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I spent three nights on the Queen Mary back in 2013. It was an incredible, historical experience. I hope that the ship is able to be repaired and reopened soon.
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Okay I just found the best channel on TH-cam. You guys are awesome and I wish I could take this group with me when I vacation, no one else is ever this excited about history! There were so many hidden gems in this ship people wouldn't even notice, I love how you were able to identify so many. Every time he said "doesn't that just kill you?" I'm like yes it does!!! You've earned a fellow history buff's loyalty *subscribes
Honestly, just seeing Ken brings a smile to my face, he reminds me of my grandfather in the sense that you never saw him in a bad mood, Ken always looks like he’s having a grand ol’ time
Kosher rules dictate separation of foods; beef can not be served with milk, etc. so the plates are labeled to ensure non-Kosher cooks and servers don’t mix the foods or put foods on the wrong plates as both service ware and cookware has to be separate.
Just to add on to this for anyone wondering, milk includes things like cheese and yogurt - any milk product, not just literal milk. (Meat is similar - broth, gelatin, bones, etc also count as meat.)
I could listen to Bill Sauder talk about the old great steamships all day long. The man is a living encyclopedia of knowledge and a true gentleman. Also, seeing Ken Marschall and Parks Stephenson (wirh Tom & Matt too, of course) exchanging thoughts and ideas in their natural element is always a treat. Yet another excellent video, Tom. Glad i stumbled across it. It has reignited my burning desire to finally visit the Queen Mary for myself & explore as many of these spaces as I possibly can.
My uncle came across to the UK during WW2 on the Queen Mary when it was a troop ship. He met my Mums sister and married her after the war. She then returned to the States with him as a war bride. Both are passed away now but it was great treading the boards of this ship myself when we visited the States a while back and the Spruce Goose when it was still displayed nearby.
@@Maxmellow94 that's because when they closed the Queen Mary, they pretty much let go of everyone and abandoned the ship. It's been closed for over a year, they just haven't updated the hours. And now that the ship's lease will be going up for auction, it is all going to have to wait until the next lease holders come in.
i know it was common for the time for ships to be scrapped after they became obsolete, but considering the fates of Britannic and Titanic, you'd think they'd want to save Olympic for touring. This is very cool!
A French company was actually looking to purchase Olympic to turn it into a floating hotel, but the plans fell through because they simply were not economical, made worse by the fact that this was taking place during the Great Depression.
Thank You so much for this!! The Queen Mary brought both my Uncle & Cousin back home to Canada after WWII & then after, that same Cousin's Wife/War Bride to him. She passed away earlier this year & while not a Veteran of the British Armed Forces, she was a Land Girl. The stories both shared w/me I'll treasure always. One of my biggest regrets will always be not recording those two in any way, because when they got going? It was like listening to the old George Burns & Gracie Allen radio shows. 😊 The likelihood of me ever getting out to see her is next to impossible, so Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!! 😊😊
Thank you Thomas for the video! It gives me memories from when I was a kid and aboard the Queen Mary going to New York. I was around 4 years old and the year was 1958 when I first traveled on her from Southampton to New York. The last time I was on her was in 1986 3 months after Chernobyl had exploded, I remember also going to where the S.S. Normandie capsized and sank. I really appreciate that you and the 3 others made this video and gave me more information on the Queen Mary than I knew before. /Harrold.J.Marakta
My Dad, who grew up in Portsmouth (UK) remembers seeing the Queen Mary steam in and out of nearby Southampton several times, one of a dwindling number of people who saw it as a working ship I'm afraid to say. However, I really enjoyed this video, and it's great to put a face and personality to Ken Marschall! I've admired his drawings and paintings for so many years, great to see the man himself!
Really enjoyed watching this. Don't overlook an opportunity to tour the QM2 if one arises. I was in Dominica in 2008 when it made a port call there. Not thinking it would be granted, I still went dockside and asked if I could tip a crewmember to give us a tour. Surprisingly someone agreed to!
I watched this a lot on TH&G and learned a lot too each time. Glad it is here now. We actually had our High School Prom on her in 1984! I hope the QM gets funding to keep her from floundering there in Long Beach. Sad to hear how this iconic ship has fallen into disrepair.
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Having grown up in Long Beach, I wish I knew more history of this great ship growing up. I have always loved the beautiful art deco style of the ship. The observation room bar is absolutely gorgeous! I can just picture you and your wife all dressed up and glamorous at that bar. So fun! This guy Ken is a hoot! You can see how much passion he has. My now husband was the first person to take me to actually stay on the QM in a stateroom. He thought it was super creepy and weird… 😂 I loved it! He is a Ritz Carlton kind of guy and I am more of a bed and breakfast kind of gal! Lol But he sucked it up and it was such a cool time pretending I was a fancy old timey passenger 🥹🥰😆 keep up the great work!
So awesome to take this tour with Ken Marschall and Parks Stephenson! Having stayed on the Queen Mary and being a total Titanic fanatic, this was such a treat!
I've been on board a few times in the last 25 years - once even as an overnight guest. There are parts of the ship which are still amazing and recall her earlier glory, and others which are simply a modern hotel, and a run down one at that in places. As much as I would love to see full restoration/renovation from the keel to the top of her masts, more and more I think we should simply be grateful we still have her at all - but for quirks of fate, she would have been scrapped more than 50 years ago.
Starting 2:08 when Ken talks about the anti fouling paint below rails and he wants to pick until he sees it, the dude in black immediately bends down as if to attempt that.. made me laugh! Love all the talk of details!! Such a fun vid to watch!
I live in a small town near Long Beach only about a 15 min drive away. Hearing about what's going on with the Queen Mary recently makes me pretty unhappy, especially with the condition the hull is in. If there is any way that any historical society would make a way to fix these problems, I would join it in a heartbeat.
"She ended up being quite a roller". Family story: before I was born, Mum took my (older) brother back to her Britain/London on the Queen Mary back in '54. The story so often told us was that he more than conquered toddling and simply loved being up on deck where he ran his little legs off, from side to side with the movement of the rising and falling ship's deck as dear Mum sat seasick, barely able to watch him. What a way to travel.
Maybe if the feds who manage historical landmarks got involved they could basically make Long Beach stop messing around in court and just pay to repair the ship
The feds don't care besides anything on the national register of historic places can still be destroyed and demolished if the owners consider it too costly to repair or keep up
@@femmefuntime It really could not, just because you love it that does not mean others do. Most people do not care about an old ship. There would not be enough exposure for people to even know about the kickstarter. Most people donate around $5-10 so to get 23 million you are talking at least 2 million people, good luck!
I am so happy I found this video! My parents met in Long Beach and I have always been obsessed with this ship and ocean liners. I remember when I was 8 and my parents took me on a haunted ghost tour on this ship! I'm disappointed that the ship is in such bad shape now but I wish Disney was successfully able to develop it in the 90s!
An excellent video. Thank you. I remember as a small child in the 1960s, on holiday, building sandcastles on a hot, sunny, English beach, (Southsea, right by the Solent), and my parents looking out to sea and asking ‘what’s that?’. I looked up, and saw this enormous blob on the horizon, far out, not fully visible over the curvature of the earth, yet still dwarfing everything else. It was of course the Mary, coming far out round the Isle of Wight to sail into Southampton. She came so fast - though she must have been slowing down at the time - and she was so impressive. She looked enormous as she made her turn round the Brambles, to sail up the Solent to Southampton. The next day we took one of the tourist boat rides round the docks and sailed right past her. She looked so beautiful, and I longed to sail on her. The strange thing was only the previous week we had done the same thing, and seen the Elizabeth when she was in dock, and we had watched her going out too, but that rapid impressive entrance of the Mary beat it all. I’m so pleased with the recent news that she is going to be saved, and thank the folks of Long Beach for that great decision. My father in law would have loved all of this. He worked at the shipyards on Tyneside, was a Jarrow crusader, and was one of the industrial blacksmiths who broke up the Olympic there. He kept a few bits and pieces from her that he used for projects, (teak decking made great chopping boards and draining boards) which is why I have a lamp, the base of which is a piece of her teak decking. As a historian myself I truly loved this. Thank you.
Fascinating video, it reminded me of when l stayed on Queen Mary a few years ago, and spent the night exploring all of those out of the way/closed spaces. It's a shame that your camera had no lighting. Great to watch, thsnk you!
Thank You for a wonderful video tour !! I love the Queen Mary. When I was about 16 years old, I watched the Queen Mary sailing into Long Beach from a sailing boat at the entrance to the breakwater. I guess that makes me one of the last to see her moving under her own power ! I was there in 1972 on opening day for the public to come tour the Queen Mary again! Since then I visited the ship so many times, I’ve literally lost count. Probably it’s now in the hundreds . I truly love this great ship . When I visit, the first and last thing I do is go up to the curved front superstructure ( just below the John Brown Shipyard Plaque) and give the Queen a big hug and kiss !! Yea I’m a little weird about the Queen 🤷♂️ I hope that the City of Long Beach will now get it together and restore the ship to its original condition!!🤞 PS ••• I’ve stayed overnight on the hotel probably about 20 times. Each time it’s been in a different stateroom or suite . On Main Deck , A Deck and B Deck. And guess what , NO GHOSTS !!! I’ve never seen , heard or experienced anything supernatural or haunted!!! Honest !! The ship is not haunted. It’s a happy ship, with a GREAT HISTORY of service to the world in war and peace !!! People are doing the ship a great disservice by continuing their childish BS fantasy’s!! I use to work for Disney for 48 years. I knew the people in marketing that made up those stories about ghosts to try and increase attendance. Cunard kept a detailed list of people who sadly passed away while onboard over her entire career. Guess what, NO LITTLE GIRL ever drowned in the swimming pools of the Queen Mary?!? It’s all made up folks ! All of it ! Sorry, I’m done with my ranting now ! Queen Mary is a wonderful treasure for the world. Everyone just love her , respect her and give her the care and upkeep she truly deserves!❤️ MikeW
I still remember the time I visited the Queen for, of all things, a model train show that was being hosted aboard. On board an old ocean liner, that’s a curious place to host a train show.
Been waiting for this gem to be reuploaded! Can you also reupload your solo visit to the Queen Mary where you showed off a bit of the cabin you were staying in?
I don't recall that video - but I remember the footage you're talking about. Can you remind me what you mean? You're not thinking of the "Haunted" video, are you?
@@PartTimeExplorer It was the video where you took us on a "secret tour" of part of the engine room (A location known to people who've studied Queen Mary's layout but is not open to the general public), I think it might have been the propeller turbine shafts or something related to it. You had to have made it either in 2016 or '15.
@@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra Oooooohhhhhh yes, I remember. That video ended up getting re-edited and turned into the old 2018 version of this video, and I cut a bunch of stuff out. I don't even remember the full content of that video, but I have the editing files still on an old harddrive. I'll take a look around. When I was re-editing this version for this upload, I found over an hour of additional footage of just walking around the ship and me telling stories about it. I didn't use any of that in this because, A - it was just me talking and none of the historians, and B - the handheld camera was all over the place.
@@PartTimeExplorer Are you also going to re-upload the video with the priest's models of Titanic, Lusitania, Normandie and Queen Mary ? I loved this video so much
Is there anything that can be done to save the ship? From what I’ve heard inspectors basically said “you have 2 years to fix this ship before it capsizes” but the city is too busy battling in court with the old lease holder over who should foot the bill.
The city has basically been neglecting the ship much longer than the current issues with the lease operator and structural issues. If anything can be one, its that the city of Long Beach needs more pressure from both SoCal and abroad. There is one non-profit working to help the ship that I know of, but they are being kept at arms length by the city from what I've heard. I would look into Queen Mary International and reach out to ask what can be done.
@@sc1338 The Big U is important too, but there needs to be more pressure on the City of Long Beach to actually restore her. When I went before COVID she was in pretty bad shape, let alone how she can't continue to go through one failed lease operator after another. There are many issues the ship faces and it cannot be an either or situation anymore (ie focus on saving one over the other)
"SOS Titanic," "Goliath Awaits," and the "SeaQuest DSV" episode "Night of Shadows" were also all shot onboard the Queen Mary. There must be other productions which have used her as well.
I enjoyed your presentation here very much. I saw that you were looking at tags on the piano, does anyone know anything about it? One of a kind? I understand Gershwin played it on his crossing, and I recall seeing a photo on deck of him (1983) sitting at that piano. ( The photo was seen just after I came out of a forward lounge with the piano inside, no one around, so I played it for about 20 minutes, imagine my shock to see the photo of him at THAT piano right afterwards! )
Because of the photos recently taken of titanic I got back into maritime history and found an much on TH-cam. 2 main I watch are you and our friend, Mike Brady from ocean liner designs. It's like the avengers seeing you use some his work. On your video.
@@Kaidhicksii Me and some friends have been working on a Lusitania VR experience off and on for two years. It's entering it's final stages, so there will be updates soon!
Hello Tom, really enjoying this fascinating video. I’ve just looked for the ghosts of the Queen Mary video with Bill Sauder but I can’t find it. Is it still available to watch? Cheers from England.
@@femmefuntime I mean they gave the old leasing company millions to do these repairs when they were initially needed, they just absconded with the money and mysteriously went bankrupt. Plus that's taxpayer money, it's not like they can just pull it from out of nowhere.
Don't know if you know this. But there is a portion of the Olympic that was incorporated into a hotel in England Saw it on a documentary couple years ago And believe me, that room is extremely beautiful. It gives you the exact feeling like you're on the Olympic Mostly because it's part of the ship itself. Except in a hotel. I'm not sure which one but I know it's in England.
Growing up only a few miles from the Queen Mary as teens we used to go onboard all the time, we ran the hallways day and night, sometimes all night long. We went as far down as R Deck where she is still all original floors, walls and fixtures. No, no ghosts! Too bad they destroyed the second class pool area for the hotel but, at least we still have her... I sailed on the United States twice across the Atlantic, wish our country would wake up to the fact that the Big U is still waiting for our country to put her in New York and put her to use as a hotel, convention center or whatever!
When I was a kid, maybe 10 years old, I got my leg stuck in the big old gun that used to be on the deck. The fire department had to come free me 😆 🤣 my grandparents were so pissed 😤 😒 then I got lost inside the ship and was certain I would never find my way out but I got lucky and somebody found me and got me back on deck. Being a kid was fun...
Hi Tom, what ever happened to the video interview you did with Father Pirrone, and his cutaway models in the Queen Mary? Will you re-upload them in your channel in the future? Also I do recall there was a short interview you did in Nova Scotia with a gentleman who was painstakingly carving a replica of the broken First Class Lounge panel (original was on loan for the Ocean Liner exhibit if I recalled correctly)?
They need to move the ship somewhere else cuz Cali doesn’t take good care of it. What is really like to see is the SS United States and The QM to be restored to exceptional condition. Then they will be docked together in a better place where shopping places and restaurants can be built around them where they will have careers as hotels and museums. For everything it’ll cost about 1 billion dollars so the government might need to step in to help but since there historic ships I think they might be willing to give the loan.
The City of Long Beach bought it and owns it. Is it wasn't for them, this ship would have been scrapped a long time ago. This ship would sink, if you attempted to move it. It's not floating, it's sitting on the bottom.
For many years after the ship opened in Long Beach the cork floors of the main shopping gallery had the dark spots of 1950s ladies spike heels around all of the columns. That all disappeared when the floors were redone, but at least they were redone with the same style or look of cork flooring. Sadly, as time has passed, the staterooms have lost their wood and become not even shadows of their former selves just ugly painted small rooms.
Part-Time Explorer I would request a short video on the SS Normandie, the french ocean liner that carried the first operational naval radar and capsized and burned during its conversion to a troop ship in 1942. "SS NORMANDIE INCIDENT 1942" I think the ship has a storied history for only lasting 15 years, and held the blue riband several times, I'm sure you can find ways to make it even more interesting! She most directly rivaled and competed with the RMS queen mary of the cunard line.
I have to agree with Erik. The Queen Mary in a way IS a relative of the Titanic. After Cunard took over White Star Line, they became Cunard White Star. Perhaps the Queen Mary is more like a sister-in-law...but...still family.
frist time I went to the queen merry I was 5 back in 1979... I thought it was love the love boat, it was popular back then. 🙃 this guy looks like Erick from that 70s show,, hey where is Dona?🤩😁
You didn't include the knobs for water in the baths. Hot and cold for salf water and hot and cold for natural water. I found this interesting when I toured the Queen Mary about 12 years ago.
What smartphone are you using fir your ad hoc filming if I may ask Tom? One phone you might like if you film vlog selfie style as well as regularly, then you might like the Zenfone series that has a main camera module that literally flips up to be used as a selfie camera. So you are using your best camera for regular filming and selfie filming. Another advantage is being able to use your phone's screen as a viewfinder as well.
That sounds like a fantastic phone for this purpose. The video was actually shot on several phones - I think I had an iPhone 6 and then an iPhone XR, Emma had an iPhone 6, and some of this was also shot on a Samsung Galaxy (don't know the actual model). There's also quite a lot of footage in this from my Canon t7i's, and I think even a gopro at one point.
Apart from "The Poseidon Adventure" (whose use of the Queen Mary as a filming location is deliciously ironic given that Paul Gallico based the original novel upon the Queen Mary's encounter with a freak wave in 1937.....), one other movie use stands out for me. In the 1998 version of "The Parent Trap," Nick Parker and Elizabeth James, whose twin daughters, Hallie and Annie, were so memorably played by Lindsay Lohan, meet and marry aboard the QE2 during the movie's opening sequence. Except, that the interior and exterior deck shots were all shot onboard the Queen Mary. The Grand Salon really stands out, with one beautiful shot of a group of stewards/waiters lighting a row of table candles in sync with one another. The whole sequence is scored with the Nat King Cole classic song 'L.O.V.E.' If you have not seen this sequence, here it is: th-cam.com/video/kJYrg1u9VEw/w-d-xo.html
24:21 Sum of the white China got merged with the, 'A Dog'! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's funny how he can tell a story, & combine it with what he sees walkN around the queen Mary!! GENIUS!
Ken in his element is just so fun to watch
The look of sheer glee on his face here is so delightful to watch. Ken really was like a kid in a Candy Store here, wasn't he? 😁
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Crazy to think I hadn't met him here yet and now here we are married!
I spent three nights on the Queen Mary back in 2013. It was an incredible, historical experience. I hope that the ship is able to be repaired and reopened soon.
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When I was trucking and I happened to be in Long Beach, I would park near this ship,just to enjoy the sigh of her, a beautiful ship in my book!
I gotta say, given the current situation with the Queen Mary in a bit of trouble, I hope I get to see it soon! Thanks for your insight into it!
Hello! Didn’t expect to see you here! Nice videos btw.
@@thelettuceconsumer you’re the first person to recognize me outside of my own videos. I really appreciate it!
@@NauticalStudy lol, i really like how you word your videos
Everywhere i go, i see your face
Okay I just found the best channel on TH-cam. You guys are awesome and I wish I could take this group with me when I vacation, no one else is ever this excited about history! There were so many hidden gems in this ship people wouldn't even notice, I love how you were able to identify so many. Every time he said "doesn't that just kill you?" I'm like yes it does!!!
You've earned a fellow history buff's loyalty *subscribes
Honestly, just seeing Ken brings a smile to my face, he reminds me of my grandfather in the sense that you never saw him in a bad mood, Ken always looks like he’s having a grand ol’ time
Kosher rules dictate separation of foods; beef can not be served with milk, etc. so the plates are labeled to ensure non-Kosher cooks and servers don’t mix the foods or put foods on the wrong plates as both service ware and cookware has to be separate.
Just to add on to this for anyone wondering, milk includes things like cheese and yogurt - any milk product, not just literal milk. (Meat is similar - broth, gelatin, bones, etc also count as meat.)
I could listen to Bill Sauder talk about the old great steamships all day long. The man is a living encyclopedia of knowledge and a true gentleman. Also, seeing Ken Marschall and Parks Stephenson (wirh Tom & Matt too, of course) exchanging thoughts and ideas in their natural element is always a treat.
Yet another excellent video, Tom. Glad i stumbled across it. It has reignited my burning desire to finally visit the Queen Mary for myself & explore as many of these spaces as I possibly can.
It’s good to shine light on this ship and try and save it.
The Queen Mary is a beautiful ship. I hope it will be saved and restored.
My uncle came across to the UK during WW2 on the Queen Mary when it was a troop ship. He met my Mums sister and married her after the war. She then returned to the States with him as a war bride. Both are passed away now but it was great treading the boards of this ship myself when we visited the States a while back and the Spruce Goose when it was still displayed nearby.
I truly hope that the Queen Mary reopens. This is a place I'm wanting to stay at least one night for my wife and I's belated honeymoon.
It’s closed ?
@@Maxmellow94 It’s been closed for over a year
@@thejagotishow it shows it’s open 24 hours
@@Maxmellow94 that's because when they closed the Queen Mary, they pretty much let go of everyone and abandoned the ship. It's been closed for over a year, they just haven't updated the hours. And now that the ship's lease will be going up for auction, it is all going to have to wait until the next lease holders come in.
@@AlextheHistorian NOOOOOOOO
i know it was common for the time for ships to be scrapped after they became obsolete, but considering the fates of Britannic and Titanic, you'd think they'd want to save Olympic for touring. This is very cool!
A French company was actually looking to purchase Olympic to turn it into a floating hotel, but the plans fell through because they simply were not economical, made worse by the fact that this was taking place during the Great Depression.
@@thejagotishow that is tragic!
The City of Long Beach is currently repairing the Queen Mary, repairs began June 8th, 2021
This is good to know - thanks for the update
Always enjoyed this video and Ken's enthusiasm throughout the tour. Thanks for re-uploading Tom!
I like your pfp
@@femmefuntime thank you!
@@NikkiChan92 I feel bad - your genetics screwed you over. You were always supposed to be a girl…sometimes biology makes silly mistakes.
Impressive! Thanks for reuploading it, Tom. :)
I love how you put yourself in the cleaning ladies shoes. Lol this was such a great video, you all rock.
One of my most favorite videos on TH-cam! Thanks for taking us along!
Thank You so much for this!! The Queen Mary brought both my Uncle & Cousin back home to Canada after WWII & then after, that same Cousin's Wife/War Bride to him. She passed away earlier this year & while not a Veteran of the British Armed Forces, she was a Land Girl. The stories both shared w/me I'll treasure always. One of my biggest regrets will always be not recording those two in any way, because when they got going? It was like listening to the old George Burns & Gracie Allen radio shows. 😊
The likelihood of me ever getting out to see her is next to impossible, so Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!! 😊😊
Love that old ship 🚢 toured in 74’ and 78’. Time for another trip.
Great video!
Thank you Thomas for the video!
It gives me memories from when I was a kid and aboard the Queen Mary going to New York. I was around 4 years old and the year was 1958 when I first traveled on her from Southampton to New York. The last time I was on her was in 1986 3 months after Chernobyl had exploded, I remember also going to where the S.S. Normandie capsized and sank. I really appreciate that you and the 3 others made this video and gave me more information on the Queen Mary than I knew before.
/Harrold.J.Marakta
Thank you for that message, Harrold!
@@PartTimeExplorer Thank you aswell, I sincerely hope you and you're family are doing alright in these times!
Been binge-watching your channel and that moment when Tom sees a dog has just cemented this channel in my faves! Such a wholesome moment! Thanks
My Dad, who grew up in Portsmouth (UK) remembers seeing the Queen Mary steam in and out of nearby Southampton several times, one of a dwindling number of people who saw it as a working ship I'm afraid to say. However, I really enjoyed this video, and it's great to put a face and personality to Ken Marschall! I've admired his drawings and paintings for so many years, great to see the man himself!
Thank you for tagging us along in this tour :) And nice work with the division of the video chapters, I really appreciate this extra effort!
Amazing stories, excellent footage and history shown and told. Only the best as per usual!
I will happily watch this as many times as you upload it
Really enjoyed watching this. Don't overlook an opportunity to tour the QM2 if one arises. I was in Dominica in 2008 when it made a port call there. Not thinking it would be granted, I still went dockside and asked if I could tip a crewmember to give us a tour. Surprisingly someone agreed to!
I watched this a lot on TH&G and learned a lot too each time. Glad it is here now. We actually had our High School Prom on her in 1984! I hope the QM gets funding to keep her from floundering there in Long Beach. Sad to hear how this iconic ship has fallen into disrepair.
@DARKSIDE THROWER got a source cause odds are it would have been on news or all over
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"sir, they're back and examining the wood on the chairs again"
"sigh, I'll get the stick"
Having grown up in Long Beach, I wish I knew more history of this great ship growing up. I have always loved the beautiful art deco style of the ship. The observation room bar is absolutely gorgeous! I can just picture you and your wife all dressed up and glamorous at that bar. So fun! This guy Ken is a hoot! You can see how much passion he has. My now husband was the first person to take me to actually stay on the QM in a stateroom. He thought it was super creepy and weird… 😂 I loved it! He is a Ritz Carlton kind of guy and I am more of a bed and breakfast kind of gal! Lol But he sucked it up and it was such a cool time pretending I was a fancy old timey passenger 🥹🥰😆 keep up the great work!
IMO....The Most Beautiful Ocean Liner ever built!!!!
Thank you
Shame the city doesn’t seem to care about preserving her
So awesome to take this tour with Ken Marschall and Parks Stephenson! Having stayed on the Queen Mary and being a total Titanic fanatic, this was such a treat!
I've been on board a few times in the last 25 years - once even as an overnight guest. There are parts of the ship which are still amazing and recall her earlier glory, and others which are simply a modern hotel, and a run down one at that in places. As much as I would love to see full restoration/renovation from the keel to the top of her masts, more and more I think we should simply be grateful we still have her at all - but for quirks of fate, she would have been scrapped more than 50 years ago.
I am a GREAT lover of all kinds of history...and seeing this does, in Kens words, "just kills me"....
I've always loved Ken's work! Even to this day, I can look at a painting and tell if it's Ken's work or not!
Starting 2:08 when Ken talks about the anti fouling paint below rails and he wants to pick until he sees it, the dude in black immediately bends down as if to attempt that.. made me laugh! Love all the talk of details!! Such a fun vid to watch!
I live in a small town near Long Beach only about a 15 min drive away. Hearing about what's going on with the Queen Mary recently makes me pretty unhappy, especially with the condition the hull is in. If there is any way that any historical society would make a way to fix these problems, I would join it in a heartbeat.
"She ended up being quite a roller". Family story: before I was born, Mum took my (older) brother back to her Britain/London on the Queen Mary back in '54. The story so often told us was that he more than conquered toddling and simply loved being up on deck where he ran his little legs off, from side to side with the movement of the rising and falling ship's deck as dear Mum sat seasick, barely able to watch him. What a way to travel.
Whoever is currently trying to take care of the ship needs to just start a donation page to get at least some money in to do minor repairs
Maybe if the feds who manage historical landmarks got involved they could basically make Long Beach stop messing around in court and just pay to repair the ship
The feds don't care besides anything on the national register of historic places can still be destroyed and demolished if the owners consider it too costly to repair or keep up
small donations? I heard the ship needs about $200 million with of repairs
@@MrBibi86 23 million I thought. Still with a big kickstarter or something plus other fundraisers it could be done
@@femmefuntime It really could not, just because you love it that does not mean others do. Most people do not care about an old ship. There would not be enough exposure for people to even know about the kickstarter. Most people donate around $5-10 so to get 23 million you are talking at least 2 million people, good luck!
"Milk" plates are Milched plates. To keep Kosher, the meat of an animal and its byproducts like milk and cheese must be kept separate at ALL times.
Really enjoyed this. I interviewed Audrey Pearl before her death for my first book! She was charming.
I'm just seeing this - it's you and Ken Marschall! I remember his epic work on the Titanic... BEFORE the movie. His artwork is amazing.
I am so happy I found this video! My parents met in Long Beach and I have always been obsessed with this ship and ocean liners. I remember when I was 8 and my parents took me on a haunted ghost tour on this ship! I'm disappointed that the ship is in such bad shape now but I wish Disney was successfully able to develop it in the 90s!
Thanks so much for the awesome tour with the historians fantastic video
An excellent video. Thank you. I remember as a small child in the 1960s, on holiday, building sandcastles on a hot, sunny, English beach, (Southsea, right by the Solent), and my parents looking out to sea and asking ‘what’s that?’. I looked up, and saw this enormous blob on the horizon, far out, not fully visible over the curvature of the earth, yet still dwarfing everything else. It was of course the Mary, coming far out round the Isle of Wight to sail into Southampton. She came so fast - though she must have been slowing down at the time - and she was so impressive. She looked enormous as she made her turn round the Brambles, to sail up the Solent to Southampton. The next day we took one of the tourist boat rides round the docks and sailed right past her. She looked so beautiful, and I longed to sail on her. The strange thing was only the previous week we had done the same thing, and seen the Elizabeth when she was in dock, and we had watched her going out too, but that rapid impressive entrance of the Mary beat it all. I’m so pleased with the recent news that she is going to be saved, and thank the folks of Long Beach for that great decision. My father in law would have loved all of this. He worked at the shipyards on Tyneside, was a Jarrow crusader, and was one of the industrial blacksmiths who broke up the Olympic there. He kept a few bits and pieces from her that he used for projects, (teak decking made great chopping boards and draining boards) which is why I have a lamp, the base of which is a piece of her teak decking. As a historian myself I truly loved this. Thank you.
Fascinating video, it reminded me of when l stayed on Queen Mary a few years ago, and spent the night exploring all of those out of the way/closed spaces. It's a shame that your camera had no lighting. Great to watch, thsnk you!
All-star cast! Thanks for sharing this.
Remarkable wealth of knowledge and people in this
this channel is so hype
Happiest day of my life when I got to visit the QM .Thank you for this amazing Vid.
Thank You for a wonderful video tour !! I love the Queen Mary. When I was about 16 years old, I watched the Queen Mary sailing into Long Beach from a sailing boat at the entrance to the breakwater. I guess that makes me one of the last to see her moving under her own power ! I was there in 1972 on opening day for the public to come tour the Queen Mary again! Since then I visited the ship so many times, I’ve literally lost count. Probably it’s now in the hundreds . I truly love this great ship . When I visit, the first and last thing I do is go up to the curved front superstructure ( just below the John Brown Shipyard Plaque) and give the Queen a big hug and kiss !! Yea I’m a little weird about the Queen 🤷♂️ I hope that the City of Long Beach will now get it together and restore the ship to its original condition!!🤞 PS ••• I’ve stayed overnight on the hotel probably about 20 times. Each time it’s been in a different stateroom or suite . On Main Deck , A Deck and B Deck. And guess what , NO GHOSTS !!! I’ve never seen , heard or experienced anything supernatural or haunted!!! Honest !! The ship is not haunted. It’s a happy ship, with a GREAT HISTORY of service to the world in war and peace !!! People are doing the ship a great disservice by continuing their childish BS fantasy’s!! I use to work for Disney for 48 years. I knew the people in marketing that made up those stories about ghosts to try and increase attendance. Cunard kept a detailed list of people who sadly passed away while onboard over her entire career. Guess what, NO LITTLE GIRL ever drowned in the swimming pools of the Queen Mary?!? It’s all made up folks ! All of it ! Sorry, I’m done with my ranting now ! Queen Mary is a wonderful treasure for the world. Everyone just love her , respect her and give her the care and upkeep she truly deserves!❤️ MikeW
What an extraordinary experience ... I'd be so glad, a tour like this could still be possible on the SS Normandie :(
I still remember the time I visited the Queen for, of all things, a model train show that was being hosted aboard. On board an old ocean liner, that’s a curious place to host a train show.
Been waiting for this gem to be reuploaded! Can you also reupload your solo visit to the Queen Mary where you showed off a bit of the cabin you were staying in?
I don't recall that video - but I remember the footage you're talking about. Can you remind me what you mean? You're not thinking of the "Haunted" video, are you?
@@PartTimeExplorer It was the video where you took us on a "secret tour" of part of the engine room (A location known to people who've studied Queen Mary's layout but is not open to the general public), I think it might have been the propeller turbine shafts or something related to it.
You had to have made it either in 2016 or '15.
@@AlejandroFlores-Ibarra Oooooohhhhhh yes, I remember. That video ended up getting re-edited and turned into the old 2018 version of this video, and I cut a bunch of stuff out. I don't even remember the full content of that video, but I have the editing files still on an old harddrive. I'll take a look around.
When I was re-editing this version for this upload, I found over an hour of additional footage of just walking around the ship and me telling stories about it. I didn't use any of that in this because, A - it was just me talking and none of the historians, and B - the handheld camera was all over the place.
@@PartTimeExplorer that haunted video would be cool to see again too.
@@PartTimeExplorer Are you also going to re-upload the video with the priest's models of Titanic, Lusitania, Normandie and Queen Mary ? I loved this video so much
Great video! Thanks for sharing Tom!
thank goodness you did this . . .
Is there anything that can be done to save the ship? From what I’ve heard inspectors basically said “you have 2 years to fix this ship before it capsizes” but the city is too busy battling in court with the old lease holder over who should foot the bill.
The city has basically been neglecting the ship much longer than the current issues with the lease operator and structural issues. If anything can be one, its that the city of Long Beach needs more pressure from both SoCal and abroad. There is one non-profit working to help the ship that I know of, but they are being kept at arms length by the city from what I've heard. I would look into Queen Mary International and reach out to ask what can be done.
It’s not as bad as you believe. Focus on the United States
@@sc1338 The Big U is important too, but there needs to be more pressure on the City of Long Beach to actually restore her. When I went before COVID she was in pretty bad shape, let alone how she can't continue to go through one failed lease operator after another. There are many issues the ship faces and it cannot be an either or situation anymore (ie focus on saving one over the other)
Fantastic. Thanks
"SOS Titanic," "Goliath Awaits," and the "SeaQuest DSV" episode "Night of Shadows" were also all shot onboard the Queen Mary. There must be other productions which have used her as well.
I enjoyed your presentation here very much. I saw that you were looking at tags on the piano, does anyone know anything about it? One of a kind? I understand Gershwin played it on his crossing, and I recall seeing a photo on deck of him (1983) sitting at that piano. ( The photo was seen just after I came out of a forward lounge with the piano inside, no one around, so I played it for about 20 minutes, imagine my shock to see the photo of him at THAT piano right afterwards! )
Because of the photos recently taken of titanic I got back into maritime history and found an much on TH-cam. 2 main I watch are you and our friend, Mike Brady from ocean liner designs. It's like the avengers seeing you use some his work. On your video.
Hey Tom, where’s the video of the ship models on the queen mary?
Hey Tom, how is the Lusitania project?
What project?! :o
@@Kaidhicksii Me and some friends have been working on a Lusitania VR experience off and on for two years. It's entering it's final stages, so there will be updates soon!
Hello Tom, really enjoying this fascinating video. I’ve just looked for the ghosts of the Queen Mary video with Bill Sauder but I can’t find it. Is it still available to watch?
Cheers from England.
Sad to hear that the queen mary is in a really really bad state now.
Yeah. Inspectors gave her 2 years and Long Beach is more concerned with screwing around in court over who should foot the repair bill
Her engine rooms are a mess. Not how you should treat such a lady.
@@femmefuntime I mean they gave the old leasing company millions to do these repairs when they were initially needed, they just absconded with the money and mysteriously went bankrupt. Plus that's taxpayer money, it's not like they can just pull it from out of nowhere.
Don't know if you know this. But there is a portion of the Olympic that was incorporated into a hotel in England Saw it on a documentary couple years ago And believe me, that room is extremely beautiful. It gives you the exact feeling like you're on the Olympic Mostly because it's part of the ship itself. Except in a hotel. I'm not sure which one but I know it's in England.
Growing up only a few miles from the Queen Mary as teens we used to go onboard all the time, we ran the hallways day and night, sometimes all night long.
We went as far down as R Deck where she is still all original floors, walls and fixtures. No, no ghosts!
Too bad they destroyed the second class pool area for the hotel but, at least we still have her...
I sailed on the United States twice across the Atlantic, wish our country would wake up to the fact that the Big U is still waiting for our country to put her in New York and put her to use as a hotel, convention center or whatever!
What happened to your Normandie/Ille de France model video on the Queen Mary with that priest ship modeller?
Great job ken 📣😃
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Holy crap I never knew something so wonderful could exist
What happened to your video with Father Roberto Pirrone discussing the ship models he built?
I didn’t get to do near as fastidious of a look when I was there but I hope to go again someday and really look at everything
When I was a kid, maybe 10 years old, I got my leg stuck in the big old gun that used to be on the deck. The fire department had to come free me 😆 🤣 my grandparents were so pissed 😤 😒 then I got lost inside the ship and was certain I would never find my way out but I got lucky and somebody found me and got me back on deck. Being a kid was fun...
Hi Tom, what ever happened to the video interview you did with Father Pirrone, and his cutaway models in the Queen Mary? Will you re-upload them in your channel in the future? Also I do recall there was a short interview you did in Nova Scotia with a gentleman who was painstakingly carving a replica of the broken First Class Lounge panel (original was on loan for the Ocean Liner exhibit if I recalled correctly)?
They need to move the ship somewhere else cuz Cali doesn’t take good care of it. What is really like to see is the SS United States and The QM to be restored to exceptional condition. Then they will be docked together in a better place where shopping places and restaurants can be built around them where they will have careers as hotels and museums. For everything it’ll cost about 1 billion dollars so the government might need to step in to help but since there historic ships I think they might be willing to give the loan.
Sadly, you're making too much sense. Which means it'll never happen.
Neither one of the ocean liners you speak of are no longer seaworthy.
The City of Long Beach bought it and owns it. Is it wasn't for them, this ship would have been scrapped a long time ago. This ship would sink, if you attempted to move it. It's not floating, it's sitting on the bottom.
For many years after the ship opened in Long Beach the cork floors of the main shopping gallery had the dark spots of 1950s ladies spike heels around all of the columns. That all disappeared when the floors were redone, but at least they were redone with the same style or look of cork flooring. Sadly, as time has passed, the staterooms have lost their wood and become not even shadows of their former selves just ugly painted small rooms.
At 18:00, Tom finds a wooden Cabin Window Shutter. Thing is covered in dirt and dust for years of staff not knowing that it even existed. lol😝🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣
What version of Anchors Aweigh are you playing?
Thanks!
Part-Time Explorer
I would request a short video on the SS Normandie, the french ocean liner that carried the first operational naval radar and capsized and burned during its conversion to a troop ship in 1942.
"SS NORMANDIE INCIDENT 1942" I think the ship has a storied history for only lasting 15 years, and held the blue riband several times, I'm sure you can find ways to make it even more interesting! She most directly rivaled and competed with the RMS queen mary of the cunard line.
Ah, the good old days pre-covid, when you could go out and see things for yourself. I'd like to go some day.
Touring the Queen Mary with Ken Marschall. Kings would kill for that honor.
Intresting to visit Titanic's relative :)
Not Titanic's relative, but certainly the relative of Aquitania, Mauretania and Lusitania. And of course her sister ship Queen Elizabeth!
TITANIC was white star line built in Belfast although Cunard took over white star firstly they joined together then took over,not related to TITANIC
I have to agree with Erik. The Queen Mary in a way IS a relative of the Titanic. After Cunard took over White Star Line, they became Cunard White Star. Perhaps the Queen Mary is more like a sister-in-law...but...still family.
First rate work... as usual... Any idea where "Ernest Borgnine's" cabin is...? :-D
frist time I went to the queen merry I was 5 back in 1979... I thought it was love the love boat, it was popular back then. 🙃 this guy looks like Erick from that 70s show,, hey where is Dona?🤩😁
You didn't include the knobs for water in the baths. Hot and cold for salf water and hot and cold for natural water. I found this interesting when I toured the Queen Mary about 12 years ago.
Ken is a hero of mine. Typically a person might be a great historian OR a great artist. Ken is both, and yet down-to-earth.
Nice! Its back :D
What happened to the video of father showing us his model ships?
I absolutely admire Ken Marshall
Are the items that were in storage still there?
The second pull up you couldn’t get up was most likely the frosted or etched glass pull up.
I hope one time I can go on the Queen Mary I came to America on her in 1961 in March April
Thx for making this for me
What smartphone are you using fir your ad hoc filming if I may ask Tom? One phone you might like if you film vlog selfie style as well as regularly, then you might like the Zenfone series that has a main camera module that literally flips up to be used as a selfie camera. So you are using your best camera for regular filming and selfie filming. Another advantage is being able to use your phone's screen as a viewfinder as well.
Sorry I'm a huge smartphone nerd and I couldn't help but give nerdy advice. LOL
That sounds like a fantastic phone for this purpose. The video was actually shot on several phones - I think I had an iPhone 6 and then an iPhone XR, Emma had an iPhone 6, and some of this was also shot on a Samsung Galaxy (don't know the actual model). There's also quite a lot of footage in this from my Canon t7i's, and I think even a gopro at one point.
I want to visit so bad!
Apart from "The Poseidon Adventure" (whose use of the Queen Mary as a filming location is deliciously ironic given that Paul Gallico based the original novel upon the Queen Mary's encounter with a freak wave in 1937.....), one other movie use stands out for me.
In the 1998 version of "The Parent Trap," Nick Parker and Elizabeth James, whose twin daughters, Hallie and Annie, were so memorably played by Lindsay Lohan, meet and marry aboard the QE2 during the movie's opening sequence. Except, that the interior and exterior deck shots were all shot onboard the Queen Mary. The Grand Salon really stands out, with one beautiful shot of a group of stewards/waiters lighting a row of table candles in sync with one another. The whole sequence is scored with the Nat King Cole classic song 'L.O.V.E.'
If you have not seen this sequence, here it is:
th-cam.com/video/kJYrg1u9VEw/w-d-xo.html
How many lifeboats? Enough for all passengers and crew?
*”I turned the sun off.”*
24:21 Sum of the white China got merged with the, 'A Dog'! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's funny how he can tell a story, & combine it with what he sees walkN around the queen Mary!!
GENIUS!