Luxury cruise brand, Cunard, has today unveiled its January to May 2019 programme called the ‘Oceans of Discovery’ which will include a voyage to Alaska. This will be the first time that the current fleet will have traveled to Alaska, and the first time that the cruise line will have ventured there in over 20-years.

From January to May 2019, Cunard’s iconic flagship Queen Mary 2 and her sisters Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria will call at 49 different countries and 109 destinations. Of these, 21 are maiden calls and exciting new destinations include Boracay (Philippines), Akita (Japan) and Goa (India).

Queen Victoria will operate the only full circumnavigation in 2019 called ‘The world voyage by Cunard’.  This will leave Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth with greater flexibility to travel to a mixture of destinations and itineraries.

A single world cruise in addition to this overall simplified winter proposition is intended to make it easier than ever before for agents to sell.

Other voyage highlights for 2019 include:

Grand Voyages by Cunard: For those looking for classic ocean journeys, that take in some of the most iconic sights and destinations in the world, whilst typically enjoying the wonders of more sea days, Cunard has 34 Grand Voyages. These highlighted journeys range from 11 to 108 nights in length.

Australasia: With cruises throughout Australasia rapidly growing in popularity, Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth will operate round-trip voyages between February and late March from Melbourne and Sydney to the popular regions of South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.

Japan: From mid-March to late April, Cunard’s Japanese deployment will consist of two round trip voyages of seven and nine nights, including a nine-night voyage to experience the famed cherry blossom season in the north of the country. On this voyage, Queen Elizabeth will make maiden calls to no less than five Japanese ports.

Cunard will also be re-introducing a series of ten ‘old favourite’ destinations that they haven’t traveled to in recent years, including Beijing (China), Picton (New Zealand) Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) and Chennai (India).