Welcome to Cruise Talk the Internet's most popular discussion forum dedicated to cruising. Stop by Cruise Talk anytime to post a message or find out what your fellow passengers and industry insiders are saying about a particular ship, cruise line or destination.
>>> Reader Reviews >>> CruisePage.com Photo Gallery >>> Join Our Cruise Club.
Latest News...Carnival Corporation has reported its strongest quarterly financial performance to date, posting record revenues, net yields and net income for the third quarter of 2026. The company said demand continued to accelerate across its brands, supporting higher yields and improved cost efficiency despite increased fuel prices. Net income for the quarter reached $1.9 billion,...
Latest News...Royal Caribbean has released details of its 2028 Alaska season, which will feature four ships—Anthem of the Seas, Ovation of the Seas, Serenade of the Seas and Voyager of the Seas—operating seven-night itineraries from Seattle, Seward and Vancouver beginning in April 2028. The program also includes extended land-based Cruisetour options ranging from two to six nights for select sailings...
Latest News...Seabourn has announced the expedition leadership and scientific experts who will guide its 2026–2027 Antarctica program aboard Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit. The season will include 19 departures between November 2026 and March 2027, with itineraries ranging from 10 to 20 days and select voyages incorporating South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. Each sailing will be supported by a 21-member expedition..
Someone has posted it over on that other discussion board in the Princess forum, of all places, claiming it is video of the NORWEGIAN DAWN and the giant wave. I know this is video of the QM2 on her maiden transatlantic to New York from Southampton. I thought it was your video. I can't remember if it was from you or someone on the Cunard forum on that other site.
[ 04-18-2005: Message edited by: Commodore ]
It's the waves going over the Golden Lion Pub windows on QM2's 22 April crossing,
Pam
quote:Originally posted by PamM:It's not mine.. It's COLIN's!! GRRRR, what a rip off... JOE? I think it's been ripped from Cruisetalk as didn't you put it online for Colin?It's the waves going over the Golden Lion Pub windows on QM2's 22 April crossing,Pam
That's right, I thought it might be ColinCameron's, but I couldn't remember for sure.
Thanks.
Ive never sailed on a Atlantic crossing or on a cruise ship, so that probably why i'm worried bout a situation like that.
How much more powerful of a wave would be able to break that glass?
Steve
I posted it with the IP address but if you change the IP address to www.cruiseserver.net you will see that it is the same video. Or at least it was, I have changed the name and am working on a suprise for future "linkers".
Can someone send me an e-mail with a link to the page that is promoting it as from the Dawn?
Joe at TravelPage.com
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=166129
It appears the guy was sent that link, was genuinely under the impression it was Norwegian Dawn, & has apologised.. but seems there must be someone out there passing it round, whoever it was that sent it to him as such.
quote:Originally posted by Stevie2020:Ive never sailed on a Atlantic crossing or on a cruise ship, so that probably why i'm worried bout a situation like that.
That was on the lowest passenger deck level. Nothing to be worried over. Glass won't smash with those waves, they need to be an awful lot stronger, and they weren't hitting directly on. Ship windows probably smash as often as your living room window does in a storm ie yours is probably like mine, it never has, yet you may know of someone who knows someone, that had a bit of bad luck to have a particularly strong gust of wind blow it out, flooding the lounge with rain & debris.
Think of all the thousands of ships plying our oceans daily. The majority are nowhere near the size of N Dawn and they all [well most ] survive rough seas. A rogue wave is always a different matter, but thankfully they are not very common.
On the lower decks of a number of passenger ships, in moderate seas the portholes can be akin to watching a washing machine. It's not scary. If very rough, dead lights [steel covers] are screwed over the portholes down there.
In your second post in that thread on CruiseCritic you state that the video was take on QM2's maiden transatlantic voyage from New York to Southampton. (That was the tandem crossing voyage). I believe it was taken the previous week on her maiden westbound transatlantic voyage from Southampton to New York, but I could be mistaken.
Brian.
quote:Originally posted by Brian_O:CGT:In your second post in that thread on CruiseCritic you state that the video was take on QM2's maiden transatlantic voyage from New York to Southampton. (That was the tandem crossing voyage). I believe it was taken the previous week on her maiden westbound transatlantic voyage from Southampton to New York, but I could be mistaken.Brian.
No I don't. Read it again, carefully. I say that it was to New York from Southampton.
[ 04-18-2005: Message edited by: joe at travelpage ]
quote:Originally posted by joe at travelpage:FYI, here's an updated link to the file showing the video - LinkJoe at TravelPage.com
That wave is the view you get from the deck 4 and 5 cabins on QE2 during a not so wild Transatlantic crossing. It is as Pam posted like looking into a washing machine and I would press my face to the glass waiting for the next one!!
quote:Originally posted by CGT:No I don't. Read it again, carefully. I say that it was to New York from Southampton.
In that case I was mistaken.
Brian
quote:Originally posted by PamM:On the lower decks of a number of passenger ships, in moderate seas the portholes can be akin to watching a washing machine. It's not scary. If very rough, dead lights [steel covers] are screwed over the portholes down there.Pam
On a Labor Day weekend departure to Bermuda on the QE2, with a hurricane threatening (we caught the tail end of it), we had our cabin porthole cover secured. We had a very rough night, but made it to Bermuda on time, and without any real damage. Two other cruise ships attempting the same didn't fare as well. One ship turned back to New York, and the other sustained so much damage it had to remain in port in Bermuda an extra day or so for repairs. Sigh...to be stuck in Bermuda an extra day or so ... oh, the horror of it ...
Was off to Florence for a dose of "Kulcher" (as we say in Glasgow).
Yes it was my video and I never posted it anywhere else so it had to have come from here.
Just goes to prove you should never believe everything (anything?) you read.
Regards, Colin.
I have never seen it and it appears to have been expunged now - would love a look as I ADORE QM2.
quote:Originally posted by mec1:ColinI have never seen it and it appears to have been expunged now - would love a look as I ADORE QM2.
Here's the updated link. I posted it a few posts up.
If anyone has a copy of the email from Carnival that claimed this video was from the Norwegian Dawn, I would love to get a copy.
quote:Originally posted by joe at travelpage:Here's the updated link. I posted it a few posts up. If anyone has a copy of the email from Carnival that claimed this video was from the Norwegian Dawn, I would love to get a copy.Joe at TravelPage.com
What email from Carnival claiming it was from NORWEGIAN DAWN?
Ultimate Bulletin BoardTM 6.1.0.3
More Vacation & Cruise Specials...