Elizabeth - General Discussion

[Rod]

I am sorry...have not read all the posts, just skipped through. I have no interest, other than general, with any other Queen apart from the 2 that are in my life. Well 3 if you count the wife! HM Queen Elizabeth the second, and RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 that was my life for 20 years. You can copy bars, furnishings...whatever! But, to me there will only be ONE sailing Queen.
All these ships with Queen names......are cruise ships. ONE is a QUEEN!
Rant over.

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

I am sorry...have not read all the posts, just skipped through. I have no interest, other than general, with any other Queen apart from the 2 that are in my life. Well 3 if you count the wife! HM Queen Elizabeth the second, and RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 that was my life for 20 years. You can copy bars, furnishings...whatever! But, to me there will only be ONE sailing Queen.
All these ships with Queen names......are cruise ships. ONE is a QUEEN!
Rant over.

Hi Rod, you are definitely not the only one in this Forum with this view!   

Several other threads show the heated debates we have had on this subject...

[bobso]

Here is a link to the new Queen Elizabeth--


http://allaboutcunard.blogspot.com/2011/09/cunard-queen-elizabeth.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+allaboutcunard+%28All+About+Cunard+Blog%29

[Twynkle]

The first anniversary of her launch,
and this is how she was looking a month ago!

At anchor the Firth of Forth


and sailing through the Minches

[Andy F]

and a few more from the maiden round Britain...

[Rod]

If thos pics/simulations are the way it going......I need to restructure my pension plan! When will the people that run Cunard realize that there is a market, granted a niche market, for people that want the finest service, the finest staff, the finest liner. Not some damn copycat clone of what everybody else has. If they looked into what QE2 had...and delivered...they might realize.

[Twynkle]

queen Elizabeth is due to sail through the Verazzano Narrows soon
on her way to Manhattan on the first segment of her World Criuise 2012
You'll find this Live webcam view is exceptionally good,
it's also possible to watch cars passing over the bridge!:
http://NYHarborWebcam.com/

[QE2 Canuck]

Hi there.... just watched Queen Elizabeth enter the New York Harbour..... I'm afraid she had a rainy, misty, foggy entrance... the camera caught her as she came under the bridge but soon lost her in the upper bay.  She will be leaving New York tomorrow evening and heading to Fort Lauderdale where she will be on the port fever camera in Port Everglades on Friday/saturday...If anybody is interested...... the Port Fever camera links up with the Port canaveral harbour cam and the New York harbour cam so you access them all from this one site.    www.portfever.com     keeps me busy switching about to catch them all departing in the afternoon..... it's fun ship watching!!!   You can tell, I'm retired!!

QE2 Canuck    Linda C

[Twynkle]

Hi there.... just watched Queen Elizabeth enter the New York Harbour..... I'm afraid she had a rainy, misty, foggy entrance... the camera caught her as she came under the bridge but soon lost her in the upper bay.  She will be leaving New York tomorrow evening and heading to Fort Lauderdale where she will be on the port fever camera in Port Everglades on Friday/saturday...If anybody is interested...... the Port Fever camera links up with the Port canaveral harbour cam and the New York harbour cam so you access them all from this one site.    www.portfever.com     keeps me busy switching about to catch them all departing in the afternoon..... it's fun ship watching!!!   You can tell, I'm retired!!

QE2 Canuck    Linda C

Thank you for this - It's a much better cam!
 - it's not difficult to imagine what those early passengers on ships from the uk must have thought and experienced as they arrived in the same sort of misty wet and cold conditions on their way to Ellis Island...

[Andy F]

- it's not difficult to imagine what those early passengers on ships from the uk must have thought and experienced as they arrived in the same sort of misty wet and cold conditions on their way to Ellis Island...

They didn't arrive in quite as much style though...

[bobso]

A Port Douglas tale aboard The Queen Elizabeth--

http://www.tourismportdouglas.com.au/A-Port-Douglas-tale-aboard-Queen-Elizabe.7233.0.html

[bobso]

New video here of the Queen Elizabeth---

[junglejames]

Quick question, which i havent found the answer to. The QE(3) has the QE2s bell up on deck 10. Does she also have the original QEs bell nearby, or anywhere else onboard?

[Andy F]

That's one for Flagship to answer, though I would have thought the original bell remained with the ship but I may be wrong

[Michael Gallagher]

The two bells: QE2's main bell while the smaller one is the Engine Room bell from the Queen Elizabeth not her main bell.