Norfolk Brit Posted October 7, 2010 #226 Share Posted October 7, 2010 You must be getting quite excited now- such a special occasion. Doing my best:D. Mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray66 Posted October 7, 2010 #227 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Just off the coast of Devon now http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?mmsi=232089000¢erx=-3.413835¢ery=49.64049&zoom=10&type_color=6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritNavyGal Posted October 8, 2010 #228 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Not sure if anyone saw this yet, looks beautiful inside. :) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1318701/Queen-Elizabeth-cruise-liner-The-Buckingham-Palace-high-seas.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted October 8, 2010 #229 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Quite a lot of coverage of her Southampton arrival, from USA Today (with a constructive as ever contribution from our old friend, late of this Parish), and the BBC, and here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real PM Posted October 8, 2010 #230 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Quite a lot of coverage of her Southampton arrival, from USA Today (with a constructive as ever contribution from our old friend, late of this Parish), and the BBC, and here too. Oh my, is that our very own Savoia? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted October 9, 2010 #231 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Oh my, is that our very own Savoia? :) Yes it is! He even knows better than the local newspaper which he seems to think is run by Princess in LA! But he's seen a photo in Facebook - so that's it, further discussion is pointless! Meanwhile, good to learn that the naming ceremony: will be broadcast live on a big screen in Guildhall Square on Monday from 3.25pm. and To celebrate the naming, Southampton City Council is hosting a series of free events. Guildhall Square will be the scene of an Elizabethan Experience on Saturday and Sunday from 11am with demonstrations of music, dancing and sword fighting by costumed characters. Tribute band The Kings of Queen will perform Queen's greatest hits on Sunday from 7.30pm, after creative sessions for children at the Maritime Museum from 11.30am-3.30pm. But surely, she's 'just another Vista'? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted October 9, 2010 #232 Share Posted October 9, 2010 A Lumiere outside the Britannia Club restaurant: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAV BOY Posted October 9, 2010 #233 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Im off for my tour of and lunch onboard Queen Elizabeth. :) Gav.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmwnc1959 Posted October 9, 2010 Author #234 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Oh my, is that our very own Savoia? :) One in the same. Savoia masquerades as 'Kevin' on several other boards where he cuts-and-pastes his anti-Carnival anti-Cunard rhetoric from board to board embarrassing himself with all the knowledge he can muster from someone elses pictures and a scattered, somewhat inaccurate historical perception of Cunard. It's almost sad how this has gone on for so long. :eek: :( :rolleyes: :cool: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real PM Posted October 9, 2010 #235 Share Posted October 9, 2010 One in the same. Savoia masquerades as 'Kevin' on several other boards where he cuts-and-pastes his anti-Carnival anti-Cunard rhetoric from board to board embarrassing himself with all the knowledge he can muster from someone elses pictures and a scattered, somewhat inaccurate historical perception of Cunard. It's almost sad how this has gone on for so long. :eek: :( :rolleyes: :cool: :D One thing though, he is true to himself.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmwnc1959 Posted October 9, 2010 Author #236 Share Posted October 9, 2010 One thing though, he is true to himself.:D If that's what you want to call it. But for someone to be so blatantly negatively opinionated on a product they have not sailed in ANY of their most recent ships or ANY of the variations thereof, haven't been on, seen in person, or toured, haven't expereinced 'first-hand', and only makes bitter negative judgements from all that which is based on pictures shown on a computer screen, that isn't being very 'true' at all, is it? To me it's just screaming at the wind and shaking your fist at the sky about something they really don't know anything about other than photos and descriptions on 'the internets'. And if that person hasn't been on, booked, or experienced the Cunard product at all, has no intention of doing so, and does nothing but repeat the same negative comments on numerous boards with absolutley no credibility, then how can you take someone like that serious? I might as well be having a discussion with my dining room table for all that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnhmrk Posted October 10, 2010 #237 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I've never stayed in a cabin I loved as much as our PG on QE2 with unrefurbished bathroom - it was a little well-used and worn around the edges For the amount of floor space you got those cabins were incredibly spacious :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmwnc1959 Posted October 10, 2010 Author #238 Share Posted October 10, 2010 New QE pics from Maritime Matters http://maritimematters.com/2010/10/queen-elizabeth-photo-gallery-pre-decked/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moniquet Posted October 10, 2010 #239 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I don't see why the UK should be giving free publicity to the launch. Owned by Cunard, a Carnival company. Built and fitted in Italy, the only tenuous link with UK is that it has a "wooden carving" done by Viscount Lindley. A bit like Costa cruises building a ship in Italy, calling it Obama and getting Obama to launch it in New York with all the razzamataz.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted October 10, 2010 #240 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I don't see why the UK should be giving free publicity to the launch. Owned by Cunard, a Carnival company. Carnival is an Anglo-American company (listed in both NY and London), Queen Elizabeth is both registered and home-ported in Southampton, creating jobs there, and most of her passengers will be British. And the problem is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moniquet Posted October 10, 2010 #241 Share Posted October 10, 2010 There is no problem to me I am only cruising on it I was just stating facts after reading some of the links when locals said they felt "proud"...of what exactly! So there will be jobs...yeah some part-time ones. About as British as a Japanese car:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted October 10, 2010 #242 Share Posted October 10, 2010 About as British as a Japanese car:D Built in Swindon or Sunderland......:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepperrn Posted October 10, 2010 #243 Share Posted October 10, 2010 There is no problem to me I am only cruising on it I was just stating facts after reading some of the links when locals said they felt "proud"...of what exactly! So there will be jobs...yeah some part-time ones. About as British as a Japanese car:D I'm off to do some quick research on all those Spanish shipping lines that have changed the world, the many Ocean Liners in Spanish history that people remember sailing on, the proud history of great Spanish passenger ships that sailed the north Atlantic ocean to New York and around the globe alongside the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, the Lusitania, the Mauretania, the Bremen, the Europa, the Rex, the Normandie, the Queen Mary, the United States, the France, the Queen Elizabeth 2 and the Queen Mary 2. Back shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moniquet Posted October 10, 2010 #244 Share Posted October 10, 2010 OK I shall rephrase it.....not even as British as a Japanese car:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guernseyguy Posted October 10, 2010 #245 Share Posted October 10, 2010 locals said they felt "proud"...of what exactly! Of new jobs based in Southampton for the next 30 years? No one in Monfalcone is employed on Queen Elizabeth any more....their work is done...finished.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray66 Posted October 10, 2010 #246 Share Posted October 10, 2010 New QE pics from Maritime Matters http://maritimematters.com/2010/10/queen-elizabeth-photo-gallery-pre-decked/ Thanks for the link. Some good pictures there. The Lido restaurant actually looks like it could be darker than on the QV with wood effect furniture and panels as opposed to cream on the QV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stowaway2k Posted October 11, 2010 #247 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Built and fitted in Italy, the only tenuous link with UK is that it has a "wooden carving" done by Viscount Lindley. "Queen Elizabeth" tenuous? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnhmrk Posted October 11, 2010 #248 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I am only cruising on it Precisely :rolleyes: That is what she was built for and what she'll be good at! Of new jobs based in Southampton for the next 30 years? Do you honestly think she'll last that long? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywood Posted October 11, 2010 #249 Share Posted October 11, 2010 She's just been on the BBC news - and looks quite good! I was a bit bothered about our booking (because she's not QM2) but now I am looking forward to September :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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