Now that the move to transform the QE2 into a floating hotel has been made, it’s time to think about design. Below are a selection of images taken from the QE2 Heritage Hotel website, which show numerous impressions from the design firms of how she may look once transformed. What do you think?
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Regal Princess To Debut Early With Two New Sailings Added
Regal Princess will make her debut next year earlier than originally announced, and Princess Cruises has added two new sailings to her maiden schedule. The ship’s first voyage, which was previously scheduled for June 2, will now be May 20, 2014. Passengers can select from two new week-long Mediterranean cruises traveling between Venice and Athens. The two…
River Cruising
I have never been on a river cruise, I think the fact I would not be on an ocean going vessel sometimes puts me off, after all you are aware by now that one enjoys the motion of the ocean, but every time I visit Amsterdam I see all the beautiful river boats lined up,…
QE2 Hotel Transformation
The transformation of the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) into a five star hotel will be completed by 2015. Her 990 cabins shall be transformed into 400 suites and her impressive ballroom shall be brought back to life. Seven restaurants onboard shall be refitted along with 10 lounges, cinema and a maritime museum. Her final destination…
Young Boy Drowns Aboard Carnival Victory
A six-year old boy has drowned whilst enjoying a holiday aboard Carnival Victory. Qwentyn Hunter, of Winter Garden just outside Orlando, was around the pool area on Sunday with family members, including his brother just before the accident. Detective Javier Baez of the Miami-Dade Police Department said “the boy was apparently playing with his 10-year…
My Three Favourite Places
I have a page on my blog titled ‘My Travels’ and it is pretty much self-explanatory. It’s a list of all the places I have been lucky enough to visit and I add more as I go along. Out of all the places I have visited so far, there are one or two that really…
It’s A P&O Cruises Thing
I look through my collection of personal photographs from cruises gone by and they show happy times with laughter, adventure, usually too much of the alcoholic stuff and the smiles of some pretty awesome crew members, and a large majority of those images are from cruises with P&O. It will come as no surprise then…
Diamonds And Cocktails In Amsterdam
Our second and final port was Amsterdam, Holland. This would be my third visit to Holland since March and I was quite looking forward to once again doing something new and exciting. We left the cruise terminal and were met by our local guides who escorted us just a few steps away from the cruise…
Gent (Ghent) Belgium
Gent or Ghent as it is also referred was my first port of call during my recent Marco Polo mini-cruise and having never been to Belgium before I was looking forward to this port the most. We left the ship and were introduced to our local guide before jumping in a taxi and being whisked…
Marco Polo Mini Cruise
Yesterday I returned from a 3-night mini-cruise aboard Cruise and Maritime Voyages, MS Marco Polo and I have to say I really enjoyed it. We visited Ghent (Gent) in Belgium and Amsterdam in Holland, but I will keep the ports for another day, today is just about Marco Polo. We boarded the ship at roughly…
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