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1 hour ago, Kynance said:

@Host Hattie - I think that drink might be a brandy Alexander? I seem to recall you’ve mentioned your penchant for them before? 😊

31 minutes ago, Host Hattie said:

Bonus point to @Kynance 😁

There was another drink besides the beer?  Who knew?  🙂

The theatre is blue, so that would be QE  (QV's is red).  On the drink, I'll guess Bombardier beer?  🙂

So Host Hattie and I were both very close.  I hadn't realised that QE had been to Izmir.  But having now looked it up in Wikipedia, I learned that it is Turkey's third largest city after Istanbul and Ankara, with a population of nearly 3million.  From the photos on google, it looks like it would have been a very interesting port day.

Hi bluemarble.  Picture number 2 is of the tug Kizkulesi, which has its registration in Turkey.  Marinetraffic.com currently shows the tug location in the Turkish port of Izmir, but I doubt that QE has ever been there.  QE has been to Istanbul many times, though.  So I'll guess Istanbul?

5 minutes ago, Lanky Lad said:

Correct.  Those tall chairs look nice, but I didn't think they were very comfortable.

The first time I saw those tall Golden Lion chairs, I thought they would be an ideal place from which to hatch an evil plan for world domination.  But unfortunately I found them very uncomfortable also, and on all subsequent visits I quaffed my pints of bitter and formulated evil plans from other seats.

10 hours ago, bluemarble said:

 

Yes, it would. Once again my post has turned out to be easy. But then I suppose someone from Brisbane might be able to recognize it without difficulty. Well done.

Yes, I had an unfair "home port" advantage.  But there were some good clues in the photo that narrowed the possibilities.  The truck was going clockwise through the roundabout, on the left side of the road.  And QM2 was docked near conveyor belts used for offloading bulk cargo ships.  Just out of frame of the photo, to the left of QM2, are the concrete grain silos.

The grain terminal is hardly the most scenic of locations, and Brisbane lags far behind ports like Sydney, Auckland, Vancouver, etc. that have deep water passenger cruise terminals in the centre city.  Brisbane's new cruise terminal, located at Luggage Point near the airport, is just about finished.  I went out to have a look a few weeks ago.  Unfortunately it will open to no ships.  😞

2 hours ago, bluemarble said:

It seems my last few posts on this thread have been far too easy, so here's a webcam image from my archives that I think will be more of a challenge. This is a port we haven't seen yet on this thread.

 

This would be the Brisbane grain terminal on Fisherman Island. 

7 hours ago, bluemarble said:

 

Welcome to the game, Underwatr.

 

That's outside Charlotte Amalie at St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

 

I'm a bit puzzled as to while QM2 is at anchor. Were there so many ships there on this occasion that Havensight and Crown Bay were both full?

I recall reading somewhere that QM2's draft is too deep for the Havensight facility at St. Thomas.  Perhaps Crown Bay was occupied, leaving the only alternative to anchor and tender. 

That is the clock on the stairs of QE's Royal Arcade, between the casino and the Golden Lion.  I consulted it regularly when leaving the pub in the evening, to make sure I would not be late meeting the wife for dinner.

An art deco style on the numbers, and also the year 2010, QE's launch year.

I concur with Host Hattie.  Hamburg, at the HafenCity terminal.  Clue is the ferris wheel behind QM2.

9 hours ago, exlondoner said:

 

Guessing from the Godiva, this is on QM2. Sir Samuel's?

Spot on!  It was delicious.

I found them quite nice.  Not something to lie back in and have a snooze, but a good place to read or have a coffee, and enjoy the sea views. 

These are the comfy chairs in the Winter Garden (I think QV because of the blue carpeting).

3 hours ago, Host Hattie said:

Great idea 

 

This is QE in the main Britannia dining room.  QV's equivalent is a large metal globe, if I recall correctly.

A very tasty treat

Obviously the globe in the library, but which ship?  QM2's library has different bookshelf doors, if I recall correctly.  So either QV or QE.  I'll go with QE - I think that's QE carpeting.  Although I remember the globe being closer to the deck 2 doorway entrance, rather than near the deck 2 travel books.  Maybe the librarian moves it around.

17 minutes ago, Lanky Lad said:

A nice easy one

 

 

Even for us Aussies stranded here on the opposite side of the planet, the Firth of Forth in Scotland is memorable and distinctive.  Nice photo with the ship.

8 hours ago, bluemarble said:

Here are a couple QE bridge webcam shots taken a few hours apart during one of her "Cruise By" calls. Can you name this location?

 

   

Milford Sound, New Zealand?

@bluemarble your image processing skills are amazing.  It is indeed Aomori, with the triangular building at the cruise pier entrance providing a key clue.  Photo taken on 7 May 2019, one of two Japan port calls on the journey from Tokyo to Alaska. 

And finally, with this photo I'm afraid I've reached the end of my port+ship photos.  I saved it for last because I thought it might be too hard.  But having seen the detective skills on display in this thread, perhaps it is easier than I thought.  QE moored at pier.

Correct @bluemarble !    25 May 2019 maiden cruiseby.  We had an amazing clear sunny day.

Same location, slightly different angle.

Here is my contribution for the day.  Not a port, but a QE cruise by. 

On 9/18/2020 at 8:22 AM, untailored bostonian said:

Will I need a tux or will a black suit  be sufficient?

 

If don't want to bring your formal gear along, you can also hire one aboard, either for specific nights or for the duration of the voyage. 

A caution that all clothing, both formal and informal, shrinks considerably by the end of the voyage, due exclusively to the presence of salt air.

1 hour ago, carlmm said:

 

The first one is Sydney - thanks to the Opera House.

Correct!  As you say, the clue is the sail of the Sydney Opera House, rising like a shark fin from QV's deck 9 pool.

1 hour ago, carlmm said:

And the second one is Hobart, I would say.

Also correct!  Hobart was the next port call on the voyage.