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UPDATE:OK so the grand opening is set for October 2018 and this is technically just a soft opening. Guests can try out some rooms and bars but not everything is open. I guess it’s better than nothing. If you’re curious…
click for larger Back in January the famous Queen Elizabeth 2 was confirmed to have been sold to the Asian Pacific firm, Oceanic Group. That group has announced further details. While we still don’t have all the facts, here’s what…
click for larger At the beginning it was reported that the world most famous ship, the Queen Elizabeth 2, had been sold to Asian interests. Not much was heard of after that. Martin Cox, of Maritime Matters, is reporting…
Here’s the QE2 as seen from the worlds tallest building in a 360 panorama. See it from the source The yacht on the far left (facing us) is the Sheikh‘s private yacht Dubai. Second largest in the world.
click for larger The Queen Elizabeth 2 has in fact been sold to Asian interests, but its not the scrap yards. Oceanic Group has purchased the ship and intends to refurbish her into a floating hotel and entertainment…
click for larger Ministers in London, including Mayor Boris Johnson, have assembled the £20 million that the Chinese have reported offered to the current owner Istithmar. Time will tell what Istithmar wants to do. There already is a reported…
click for larger Reports in several British newspapers are saying that the famous QE2 has been sold to Chinese interests for $30 Million. Initial speculation was this was for scrapping, however the liners former owner Cunard, released this statement: We have…
Rob Lightbody writing for The QE2 Story wrote the following: I’m hearing from a good contact, that ship brokers have been getting contacted about the possible scrapping of a 300m cruise ship based in UAE. That could surely only be…
click for larger Not entirely sure why CrusieCritic needs to state this, but this was already the plan. The Global Economic Crisis just stalled it a bit. They do state that the ship will no longer be going over…
I spoke to one of the directors of my company and he said they keep her under heavy guard and security won’t even allow pictures. So I found a way around it. The Burj Khalifa is the worlds tallest free…
A press release was released today claiming that Universal Event Management (UEM) of Macau have just received the “rights to represent the QE2 in a number of locations.” Locations are said to be the SAR Macau and Atlantic City, New…
French site Meretmarine, posted the below photo update about the famed liner. It seems as if she is being kept in excellent condition in the scorching climate of Dubai. Her devoted fans will be happy to know that I bet.…
Over the weekend I was digging through old posts from my original blog and I came across my very first post. It was the leaked images of the Queen Elizabeth’s interiors from way back in March 2009. I was looking…
At an exclusive cocktail party, Cunard unveiled the centerpiece of the ships art collection. All ships from RCI to CCL ships, carry extensive art collections to take up wall space. There is careful though that goes into determining the right…
Fellow cruise blogger John Honeywell reports that South Africa canceled plans to have 2 cruise ships docked in South Africa for the World Cup. A few weeks ago we reported that the Queen Elizabeth 2 was to be repositioned there possible…
Well I’m back and as promised here is everything that happened recently including two big stories out of San Diego and Dubai. A domestic dispute turned deadly as a husband murdered his wife in their cabin. A couple on the…