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For the first and only time, in the 168 year history of the Cunard Line, Cunard’s three great passenger liners named after British queens, the Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2, have met in the same port. The venerable Queen Elizabeth 2, which carries 1,792 passengers in 1,002 staterooms is the oldest of the three, and will be having its final around-the-world cruise, then the liner will become a floating hotel in Dubai.  Thousands of New Yorkers turned out to watch the historic rendezvous of Cunard's three Queen ships - the Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 - in the waters off Lower Manhattan.
The three grand ships with the trademark red-and-black smokestacks lined up in front of the Statue of Liberty while colorful fireworks lit up the winter darkness for the once-in-a-lifetime event Sunday night.
"This is amazing," said John Stella of Staten Island, part of the crowd watching the spectacle from the Manhattan waterfront. "You'll never see it like this again."
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