More extensive pet facilities have been included in the Queen Mary 2 remodel. This is the most important refurbishment of the ship in its 12-year history, and cuyo total budget amounts to 117 million euros.
The Queen Mary 2 is the only long-haul passenger vessel that accepts cats and dogs. The owners can visit their pets, but they cannot bring them to the cabins, or remove them from the pet areas. Is totally prohibited. In addition to the expansion of the areas for pets, new cabins have also been included, More than 14.000 liters of paint have been used to paint the hull and 55.000 square meters of carpets and 4.000 new paintings have been installed, giving a more modern air to its decoration, without losing the charm of the Art Deco characteristic of the ship.
But back to the topic of pets, now the Queen Mary 2 has 24 kennels on board, double the number it had before. The most famous pets on Instagram in New York attended the inauguration of these facilities, known to their followers as Chloe the Mini Frenchie (133.000 followers), Wally the Corgi (92.000 followers) and Ella Bean (40.000 followers).
Beyond that new kennels have been built, The pet area has also been improved with more space for the dogs to walk and play, a room for owners and so that nothing is missing: an authentic New York City water intake, and a British lamppost, so that owners and dogs feel like taking a walk in the neighborhood.
If you want to know more about how your pet will be cared for in this wonderful ship, I recommend that you read this article.
One detail that I do not want to miss is that I'm talking about dogs and cats as pets, those are the ones that cannot travel, but guide dogs for blind people are allowed, although they have to be assured of taking care of both their hygiene and food.