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Largest ocean liner ever built to pass under Golden Gate
[Queen Mary 2 hits Frisco Sun. afternoon]
KESQ ^
| February 4, 2007
| KESQ
Posted on 02/03/2007 11:48:13 PM PST by freedomdefender
The Queen Mary 2, the largest cruise liner ever built, will pass under the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time Sunday.
The famous vessel will be in port at Pier 27 Monday during its 26th day of an around-the-world-in-80 days tour.
The ship is 1-thousand-132-feet long, and its 17 decks equal the height of a 23-story building. The ship is only 118 feet shorter than the Empire State Building.
The Queen Mary 2 has been praised as a marvel of traditional cruising melded with the most modern technology available since it went into service in 2004. It has the largest ballroom at sea, and the only planetarium at sea.
The cheapest price for the complete 80-day journey is about $21,200 -- but that's for the smallest cabin, with no windows, near the bottom of the ship. The best suite on the ship for the entire trek runs nearly $184,400.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: qm2
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A real queen visits the city of queens.
To: freedomdefender
The QM2...one of the few queens that has a voice deeper than Harvey Fierstein's.
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posted on
02/03/2007 11:54:27 PM PST
by
RichInOC
("Could you make me a woman?" "Honey! I'm so happy!...")
To: freedomdefender
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posted on
02/03/2007 11:54:50 PM PST
by
Bratch
To: freedomdefender
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posted on
02/03/2007 11:55:13 PM PST
by
onyx
(DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
To: freedomdefender
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posted on
02/04/2007 12:01:25 AM PST
by
Bobalu
(This is not the tag line you are looking for.....move along (waves hand))
To: freedomdefender
The cheapest price for the complete 80-day journey is about $21,200 -- but that's for the smallest cabin, with no windows, near the bottom of the ship.And it looks something like this:
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posted on
02/04/2007 12:05:34 AM PST
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: freedomdefender
It is too expensive to go on that ship. Too rich for our blood.
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posted on
02/04/2007 12:06:16 AM PST
by
MinorityRepublican
(Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
To: freedomdefender
Someone should put one of these on the hull, just slightly above the water line... :)
To: freedomdefender
The Queen Mary has been visiting San Francisco for 50 years, his parents named him "Mark".
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posted on
02/04/2007 3:21:04 AM PST
by
word_warrior_bob
(You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
To: freedomdefender
We hope to do QE2 in '09 for our 50th.
To: freedomdefender
We hope to do QE2 in '09 for our 50th.woops '10
To: larryjohnson
My best regards to that upcoming adventure! I once had the chance to tour the engine room on the older QM at Long Beach, awesome amount of machinery.
I say the heck with what it costs, its the fact that a person can do it, so many just give up on their dreams, this is the result of our culture I suppose or our choices of leadership.
To: larryjohnson
To: freedomdefender
We sailed under the Golden Gate bridge last year and it was COOL!!
To: freedomdefender
I'd go watch but there is a pre-pre-pre game hype for the Superbowl that I want to see.
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02/04/2007 6:46:39 AM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: freedomdefender
As fun as being on a cruise ship was...... I think 80 days would have be blubbering for land like a big baby.
To: Bobalu
It appears to me that the QM2's design owes much to the development of ultra large containerships. And that stern...
To: Bratch
Yep. That about right for the cruise I could afford. Beach chairs an friends on the shady side, cooler with beer, portable CD player. When the sun comes around to the shady side, or the wind gets too cold, time to up anchor and head for the parking lot and home.
To: freedomdefender
"The best suite on the ship for the entire trek runs nearly $184,400." Is that double occupancy? I need to know for my budget.
Do I write a check for $184,000 or $368,000?
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posted on
02/04/2007 10:34:16 AM PST
by
Syncro
To: freedomdefender
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02/04/2007 11:45:56 AM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(I don't have any reason to be cynical, but...)
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