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WelshChris

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1,173 posts

253 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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... in Liverpool this weekend. Should be an amazing sight. Anyone popping along to have a look?

I think I might pop up to New Brighton or Birkenhead to watch if the weather isn't too inclement

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-n...

Mojocvh

16,837 posts

261 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Hope that there is some "good" coverage of this on TV..

Simpo Two

85,148 posts

264 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Are they real liners or just lardy cruise ships with a badge on?

The difference is the hull shape. Liners are sleek and designed to cut through Atlantic storms; cruise ships are apartment blocks on a barge.

sfella

876 posts

107 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Queen Mary is a liner, Victoria and Elizabeth are cruise ships.

Athlon

4,998 posts

205 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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I will be in Wallesay collecting for the Lifeboats, really looking forward to seeing them, I will take my VHF handheld and have a listen I think!

duckwhistle

276 posts

150 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Simpo Two said:
Are they real liners or just lardy cruise ships with a badge on?

The difference is the hull shape. Liners are sleek and designed to cut through Atlantic storms; cruise ships are apartment blocks on a barge.
Well said Simpo, how long before people wake up to the reality of these overpriced,overcrowded,floating deathtrap cash extractors masquerading as ships, staffed by gabbling greedy halfwits posing around in Circus uniforms.

duckwhistle

276 posts

150 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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This is a Ship

This is an obscenity

Simpo Two

85,148 posts

264 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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duckwhistle said:
Well said Simpo, how long before people wake up to the reality of these overpriced,overcrowded,floating deathtrap cash extractors masquerading as ships, staffed by gabbling greedy halfwits posing around in Circus uniforms.
Having been on P&O's Ventura it is quite amazing how every facet is about cash extraction. The strong-willed can keep their wits switched on and their wallets buttoned up, but P&O for one regards every passenger as a cashpoint to be milked (mixed metaphor but you get the idea!).

Polo shirts on special offer - only £50!

BoRED S2upid

19,641 posts

239 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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sfella

876 posts

107 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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duckwhistle said:
Well said Simpo, how long before people wake up to the reality of these overpriced,overcrowded,floating deathtrap cash extractors masquerading as ships, staffed by gabbling greedy halfwits posing around in Circus uniforms.
Maybe on some lines but Cunard is another level of service.

ChemicalChaos

10,360 posts

159 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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I was down there today and last night, what a sight it was - especially the synchronised about-turn!

Here are some pics from last night's laser light display and today's gathering:














chrisgtx

1,195 posts

209 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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I went, there were hoards of people there, choca block!
Wish I could of stayed for the light show but had to get the last train home.

Impasse

15,099 posts

240 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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I just cannot get excited about this. They're simply floating Butlins for well off pensioners but burdened with a cynical naming policy.

ChemicalChaos

10,360 posts

159 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Impasse said:
I just cannot get excited about this. They're simply floating Butlins for well off pensioners but burdened with a cynical naming policy.
Victoria and Eliazbeth, yes I would agree with you.

Mary 2 though is a proper transatlantic luxury liner, just like in the days before air travel when the super rich crossed the ocean in unrivalled style. It must be a fantastic experience to go to America by first class boat

telecat

8,528 posts

240 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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MiL has been on all three. Sort of a mission since my FiL passed away. Keeps taking the wife though so we end up with only a week together.

V8 Fettler

7,019 posts

131 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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A definition of a liner is that it can leave Southampton in any reasonably expected weather conditions, whereas a cruise ship might have to delay departure due to the weather.

An interesting yet little known fact is that neither the Queen Mary not the Queen Elizabeth needed an escort to cross the Atlantic during WW2, too fast for a U-boat to achieve a firing solution. Also too fast for most Allied escorts.

Impasse

15,099 posts

240 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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V8 Fettler said:
A definition of a liner is that it can leave Southampton in any reasonably expected weather conditions, whereas a cruise ship might have to delay departure due to the weather.
I think you've just described the Red Funnel liner ferry to the Isle of Wight. hehe

SickAsAParrot

304 posts

111 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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ChemicalChaos said:
I was down there today and last night, what a sight it was - especially the synchronised about-turn!

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Looks like you were stood pretty much where I was for the about-turns.

I too would have loved to stay for the light show but trains etc. The mrs and kids were fed up after an hour and disappeared into the town to shop. It's hard to get them enthused about anything like this.

Edited by SickAsAParrot on Tuesday 26th May 15:30

Halmyre

11,148 posts

138 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Sadly, the QE2's fate is again looking uncertain. I almost wish they'd take her out and sink her.

ScottishExile

247 posts

213 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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It was a truly fantastic day and such a site to see. Stood for three hours on a small wall in front of the Museum of Liverpool. Perfect place as QM2 stopped right in front of us and the synchronised turn was fantastic.