Colin_Cameron

1 hour ago, Mr and Mrs A said:

Does everyone listen to the same music?

No. Not necessarily even you and the person you're trying to dance with!🤣

22 hours ago, Alsun said:

... could anyone tell me whether it is possible to buy a bottle of wine for consumption at home? 

Things change all the time but we always used to bring home half a dozen of the 20cl "Cunard Port for Two". I've just had a look and there's only four left, '92, '97 and 2000 (x2). I was really disapointed when they stopped doing these.

19 hours ago, Daisymabel said:

Interesting, that may be Cunard's policy so the decision will be made for us.👍

It may be now, but I’m fairly sure I’ve seen a photo a few years ago with the room set up as a double with upper bunks. There was a comment that this was what they had requested but wished they hadn’t. Getting in and out of the lower bed was really awkward as there was nowhere near enough room to stand up below the upper bunks.

On 5/6/2023 at 5:25 PM, exlondoner said:

Has anyone thought of tipping tender drivers?

We have come across two different captains driving tenders. Knowing the gentlemen involved they would think this a great idea.

I've found a Joseph Toole, Trimmer, age 36, arriving in New York in 1923 on the Carmania from Liverpool.

If that sounds likely to be him I can narrow the search using ~1887 as a DOB.

You may find him on the 1915 crew lists at the National Maritime Museum. https://1915crewlists.rmg.co.uk

There are also some crew lists available for US ports on www.familysearch.org (free, but you need to create an account)

Which makes the second one Long Island Sound. I'm sure we can all see the similarities in the two pictures😁

10 hours ago, sfred said:

Here are two public domain photos pf places on our unseen list, the first of a port and the second of an adjacent cruise-by.

Well that second one looks familiar. I was planning on posting this photo at some point. Which, if I'm right, is of the same stretch of water.

Currently in the middle of a spell of jury duty. I haven't concentrated so hard, for so long, since I retired.

I'm knackered!

There used to be a Back-to-Back discount many years ago. I think they called it a consecutive cruise discount, or something like that. 

We we decided to add a transatlantic crossing onto the end of a longer cruise. The new, discounted, price for both cruises turned out to be less than the cost of the first one. Having already paid in full, we not only got the crossing free, we also got a refund cheque for the difference! They effectively paid us to cross on QE2.

Maybe that’s why it got stopped.😁

And with the help of that not-so-subtle hint I finally got there. I hadn’t actually thought to check webcams for matching images.

Albany, WA.

Aug 22, I’m finding reports of a Great White attack off Cornwall. But I don't ever remember seeing nets there. 😁

Is that a shark net? And does that help?

21 hours ago, allinthesameboat said:

How dressy do the women get on gala night? 

The sky’s the limit.

5 hours ago, sfred said:

Should Inchgreen Dry Dock be a new port, or an alternative view of Greenock's cruise terminal located a few kilometers to the west?  I presume QE2 did not have passengers aboard during the time at Inchgreen.

No passengers. As @bluemarble said, this was even before her seatrials. I wouldn't count this as another port.

My only reason for posting this is that these are the photos I was looking for away back in post #546 (2+ years ago). I remembered taking them but what I didn't remember was that I must have taken them with my dad's camera. Thus he still had the photos.

I don't think this is going to tax anyone very much.

26 minutes ago, Fifer said:

The Glasgow travel agents who chartered the ship probably lost their shirts as it was far from full...

I heard reports of a loss of £1M. As much due to mismanagement as lack of sales.

Well done @ExArkie. QE2 was on a charter for "The Open" in July 2000.

A further 28 ports submitted for the not-yet-seen list.

I've found some more ports that are not on any of the lists so far. If the Google Forms is still active I'll submit them there.

In the meantime here's a public domain image of one of them that I've been to several times but don't have any photos of. It was never this sunny when I was there.

I don't think I'm giving too much away if I say it must have been a tender port.

I think @bluemarble has it. I think that qualifies as a "new" port, if not a new port.

11 hours ago, North West Newbie said:

Well, you've not seen me onboard then. 😉

Nor me.

I've worn my tails numerous times on all three current ships and only once have I been the only one.

As counter-intuitive as it might seem, head to the centre of the floor. You will be in the “calm at the centre of the storm”.

Glad to see you’re finally on your way @roscoe39. We’ve all been waiting for your next cruise as long as you have.

2 hours ago, ScotsLady said:

I tweeted again and asked them to confirm the hull has been cleaned...

The question, and any answer, is irrelevant.

The next time the ship returns to those sensitive areas the hull will be inspected again. The result of that inspection will determine what action needs to be taken, not whether it was cleaned this week, last week, or last month.

7 hours ago, Dylancat said:

The difference here is that Cunard know about the legal requirements for hull cleaning ……….

I think you’ll find that hull cleaning is not a legal requirement. What is required is an inspection. The result of that inspection will determine whether cleaning is required.