Where in the world ?

[Lanky Lad]

3 hours ago, techteach said:

This has already been identified, but a different perspective.

 

 

It looks like Halifax Nova Scotia to me.

[techteach]

Yeah @Lanky Lad! It is Halifax taken from a Holland America ship berthed directly in front of QM2. My husband immediately went online and read about her and announced we would cruise on her some day. Love Halifax!

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5 hours ago, sogne said:

Spot on again

 

Given that @sogne contributed two photos, one of Lismore lighthouse on Eilean Musdile and the other of Firth of Lorn, should we add two cruise-by locations to the seen list?  Or is Firth of Lorn the only official Cunard cruise-by and the lighhouse does not count as such?

[bluemarble]

1 hour ago, sfred said:

 

Given that @sogne contributed two photos, one of Lismore lighthouse on Eilean Musdile and the other of Firth of Lorn, should we add two cruise-by locations to the seen list?  Or is Firth of Lorn the only official Cunard cruise-by and the lighhouse does not count as such?

 

I'm was planning on only adding Firth of Lorn, Scotland to our seen ports list. I figure both photos are showing different views of that firth.

 

That does have me considering retroactively adding another "firth" photo to our seen ports list. I'm thinking in particular about @exlondoner's photo showing Cunard's Queen Elizabeth and HMS Queen Elizabeth in Moray Firth. At the time we counted that as being the port of Invergordon. But since that photo is actually showing us Moray Firth, I'm inclined to also add Moray Firth, Scotland as another cruise-by firth to our list of seen ports.

Edited October 24, 2022 by bluemarble

[Lanky Lad]

Not a new port but a strange view.

 

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9 hours ago, Lanky Lad said:

Not a new port but a strange view.

 

 

That's Liverpool, based on the lamppost, and the signpost showing arrows for William Jessop Way, Princes Square, and Princes Parade.  But I can't quite find the precise location of the photo.

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Ah, I found the signpost.  Looks like it is on Princes Parade between the Landing Stage Terminal and Liverpool Waters?  Google street view shows the hedge, the signpost, the Road Closed Ahead / Diversion sign, and the lamp post.  I'll guess your photo was taken prior to 2018?  The lamp posts look to have changed shape from a double lamp like in your photo to a single lamp on street view images.

Edited October 25, 2022 by sfred

[sogne]

we must have had this stretch of water but in case we have not  here it is now

not the usual view extra point 4 name of lighthouse

[bluemarble]

5 hours ago, sogne said:

we must have had this stretch of water but in case we have not  here it is now

not the usual view extra point 4 name of lighthouse

 

I better jump on this one because we know how good @sfred is at identifying lighthouses! 😉

 

Since we've started counting other stretches of water as cruise-by calls we would certainly be remiss in omitting this one since it's one of the most famous in the world. We've seen ports on either side but haven't counted this "strait" itself.

 

I think we are seeing the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain. I'm counting this as Spain since we are looking at the Spanish coast in this view.

 

My research tells me the lighthouse is the Punta de Tarifa Lighthouse. The lighthouse's location is also variously named Punta Marroquí and Isla de Las Palomas.

[Lanky Lad]

10 hours ago, sfred said:

 

That's Liverpool, based on the lamppost, and the signpost showing arrows for William Jessop Way, Princes Square, and Princes Parade.  But I can't quite find the precise location of the photo.

You are of course, correct. That was from when the three Queens were in Liverpool.

[sogne]

2 hours ago, bluemarble said:

 

I better jump on this one because we know how good @sfred is at identifying lighthouses! 😉

 

Since we've started counting other stretches of water as cruise-by calls we would certainly be remiss in omitting this one since it's one of the most famous in the world. We've seen ports on either side but haven't counted this "strait" itself.

 

I think we are seeing the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain. I'm counting this as Spain since we are looking at the Spanish coast in this view.

 

My research tells me the lighthouse is the Punta de Tarifa Lighthouse. The lighthouse's location is also variously named Punta Marroquí and Isla de Las Palomas.

Tarifa VTS control shipping movement through the strait. 

[bluemarble]

Here's another view of a port we've already seen. This is one of my photos that I hope is a challenge without being totally inscrutable. That's not the ship we were sailing on at the time by the way.

 

Edited October 26, 2022 by bluemarble

[carlmm]

I'd say Puerto Vallarta.

[carlmm]

And I am glad you had another option to sail with 😉

[bluemarble]

59 minutes ago, carlmm said:

I'd say Puerto Vallarta.

 

That's correct. The photo is from our Viking Orion Mexican Riviera cruise last December. I suppose that other ship's current itineraries offered a pretty good clue if the photo's other features didn't on their own. Well done.

[Essiesmom]

Hmmm…I’m puzzled that she was on the west coast last December, as usually she sails from Tampa.  Oops…was reading as Paradise, not Panorama.  EM

Edited October 26, 2022 by Essiesmom

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Here is a new cruise-by, courtesy of another Cruise Critic participant, @photosg.  They have very kindly given me permission to contribute the photo here in our Where in the World game.  (Thanks!!)   Apparently it had become dark by the time the Cunard ship arrived at the exact cruise-by location in the itinerary, so this was as close as they got while it was still daylight. 

 

[babs135]

10 hours ago, sfred said:

Here is a new cruise-by, courtesy of another Cruise Critic participant, @photosg.  They have very kindly given me permission to contribute the photo here in our Where in the World game.  (Thanks!!)   Apparently it had become dark by the time the Cunard ship arrived at the exact cruise-by location in the itinerary, so this was as close as they got while it was still daylight. 

 

I'm assuming that this is Romsdalsfjord

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2 hours ago, babs135 said:

I'm assuming that this is Romsdalsfjord

 

Correct!  It was an unseen cruise-by on our list, and an itinerary location for QV's recent Norway fjords voyage. @photosg was aboard, and has contributed many great photos of their experiences in a separate thread here on Cruise Critic.  Romsdalsfjord is port/cruise-by number 597 (we're getting close to 600!), and number 37 for Norway.

[bluemarble]

Here's one of my webcam captures offering a different view of a location we've already seen. If there's not quite enough to go on in this image, I have another one that's more recognizable I can post tomorrow.

 

[bluemarble]

Here's the additional webcam view I promised of the same location as the image posted above. No pressure @Host Hattie, but you might have an advantage figuring out this one.

 

[Host Hattie]

🤣 I'll let somebody else have a go !

[bluemarble]

Here's one more in my series of webcam images for the previous location that hasn't been identified yet. Not sure how much this will help beyond what the other two images have shown, but let's give it a go.

 

Edited October 30, 2022 by bluemarble

[sogne]

15 minutes ago, bluemarble said:

Here's one more in my series of webcam images for the previous location that hasn't been identified yet. Not sure how much this will help beyond what the other two images have shown, but let's give it a go.

 

Ijmuiden enroute 2 Amsterdam north sea ferry in dock at right been there professionally more than once

[Host Hattie]

Thank you!