QE2 to sail again and again!

After all the hype about QE2’s final voyage from Southampton to Dubai before ending her days at a ultra luxury floating hotel in the Palm Jumeirah leisure complex in the Emirate, it is now almost certain that the most famous passenger ship in the world will undertake another ‘final’ voyage – this time from Dubai to Cape Town. Troubled Dubai-based property and leisure company Nakheel is believed to have received permission from South Africa’s Minister for Environment & Tourism to berth the vessel in the commercial docks in Cape Town, next door to the Victoria & Albert Waterfront development. The latest excuse from Nakheel, sorry reason, for not going ahead with its ambitious conversion plans for QE2 in the Gulf and moving the liner from the Arabian Gulf to the southern hemisphere is that Cape Town, with its ready-made berthing facilities, provides the best opportunity to open the vessel to visitors as quickly as possible. Nakheel says that QE2 could stay in Cape Town for 18 months and that one reason for moving the ship south was the business opportunities provided by up coming 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa. It remains to be seen what the next ‘final’ voyage is for QE2 – Cape Town back to Dubai or anywhere else that Nakheel can find a berth for her!  Sphere: Related Content