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The bit outside the Yacht Club
« on: Sep 25, 2010, 04:01 PM »
One of my favourite places on the QE2, was the bit outside the Yacht Club - it was a lot of fun, especially at night, by (fake) candelight, rusty nails and party music :-


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Re: The bit outside the Yacht Club
« Reply #1 on: Sep 25, 2010, 08:12 PM »
Great spot  and was sooo much better for the sailaway parties than that funnel bar....it was far too far away for my liking...the yacht club was much handier especially if you had been out by the pool prior to sailaway in your swimmies....

Online Lynda Bradford

Re: The bit outside the Yacht Club
« Reply #2 on: Sep 25, 2010, 11:19 PM »
How did I manage to miss the party outside the Yacht Club?  Bring back the QE2 so I can party the night away. 
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Re: The bit outside the Yacht Club
« Reply #3 on: Sep 25, 2010, 11:36 PM »
Even on crossings it was a hot spot, a place to see and be seen late at night and into the wee hours.... even if it was just a few folk out braving the wind and the chill.
The lack-of one is something I consider a short-coming on QM2, open deck just outside the nightclub for cool fresh air and a smoke, for those who want one.

I remember one night when it became a sort of open-air dormitory.   One New Years when we were dead in the water enroute from San Juan to NYC, many passengers came up from their hot and stuffy cabins in their jammies looking for a cool place to get some rest.  I wish I had a photo.   ;D

As the party in the Yacht Club was still going very strong, the party simply migrated out on deck with those poor souls, refugees from non-air conditioned cabins, who just wanted to get some rest after celebrating the Bells at midnight. 

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Re: The bit outside the Yacht Club
« Reply #4 on: Sep 25, 2010, 11:44 PM »
How did I manage to miss the party outside the Yacht Club?  Bring back the QE2 so I can party the night away. 

I don't think I ever experienced one either! And it was not for lack of wandering about the decks at night  ;D ...

It must have been because we always sailed into cold climes... the parties were going on inside the Yacht Club, not out.

Thank you for the videos, Rob -- amazing to see what happened there during those balmy Mediterranean nights...

Yes, I shall always regret that we had to cancel the one Mediterranean cruise we had booked...   :'(