QE2 Al Shafa Construction Handover August 2017

[cunardqueen]

  There seems to be no detail available.   

At the risk of being blasted  ..we have been down this path before . Last time we had lots of artists impressions, though lm not sure exactly what kind of artists they were ... 

[Louis De Sousa]

At the risk of being blasted  ..we have been down this path before . Last time we had lots of artists impressions, though lm not sure exactly what kind of artists they were ... 

Well they have learned the lesson this time round no impressions

[June Ingram]

Here is an interesting article from Cruise Arabia -

http://www.cruisearabiaonline.com/middle-east-cruise-news/2017/03/07/Contractor-goes-public-with-restoration-work-on-laid-up-QE2-in-Dubai

[Rob Lightbody]

I am sure Rob remembers this area you took a photo here back in April 2011,this photo is from December 2016.

So I did! 

The wooden cases on the floor are even still there.

QE2 in Warm Lay-up in Dubai, April 24th 2011 by Rob Lightbody, on Flickr

[Louis De Sousa]

Work is going as planned.....August is close now

[Roy Warrender]

Glad to hear that, The projects page on their website is not opening nor the links previously on this site

[cunardqueen]

IF she is being partially converted into a hotel then l wonder at what stage they will be looking to accept bookings or what about a soft opening with invited guests to test the system ? before it all goes live. with any task of opening a new/converted hotel on a large scale  the last thing you want to do is open to paying guests and for things not to be working.

Of course if shes not going to be a hotel  .....

Generally with such hotel openings there is usually some hype to create a buzz. Lets hope the way QE2 has been handled they dont create another set of "oh here we go again" .Its all very well saying nothing during the transformation process, but as the process nears the end you do need to create some interest in what the guest can be expected to see, feel and experience

Granted  it might not be on a Vegas scale of hype and sensation blasting but when they open the grande mega structures they do it with a certain style and wow factor.

[Twynkle]

I am sure Rob remembers this area you took a photo here back in April 2011,this photo is from December 2016.

Off Topic!
This looks Really very interesting.
Please, Skilly, perhaps? What are those levers for?
Thank you 

[Bob C.]

Glad to hear that, The projects page on their website is not opening nor the links previously on this site

Yes, this makes me very suspect...again.

[Rod]

Off Topic!
This looks Really very interesting.
Please, Skilly, perhaps? What are those levers for?
Thank you 

The ones on the yellow cupboards? To turn electrical breakers on and off.

[Roy Warrender]

They must be watching, the video now works,   no mention of QE2

http://www.shafaconstruction.com/projects/

[Louis De Sousa]

They must be watching, the video now works,   no mention of QE2

http://www.shafaconstruction.com/projects/

The link project is not showing for all projects just not QE2

[pete cain]

Why for once don't they show some imagination, instead of being forever alongside (when she is finally finally definitively  finished)
  anchor her in the centre of the maria or even further out, & let the minted guests arrive by her own tenders, let em see & gawp in amazement at her bulk, she might even just every so often get a little movement with the swell.
   Also peeps would see her at all angles from said tenders, am sure leccy water & sewage could be sorted what's not to like 

[Roy Warrender]

Nice idea Pete
Might be difficult to provide services, we always thing of Electric Water etc but its sewage removal that  would be most difficult

[Louis De Sousa]

The link is back online

http://www.shafaconstruction.com/projects/queen-elizabeth-2-refurbishment-works/