In
the course of the flagship’s 200 Transatlantic
Crossings, Cunard estimates that passengers have consumed:
- 8.4 million cups of tea
- 980,000 scones
- 481,000 bottles of champagne
- 644,000 eggs
- 960,000 litres of milk
In
total, Queen Mary 2 has served 22.4 million meals
and sailed over 600,000 nautical miles during her first
200 Crossings. These figures do not take into
account her annual World Cruise or her sailings to the Canaries,
Fjords, Iceland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, around
Britain, up to Montreal and Quebec in Canada, or among the Caribbean
islands.
That’s
a lot of cruise food consumption!
Looking
at Cunard’s earlier vessels, Queen Mary (1936 –
1967) crossed the Atlantic 1,001 times; Queen Elizabeth (1940
– 1968) crossed 896 times; and Queen Elizabeth 2 (1969
– 2008) crossed 812 times.
Transatlantic
Crossings aboard Queen
Mary 2 offer time
to leisurely explore the ship’s extensive on board amenities and
activities, including lectures through the award-winning Cunard
Insights programme;
stargazing in the only planetarium at sea; white-gloved afternoon
tea served
in the Queens Room or a spin around the dance floor during a Royal
Nights themed ball; taking in a performance or workshop by members of
the Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art;
or perusing 8,000 volumes in the largest library at sea.
Source:
Cunard
