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Originally posted by Brian_O:
I liked the "Quenn Mary" life ring photo. Somebody goofed.

Brian

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What's interesting (...or possibly disturbing) is that when you do a query for "Quenn Mary" with Google, you get 279 matches.

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Originally posted by CGT:
What I find disturbing is that Cunard has not seen fit as of yet to correct the error! For shame!

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Maybe they haven't noticed it yet. And where the heck is the "2"?

Some errors never get fixed. In 1977 I was assigned a cabin on QE2 forward of the A stairway on 2 deck. As was/is my usual practice after locating my cabin (and before the ship sailed) I did my own lifeboat drill which consisted of checking out the lifejacket, reading the instructions in the bathroom and then following the arrows to my muster station. The sign in my bathroom said I was assigned to boat station number 1 on the Boat Deck (starboard side). However, when I followed the arrows I found boat station number 1 was on the PORT side on the Upper deck...the station had been moved in 1972 but they hadn't changed the signs in the bathroom cabins. My cabin steward confirmed that all the cabins in that section of the ship were "mislabelled". I reported the discrepancy to the Bureau (what they called the Purser's office in those days).

Fast forward a few years to 1983. Boat station 1 was still located on the Port side on the Upper Deck and the cabin signs still directed the occupants to the BOAT Deck. I reported the discrepancy again. I would not be surprised if the error has still not been fixed.

Brian

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Originally posted by joe at travelpage:

What's interesting (...or possibly disturbing) is that when you do a query for "Quenn Mary" with googleyou get 279 matches.

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Even more disturbing Joe, is that 1) you bothered to try it and 2) you thought that it was worth telling us about it!

(Off topic I know, but how is this for a very odd web sit Here)

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Originally posted by CGT:
Here is a link to more coverage of the QM2 from the BBC. Note the small picture of the hall with those gold Normandie like bas reliefs. I'm now calling it the "Normandie Hall", I want to get in there soooo bad....

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Here's a larger image of the "Normandie Hall":

Ernie

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Originally posted by CGT:
Oh no, are you serious? Noooooo...OMG...homer simpson and an american football player? 86 Homer (tacky!!!!) and American football.

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You might do best to view these pieces from afar. I personally don't mind Homer Simpson. Of course I am a Simpson's fan (and Futurama) and besides he is apparently quite hidden so you won't see him unless you really look. A little comic relief never hurt anyone, and besides, QM2 doesn't need to be 100% serious. I can do without the American football though. I have no idea what is depicted on the other three pieces, and for all we know it could be worse.

I must admit what I would have rather seen are four bronze art pieces saluting famous Cunard liners of the past.... maybe QE, QM, QE2, and CUNARD COUNTESS. Just kidding about that last one! The Green Goddess might be a better choice.

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Originally posted by Brian_O:
I reported the discrepancy again. I would not be surprised if the error has still not been fixed.

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Originally posted by PamM:

Brian, Muster for Two Deck, fwd of A stairway, is now in Queen's Grill. At least it was in August.

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Thanks Pam. But I have to ask....did following the arrows actually lead you that spot on the ship? In 1977 and 1983 the sign also said Boat Deck but the arrows led to a station on Upper Deck.

Brian

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Through his art, he became friends with John Brown, one of the designers of the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth, who died in 1999, a few months before his 100th birthday. "When he died, his niece gave me a 30/60-degree set square, which he?d used on drawings of the Queen Mary in the 1920s. I used it when making these drawings - it was a bit of an inspiration."

Nice story all round. Rest of article about a couple of others too, here.

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Originally posted by PamM:
Brian, yes the arrows led to the right place.

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Good! Thanks Pam. Judging by the photo it looks like they have changed all the signs, so maybe they are all correct now. The muster stations used to be numbered but now they seem to have a letter rather than a number. I would hazard a guess that the changes were made in the 1994 refit.