Passage: Cunard akapedza magadzirirwo kirasi itsva 84,000 GT, 2,000 mufambi liners musi 8 June 1998, asi akavandudza navo pamusoro kuenzanisa kuti nokurondedzerwa pamwe Carnival Cruise Line kuti 100,000 GT Destiny-kirasi dzevashanyi uye Royal Caribbean International kuti 137,276 GT Voyager kirasi. Muna December 1998, Cunard akabudisa mashoko Project Queen Mary, chirongwa kukudziridza mumwe liner kuti aizoita mukwanisi Queen Elizabeth 2. Harland uye Wolff Northern Ireland, Aker Kværner Norway, Fincantieri Italy, Meyer Werft Germany uye Chantiers de l'Atlantique France vakakokwa bid pamusoro chirongwa. Chibvumirano rakapedzisira rakasa pamwe Chantiers de l'Atlantique, chikamu cheAlstom, musi 6 November 2000.
Harland and Wolff yokuNorthern Ireland, Aker Kværner yokuNorway, Fincantieri yokuItaly, Meyer Werft yokuGermany, uye Chantiers de l'Atlantique yokuFrance