October 21, 2026 — Cunard, part of Carnival Corporation, has released its October 2028 to May 2029 program: 93 voyages to 104 destinations in 49 countries. The season ends with Queen Mary 2’s 500th transatlantic crossing, and includes the line’s first transatlantic departure from Liverpool since 2015.
Highlights by ship
| Ship | What is on sale |
|---|---|
| Queen Mary 2 | Season ends with the 500th Transatlantic Crossing, a 21-night round trip from New York (exact date TBA). Guests can also board in Hamburg, Southampton or Liverpool. Also: Caribbean sailings from Southampton and New York with overnights in Bridgetown and Philipsburg, a 14-night Norway and Northern Lights cruise, and a 14-night Western Mediterranean cruise that can be booked as a 29-night round trip from New York. |
| Queen Victoria | From Southampton: Scandinavia, Northern Europe, the Norwegian fjords, Spain, Portugal, Morocco and the Canary Islands, including a February sailing with an overnight in Oslo and a Scandinavian voyage with overnights in Copenhagen and Oslo. |
| Queen Elizabeth | Sails Barcelona to Miami, then four 14-night Caribbean voyages from Miami, including Thanksgiving and Christmas sailings and a New Year’s Eve sailing with fireworks in St. Thomas. Also a 115-night World Voyage round trip from Southampton, also bookable from Miami, with Auckland and Wellington (first New Zealand calls in four years) and overnights in Cape Town, Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney. |
| Queen Anne | 86-night South America Discovery voyage in 2029 from Southampton (also 90 nights from Hamburg or 60 nights round trip from Miami), with an overnight in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. |
New ports: seven first-time calls, including Praia, Cape Verde (Cunard’s first ever), Fort-de-France and Nawiliwili for Queen Elizabeth, and San Juan, St. Thomas, Castries and Colón for Queen Anne.
Booking dates
- Cunard World Club members: 9 a.m. Eastern, November 3, 2026.
- General sale: 9 a.m. Eastern, November 4, 2026.
- Cunard Fare bookings made by December 16, 2026, get a 10% introductory saving.
What it means for airline travelers
- Liverpool is a new option for the crossing. If you are coming from North America, compare flights into Manchester (MAN) or Liverpool (LPL) with the usual London airports for Southampton. Exact sailing dates are TBA, so wait for them before booking flights.
- A transatlantic crossing is one-way unless you take the round trip, so you will need a flight on one end. One-way travel works well on standby, but Europe-bound flights can be full in peak periods; leave a buffer day before embarkation.
- Queen Elizabeth’s Caribbean season and the Queen Anne South America option use Miami, which has many nonstop flights from across the U.S. and Europe.
- Cunard did not mention travel-industry or interline rates for this release.
Sources
- PR Newswire (Cunard), “Queen Mary 2 to Make History in Liverpool on Landmark 500th Transatlantic Crossing as Cunard Unveils 93 New Voyages“
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