Quote from: Chris on Today at 06:39:46 AM
I was under the impression that the standards were removed before she sailed from Southampton.
The Queen Mary life ring outside the yacht club G stairs was missing, lm sure it was removed in NY
And the items on display outside the Computer center were replaced with framed menus from the round uk voyage.
And there was considerable filming going on at the paintings of the Queen and Duke that are situated outside the stairs on the theatre balcony.
I saw this myself on the intransit day between the round uk and crossings.
It was so nice to have the QE2 to myself, but with 2 others
we had a cavalcade to end all cavalcades... started with the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth suites and worked down from there.
The suites were lovely, l always wanted to see them and never thought l would, but l must admit not as big as l imagined, from watching the Alan Whicker fast boat to china (1983) and seeing him interviewing Nigel Broakes on that long couch l always imagined them to be much bigger,and the ratafan furniture in the tiny sun room before you go onto the front balcony was amusing. the views from up there were something else and overloking the bridge wings, for all that luxury, they had a fold away bed ready for use and personalised stationary, fridge full of soft drinks.
Being nosey l opened doors etc and had the chance to see the base of the mast (how easily pleased am l)
The Queen Anne was another nice room, but having said all that when you actually study the rooms/suites you can see lots of signs of wear and tear water damage etc. the pantry was packed full of various things.
A few years ago l do remember a late night visit to one of the suites and thinking just how worn and tired it looked.
Interestingly the ships log books all went to John Moors in liverpool for archiving and safe keeping and the official log books are the property of the MCA and have been returned to the Registrar General of shipping and seamen in Cardiff
On then to see some of the other suites and cabins on various decks, and before we knew it the peace and quietness of QE2 was being broken by the embarking passengers. Intransit lunch was in the Caronia with a good number of passengers carrying on to do the westbound crossing as well .