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Topic: A Very Nice QM2 Image

Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 07-02-2006 12:41 PM

See Here

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Ernst
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posted 07-02-2006 01:02 PM

Very nice. May I ask where this lovely picture has been taken?

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 07-02-2006 01:59 PM

No idea? Anyone?

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dmwnc1
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posted 07-02-2006 02:22 PM

Looks a little like Quebec City?

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Jekyll
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posted 07-02-2006 02:43 PM

While the area has changed since I was last there on Sagafjord, in 1992, I would agree this must be Quebec City...The condo on the left hand side gives it away...and it's also our little piece of France in Quebec - one of the NICEST cities in Canada to visit.

It would appear that this pic was taken from the boardwalk below the Chateau Frontenac...just double checked my pics from here - DEFINITELY Quebec City

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Ernst
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posted 07-02-2006 02:46 PM

Thanks for the reply.

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Jekyll
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posted 07-02-2006 02:49 PM

Pas de rien

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J.S.S.Normandie
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posted 07-02-2006 03:20 PM

Very nice picture.

In the picture she looks as if permanantly docked there. Leaves me wondering ....It this our floating hotel of the future?

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Patsy
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posted 07-02-2006 03:26 PM

Beautiful but what's the arrow?

Nah, JSS. More like apartment block of the future.

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Ernst
First Class Passenger
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posted 07-02-2006 03:30 PM

Ahhh - now I understand. Moderns ships are deliberatly ugly to avoid all the problems with people complaining when they have to be scrapped - very smart.

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Tim in Fort Lauderdale
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posted 07-02-2006 03:49 PM

Yes, it's Quebec. A photo of the Rembrandt taken from roughly the same vantage point.

http://www.shipspotting.com/uploads/photos/167537.jpg

Tim

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PamM
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posted 07-02-2006 04:01 PM

2 lovely photos... interesting that not a great deal has actually changed over the years in the surrounding area; but the style and size difference of the 2 ships is amazing.

Pam

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 07-02-2006 04:01 PM

...wow don't she look small compared to the QM2! Mind you, most ships do.

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bearbuns
First Class Passenger
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posted 07-02-2006 07:42 PM

Wow...thank you Malcolm. What a fantastic photo. 5 months from today the huge grin you'll see on a Deck 11 balcony will be mine as we sail away from Ft Lauderdale...hopefully with all pods intact! This is the perfect picture as I celebrate our countdown! We booked last November and I finally feel like it's going to happen! Cheers, Penny

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Glencoe
First Class Passenger
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posted 07-04-2006 11:54 AM

Would that be the same dock the Empress Of Britain would have used when she stopped there in the thirties.

Nice picture Malcolm thanks for showing it.

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Onno
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posted 07-04-2006 04:00 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Ernst:
Ahhh - now I understand. Moderns ships are deliberatly ugly to avoid all the problems with people complaining when they have to be scrapped - very smart.

You hit the nail Ernst! If we can’t fall in love with the ships we won’t sob when it is their time in 30 years.

I’m already relieved

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desirod7
First Class Passenger
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posted 07-04-2006 04:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Tim in 'Lauderdale:
Yes, it's Quebec. A photo of the Rembrandt taken from roughly the same vantage point.
http://www.shipspotting.com/uploads/photos/167537.jpg
Tim

Tim,

I was on that cruise itinerary in August of 2000 and have a similar vista on video. Quebec City looks just like Europe; with a Brussells flair. The American cars are a giveaway

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Onno
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posted 07-04-2006 04:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by desirod7:
Quebec City looks just like Europe; with a Brussells flair. The American cars are a giveaway

It does indeed, I initially thought it was somewhere in Germany (but the background did not match up)

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DAMBROSI
First Class Passenger
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posted 07-04-2006 05:19 PM

An excellent photo Malcolm..I love photos of liners/cruise ships at night.

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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Member # 301

posted 07-04-2006 05:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Onno:

It does indeed, I initially thought it was somewhere in Germany (but the background did not match up)

I wish I'd taken it. I just found it!

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