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CRUISE PICTORIAL
QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 IN THE CARIBBEAN |
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When Queen Elizabeth 2 was the flagship of the Cunard Line, she would carry the flag into the Caribbean for one or more voyages each year. Typically, these cruises began and ended in New York City. During the 1990s and up until the flag was transferred to Queen Mary 2 in 2004, QE2 would usually do one cruise in the Spring just after her world cruise, one in the Fall and a Christmas cruise to the Caribbean.
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QE2 would usually stop at Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale), Florida to pick up additional passengers and provision. In the beginning, there was only one cruise terminal (left). Later, the port evolved into the massive cruise center that it is today. Below: Grand Princess and other cruise ships in Port Everglades from QE2 in 2001.
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In the late 1990s, the Florida port of call shifted to Miami for a few years. However, the Florida port shifted back to being Fort Lauderdale following Carnival Corporation's purchase of Cunard.
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St. Thomas USVI. was always on the itinerary. At that time, most cruise ships docked at the Havensight cruise terminal. But since QE2 had too deep a draft for that faculty and since the Crown Bay cruise terminal had yet to be built, QE2 would anchor off the mouth of Charlotte Amalie harbor and tender passengers ashore.
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QE2 was not the only ship that had to anchor outside the harbor. Occasionally, the SS Norway, formerly the ocean liner SS France, would be anchored nearby.
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