For those who understand the rhythm of a World Voyage, anticipation arrives long before departure. It’s not a sense of escape, but of returning to a way of travel where days are measured differently, and the journey itself becomes the destination.
In 2027 and 2028, Cunard® once again sets its three Queens on global itineraries that feel considered rather than constructed. These are voyages shaped by decades of experience, and among the most compelling the line has offered in recent years.
A legacy that defined the World Cruise
To understand why a Cunard World Voyage feels different, it helps to know that Cunard didn't simply participate in the history of world cruising, they created it. More than a century ago, a Cunard passenger liner chartered by the American Express company conceived something that had never existed: a voyage around the entire world, designed for those who expected the very best.
In November 1922, the SS Laconia departed New York. 130 days, 450 guests, and not a single compromise. Sailing predominantly through the northern hemisphere, she ventured as far south as Singapore and threaded through the Suez and Panama Canals, becoming the first ocean liner ever to do so. That first sailing proved so successful that another followed within the year, aboard Samaria. A tradition was established that has outlasted empires, ocean liners, and every reinvention of travel since.
Three Queens, three distinct global journeys
For 2027 and 2028, Cunard is offering not one but three full World Voyages, each on a different ship and charting its own distinct course around the globe.
Queen Victoria® departs Southampton on January 10, 2027, on a 111-night westbound circumnavigation crossing the Atlantic to New York before sailing through the Caribbean, transiting the Panama Canal, and continuing across the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Overnight stays in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Cape Town allow for meaningful time in each city, including evenings ashore.
Queen Elizabeth® sails east from Southampton on January 6, 2028, on a 113-night voyage marking her first complete circumnavigation since 2018, following a recent refurbishment that refreshes her signature interiors. Overnight stays in Sydney, Cape Town, Tokyo, and Honolulu anchor an itinerary spanning Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Americas.
Queen Anne®, the newest addition to the fleet, marks her first world voyage in 2028, departing January 11 on a 111-night westbound circumnavigation, with maiden calls to Lautoka in Fiji and Halong Bay in Vietnam, alongside overnights in Los Angeles, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Cape Town.
The rituals of a Cunard® World Voyage
Your days have rhythm and ritual. Mornings might be spent on deck with a book or in one of the onboard enrichment lectures. Afternoons bring port arrivals, shore excursions arranged with the same care Cunard has been taking since 1922, and evenings that build toward the real centerpiece of any
Cunard night: dinner and ballroom dancing.
White Star Service®, Cunard's legendary standard of hospitality, means that by the second week, your preferences are known without being asked. The dancing in the Queens Room ballroom is as good as anything ashore. The dining, whether in the grand Britannia Restaurant or one of
the specialty venues, is reliably exceptional. And for those traveling with four-legged companions, Cunard remains the only ocean liner in the world with full onboard kennels.
Securing your World Voyage
With over a century of shaping world cruises, Cunard continues to refine what matters: intuitive, gracious service, beautifully designed ships, and itineraries that unfold with a sense of purpose and rhythm that only time at sea can offer.
At Tully Luxury Travel, our role is to ensure that an experience of this caliber is matched with the right suite, the right timing, and the right access. Across the 2027–2028 World Voyages, the most sought-after categories are already securing early interest. If one of these sailings has captured your attention, connect with your Travel Designer to explore availability and begin shaping your journey with the access it deserves.