Happy Labor Day. I stopped at the QM this morning for breakfast and took a few snaps of the work in progress. I've posted these to the photo album by that name...
Hi Bill, The lifeboat and deck repairs looks fantastic! Here's hoping that STQ/Hostmark keep up with this level of work, and if so the QM will look better than...
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Look at that teak! Looks almost brand new! I'm glad I was able to see the beginnings of this work in June. There a shot in my album from June that shows how...
Well done indeed, those lifeboats need major restoration, and from the pics there hopefully gonna get it, as to the teak beautiful! finally some progress! lee...
I too went down for a visit today and she was abuzz with activity and looked fantastic! Lifeboat 11 looked great but I think that they will probably keep the...
Attached is a post war photo of the starboard writing room on Promenade Deck. Several things to point out. 1. The carpet includes pieces of the rug that was in...
See the attached photo. It shows Cabin Class passengers -- which is what first class was called pre-war -- disembarking from the Queen Mary in NYC in early...
Kungsholm as a Floating Hotel in Gothenburg Swedish entrepreneur Lars Hallgren, the initiator of the conversion plans, reports today that there has been a...
According to "Latest Cruise News" industry insider's web based newsletter Princess Lines is now offering a behind the scenes tour to passengers at $150 a head....
... in Long ... Hi Bill, I couldn't agree more with your statement but I also think we need to approach the situation carefully. Yes the Rotterdam has been ...
Kevin, I fully agree. Also the extent that the facilties on these ships are preserved and reused is important in all these projects. Can you assist by helping...
I went to the event below last weekend. It charged an enormous £60 per person for one day for people coming and taking advantage of champagne, (excellent)...
Kevin, I fully agree. Also the extent that the facilties on these ships are preserved and reused is important in all these projects. Can you assist by helping...
A friend sent me the attached photo of the Queen Mary undergoing conversion in Long Beach, and I figured folks here might find it of interest. Not your...
... conversion in Long Beach A very interesting picture! I've always thought if anyone had an extensive archive of photos from this period a picture book of...
Hi Bill, Of the carpet? Sorry I didn't save an image but I believe a group member is the one who bought it. A wonderful piece of history that survived.. ...
Hi Kevin,  You may already be familiar with it; if not, be sure and check out the book God saved the Queen: A pictorial record, R.M.S. Queen Mary,...
September 5, 2008 Â Â Â Hi Everyone, Â Â Â Â I think the plans that they have for the QE2 in Dubai are horrrible! It seems she wont even be recognizable...
If those plans are true, the $100 Million conversion price will be very high than projected. In addition, why did they even bother to buy the ship, with such...
August 30, 1939: Departed Southampton on final peacetime voyage, carrying her largest number of passengers: 2,552, including Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hope and million in...
The $100 million is just the price for buying the QE2. The "conversion" cost and wharf project will probably be many times more. If there is any lesson I have...
... The ship wasn't bought souly as a viable entertainment venue. She was bought to enhace a pre-existing destination venue. The QE2 isn't there to turn a...
... replica ... There's the rub though. How much do you remove before the ship has absolutely no resemblance to her former self other than by name only and...
... How much do you remove before the ship has> absolutely no resemblance to her former self other than by name only. That's just it Sean nobody knows what the...
