From an editorial in the Press Telegram a few days ago. "What might become of the Queen Mary? Nobody's saying yet, but the ship needs more than refurbishing....
Jeff, I was on board yesterday most of the day and a lot of work was being carried out throughout the ship. She still looks worse than I have ever seen her. It...
Don't blame the tour guide- blame the mgmt- I was there as a tour guide when the decree came from JP that all tour guides should follow the same script and not...
Donald, Your approach - give them the core information and then let them get interested in the ship and period reminds me of what I've encountered at San...
Donald, Indeed, this new tour talked about ghosts every few minutes. I wished that we could have asked questions, I would have asked him if this was one of the...
I forgot to add that in the OB, the light urns are now red again, not teal. The soffit above the bar has yet to be gold leafed, and is just a flat gold. ... ...
Hi Steve, Are the urns red, or the vibrant Chinese red that they were originally? Also have the pillars been repainted red as well? Have you heard if the...
Hey Jeff, I honestly cannot recall the exact shade but it was a vibrant lighter darker color. I don't believe the pillars have been repainted yet, as the urns...
That would amazing if they added the Sun Deck cafe. I dont want to get my hopes up too high though :-) They could make it cost effective with a decor along the...
... get ... with ... open ... It's a very nice sized space, I wish I could have got a photo of it under (de)construction. This would make a great location for...
Hi Steve.. I'm a recent addition to the group.. but have admired your renders for the QM for a while now. They are quiet remarkable. What I'm wondering is....
Hi Richard, Thank you very much, I am glad you like the renders. To address the issue of how modern the spaces may look, note that I have actually attempted to...
Hi Bill and to the group, I would love nothing better than to see the Sun Dk area be turned into a 'Sun Dk Cafe' as per the vison in AV, but whilst on the ship...
This could have been stolen from the ship. A "Cigarette Ends" in-wall ashtray is up for sale on eBay for $400. There was one on forward B Deck in the mid-1990s...
Hi Dan, I'm not sure where exactly from the ship this ash can came from but I'm pretty sure that it came from the ship recently, ie post 1980. Countless...
Thanks, I've notified the seller that it was stolen, and also notified eBay of the auction of stolen merchandise. The red plate is clear evidence that their...
Jim, I don't know whose this is but the graphic interface is great. Bill ... From: j_douglas_smith@... To: queenmary@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 3 May...
Wow!, this web site looks fantastic! If only those in charge in Long Beach could produce something of this calibre to promote the ship, how much finer than the...
I hate the QueenMary.com site and miss the old Queen Mary Foundation one. I used to spend hours exploring that. As for this site, it is very well designed and...
I just walked through the construction on Sun Deck. It looks like offices and bathrooms. The original radio receiving room is being further "reworked" into...
Offices and bathrooms? Jesus what a method of restoration. Why not just turn the Mary into a water based office building? Those operators are such a bunch of...
I just took a moment to catch up on the progress here on ths list since our work has begun. Some people seem to have come in to see the current status, others...
Bruce, What is the entire buget for the restoration of the OB? What is covered in that budget? Is what is left of the original furniture going to be...
Bill, I think these questions would better be posed in the form of a private phone call. It is the first time I've ever seen anyone associated with the current...
My questions are public questions and so I ask them on this board. Bruce you are very welcome to join in this public conversation group. Bill ... From:...
Bruce welcome to the group. Apologies for the muppets comment, but I guess the history of the "preservation" of the ship means a lot of us always think that...
