QUEEN ELIZABETH
September 30, 2025 | Los Angeles, California
Queen Elizabeth (Cunard) departed Los Angeles Harbor on the evening of September 30, 2025, during a voyage south toward Mexico, Central America, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean. The Vista-class cruise ship had arrived that morning before continuing toward Cabo San Lucas as daylight faded over the Southern California coast.
Queen Elizabeth departed Los Angeles Harbor on the evening of September 30, 2025, continuing south along the Pacific coast after spending the day in Southern California. The Cunard ship had arrived in Los Angeles that morning following a day at sea and departed that evening for the next stage of a longer voyage toward Mexico, Central America, the Panama Canal, the Caribbean, and Miami.
The September evening provided changing light as Queen Elizabeth moved away from her berth and through Los Angeles Harbor. Her illuminated decks became increasingly prominent as daylight faded, creating a different view of the ship from the daytime port calls represented elsewhere in the Ocean Liner Photography collection.
Built by Fincantieri at Monfalcone, Italy, Queen Elizabeth entered service for Cunard in 2010. She is a Vista-class cruise ship whose design combines modern cruise-ship architecture with interiors and traditions intended to reflect Cunard's long passenger-ship heritage. Although her name connects her with two celebrated earlier Cunard vessels, the current Queen Elizabeth is a cruise ship rather than an ocean liner.
Information List
Name: Queen Elizabeth
Operator: Cunard
Ship Type: Cruise ship
Class: Vista Class
Builder: Fincantieri, Monfalcone, Italy
Entered Service: 2010
Godmother: Queen Elizabeth II
Gross Tonnage: Approximately 90,900 GT
Length: Approximately 294 meters / 965 feet
Beam: Approximately 32.3 meters / 106 feet
Guest Capacity: Approximately 2,080
Crew: Approximately 1,000
Location Shown: Los Angeles, California
Date Shown: September 30, 2025
Voyage Context: Port call during a voyage continuing south toward Mexico, Central America, the Panama Canal, Caribbean, and Miami
Next Port: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
History and Features
Construction and Entry Into Service:
Queen Elizabeth was built by Fincantieri at Monfalcone, Italy, for Cunard.
She entered service in 2010 as the third current-generation Cunard Queen, joining Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria.
Queen Elizabeth II named the ship at Southampton in October 2010.
Her introduction continued Cunard's tradition of assigning historically significant royal names to its passenger ships.
She became the third major Cunard ship to carry the Queen Elizabeth name.
The Queen Elizabeth Name:
The current Queen Elizabeth follows two important earlier Cunard ships associated with the name.
The original Queen Elizabeth entered service during the Second World War and later operated with Queen Mary on Cunard's express transatlantic service.
Queen Elizabeth 2, commonly known as QE2, entered service in 1969 and became one of the most famous passenger ships of the late twentieth century.
The present ship carries this heritage forward while serving a very different role as a modern cruise ship.
Her interiors and onboard traditions contain numerous references to Cunard's history.
Vista-Class Design:
Queen Elizabeth is based on the Vista-class cruise-ship platform.
Her basic naval architecture is related to Queen Victoria and several ships constructed for other cruise lines.
Cunard incorporated its own exterior styling, interior arrangements, and traditional public spaces into the design.
The ship's approximately 90,900-gross-ton size places her well below today's largest cruise ships while allowing her to operate a wide variety of worldwide itineraries.
Her traditional profile and Cunard livery distinguish her from many contemporary cruise ships.
Cunard Style and Public Spaces:
The Queens Room is one of the ship's signature spaces and continues Cunard's tradition of formal ballroom dancing and afternoon tea.
The Royal Court Theatre provides the principal venue for production shows, performances, and presentations.
The ship includes the two-level Britannia Restaurant as well as separate Princess Grill and Queens Grill dining for passengers traveling in those accommodation categories.
The Golden Lion provides Cunard's interpretation of a traditional British pub.
The ship also includes lounges, a library, spa facilities, pools, open decks, and numerous spaces incorporating artwork and references to Cunard's history.
Service:
Since entering service, Queen Elizabeth has operated voyages throughout Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia, Australia, Alaska, the Pacific, and the Americas.
Longer voyages and world-cruise segments allow the ship to move between seasonal operating regions.
Her size provides flexibility for both major cruise destinations and ports that cannot accommodate the industry's largest ships.
Alaska and the Pacific Coast have become important parts of her more recent North American deployments.
Cunard has continued to use the ship for a mixture of regional cruises and longer international voyages.
Los Angeles – September 30, 2025:
Queen Elizabeth called at Los Angeles on September 30, 2025.
She arrived in Southern California in the morning and remained in port during the day.
The ship departed Los Angeles that evening.
The next scheduled port call was Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on October 3.
The voyage subsequently continued toward Central America and the Panama Canal before entering the Caribbean and ultimately reaching Miami.
The photographs in this gallery document the ship during her evening departure from Los Angeles Harbor.
Cunard and Los Angeles:
Los Angeles has a long association with Cunard passenger ships.
Earlier Cunard vessels visited Southern California during world cruises and other long-distance voyages.
Queen Elizabeth 2 became a particularly familiar Cunard visitor during her world-cruise years.
Queen Mary 2 has also called at Los Angeles during longer international voyages.
The modern Queen Elizabeth continues that connection through Pacific Coast and Americas itineraries.
Our Connection to Queen Elizabeth:
Queen Elizabeth is included in the Ships Traveled On collection because we have traveled aboard the ship.
Our Ocean Liner Photography collection includes material from our seven-night Alaska cruise aboard Queen Elizabeth in June 2022.
That voyage began in Vancouver and included Glacier Bay, Icy Strait Point, Sitka, and Ketchikan before returning to Vancouver.
The September 30, 2025 Los Angeles gallery is separate from that personal voyage and documents a later encounter with the ship from shore.
Together, the collections show Queen Elizabeth in different settings and periods of her North American service.
Legacy:
Queen Elizabeth carries one of the most historically significant names in Cunard's fleet.
Her design combines the requirements of a modern cruise ship with traditions intended to maintain a recognizable Cunard identity.
She also represents the continuation of Cunard's long association with worldwide cruising and extended international voyages.
The September 30, 2025 Los Angeles photographs document that continuing role as Queen Elizabeth departed Southern California on another long-distance voyage through the Americas.
OLP Social: Departing Southern California in the evening, the Cunard cruise ship continued toward Cabo San Lucas on a longer voyage through Mexico, Central America, the Panama Canal and the Caribbean.
