Paul NH

JUST RETURNED FROM THE QUEEN VICTORIA UPDATE

 

For those who have read my postings regarding my 17 day voyage on the Queen Victoria from NY to LA, I would like to inform you that I will soon be sailing again on the fabulous Queen Mary 2 on 8/22/11 for back to back trans Atlantic crossings and will, of course, post my daily impressions as I have done on previous crossings. This should be a wonderful trip and hope you will come along with me. Thanks.

 

DECK CHAIR

 

Deck Chair,

 

I'll be on that same crossing and maybe we will meet up.

 

Paul

I was on the Oceanic in 1975 as a 15 year old. It left a big impression on me. Especially the Italian band that played in the lounge at the stern. I can still vividly remember them playing "Volare."

 

I also like the enclosed Promenade Deck that wrapped around the ship just below the boat deck (not to be confused with the Magradome Deck on the top of the ship.

 

We were in rough seas on our cruise our first day out and boy did that ship rock!

 

Paul

Paul, if you didn't sit down, you obviously had no interest, so, why now the sudden interest as to how you receive your purchase. Horses for courses!! Some people like bridge, some like crafts, some like wine tasting, some can't wait for trivia, and, yes, some appreciate the art auctions.......they do, in fact, usually offer "value" for a knowledgeable purchaser!

Anthony, the other activities like trivia, wine tasting, bingo, etc, do not leave you in possession of a large (in some cases huge) painting. Seems like an unusual thing to do while on a crossing or cruise - to take possession of some large object like that. What do people do with those paintings after they buy them? Maybe the cheesey comment is unfair, but I had trouble hanging around the event so I never saw whether anyone actually buys the artwork. These auctions take over the Winter Garden for extended periods, and multiple times during the trip. So they are somewhat atypical compared to the other activities and caught my attention when I was passing by from the Kings Court.

Has anyone ever purchased a painting at the art auctions Cunard holds on board? I tried to watch one of these auctions in the Winter Garden one day, and found the event to be kind of cheesey and left early on, without even sitting down. I was wondering why anyone would even buy a painting while on a cruise, especially a crossing.

 

If anyone on the board bought a painting at one of these auctions, please write in. Did you carry the painting off the ship with you? Did Cunard make arrangements to ship it back to your home? How does that work?

 

Just curious whether this is some misfit event, or whether they sell all kinds of paintings on these voyages.

 

Paul

We went on the Oceanic in 1975 and 1977. Can't remember the group, but one group played "Volare" EVERY NIGHT. Now, whenever I hear that song, I think of the Oceanic.

Wow! Stumbled on this string today and can't believe there are others with the exact same memories. I also have "Volare" permanently linked to my July 1975 Oceanic cruise with my parents. I was 15 at the time and still remember that song vividly. They had an accordian, among other instruments. They used to play in the aft lounge - which had a lot of propeller vibration, I seem to recall.

 

Do you folks remember their other popular play, "Never Ending Love For You"?