The following interesting message was posted to another group and with the authors permission, I repost here. Tom. ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hello everyone! My name is Eric and I have just joined the group! I'm 26 years old and am a recently ordained ocean liner buff. And its all thanks to the Queen...
Hi Eric, Welcome to the group. Its always good to have new people join who have such a love for the QM as we do. Yes, we do have lots of news here, and some...
Did anyone attend the 30th anniversary screening of the Poseidon Adventure at the QM on Saturday? I was intending to go but didn't make it, and was curious how...
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Bill Cwiklo
cyclops@...
Jun 4, 2002 4:21 pm
I attended. The auction items were movie memorabilia and Titanic movie souvenirs. Bill ... From: "shipnerd62962" <madwolf909@...> To:...
I was just curious about the goings ons with the new cruise terminal. I haven't been down to the Mary in a couple of months. I heard there is a fair amount of...
Hi Bill, Wish I could have attended. Would have enjoyed seeing you again and going over ideas for the ship. It also would have been fun to see the movie on a...
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Jhnnny@...
Jun 6, 2002 6:44 pm
To jeff the ship nerd, Im also a ship nerd and would have liked to join you in watching the Posieden movie aboard the Queen Mary. Thats why I belong to this...
Yes you can open the doors to adjoining rooms. I asked the hotel desk to see the different rooms and he took us to see them. We started opening the doors and...
I love staying aboard with a group of friends. It does give you a chance to check out some of the other rooms. Around the time that Disney abandoned ship and...
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WTBulkhead@...
Jun 7, 2002 3:07 am
Jhnnny & Jeff, I also consider myself a ship nerd, and have often thought about the Poseidon Adventure while onboard the QM. I have stayed on board her...
... Hi, Jeff! We went. We won the one night in a Deluxe Stateroom gift certificate and a Poseidon Adventure tee-shirt in the silent auction. They also had a...
A true photo-op that I'm looking forward to ... We have heard (from a source of unknown reliability on the QM) that the QE2 and the QM2 will both be too large...
Just out of curiosity, was there any recognition of our Queen's Golden Jubilee on the ship last weekend? I really envy you guys, who live near the ship and get...
... You know, I believe that some British-American society (I vaguely remember reading this, so please forgive my lack of details.) was planning to have a...
... I think that would be unlikely Konrad, wrong queen, eh?....:-) I thought the following information was interesting......the RMS QUEEN MARY was withdrawn...
To tell you the truth I wasn't expecting anything. Nice to see the Empire State Building lit up on Tuesday to honour the Jubilee though. Konrad ... QUEEN MARY ...
I was just curious about the goings ons with the new cruise terminal. I haven't been down to the Mary in a couple of months. I heard there is a fair amount of...
It seems to have gone a bit quiet here. Anyone got more news on the Cruise Terminal - all those who live in the area could take photos of what's happening to...
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Jhnnny@...
Jun 11, 2002 10:05 pm
I believe the mayor of long beach was re-elected, so the business with the Queen Mary should remain status quo. Work on the Queensway Bay project at Pine and...
I remeber when i was on the Queen Mary as part of my honeymoon, they had a lot of weddings in the First Class Lounge. Looked like fun, but must have been quite...
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Jhnnny@...
Jun 13, 2002 12:18 am
No, not a new Mayor, she's been elected twice before. Just maybe the same old ag enda. 12th century Manor doesn't sound to shabby! Does anyone know were the ...
Talk about a photo-op. This is a snip from a new release from Cunard on 6/11/02: ***** Commemorative crossings from New York & Southampton On April 16, 2004,...
... WOW!!! I would love to be in NY when this happens. Im hoping that maybe the two ships will do a traditional sail-by mid-Atlantic... that would be...
The only time the Queen Mary went to LA was the voyage to her current resting place. She was purely a Transatlatic Liner and as such was to wide to pass ...
Time to start saving - I would love to see that or be on board. Konrad ... it ... Queen ... 1969 – ... in ... two ... their ... 1940s. ... maybe the ... be...
Since they will be sailing in the same direction it is doubtful that it will be anything like the old days when their esteemed predecessors would meet ...
I'd always thought the original plan WAS to have the QE2 leave New York the same day the QM2 leaves So'ton on her maiden voyage and have both ships pass...
... I hope you have a powerful telescope Jeff,:-) she's going to Florida. Probably a smart move on Cunard's part. Better to do a shake down Cruise in the South...
