'QUEEN MARY 2' WILL MARK 200 CROSSINGS

In July, Cunard's Queen Mary 2 marks a major milestone. When she departs New York on July 6, it will be her 200th Transatlantic Crossing since the ship debuted in 2004. Special events are planned on board, including a lecture by Stephen Payne, mainly responsible for the overall design, and a commemorative dinner and gala in his honor. There will also be a group of musicians from the Juilliard School of Dance, Drama and Music performing in various venues throughout the ship.

Some fun facts from Cunard: In the course of the 200 crossings, they estimate 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.

"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." -- Gerry