QUEEN MARY Update February 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- This is part three of Peter Knego's series of updates from the recently reopened QUEEN MARY in Long Beach, where restoration work continues on the magnificent 1936-built liner. This time, we get to see several cabins and suites, interview Tom Varney about his spectacular QUEEN MARY and QUEEN ELIZABETH models in their new home at the entrance to the engine room, witness the transformation of the peeling third funnel as it gets new paint, visit the first class pool area, take in the details of the glorious Grand Salon and Windsor Salon, the Royal Wedding Chapel and much more. So much progress has been made in a relatively short time and the future is looking bright for this one-of-a-kind historic treasure.
Music licensed from Artlist includes: "La Robine" by A Carousing Consort, "Inner Temple" by Shinto, "Shark Alert" by The Magnetic Buzz, "Ballet Des Anglois" by A Carousing Consort, "Wedding March" by Kashido, "Kinderszenen Os. 15" by Bishara Harouni, "Arabesque Debussy" by Ohad Ben Ari, "What Floor" by Idokay and "Arabesque No 1" by Alon Peretz. #longbeach #cityoflongbeach #artdeco #queenmaryship #cunardline #cunard #oldships #oceanliner
I was on the Queen Mary on February 4th. The same day as you and I Stayed in the king, George sweep. Ann got Sunday Brunch next day.
Love love love it!
Thank you. :)
Great video.
Thank you. :)
Thank you very much Peter for this beautifully shot and informative video of this - as you said - "engineering marvel". I'm proud to say that my paternal grandfather worked as a riveter on job number 534 at the shipyard of John Brown & Company Ltd in Clydebank Scotland in the early 1930's. This beautiful ship was of course launched and self-named by her Majesty Queen Mary. My thanks also go to the City of Long Beach for preserving her and making her available for countless generations to experience and enjoy. The interview with Tom Varney, explaining how he built the models of the two Queens was an added bonus!
Thanks so much for your wonderful post -- what an especially strong connection you must feel with 534 being a part of your family legacy! Thank you for your very kind words and yes, kudos to Long Beach for giving her a home and for the care they are showing her.
@@midshipcinema A great big thank you Peter for your very complimentary reply! Yes, you are correct when you mention my "strong connection" with the Queen Mary. I found out that my paternal grandfather helped to build her as a very young (3/4) boy and it awoke in me a lifelong love of Cunard liners up to and including the QE2, on which my partner & I were lucky to be passengers on her final westbound crossing from Southampton to New York on 10th - 16th October 2008.😃😃
OK ... I'm going to have to rewatch this with a set of period deck plans in front of me ...
A glass of wine always helps! :)
@@midshipcinema Confused? You won't be after this week's episode of Soap! I mean, MidShipCinema!
LOL@@wayneyanda
Muito obrigado por esse ainda penso como seria o ss normandia estivesse vivo
Muy obrigado, Cyro! :
Excellent presentation and a wonderful video. I live in Huntington Beach CA, about 12 miles south of the Queen Mary. While I was in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Chicago CG11, we were finishing our 5/6 weeks of patrolling the Gulf of Tonkin, in January 1972 and were heading to Hong Kong for an R and R. We had heard the News that Queen Elisabeth had caught fire and we would be there in HK in two days. As we came into the harbor headed to our mooring buoy we passed right by the burned-out ship. It was unreal to see this massive ship lying there on her side and all rusty from all the salt water poured onto her. So I can say that I have seen both of these grand ships. This summer I will dive to Long Beach and check out the Marys makeover. 🚢 🚢
Wow, incredible memory and much appreciated for sharing! I never got to see the gorgeous ELIZABETH with my own eyes but remembered crying over the news of her demise when I was a kid and that was even before I fell in love with ocean liners. Thanks so much.
Great video. Peter, but it really deserves a more striking thumbnail 😃 Just put your face and name on it, don't be shy you're a mark of quality 🙏🏼☺️
LOL, well, I took your advice and put one up of MARY's funnels in profile. Thank you, Frank. :)
I wish would be visit the Queen Mary in the future and visit the interiors
Great video 👍, I subscribed!!
Thanks so much and welcome aboard!
Lovely. I have a match set of hand built 48" models of QM and QE, Plus 10 others slightly smaller....Bremen & Europa, Rex & Conte Di Savoia, Ile de France (postwar) & Normandie, Caronia, Lurline, and Australis. I actually teamed up back in 2006 with Model Shipmaster and was his technical advisor for several years......trying to have accurate models. We did several other liner models...Ballin's big 3, Andrea Doria, Matsonia....etc
Fantastic, Mark! Some of my favorites in your mention. :)
Would love to share photos of my models with you. Oops, also forgot the glorious Nieuw Amsterdam! @@midshipcinema
And the NIEUW AMSTERDAM, possibly my all time fave! :)@@marklease9717
I was there when tom gave his speech
What a magnificent tribute to one of my favorite ships of all time. Thank you so much for these highlights, Peter. I was born too late to sail on the original Queen Mary but I am planning a visit soon and hope to stay there overnight before and after my Carnival cruise leaving from Long Beach.
Fantastic! Hope your stay is as good or better than your cruise. Thanks so much for watching and posting. :)
Beautiful tour and video! Thank you, Peter. How wonderful to see some of my Queen Mary friends, and Tom's models...OH MY!
Thank you so much, Patricia! You were certainly there with us in spirit. Tom's models are a divine creation. Hope to see you again soon! :)
What a great video tour Peter. As you may be able to tell from my google avatar, I was just at the Mary and a hotel guest in December. I live on the East Coast so I've only seen the Mary twice in 50 years. Hopefully again before too long. Your footage took me right back. I could smell the wonderful food of the Sunday Brunch. Thank you for such wonderful video.
Great avatar! Thanks so much, Benjamin! I'm so happy you enjoyed it. There is just so much to cherish about the MARY and it is such a thrill to see her being so well cared for after some uncertain years.
@@midshipcinema Everything about her and the atmosphere aboard felt much more hopeful, bright and filled with potential than it did when I stepped aboard in 2009.
A visually stunning video Peter. I didn't want it to end. I loved the detailed models and how long it took to create them. Tom made a nice reference to The Poseidon Adventure. I wished I could have been there to see the models myself. I enjoyed the tour immensely. The QUEEN MARY has come a long way and still isn't quite finished. However, I'm really happy with the work that has been done. 😊😊
Thank you, Deborah! Hope you can get back here to see the QUEEN MARY again soon. She is such a treasure. :)
@@midshipcinema You're very welcome Peter. She certainly is a treasure and nothing would make me more happy than be able to visit her again for a third time. She looks so nice and clean. This was just a fantastic video and you really showed her off for what she is. 😊😊
I just really really hope they can get some furniture in this girl. It looks so empty without it😢
Thank you for your amazing tour! We had a chance to stay on her twice before her major refurbishment began. Loved the history, and will certainly stay again!
Thanks so much for watching it and taking the time to comment. Staying aboard is one of life's great pleasures for a ship lover. :)
@@midshipcinema One of my Cruise Critic and email friends, Gerry Esker, directed me to your review of Oceania Vista at her christening. It was a gorgeous video, and my wife and I sailed Vista in the Carribean in January 2024. We have now booked a 2025 transatlantic cruise (Barcelona to Miami) on her as well. Absolutely loved the Vista!
That is so nice to know! Thank you! I'm so glad you loved VISTA and that the video was a nice introduction to a gorgeous ship. :)
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The skill, talent and ambition of people like Tom Varney always amaze me. I watch how-to vids of various things, from cars to pianos, from computers to highrise towers (or the ancient pyramids, the Eiffel Tower, etc), & building a grass hut would stress me out. lol. As for the QM, upgrading, restoring & maintaining it must require an Excel spreadsheet containing 20,000 lines of dates, text, codes, numbers.
Woahhh!! I never knew that bar was there when u walked in !!!!
Oh my goodness Peter, thank you!! How I enjoyed this post and most especially your in-depth interview with Tom! I truly appreciate his devotion to creating these exquisitely crafted artifacts. It is beyond my imagination how much work was involved from conception to what we see today aboard the Queen herself. I cannot wait to see them in person when next I am aboard QM, I am excited already! I must say my favourite part of staying aboard is my night strolls around the liner. I can almost feel the sway of her decks as I listen to the comforting "hum" of the ship during those special hours.
Thanks so much, Mark! You will be blown away by Tom's models. The skill, care and devotion he put into them is astounding.