Constructive feedback and suggestions for small improvements.

[Rob Lightbody]

I know they can't have gambling in Dubai, but can't they turn the lights on in the machines and signs?  They look dead as they are, and unlike they were when in service.

https://instagram.com/p/BiUgXa_nHBX

[Andy Holloway]

Lose the strings of lights up and over the funnel.

A Captain on Vistafjord - Leif Rodall - always used to say; "Alan Balante, 5 star service begins with the string lights."
Alan Balante was the Filipino electrician whose job it was to check the string lights EVERY night before they were switched on at sunset!

[Scott Ebersold]

OMG. The lighting! It's blinding!

[June Ingram]

The new, brighter, energy saving lighting, even when dimmed, gives a garish, surreal look to any setting.  QE2 should exude warmth !

[Thomas Hypher]

The new, brighter, energy saving lighting, even when dimmed, gives a garish, surreal look to any setting.  QE2 should exude warmth !

And that is the problem with energy saving lighting, it's too severe so will need to be dimmed a lot more as it may well already be dimmed a bit!

[Conor]

The new, brighter, energy saving lighting, even when dimmed, gives a garish, surreal look to any setting.  QE2 should exude warmth !

Companies keep buying cool white, when really they want warm white!

[Conor]

Having looked at pictures of the Golden Lion there doesn't seem to be any TVs/projector screens? I would've thought that, now she's anchored down in one place, they'd want to be able to show sports (whether in English or Arabic, from what I've read you can get both for the Premier League) in the pub.

[Thomas Hypher]

Having looked at pictures of the Golden Lion there doesn't seem to be any TVs/projector screens? I would've thought that, now she's anchored down in one place, they'd want to be able to show sports (whether in English or Arabic, from what I've read you can get both for the Premier League) in the pub.

Current cruise ships have the TVs and projectors for sports when at sea so there's little to no excuse for Dubai!

[Conor]

Current cruise ships have the TVs and projectors for sports when at sea so there's little to no excuse for Dubai!

Especially since it's something that could heavily influence traffic and the profitability of the place - if customers can't watch the World Cup on board then where will they go?

[Lynda Bradford]

The one thing I hated on QE2 was the gambling machines and the noise they made.  I cannot understand why they have not been removed and some use made of the space. 

[Andy Holloway]

Even as far back as 2005, when i was on Ocean Village, we had live Premiership football on a Saturday, it came via something called  'raw feed', basically pictures only and the receiving TV company added their own commentary.
We used to get 3 games on a Saturday, lunch time KO, afternoon KO and evening KO and then whatever was being played on the Sunday. The Sports Bar was always full, mainly as OV was predominantly aimed at the Brit market.

A 'crew joke' on OV was that; Formal Night was your football teams home shirt, & informal was their away shirt!

[Alex Tarry]

I did have a good look last night, I can’t see any screens in the Golden Lion, or anywhere else in the public areas...

With regards to the casino and space, my take is they are trying very hard to maintain the original feel
of the ship, and space here is not currently an issue...

Almost everyone I speak to is keen to point out how hard they’ve worked to preserve everything...my view is they have succeeded, if you can come and have a look and decide for yourselves...

Cheers,

Alex

[Thomas Hypher]

The one thing I hated on QE2 was the gambling machines and the noise they made.  I cannot understand why they have not been removed and some use made of the space.

I didn't like their noises either, nor the fact that the casino blocked at least that side of Upper Deck for walking along as a child and in most cases as using the casino as a corridor/indoor promenade wasn't really appreciated. Glad the area has been opened up a bit for this reason but it's good the gambling machines have been preserved as part of her history (even though not original to the ship).

[Rob Lightbody]

Somebody on Twitter posted this (below).  I think I know what they mean.  By making the ship cleaner, fresher and more modern, they've also removed a lot of the apparent quality and luxury - examples I'd give are blinds/curtains, lighting and carpet choice.  The sort of thing that differentiates a high-end hotel, from a functional Premier Inn or Travel Lodge.  Too harsh?

https://twitter.com/DrCWebbBAPhD/status/995518706246668288

[cunardqueen]

The sort of thing that differentiates a high-end hotel, from a functional Premier Inn or Travel Lodge.  Too harsh?
   

Travelodge is a very good business model for what it offers, the customer is able to customise their stay with many things or simply just have a room to rest their heads, and at very varying prices
.
I doubt we could say that some of QE2s curtains or carperts were luxury. Some of those curtains or blinds did  a good job of hiding some of the states of the windows.
 Those of us that remember the very dark carpet and white hand rails ,now that was luxury and a lovely thick carpert  ( was it black or a very dark blue) The Midships bar with the Green always looked Luxury, The Golden Lion, lets face it was a dump and l never liked it. The old Columbia in its hey day l always thought just reeked of luxury , the pink race chairs ok the carpet was a bit crazy , But l think the bit that always stood out as being luxury was The Midships Lobby ..that was always pure class.