Thank you for your comments.
QM2 Bows to QE2 was obviously taken in New York. I recall the morning well, It was April 2004 ahead of QM2's maiden eastbound voyage in tandem with QE2.
QM2 arrived the day before QE2 and there was a dinner on board for invited guests. that morning I got up really early, got a taxi to the pier on the Huson river and I was dropped off on the top level of the car park. It was deserted and I wondered if the ship really was coming in? I walked out to the end of the pier for a prime position camera in hand. However, a few minutes later a security guy asked me to leave, it was obvious I shouldn't be there. He confirmed the ship was due to dock fairly soon. I made it back to the lower level and had to watch the docking from behind a huge wire fence. It was spectacular.
The following morning I watched QE2 dock from the top level in or hotel and later that morning we embarked QM2. I made my way off and this time, as a passenger, I was allowed the ship side of the fence and I took lots of pictures of the two liners at their berths. Later QM2 slipped her berth and QE2 followed. The crossing was amazing and we were saluted by a fly past from the Royal Air Force as we approached the UK.
