Famous Faces On Board

Ever since Prince Charles became her first passenger more than 30 years ago, Queen Elizabeth 2 has hosted more famous faces than any other ship in service.

Members of Royal Families and the aristocracy who have traveled Politicians, Diplomats and Churchmen who have traveled
HM The Queen
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
HRH The Prince of Wales
HRH The Prince Edward
Diana, Princess of Wales
King Hussein of Jordan
The Emperor of Japan
Princess Christine of the Netherlands
Prince Nikita Romanoff
The Sultan of Brunei
The Sultan of Selanghor
Earl Mountbatten
Earl of Snowdon
Earl of Lichfield
Lord Wedgwood
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu
Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare
George Bush Jr.
Edwina Currie
Sir Nicholas Fairbairn
H R Haldeman
Bob Hawke
Sir Rex Hunt
Dame Jill Knight
Mayor John Lindsay
Lee Kuan Yew
Graca Machel
President Nelson Mandela
Lord Mason of Barnsley
Shimon Peres

The Most Revd Lord Runcie of Cuddesdon

Sir Cyril Smith
Lord Taylor of Warwick

Eminent people who have visited but not traveled

George Bush Sr.
HM Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother
HRH The Princess Royal
Lady Thatcher
Lord Attenborough
Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi
Mrs. Cherie Blair

Mrs Elizabeth Dole
Sir David Frost
Charles Haughey
Albert Reynolds
Earl and Countess Spencer
Richard Baker
Chris de Burgh

Musicians who have traveled
Moira Anderson
Applejacks
Larry Adler
Charles Aznavour
Count Basie
Dave Berry
David Bowie
John Briggs
Joe Brown
The Cure
Vic Damone
Gracie Fields
Wayne Fontana
Gerry and the Pacemakers
Marvin Hamlisch
George Harrison
Herman's Hermits
Edmund Hockridge
Mick Jagger
Elton John
Jack Jones
Frankie Laine
Joe Loss
Patti Lupone
Dame Vera Lynn
Maureen McGovern
Neil Sedaka
Ringo Starr
Rod Stewart
Russell Watson
Tommy Tune
Frankie Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
Robin Gibb

World Explorers who have traveled
Buzz Aldrin
Dr. Kathryn L. Sullivan
John Harrison
Sir John Blashford-Snell

Titanic survivors who have
traveled
Millvina Dean

Culinary Icons
Julia Child Eminent Journalists and authors
who have traveled
Fiona Armstrong
Beryl Bainbridge
Lynne Barber
Alan Bleasdale
Carol Barnes
Jennie Bond
Craig Brown
Michael Brunson
Michael Buerk
Bill Bryson
Tom Clancy
Matthew Collins
Clive Cussler
Frank Delaney
Colin Dexter
Dick Francis
Sandy Gall
Tim Heald
Hannah Hauxwell
Richard Hendrick
Brian Hitchen
Sir Bernard Ingham
Virginia Ironside
Paul Johnson
P D James
Sir Ludovic Kennedy
Roddy Llewellyn
Jackie and Sunny Mann
Brian Masters
Angus McGill
Sheridan Morley
Flt Lt John Nichol
Sir David Nicholas
Pat O'Brien
Marje Proops
Claire Rayner
Celia Sandys
Selina Scott
Michael Shea
Mary Ann Sieghart
John Simpson
Peter Sissons
Sir Roy Strong
Carol Thatcher
Leslie Thomas
Jack Tinker
Hugo Vickers
Jill Dando
Stars of Stage and Screen who have traveled
Karen Allen
John Altman
Eamonn Andrews
Julie Andrews
Patrick Anthony
Debbie Arnold
Michael Aspel

Peter Baldwin
Roy Barraclough
Thelma Barlow
Jeremy Beadle
Victor Borge
Jim Bowen
Tracy Brabin
Johnny Briggs
George Burns
Richard Burton

Beverly Callard
Cy Chadwick
Judith Chalmers
Petula Clark
Rosemary Conley
Bill Cosby
Judy Cornwell
Michael Crawford
Jimmy Cricket
Tony Curtis

Paul Daniels
Nigel Davenport
Liz Dawn
Les Dawson
Neil Diamond
Dame Judi Dench

Sue Eden

Douglas Fairbanks Jnr
Eddie Fisher
Bryan Forbes
Fiona Fullerton

Susan George
Hermoine Gingold
Lillian Gish
Jilly Goolden
Peter Gordeno
Russell Grant
Hughie Green

Tom O'Connor
Sid Owen

Patsy Palmer
Dr Mark Porter
Vincent Price
Charley Pride
Juliet Prowse

Esther Rantzen
Bertice Reading
Lyn Redgrave
Christopher Reeve
Debbie Reynolds
Gary Rhodes
Wendy Richards
Angela Rippon
Ginger Rogers
Patricia Routledge
Jane Russell
Dr Ruth

Sir Sydney Samuelson
Telly Savalas
Sir Jimmy Savile
Prunella Scales
George C Scott
Sir Harry Secombe Larry Hagman
Stuart Hall
Mona Hammond
Rolf Harris
Lawrence Harvey
Dickie Henderson
Sherrie Hewson
Geoff Hinsliff
Thora Hird
Bob Holness
Bob Hope
Frankie Howerd
Rock Hudson
Geoffrey Hughes

Lorraine Kelly
Kevin Kennedy
Eric Knowles
Barbara Knox
Robert Kilroy Silk
Kris Kristofferson

Sara Lancashire
Burt Lancaster
Roy Lancaster
Danny LaRue
Christopher Lee
Maureen Lipman
Moira Lister
Emily Lloyd
Deborah Lyttle

Barry Manilow
Dean Martin
Raymond Massey
Nichola McAuliffe
Leo McKern
Hayley Mills
Sir John Mills
Matthew Modine
Bob Monkhouse
Ken Morley
Bryan Mosley

David Neilson
Bob Newhart
Nannette Newman
Paul Newman
Barry Norman

Peter Sellers
Jack Smethurst
Jon Snow
Robert Stack
Terence Stamp
Tommy Steele
Sharon Stone
Meryl Streep

Jimmy Tarbuck
Bill Tarmey
Gillian Taylforth
Elizabeth Taylor
Shaw Taylor
Christopher Timothy
Anthony Worral Thompson
John Travolta
Twiggy

Liv Ullman
Sir Peter Ustinov

Bill Waddington
Robert Wagner
Barbara Windsor
Alan Whicker
Desmond Wilcox
Simon Williams
Ernie Wise
Natalie Wood
Helen Worth
Timothy West

Michael York

Sorry, I don't have the photo's or cabin numbers but you might want to contact Cunard directly. I am sure they will be happy to research and provide the details to you.

Mary Travers (of Peter Paul and Mary)
Brook Benton
Alan Stewart
Bert Weedon
Craig Douglas
John Dean III (of Watergate infamy)
Maureen Dean (also lectured on Watergate)
Regis Philbin
John Maxtone Graham
William Flayhart III

Travelled as passengers but did not entertain or lecture:

Ruby Keeler*
Ed Lauter
James Taylor
Carly Simon

* Every time Ruby Keeler travelled her best known movie "42nd Street" (1933) was shown in the Theatre.

Although I was not aboard at the time, Dr. Christian Barnard sang "Sarie Marais" (a South African "folk" song popular during the Boer War) in Afrikaans on passenger talent night on QE2's 1983 Circle Pacific Cruise. He wasn't very good. It was shown on an Alan Whicker series he did for BBC TV.

Brian

[ 01-31-2005: Message edited by: Brian_O ]

"CRUISE TALK "

celebrities who have sailed on QE2?

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Originally posted by Cambodge:
Joe: I don't know how you acquired and maintain that celeb roster..but it is staggering.

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He cut and pasted it from the Cunard web site. Any errors or omissions are Cunard's fault.

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Originally posted by Brian_O:

He cut and pasted it from the Cunard web site. Any errors or omissions are Cunard's fault.

Brian

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Originally posted by joe at travelpage:

How do you know they didn't borrow it from me?

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Because of the errors and omissions. You wouldn't have made any.

[ 02-02-2005: Message edited by: Ocean Liners ]

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Originally posted by bmajor:
How about a list of of own....

"CRUISE TALK "

celebrities who have sailed on QE2?

I have have been on board,
but only for a visit.

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Those voyages inspired theme to writte a musical Amerika Amerika wich played a/b the s.s. Nieuw Amsterdam 2 on a transatlantic crossing in 1939.

[ 02-04-2005: Message edited by: Ocean Liners ]

The Sunday Times, December 28, 2003

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-944816,00.html
‘
Tacky’ QM2 goes touting for celebs
By David Robertson
THE OWNER of the world’s most expensive cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2, is struggling to attract high-roller passengers, including a reclusive British millionaire, amid claims that the vessel has more in common with a “tacky” Las Vegas casino than a classic ocean liner.
Cunard, the ship’s owner, will launch a charm offensive next month by offering private tours of the £550m vessel to high-profile customers who regularly sail on the QM2’s sister ship the Queen Elizabeth 2.

The company hopes to tempt celebrities such as Terence Stamp, the actor, and singers Shirley Bassey and Rod Stewart to sail with the QM2 when it starts its transatlantic cruises next year.

However, Cunard has already been snubbed by one of its most prized British customers. Michael Rosenberg, 65, a retired financier, has refused to sail on the new ship because it bans smoking in its restaurants.

The blow came after the company made last-minute alterations to the design of the ship in an attempt to accommodate Rosenberg and his wife Jocelyn, 54. The couple, who live on the Isle of Man, spend four months of the year — at a cost of about £480,000 — holidaying on the QE2.

Their rebuff follows comments by travel writers last week who criticised the QM2’s “Americanised” decor. One complained that the Miami-based Carnival Corporation, which owns Cunard, had created a Hollywood version of a traditional British liner.

Micky Arison, chairman of Carnival, has admitted that one of the reasons his company invested such a large sum in a new cruise liner was the public’s fascination with Titanic, the Oscar-winning film.

Ostentatious gold pillars and statues of winged mythical gods in the QM2’s Illuminations auditorium, as well as “plastic-looking” bas-reliefs in the corridors, have been singled out for criticism in contrast to the more understated elegance of the QE2.

The QM2 has five swimming pools, 1,200 crew and 17 decks. Its defenders say the lavish facilities and sheer size will appeal to a modern clientele.

Arison said sales for 2004 and 2005 have been strong, even though the minimum cost of crossing the Atlantic on the QM2 is £999 a person. He added that if bookings continued at the same pace, Cunard would consider building a second transatlantic liner.

The QM2, which weighs 150,000 tons and is as long as four football pitches, sailed into Southampton, its home port, for the first time on Boxing Day.

The ship’s early days have been marred by the tragedy last month in Saint-Nazaire, the French dockyard where it was built, when 15 people fell to their deaths after a gangway collapsed during a guided tour.

The ship, which will be named by the Queen on January 8, will take over the QE2’s transatlantic route to New York from May. However, Rosenberg, who made his fortune on Wall Street, has said he wishes to stay with the QE2 when it transfers operations to the Mediterranean — in spite of Cunard’s efforts to cater for him.

When he was initially approached about switching his allegiance to the QM2, he is understood to have told the company that he did not want one of the ship’s grand duplex suites.

These split-level cabins cost more than £19,000 per person per week and have sweeping staircases that link their two floors. But they are in the stern and face backwards, while Rosenberg is believed to prefer a room that looks forward.

As a result, Cunard redesigned a forward-facing lounge beneath the bridge to squeeze in an extra four suites.

Despite that, the Rosenbergs are still refusing to change ship because Cunard has decided to make all the QM2’s restaurants non-smoking. This includes the exclusive Queen’s Grill — whose equivalent on the QE2 has been described as one of the top 10 restaurants in the world — where the Rosenbergs would have dined.

When Cunard wrote to tell the financier smoking would be prohibited he is understood to have replied: “Smoking is one of my greatest pleasures.”

Beatrice Muller, 83, from New Jersey, is another customer unlikely to transfer her loyalties from the QE2 — she has been the ship’s only permanent resident for the past three years. That leaves Cunard keen to entice the likes of Stewart — who plays for the QE2’s crew when he is on board — and his girlfriend Penny Lancaster.

Some critics believe the ship does not offer the upmarket glamour needed to entice stars on board. “There are elements that are incredibly tacky and more akin to Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas,” said one. “But it would be churlish not to mention that there are also very stunning areas on the ship.”