By now, the passengers booked to sail from Southampton on Queen Mary 2 should be halfway across the Atlantic. Cunard, the owner of the world’s only ocean-going liner still in passenger service, promises a “new eclectic programme of entertainment” as well as unlimited meals before docking in New York on Sunday 30 April. But the passengers booked on the one-week voyage will not, after all, experience the joy of approaching Manhattan by water this week.
The Cunard flagship is still in the Hampshire port, “due to a technical issue which needs to be resolved prior to sailing”. The return voyage from New York to Southampton has also been cancelled.
