This Thursday, January 13th, the three ships of the Cunard fleet – the Queen Mary II, the Queen Elizabeth and the recently delivered Queen Victoria –  will rendezvous in New York harbor near the Statue of Liberty around 6:45 PM.   A fireworks display will help to celebrate the “Cunard Royal Rendezvous.”   The last time that three Cunard liners were together in New York harbor was 2008 when the fleet assembled for the retirement of the Queen Elizabeth II.

Three Cunard Line Queens meet in New York Harbor

DETAILS: Queen Mary 2 will depart from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, while Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth will depart from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal — Pier 90 and Pier 88, all at 6 p.m. All three Queens will rendezvous at the Statue of Liberty for a fireworks celebration at 6:45 p.m.

VIEWING LOCATIONS: Battery Park (on the southern shoreline of Manhattan), Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, The Esplanade (running the entire length of Battery Park City, along the Hudson River from Stuyvesant High School on the north end all the way south to Battery Park) and Hudson River Park.

New York Water Taxi is also selling tickets to “The Royal Rendezvous: Three Queens Cruise” while the Steamship Historical Society of America and the National Maritime Historical Society are hosting a Rendevous Cruise on the World Yacht’s Duchess. Click here to learn more.