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18 hours ago, NE John said:

The specific port - Seogwipo, South Korea 

Thanks all.  Great screenshot,  @bluemarble.  I've been on airplanes back to Australia and didn't have any chances to look on the Seogwipo cams for QE's visit.

16 hours ago, NE John said:

@sfred  Please remind me of the photos you want of the maiden call plaques on QE. I’ll post them here. Next month already!

The new plaques from QE's maiden calls in Februsry in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Fiji will hopefully have been hung by now. They most likely would be in the starboard corridor to the Commodore Club. QE may also have gotten some new plaques from the recent maiden calls in Japan and Korea.  If I remember correctly the Japan plaques are in the port corridor.   Thanks @NE John and hope you have a great time in Alaska! 

I don't think there's a 4 bottle option, only 6 or 12.  On QE in September 2023 the Commodore 6 bottle was $445 and 12 was $750.  Captain collection was $310 and $550.

We were in Britannia Club on our QM2 trip which finished today so can't say for PG.  There were definitely cheese trolleys in PG on QE on our recent February voyage.  As @exlondoner said, there are six or seven choices, biscuits, and fruit.

Thanks @babs135.  As @bluemarble indicates, your photo is the Dalian art gallery.   Looks like winter from the people's clothes.   

I went to Dalian frequently in a past work life.  Winter was very cold in contrast to summertime Australia. 

17 hours ago, rafinmd said:

While I haven't contributed much recently, I am thrilled that this is still alive.

It is my favourite time aboard!

We have a clear horizon this morning 15 May from QM2, enroute back to Southampton. 

Sunrise on the Elbe, Tuesday 14 May.

Taylor is aboard QM2.  $28

A rather hazy sunrise on Monday 13 May from QM2 in the Channel enroute to Hamburg.

7 hours ago, sfred said:

Looking forward to embarkation day beer this afternoon! 

And we're aboard!

QM2 is in Southampton this morning,  Sunday 12 May, arriving from NY.  That's not particularly noteworthy. 

The noteworthy part for us is that Mrs sfred and I will board later on today for a short four night trip to Hamburg and back.  We've been in Morocco for two weeks and the timing worked out nicely to catch QM2 before returning home to Australia. 

(Given our departure from Morocco on stolen letters of transit from Rick’s Cafe,  I wondered if it was a bad idea to be going to Germany.  But hopefully the authorities believed we went to Lisbon instead of Southampton. 😀 )

Looking forward to embarkation day beer this afternoon! 

1 minute ago, D&N said:

It did feel a bit like cheating. I did see some other pics of the port in the reverse lookup, but I knew that if I simply identified the ferry I could probably find the location.

The screenshot I had saved didn't include the ferry.

Earlier that morning in Japan, there was a great sunrise view of the wider harbour.   I saw a small dark blob that I thought was probably QE as she arrived but it was far too small and the lighting contrast of the dark water and brightening sky made identification impossible.   Sometime later that morning the webcam operator narrowed the focus to the ship to the view that @bluemarble posted.

2 hours ago, bluemarble said:

Here's a webcam capture showing a Cunard ship at a port we haven't seen yet.

I was glad to see this webcam zoom in on the ship during its port call, from the usual wider view of this port.

Edit:  I see that @D&N has identified Sasebo while I was typing.  Congratulations! 

@bluemarble, should we record QE's visit by the port name Beppu, or the city Oita, or some combo?

14 minutes ago, bluemarble said:

Here's a webcam capture of a Cunard ship arriving

I was hoping you might capture the arrival or departure!!  I made a diary note to try to have a look, but unfortunately have been in the wrong time zone lately.

23 hours ago, sogne said:

this although not an obvious view is an as yet unseen sail by

I found an online photo of the building and falls, which google maps says is on the Innvikfjorden in Norway.

5 hours ago, bluemarble said:

 

Knowing the country based on the previous Casablanca identification helped to narrow down this location. I think this is Essaouira, Morocco. Yeah, I'm not finding any evidence that a Cunard ship has called here either. Looks like an interesting location for a work meeting. Hopefully you avoided any serious intrigues here. 🙂

Essaouira is correct.  An interesting port town with a nice historical Medina and waterfront. 

4 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

I was going to ask if you had been to Rick’s. If you have those letters, tread carefully and keep an eye out for potential assassins. I suppose you might say the original Rick’s Café was a little touristy too. 😀😀

I think Major Strasser has been following us ever since!  😀

6 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

I’m shocked, shocked I say, but I think it might be Casablanca.

Casablanca is correct!   After posting I tried a google search rather than the cruise critic search, and found the original Casablanca post by @sogne and identified by @Colin_Cameron in the very early days of the game.   

The photo is the Hassan II mosque along the waterfront.   A very impressive building.

Last Friday we had a drink at Rick's Cafe.  A little touristy but good fun.  We left after one drink, also shocked to observe gambling, but we needed to get our letters of transit from the piano in order to depart Morocco later this week. 😀 

Here also is an "extra credit" photo of a different port in this country.   It's not on our seen or unseen lists but I've not found any evidence of Cunard having called here.   I had a work meeting here today and had an early morning walk along the waterfront before starting the day. 

It's been great following the experiences on the new Queen Anne these past days.   For those like me not fortunate to be aboard, here a little "Where in the World" diversion.

This is a port on our seen list.  I'm here for two weeks on a work project and had this past middle weekend to wander around.  I tried a search for the original poster and identifier for this port, but it must be a little too old.

Hope you have a great QE voyage @LittleFish1976!!

In advance of @LittleFish1976's more definitive reply, the bedside power points for the lamps can be challenging to access, requiring moving the bed and/or nightstand.  From distant memory they are European.

Power points at the desk are 1 UK, 2 US, and 1 European. 

10 hours ago, Minnie29 said:

Does anyone know if umbrellas are provided in the Princess grill cabins on Queen Victoria? Thank you

On QE in PG...

On our Aug23 Panama canal voyage there were two umbrellas in our closet upon embarkation. 

On our Feb24 South Pacific voyage we asked our steward and two umbrellas appeared that evening.

Hi @Jack E Dawson.  Best wishes for your voyage.

I would've thought that any EU flight to LHR would have to clear UK customs at LHR.  I haven't heard of any special circumstances coming from Ireland, but others may know more.

One thing you might wish to investigate is that Aer Lingus has a morning flight from Dublin to Southampton airport.  It is an Emerald airlines codeshare on an ATR72 propeller plane, but carries an Aer Lingus EI flight code.  It departs 7.20a arriving SOU at 9.10, so should be a valid connection from the Chicago flight arrving Dublin at 5.15a.  Flying into Southampton would simplify your logistics of getting from airport to QM2, and avoids LHR. 

A nice recent increase in our port count totals.  Thanks everyone!  I've recorded them as:

651  Sibenik, Croatia

652  Olbia Sardinia, Italy

653  Tokyo, Japan

654  Conflict Islands, Papua New Guinea

655  Alotau, Papua New Guinea

656  Kiriwina, Papua New Guinea