Update: Cunard $1,000 Ocean View, Down $300 14 Days Florida-London

In January we highlighted the March 9 sailing of the Queen Victoria for 14 days from Fort Lauderdale to Southampton. Cunard has reduced that price by $300 to $1,000 for remaining ocean view cabins. Details:

Cunard Queen Victoria in Fort Lauderdale

Cunard occasionally marks down the last leg of months-long world cruises to fill empty cabins. Stops include Port Canaveral, Charleston, SC, overnight, and The Azores.

The price represents good value for 14 days because it is at or below the bottom range of what Cunard charges for just seven days on the regular crossings between England and New York by Queen Mary 2.

Queen Victoria: 2,014 passengers, built 2007, refurbished 2010.

Here is Cunard's pitch for these last days of this world cruise:

"Join the 14-night finale of Queen Victoria's epic adventure in Fort Lauderdale, calling first at Port Canaveral, close to the Kennedy Space Center. Explore plantation houses and cobbled squares during two days in lovely Charleston, before the volcanic Azores guide you home."

Dame Zandra Rhodes CBE,
Fashion Designer

"Scheduled on-board speaker: Dame Zandra Rhodes CBE, Fashion Designer
"Zandra Rhodes was one of the New Wave of British designers who put London at the forefront of the international fashion scene in the 70s.
"Zandra has designed for clients as diverse as Diana, Princess of Wales, Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor and Freddie Mercury of the rock group Queen.

"She continues to clothe and design for the rich and famous around the world from royalty to rock stars including: HRH Princess Michael of Kent, Debbie Harry, Bianca Jagger, Kylie Minogue, Anastasia, Paris Hilton, the late Joan Rivers and the late Isabella Blow.

"Since 2000 Zandra’s career has diversified into designing sets and costumes for the opera. In 2003 Zandra founded The Fashion & Textile Museum in Bermondsey Street, London. She was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1997 in recognition of her contributions to fashion and textiles and this year has been made a Dame in the Queen’s latest Honours list and most recently opened the September 2015 London Fashion Week."