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Originally Posted by sk8erguy1978
That is what I was saying as I was reading this thread!
I too am very impressed, I have a few questions, no need to answer if you do not want to...
Since you are almost 15, is this something your school set you up with. Will you get credits for future college, will they hire you and allow you to pursue school as well?
I get very interested when a young man of your age is doing something this large.
Great job to you and your team, I hope your dream and vision become reality!
Dan
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Hi Dan,
I am more than happy to answer any of your questions you have. 
I have set up this project myself, as I have had a very big interest in cruise ships since I saw the Titanic film when I was 7 years old. In 2004 I saw a television documentary on the discovery channel about the QM2. In 2005 my parents and I went to watch the QM2 sail out, then again on August 15th 2006 we went back and went to a very good viewing point in a place call Calshot, up the river from Southampton Docks. I was very lucky when I bumped into Mr Stephen Payne the designer of the QM2 and Vice Chairman of Carnival Corporation. I was the only person there that recognized him as I had seen him earlier in 2004 on the TV. So after the QM2 had sailed past my mum and I went over and told Mr Payne all about my interest. Ever since we have both keep in touch with each other. He very kindly took me and my parents for a VIP guide tour of the QM2 in July 2007 and I have been to visit him at his office in Town Quay Southampton many times.
Since meeting Mr Payne I have contacted a lot more people who work in the cruise industry including, Nigel Esdale (managing director of P&O Cruises), Carol Marlow (President of Cunard Line), Jo Rzymowska (managing director of Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises UK and Irealand), David Dingle (Carnival Corporation UK), Tomas Tillberg (President of Tillberg Designs) Graham Horne ( Manger of Cruise and Ferry operations at Harwich International Port UK) and Mr Richard Dixon and his co workers at Project International (Marine Lighting Consultants, :: Project International ::)All of the people I have contacted are very impressed by my designs and plans.
I have been designing many many cruise ships over the years, but my main focus was on the Queen Victoria 2, but I am now focusing on the P&O Cruises Verona project. 
The P&O Cruises Verona project will hopefully just give everyone a good idea of what I can design. But fingers crossed that P&O will be so impressed that they may actually construct her.  As Nigel Esdale said in our last and first meeting that P&O where considering about building a larger class of ship after the Azura in 2010. So I have been very busy design Verona since our meeting in August last year. At the moment I am working on the second set of deck plans.
I will keep you all post about the project.  |