I would have loved to have been able to attend this historic event! Here is a snippet from CNN's coverage:

NEW YORK (AP) -- 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."

The QE2 is being decommissioned later this year and turned into a floating five-star hotel in the United Arab Emirates. The Queen Victoria was launched just last month. The two vessels sailed in tandem across the Atlantic to New York, then met up with the QM2, which homeports in Brooklyn.

On Monday, the Queen Victoria and the QE2 continued their world tour together. They were due to arrive in their next port of call, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday. This is the Queen Victoria's first trip around the world and the QE2's 26th and last.

The ships encountered rough seas on their trip from England to New York last week, including waves so high that they washed over the bow of the Queen Victoria. No one was injured, according to Cunard spokesman Brian O'Connor. The waves did not wash over the bow of the QE2, which is taller in front than the newer ships.

Full CNN Article Here

If you were there, and took some photos I would love to see them! It is sad to see an era come to an end, but at least QE2 will be open to the public for many years to come.