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8 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

I think that is the room I would least want them to change. They could put a couple of models in, I suppose.

I remember seeing a model of the first Queen Mary aboard the QM2. Why does it seem that model of the first Queen Mary was taken off the QM2 because I can't find it anywhere aboard the QM2 but at least there is that painting of the first Queen Mary about to dock at her New York pier that is located in QM2's Grand Lobby

10 minutes ago, 3rdGenCunarder said:

 

For some of us, QA did not live up to our dreams of a Cunarder. 

When the Queen Anne goes back to the shipyard for her 1st refit, they should hang paintings of Cunard ships all over the ship and place models of Cunard ships in many areas of the Queen Anne

2 hours ago, Jim_P said:

I think Queen Isabella has a nice ring to it.

Is Queen Isabella the Queen of Spain who gave Christopher Columbus the 3 ships that he discovered America? the names of the 3 ships were the Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria

Another idea I have is a King name since the current monarch is a King so how about King Charles?

How about some White Star Line names like Oceanic or even since Royal Caribbean uses the words Of The Seas in the names of their ships, how about Queen Of The Seas

31 minutes ago, NE John said:

No, no, no… only once. Karaoke once and regular “Brooklyn Wedding” dancing most of the time. 

To be sure is when it is Brooklyn Wedding dancing the music is coming out of the QM2's sound system in the night club?

26 minutes ago, NE John said:

There already is Silent Disco in G32 and the Yacht Club on QE. 

Is the silent disco every night? I would accept if the silent disco thing was every other night

2 minutes ago, sucramdi said:

 

Yes, that's how I would envision it. I don't see Cunard tearing out a venue like Illuminations for something like this. Not to mention what a huge undertaking that would be, a multi-deck, sloped theatre isn't as easy to reconfigure. 

I hope that there will not be any silent disco in that room whether it's called Bright Lights or G32. I think that it looks awkward dancing to the music while wearing headphones on my head.

1 hour ago, sucramdi said:

 

My suspicion around bright lights potentially coming to QM2 would be that it replaces G32. It would draw in more people over a longer period of time and still maintain functionality as a night club late at night.

So will the Bright Lights Society replace the G32 Club in the same room that the G32 Club occupies?

9 minutes ago, NE John said:

You are not alone in your opinion and I have stated the same several times here since I last saw the production again about a year ago. A redo would be welcome from 2000’s era technology. However, I love having that second large venue on QM2 vs. her sisters and there is loads of potential for awesomeness for Illuminations. 
Adding that Cunard recently repaired the broken planetarium seats so I hope they still offer a planetarium in the future. 
 

 

If Cunard decides to no longer use Illuminations as a planetarium, maybe what they could do is to remove the domed planetarium screen and hang a beautiful crystal chandelier from the center of the domed ceiling like I remember seeing crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceilings of the grand movie palaces that were built in the 1920s. If Cunard decides to keep the planetarium, I hope that they do install state of the art movie projectors and show both current & classic movies

23 minutes ago, D&N said:

I think it's at least 36 years since I was in a cinema.

Are you honestly telling me they still show films in 35mm?

I would hope they send them via a secure link to the theatres in 4K or 8K with a date limit on the files.

Well now that I think of it, I now remember that 35 mm film was no longer used starting around 2010, I'm not to certain of the date or if that is the exact year but I think that the movie is distributed either via a secure internet link or is it via a satellite link?

47 minutes ago, Pushpit said:

My understanding is that it projects from digital media held on a hard disk drive, so effectively equivalent to DVD disks.

Thanks for your reply

5 minutes ago, Jim_P said:

Am I the only one who finds the planetarium incredibly underwhelming and somewhat pointless? It was probably a cool feature and bragging rights for a ship to have in 2003 but in 2024 its not that impressive and its something that lasts 20 minutes and you might do it once or twice on a cruise. Personally I'd much rather see Illuminations remodeled into a state of the art cinema with more comfortable seats.

i agree with your opinion that Illuminations should just become a state of the art cinema that shows current hit movies & classic movies. Does anyone here know that when movies are shown in Illuminations are movies shown using 35 millimeter film which is the same film used in movie theaters or do they use DVD discs or Blu-Ray discs?

2 hours ago, D&N said:

Yes, Walk of Life worked for a solo quickstep around the living room. And a samba, or a slow cha-cha or jive.

However, poor Coco-Canel ran off in horror when I started dancing! 🤣

 

Not so sure about Billy Idol though. I'd need a cat-less room to find something I could fit to that.

There is this other song called "Dancing Fool" by the late rock star Frank Zappa. It was a hit in 1979 and it was a spoof of the disco craze in the late 1970s

Just now, Cruise Liner Fan said:

 

Thanks for the great pictures. I being such a ship fanatic enjoyed viewing your photos.

31 minutes ago, westcoasttech said:

Here you go … taken from the top deck of QA!

1 hour ago, exlondoner said:

And she meets QV today, bow to bow. Any pics?

I'll ask the same question of "Will there be a bow to bow picture of both Queen Anne & Queen Victoria?

5 minutes ago, NE John said:

Especially if the theme is Red and Gold. 

And a Gold or Yellow neck tie could be an alternative to a Red neck tie

4 hours ago, david63 said:

My only observation about that combination is that it could make him look like an undertaker - go for a non black tie

Well for the 1st formal night when I'm aboard the QM2 for the November 20th to December 3rd Caribbean Cruise, I will be wearing a double breasted Black suit with a White dress shirt and a Red neck tie, so Karen of PA husband as a suggestion from me could wear a Red neck tie instead of a Black neck tie and the Black suit will be fine.

5 hours ago, BigMac1953 said:

Her name was Mary M...

 

I heard her once. That was enough.

 

She, like Bea, thought she owned the ship (QV). She would remove the rope barriers from the pianos and impersonate Les Dawson.

If there are any Cunard passengers who did not like either Mary Mastony or Beatrice Muller well you won't see them aboard any of the 4 Cunard Queens anymore. Mary Mastony aka the QE2 Diva passed away on June 27,2018 and Beatrice Muller passed away on October 4,2013. And this morning with the help of Google I was able to find out the dates that both women passed away. I do not have anything bad to say about either woman so I'll leave it at that.

2 hours ago, Lakesregion said:

I do believethat both ladies have passed on. Bea was a real kick. You had to handle her with kid gloves but if you worked it right she was  fun for afternon tea. Particularly ifyou got to share with her AND the Opera Diva at the same small table, they had a love hate relationship. Bea's two sons had to book passage if they wished  to visit with her. The only time she left the QE2 was when it has to be drydoced. Whe the ship was taken out of seivice Cunard did offer her space on the QM2 and the Victoria but not at the seriously low bargain rate she enjoyed on the QE2. On that ship she had an inside cabin that was made up more like a studio. One of the beds had been removed and a sofa placed in the cabin along with a floor lamp.

 

The Opera Diva lived in Berkeley Heights NJ in a large mansion that has since been taken down. Her parents sent her to Europe evey summerto study opea but she never perforemed professionaly. She never married. The QE2 was her stage and she preformed at every passenger talent show. Very difficult to get her offstage and she would always carry plastic roses that she would throw into the audience.

 

Sadly,with the changes in cruising from a more traditional luxurious way to travel vs the more casual way of today, there are very few if any "Characters" left on the high seas. The QE2 had several other regular passenegrs. One of the largest share holdres in Disney would book two of the largest Queens Grill suites for the annual world cruise. and many of the gentlemen hosts over the years managed to catch a wealthy single lady while doing the world cruises. Cunard had to institute a 30 max on the hosts to stop this "love boat" set up.

I did get to see the QE2 Diva perform or sing opera during the passenger talent show aboard the QM2 in the Queens Room. The passengers enjoyed her act and applauded her at the end of her gig and I admit that I applauded also. Though I can not remember if she threw plastic roses into the audience but I did enjoy her act.

6 hours ago, BigMac1953 said:

Yes, I bumped into Bea Muller a few times. What a cantankerous old nuisance.

 

On one occasion, she demanded that the music in the pub area (QE2) was changed because she didn't like it. The bar maid (Jenny) explained that she didn't choose the music, and couldn't change it. Bea was most annoyed and stormed off to find Capt McNaught,

 

The problem was that she had been on the ship for so long. that she thought she owned it. The staff did not like her one bit.

What ever happened to Bea Muller who was the lady who lived aboard the QE2? The last I heard of her was when the QE2 was sold, she was not happy about that and wrote a letter to Micky Arison who is the chairman of Carnival Corporation the parent company that owns Cunard. Bea was offered cabin space aboard either QM2 or Queen Victoria but she turned down both ships. I did see her aboard QM2 in 2010. And does anyone know what ever happened to another elderly woman known as the QE2 Diva? She was very talented in singing opera and it was the wife of one of the Cunard captains that gave her the name QE2 Diva.

So I see that Queen Anne is docked at Ocean Dock Berth 46 where the current Ocean Terminal is located. I'm an American and I know that Ocean Dock is a U shaped 3 sided dock and I have been to Southampton 4 different times on round trip NY to NY transatlantic crossings aboard QM2. Where Queen Anne is docked, Berth 46 is the West side of Ocean Dock. The East side of Ocean Dock which can be seen from one of the pictures that Westcoasttech sent in this thread, is Berth 44 where the Titanic docked at and the original Ocean Terminal was located at Berth 44. Anyway enjoy your cruise aboard Queen Anne, Westcoasttech

Sorry to hear that Queen Elizabeth II has passed away. Was she going to be the godmother for the Queen Anne entering service in 2024? If not has it been announced on who will be the Queen Anne's godmother?

I did do this tour aboard the QM2 in 2013