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Lanky Lad · 03-06-2009, 05:34 PM

I hope we wll get an idea of what she will look like inside and also the schedules for late 2010.

G33 · 03-06-2009, 06:26 PM

Yes, I am very excited to see what changes the interior will have from the Queen Victoria.

nealberk · 03-06-2009, 09:08 PM

Gonna' be interesting? Will she be more like the older queens and has Cunard responded and reacted to all the comments about the QV?

Lanky Lad · 03-07-2009, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by nealberk

Gonna' be interesting? Will she be more like the older queens and has Cunard responded and reacted to all the comments about the QV?

She will be a sister to QV so the outside will look a lot like QV but who knows what the inside will be like. I am sure Cunard will have learnt from the mistakes made on QV

G33 · 03-07-2009, 09:10 AM

Stephen,

I was wondering if perhaps Cunard might of added an additional deck to the froward super structure of the ship, like on the Holland America Line's Eurodam which originated from the Vista Class which is where the QV's also came from.

Lanky Lad · 03-07-2009, 09:56 AM

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Stephen,

I was wondering if perhaps Cunard might of added an additional deck to the froward super structure of the ship, like on the Holland America Line's Eurodam which originated from the Vista Class which is where the QV's also came from.

QE will be slightly larger than QV so they have added some extra space somewhere. I would rather have an extra deck, then have it added at the stern, she is square enough as it is. Less than 2 weeks and we should find out.

leah drummond · 03-07-2009, 09:59 AM

that's strange a nother QE wasn't one of the Cunard steam ships called QE and sunk in the 1970's?.

Lanky Lad · 03-07-2009, 10:15 AM

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that's strange a nother QE wasn't one of the Cunard steam ships called QE and sunk in the 1970's?.

Yes there was a Queen Elizabeth which sank in Hong Kong Harbour after having left Cunard's service. The QE2 should have been called Queen Elizabeth, but when HM Queen Elizabeth II named the ship she said "I name this ship Queen Elizabeth the second" so Cunard had to stick with it. This did not go down well in Scotalnd where HM is only Elizabeth the first so she was named QE2 the second ship named Queen Elizabeth. This will be the QE3 but known as QE. I hope that helps.

G33 · 03-07-2009, 10:25 AM

Thanks for explaining that to Leah !

nealberk · 03-07-2009, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Lanky Lad

She will be a sister to QV so the outside will look a lot like QV but who knows what the inside will be like. I am sure Cunard will have learnt from the mistakes made on QV

Similar to the Zuiderdam fiasco when it first came out. Nobody thought the garish interior was in line witht he HAL tradition. The Westerdam, Noordam, and Oosterdam were really toned down as was the Z when it went into its first refitting.