You are a Cunard Regular if....

[Ken_W]

You mean the Midships Bar, don't you Ken ??

 

I'm sitting at a bar looking at map of the North Atlantic Route located above the backbar... other than that I have no idea where I am.... :confused:

 

But I would like another pink gin, please, and could you burn the bitters?:)

[guernseyguy]

I would like another pink gin, please, and could you burn the bitters?:)

 

Oooohhhhh - I haven't had one of those in ages......nor a Port n'Lemon neither!

 

Peter

[stowaway2k]

I'm sitting at a bar looking at map of the North Atlantic Route located above the backbar...

 

...if you can tell which of the ports on the map is misspelled...

[travel-to-go]

 

But I would like another pink gin, please, and could you burn the bitters?:)

Ooh. Iv've never heard of this! Do tell!

What's in it?

Obviously Gin and Bitters. Anything else?

 

Believe it or not (don't hit me) I picked up some FRENCH gin recenly!

It's blue tinted. Tastes a bit like Bombay Sapphire. Very smoo-o-o-oth!~

I like my martinis with GIN not (ugh) Vodka!.

 

Wave a knife over the unopened bottle of Vermouth, then over the cocktail shaker. There you go! Now THAT's dry!

[guernseyguy]

Ooh. Iv've never heard of this! Do tell!

What's in it? Obviously Gin and Bitters.

 

Thats it! As ever, Wikipedia knows all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_gin

 

Peter

[Jim Avery]

Would that be the famous port of Le Harve?

[jbailey]

You're a Cunard regular, if you know why there are two routes marked out on the chart in the Chart Room and also when each is sailed.

[highcbob]

...if every time you receive a new Cunard brochure,

you immediately turn to the inside back cover to see

if there is any update on the new 'Queen Victoria' ...

 

( by the way, the latest info was to be announced

by Cunard last September - has anyone heard any more? )

[Navaleye]

There are two ship wreck sites shown on the map over the Chartroom on the QE2. One is the Titanic - what is the other?

[guernseyguy]

There are two ship wreck sites shown on the map over the Chartroom on the QE2. One is the Titanic - what is the other?

 

Since I'm usually focussing on my Dry Martini....I'd guess the Lusitania....though I don't remember either.....

 

Peter

[guernseyguy]

...if every time you receive a new Cunard brochure, you immediately turn to the inside back cover to see if there is any update on the new 'Queen Victoria' ... ( by the way, the latest info was to be announced by Cunard last September - has anyone heard any more? )

 

The last I heard was from the well informed Prinsendam/Stephen in mid-August:

 

Some construction work was done on the second Queen Victoria but a few weeks ago... the sections that were sitting in the building dock were lifted out and work has now begin on construction of a new ship for Carnival. My guess is that it will be at least 18 months to two years before the Carnival ship is floated oout and work resumes on the QV. If she IS built I doubt we will see her before 2009.

Stephen

 

So you are a Cunard regular if you hope they keep the QE2 forever (updated and upgraded of course - her late '60s look would be very cool...) and the QUEEN VICTORIA keeps slipping back.....

 

Peter

[Navaleye]

Nope! Anyone else?

[guernseyguy]

Silly me! LUSITANIA was i) a Cunarder and ii) it would be being beastly to the Germans. Anyway, I think I've remembered - but looks like I've run out of turns! So its i) Not a Cunarder and ii) Not beastly to the Germans.....and if I'm right, iii) was the first liner to have three outdoor swimming pools......(which is quite a big hint for the rest of you...)

 

Peter

[Ken_W]

Don't let's be beastly to the ther Germans, Peter. I'll follow my secret heart and make a wild guess re: the second sinking marked on the chart, but it's a only a guess. A liner that has three outdoor pools would likely have been a warm weather ship, meaning it took the southern route to NY. Is it the Andrea Doria?

[Navaleye]

Not the Lusitania. Definately not, but you can have another go.

[Transatlantic Tom]

There are two ship wreck sites shown on the map over the Chartroom on the QE2. One is the Titanic - what is the other?

 

I've only noticed the marker for TITANIC.

 

So is it Andrea Dorea ???

 

(Please, someone show pity and give us an answer !!!!)

 

Tom:confused:

[guernseyguy]

Ken W and I are entering a joint 'ANDREA DORIA'....beastly to the Swedes (and Italians...iirc, both ships to blame...)

 

Peter

[Navaleye]

No, not the Andrea Doria either.

[guernseyguy]

Ohhh, I'm intrigued....go on, give us a clue....LANCASTRIA? The photo I can find online is too small! : http://www.cunard.be/Cunard/photo/59mx.jpg

 

Peter

[Navaleye]

OK - It definately does not have any swimming pools.

[Paul NH]

Empress of Ireland? (Although I realize that was in the St. Lawrence River, but the choices are getting narrower).

 

Paul

[Transatlantic Tom]

OK, how about one of the Collins Line ships - ARCTIC or PACIFIC ???

 

(I'm sure they didn't have swimming pools !!!!)

 

Tom

[Ken_W]

Was it a Lightship?

[Ken_W]

Sorry, accidental double-posting.

[Navaleye]

No, very much ocean going.