na December 1998, Cunard weputara nkọwa nke Project Queen Mary, oru ngo iji mepụta liner nke ga-emeju Queen Elizabeth 2. Harland na Wolff nke Northern Ireland, Aker Kværner nke Norway, Fincantieri nke Italy, Meyer Werft nke Germany na Chantiers de l'Atlantique nke France ka a kpọrọ ka ha nye onyinye maka oru ngo ahụ. E mechara bịanye aka na nkwekọrịta ahụ na Chantiers de l'Atlantique, onye enyemaka nke Alstom, na 6 November 2000. Nke a bụ otu ihe ahụ nke e wuru na ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri nke Carnival Cruise Line, 100,000 GT Destiny-class na ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri nke 137,276 GT nke Royal Caribbean International.
Harland na Wolff nke Northern Ireland, Aker Kværner nke Norway, Fincantieri nke Italy, Meyer Werft nke Germany, na Chantiers de l'Atlantique nke France