
Carvery (British), and the Chef’s Galley (Demonstration Kitchen)
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 The first planetarium at sea, Illuminations
 14 bars and clubs
 8 different shops including boutiques from Chanel, Hermes and Dunhill
 4 outdoor swimming pools, including one with a retractable glass roof, and eight whirlpool
spas
 Sport facilities including two state-of-the-art golf simulators, a half-size basketball court,
putting green, quoits, shuffleboard, deck games, a giant chess board and a paddle tennis court.
DID YOU KNOW?
 Queen Mary 2 features 17 decks and reaches about 62m above the waterline, equal to the
height of a 23-storey building.
 At 345m long, Queen Mary 2 is:
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two-thirds the length of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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just 55m short of the entire length of Perth’s Narrow Bridge (400m)
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twice the length of AAMI’s stadium in Adelaide or as long as 20 Glenelg Historic Trams if
they were all lined up.
 Queen Mary 2 stretches almost four football fields in length and, if stood on her end,
would reach:
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about 40m higher than the tip of Sydney Tower
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about 47m higher than Central Park, Perth’s tallest building
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more than double the height of Adelaide’s tallest building, 135m Westpac House.
 Capable of carrying 2600 passengers and 1250 crew, Queen Mary 2 is a floating town just
smaller than the NSW south coast town of Merimbula (pop 4000), almost double the size
of WA’s Exmouth (pop 2000) and larger than the SA town of Coober Pedy (estimated pop
3500).
 There are more than 50 nationalities amongst the 1200 crew.
 The ship’s teak wrap-around Promenade Deck is almost 600m long.
 The Queen Mary 2 signs near the funnel are the largest illuminated ship name signs in
maritime history stretching 22m long and 2.4m high.
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 Queen Mary 2 offers wifi and GSM connectivity in all staterooms and key public areas so
that passengers on Transatlantic and world voyages can stay in touch with friends and
loved ones throughout their travels
 Queen Mary 2’s library is the largest at sea with more than 8000 hardbacks, 500
paperbacks, 200 audio books and 100 CD ROMs
 The three-deck high main dining room spans the full width of the ship and has a sweeping
central staircase perfect for the ultimate grand entrance
 Over a 40-year lifetime, Queen Mary 2 will travel the equivalent of 12 times to the moon
and back
 Queen Mary 2 has two huge 2.1m-long whistles, or horns, attached to the funnel. The
starboard (right hand side) whistle is an original from the first Queen Mary. The two
whistles sound a deep bass ‘A’ note and can be heard 16km away
 The ship has three 23-tonne anchors
 The ship’s engines produce enough thrust to launch a jumbo jet. There are four diesel
engines and two gas turbines. Each diesel engine is 12.5m long and weighs 217 tonnes
 Queen Mary 2 is one of the most technically advanced ships ever built. She has three
thrusters which allow the ship to turn in her own length in port without the use of tugs.
These thrusters produce twice the power of a conventional 100,000-tonne ship. A small
single joystick on the Bridge manoeuvres her sideways or at an angle
 Four locomotives, side by side, could fit into Queen Mary 2’s massive funnel, which is
13.4m by 6.7m at its widest point
 The ship has four stabilisers, each weighing 70 tonnes and extending 6.2m from the hull,
which together can reduce the ship’s roll by 90 per cent
 Since Cunard’s establishment in 1840 the company has launched more than 250 ships.
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CONSTRUCTION OF QUEEN MARY 2
 Some 300,000 pieces of steel were cut and welded into blocks in specialised workshops
 Queen Mary 2’s hull is made up of 94 steel blocks (made from 580 panels), some of which
weigh more than 600 tonnes, involving some 1500kms of welding
 Her hull weighs 50,000 tonne (not to be confused with her gross tonnage of 151,400)
 She took two years to construct (2002-2004).
FOOD & BEVERAGES
 Almost 16,000 meals are consumed onboard each day
 700 English scones are served at High Tea each afternoon
 3.3kg of Russian caviar and 73kg of lobster are consumed each day
 Nearly a quarter of a million corks are popped on wine and champagne bottles aboard the
ship each year. If lined up, these would stretch to the top of Mt Everest
 344 bottles of champagne are consumed each day
 460 eggs and 1200 litres of milk are consumed each day
 Onboard baking requires nearly 8000 industrial size flour bags a year, which if stacked,
would make a pile almost five times higher than Sydney Tower
 The Queen Mary 2 uses almost 7000 boxes of strawberries each year
 Annual tea consumption onboard the Queen Mary 2 would fill an Olympic size swimming
pool – 6000 cups of tea are served daily
 More than 8000 linen napkins are used and laundered each day while 87,000 pieces of
china and glassware are used in the dining areas each day.
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QUEEN MARY 2 HAS:
 1072 deck chairs
 2500kms of electrical cable
 500kms of ducts, mains and pipes
 2000 bathrooms
 234,000sqm of carpet
 3000 telephones
 5000 stairs
 5000 fire detectors
For more information visit www.cunardline.com.au or call 13 24 41 for reservations within
Australia.
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