My Cabin
This is the TV in my 3-deck cabin. I think it had just been fitted during the
refit. It had many channels, but this was the live view from the bridge over the
bows.
Personally I'd rather have had an observation bar at the front of the ship like the
Queen Mary & Elizabeth had than make do with a TV image.
I hope they've changed the curtains since 1987!
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The Corridor
This is the corridor outside our 3-deck cabin. It went on as far as you could
see!
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The Casino
I wasn't allowed in here at night because I was only 15 at the time but I had a look
round during the day. It was much bigger than this photo makes it look!
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The Grand Room
Newly fitted with a double staircase this room was fantastic. The shopping mall
was around the top behind the railings and the roof was covered in tiny sparkling lights
which looked fantastic at night. The carpet was dark blue with bright flashes in it
that picked up the light from the spotlights. A large audio-visual control centre
was above me where this photo was taken controlling all the entertainment in this room.
The room stretches the whole width of the ship.
You can just make out my mum and dad waltzing in this photo behind the lady in white.
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| One of the most amazing nights of my life was
in this room. Having strolled around the deck at twilight, we entered through the
rotary doors to the shopping mall upstairs and leaned over the banister to watch the
fantastic singer. Then the QE2 began to shake...what was wrong? Bits of
coloured paper from the light fittings fell to the dance floor... We found out the
next day that this had been the QE2's main speed trials and that she had "easily
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The Shopping Mall
My Mum wearing her Pringle jumper outside the Pringle shop onboard. This is
immediately above the grand room.
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The Queens Room.
Our home on board together with our bags for the first few hours... This room had
just received a make-over with some very comfy new square brown leather armchairs.
We had an amazing buffet in here one night at 00:30.
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| Note the ladder - the ship still wasn't
finished following her refit! |
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| This is one of our waiters in the Mauretania
Restaurant. The waiters were very friendly and for me they made the trip what it
was. The food was amazing and the wine just kept flowing - not for me of
course! The Mauretania restaurant had just been installed at a cost of 2 million
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| No wonder we are smiling - we'd just eaten
one of the best meals of our lives in one of the best restaurants in the world! Mum has
the menu under her arm as a keepsake!
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