It was in every way a most amazing day, for those of us onboard the welcome and departure and for those on shore the most amazing view as QE2 came into sight, My parents and sister had travelled down to be in Greenock that day and they called me when QE2 came into view and couldnt the believe the view and how majestic QE2 looked.
They had sailed on QE2 on a party cruise the year before and were enthralled not only with the ship but all that went with it and they had been fortunate to meet during the 2 day cruise some characters of passengers who only added to fun, having their anniversary onboard the singing waiters and two close friends of mine, we were all on the same table it was a dream for me to have them onboard, Dad still speaks glowingly of his first Afternoon tea onboard after embarkation and how QE2 was a real ship, not like todays objects.
For me to be able to have them onboard for the day in Greenock was simply the best gift ever (Thanks
) and they enjoyed each and every minute of their day, a chance to reunite in a Pavillion lunch, Afternoon tea, a cabin party and a very hurried Dinner, the waiting staff pulled out all the stops to ensure we had a very quick Dinner onboard. And when QE2 sailed that night lm sure l speak for a lot of QE2 diehards who were onboard,when l say a small part of us died that night when QE2 sailed away.
The Round UK cruise did QE2 proud, with the exception of one port, and for whats its worth l still feel the round trip transatlantics were a bit of an anti climax.
Five years, where has the time gone.....