QUEEN MARY Update: November 2023
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- Part two 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 a closer look at the model gallery on Prom Deck, the shops lining the Main Hall, the spectacular Queens Salon (former Cabin/First Class Lounge), the Coffee Shop, The Regent Room, the glorious Royal Salon (former Cabin/First Class Smoking Room), the "History of Transportation" glass panels, the Britannia Salon (former Tourist/Cabin Class Lounge), the Verandah Grill, the Cunard Story exhibit, the engine room, 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.
OOPS! It is Bainbridge Copnall, not Copinal, as I stated about the sculptor. My apologies...
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It warms my heart to see the RMS Queen Mary being respectfully restored and preseverved . Thank you for the wonderful update .
Thank you. Yes, things are very encouraging now. Thanks for posting. :)
I have just been assisting an Australian friend of mine who is a stranger to the internet to follow his Fathers Battalions transport from Sydney to Trincomalee in April 1941,this was done on Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth sailing together. His father did not travel until September 1941 as a reinforcement. This was done again by Queens together from Fremantle to Suez. This is something some times missed in her more famous North Atlantic voyages.
So happy to see all the restoration work on her (will finally get to see her again after the COVID hiatus next month), but there is still so much that needs to be done. Hopefully the long list of repairs gets worked through quickly so that room restorations (such as the Long Gallery) can be contemplated
Thanks for watching and posting.
I will definitely be making a visit from the U.K to see this beauty! I just adore the art deco finish throughout! So glad she’s being lovingly restored and cared for 😍 Long live the Queen!
Fantastic! Yes, long live the Queen! :)
Great update, Peter! When we last toured the ship, our guide confirmed that the Queen’s Salon was utilized in “Out to Sea,” but the lounge in the movie looks quite different besides the overall shape. Did they just heavily set decorate the venue to have it double for Westerdam?
Thanks so much, Jason! Hmmm. I haven't seen that film since it first came out. I'll have to go back and review since that memory has faded but I didn't recall that they filmed on the MARY as well as the prior WESTERDAM. Of course there was nothing on WESTERDAM that remotely resembled the MARY's interiors.
Yeah, they definitely filmed onboard in the observation lounge as the casino and elsewhere, but it’s harder to screen match the salon to the cinematic “Westerdam” lounge.
That observation bar has certainly generated a lot of revenue for QM as a backdrop in so many films and TV shows.@@PopularCruising
What a great video tour. I started as a voluteer in the radio room, W6RO, and later joined the crew as tour guide. You gave a FIVE STAR presentation!
Bravo Zulu!
Thank you so much, Anthony! Honored by your kind words. :)
No matter where you are on the planet, it is worth the trip to go see the cut-away model of the Normandie. While the Lusitania and Titanic are incredibly amazing, the Normandie is absolutely insane. It is spectacular.
Agreed. All three of those Pirrone models are masterpieces of skill and devotion. I'm so happy they are there to be enjoyed by all
Wow!!! Thank you for the tour and the great details about the art work. I cant wait to visit again, as it seems there are quite a few changes from 2016. Im still reeling from the knowledge that the Verandah Grill was a Hot dog Stand!!! What on earth were they thinking. Even as a lover and student of these old ocean greyhounds, Im still trying to comprehend how much was going on on these ships when in service.. Everything in triplicate, everyone being catered to.. it really is amazing and overwhelming ... Wonderful job sir!!!
Thanks so much, SeaTravelr. There was a real sense of joy when the Verandah Grill was restored way back when. Appreciate your watching and posting here.
It is great to see the restoration work. I've been on the Queen Mary twice, the last time being in 2003. Thankfully, the ship still looked good in those years. The bridge wings looked perfectly o.k if I remember correctly! In 2003 the ship was being used as a floating hotel & visitors to the ship were not supposed to venture into the hotel cabin areas but this was not enforced. So I had a good look around! My best memory of the ship was standing on the starboard side & imagining the ship was just coming into the harbor after a voyage.
Thanks for watching and sharing here, Brent. :)
Very happy to hear the restoration work continues.
Last night my wife treated me to a night on the ship for my birthday and we were unpleasantly supersized that our deluxe harbor view state room looked nothing like the pictures on their website. It looked more like the standard room with wallpaper and not wooden panel walls. My birthday diner at Chelsea Chowder House was not worth the $130. I had the clam chowder which I give a 2 out of 5, a half dozen roasted oysters that were not good at all and a wedge salad that was good. My wife has the blackened salmon and mash potatoes that were good as well. The waiter was very nice but forgot things even that it was a birthday diner that was noted on the reservation...that OK we still tipped him well. This morning that meet with having to cancel the 90+ per person brunch due to not being able to take a shower due to no hot nor warm water, just very cold. We usually don't complain, we just don't return, but I want others to know what we experienced. My wife politely brought this to the front desk's attention, and they said that we need to contact Expedia and that the hotel ship will honor a partial refund. We see what happens.
Sorry to hear about your experiences and hope that you get some resolution.
I’ve been watching Mary being built for years and Elizabeth also. Tom is a very good friend of mine. and I have watched their progress very proudly. Can’t wait to go see the ladies and by the way that’s a great video on the ship. I’ve stayed in a couple of those rooms.
How cool that you witnessed their construction. Thanks for watching and posting. Tom is a true Renaissance Man. :)
Finally got to tour her with my wife last September it was a bucket list item for me. The ship is more beautiful even in person
When I read your comment I initial thought you said "got to tour her with my last wife" I wondered if you trade them in every couple of years or so 😂
Fantastic video, I visited her once and stayed on board once. I never got to see as much as you've posted in the video. 😊😊. I'm just blown away, seeing the marvelous etched glass and more wood paneling. Very, very grand to see all of this, plus the room that inspired Irwin Allen to have his set team create the dining room for The Poseidon Adventure.
It's amazing all of the work that's going on to restore the QUEEN MARY. They're doing a wonderful job. Thank you for a great tour.
Thanks, Deborah! I had so much to say about the Queens Salon, I couldn't squeeze in the Poseidon references but that is well worth mentioning. Always appreciate your watching and posting. :)
@@midshipcinema you're welcome Peter. You had a lot to say in the video, a lot to cover and you did it better than I could. You couldn't mention everything, you would still be on the ship.
What happened to the "Sir Winston Room" it was near the Verandah Grill ....we dined there a few times through the years. John Berard in New Iberia , Louisiana
It is still there, on the deck above the Verandah Grille but it is closed. Not sure when or if it is coming back.
the S.S . UNITED STATES still holds the blue ribbon record queen mary 2 or no cruise ship came close to big U top speed lol she still the queen of speed
Yes, that is true. Maybe one day, I'll get to a video about my visits to her in Virginia and Pennsylvania but for now, why not celebrate the one we actually have saved, the beautiful QUEEN MARY?
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Oh no, that's a lot of commercials! Thanks for watching through it all. :)
#1 There is no dark side of the moon, #2 Who has underwritten the restoration of the ship, #3 Does the restoration include the hull which was reported as severely wasted by the seawater?
Glad to see the old girl being loved and nourished again.
Well, I'm not going to argue astronomy -- I failed that course with flying colors at UCLA but I'm sure you get what I was referring to in that comment. :) It was certainly a milestone album and term from my early teenhood that fellow lay people understand. Would "the side not illuminated by the sun" suffice? As for who is underwriting the restoration, again, not my point in making the video but I believe the funding at this point is coming from either or both the City of Long Beach or the Port of Long Beach. As for her hull, my sources close to the ship assure me that recent hull tests have not indicated any severe underwater corrosion. There have been issues with the hull beneath the promenade, which go back to her construction when work was halted during those crucial early years. The removal of the boats was the first major step in repairs to that part of the ship. I don't know what else has been done in addition to that but again, that isn't the focus of this particular video. Perhaps I will be granted an interview at some point with someone who can answer that question in specific details. Right now, my focus is on all the positive things that are happening to bring the beautiful old lady back to life.
As more years go by , this ship will become even more famous and treasured , it's unique and irreplaceable , the USA has preserved more vintage ships than anyone , especially naval vessels and thank goodness they have .
Now, if we could only find a berth for one more ocean liner that is anxiously awaiting her fate in Philadelphia. Thanks for watching.
Another wonderful QM tour there Peter, with significant detail and history behind those exquisite spaces and works of art. Thank you indeed! As much as I do not buy into the "ghosts and goblins" aspect of the Queen, do I per chance spot an interesting orb at 9.16 whilst viewing that gorgeous ceiling mounted light fixture? Thank you again for your diligence and wonderful camera work. Cheers from Australia, Mark :)
Hey Mark, yes, I noticed that while editing. If it is a bit of ectoplasm, all the better to get the ship some more attention. I'm for whatever it takes to keep her around for as long as possible and the ghost angle has been one of her biggest draws. :) Thanks for your nice comment and for taking the time to post.
If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have noticed that. BTW, YT vlogger Alex the Historian in his "Repair Update" of the QM for September noticed an orb near the area where the ship's former synagogue once existed. His channel also has vids about paranormal experiences he has had through the yrs, in spite of his being a skeptic (as I once was) & favoring logic over fantasy. Then too, scientists are increasingly realizing that truth may be stranger than fiction. Example: the James Webb Telescope detecting distant galaxies that seem larger than the Big Bang Theory would allow. But scientists are debating the pros & cons of that.
It actually looked like a bit of dust but I'm open. There must be a reason why so many people have reported paranormal experiences on board. I've had "feelings" but have not seen anything outright, although I think I'd welcome the experience. I do think certain ships have a "spirit" and even the Hindis agree, which is why they cut off the bow in a ceremony at Alang before they begin the scrapping process to release the spirit. :)
Wonderful
Thanks
Former first class drawing room is now a gift shop. How american :(
Well, at least you can give the Americans credit for saving her in the first place. :)
Thank you so much for this update ill be paying the Queen Mary another visit in June or July!
Wonderful! She should be even better by then. Thank you for posting. :)
@@midshipcinema your Welcome!
hiya peter , thanks very much for this , got anything on aureol or accra , very best wishes from wigan , lancashire
Thanks, Tracy. I live in many remnants of the beautiful AUREOL. I may do a video of her in layup in Greece one day but she was pretty weathered by then. ACCRA was before my time. :)
thanks mate , lucky bloke , just think we would all love a forgotten beauty, i remember watching worlds passenger fleet in the nineties with late dad and thinking that peter knegos a lucky bloke , i remember seeing the former ranfontein on your video and thinking wow , thanks mate @@midshipcinema
How did all this art work survive through rough weather ,wars and just the age of this beautiful ship. :)
Exactly! Not to mention fifty years of tourists and conventions in Long Beach. And there is so much more I hope to share. Thanks for watching and posting.
Because it was good art created by artists and craftsmen UNLIKE modern "art" which is created by lowlife degenerates and scumbags
Thank you, Peter, for this very enjoyable video about the Queen Mary. I've never been able to visit this ship but enjoyed this video on the beautiful interiors. You make incredible content and I learn something every time you post! Have you ever visited the Rotterdam "The Grande Dame"? That was the only ocean liner I was able to sail on when I was younger when it was called the Rembrandt.
Oh, I'm early for the 1st time! Just about to watch it, Peter!
Hope you enjoyed. :)
@@midshipcinema I did indeed!
Having worked on Queen Mary in the 1960s I’d like to suggest that the history of maritime travel from thee eallyest times would be more fitting than than bingo or cost story’s. Restaurants and hotel services and tours would be good. Young old and though,s studying maritime history.thank so much.
To bad they did away with the Verandah Grill that be good for the Queen Mary.
I admit the ship looks great but instead taking away from the ship like her boilers, machinery & etc keep her original she is an Ocean Liner that what tourists wants to see.
Again LB great job!
She looks good, I had a tour of QM in about 1968 whilst she was docked at Southampton UK, I distinctly remember the first class dining room.
So good to see that a lot of the restoration is being kept as original as possible.
I hope they can do something about that Russian submarine that has been sitting abandoned for sometime. The ship itself is looking better. Making progress.
Yes replace her boilers her engine room her and her electrical steam powered generators that lit up the ship at night.
There’s no use making her compartments empty people need tourism as to what made this ship’s heart beat.
Long Beach should never removed all of the Mary’s machinery.
Well what done is done now let’s hope it’s replaced.
Well done! I, too, enjoyed Dr. Peter's wonderful talk, and as QMHF Tourist Class members, my wife and I have been onboard several times a week since the reopen, weekend raves not withstanding. So exciting to see more and more of the ship reopen; just hope the Powers That Be will find a way to make more of those grand public spaces truly public once again. Wouldn't mind a tour running through the boilers, either! Again, thanks for a wonderful video.
Thanks so much, Stan. If I lived a little closer, I'd be on a couple times a week, too. Appreciate your watching and commenting.
Wonderful ..One of the happiest days of my life was visiting the QM in 2014 .She was a little sun faded ,but still held her own.
Thanks so much. Nice to see her with a fresh coat of paint, even if it's a little historically incorrect. :)
Wow! Had no idea that much of the engineering spaces still existed. From what I've read, it gave the impression it was all gutted.
All the boilers, yes but the aft engine room is still pretty impressive. :)
Sir Pedro - nice work, as always. Many thanks for all of the encouraging words and notions. cheers! bv.
Gracias, Senor Brucito! Congratulations, my friend!
Wow, amazing. Beautiful. Great video. Love the details and relaxing ways you share the history of the vessel, art, decor, and more.
Thanks so much. Really glad you enjoyed this one. :)
Thank you!
Thank you for watching. :)
Two friends and I travelled 1/2 way around the world to esp visit the RMS Queen Mary. We found that 90% of the ship was "off limits" to visitors.
Why would we ever visit again? Are all the public rooms open, or are you still hiding 90% of the ship?
Several key spaces that are not booked for private events at the time like the Queens Salon and Royal Salon are opened up during the guided tours. By the way, I'm not affiliated with the ship. I am a cruise and ocean liner journalist/historian, have a keen interest in the MARY's preservation and am definitely not hiding anything. My goal is to share what I can with those who have the same interest in supporting the continued preservation of this magnificent ship. :)
The Queen Mary was always on my bucket list but since I've been watching TH-cam videos about the ship I think I'm going to take her off my bucket list. She hasn't anything original anymore and that's what I hate about museum ships and I've been on a few and they're all the same. None of them are original and that's what I'm more interested in than anything.
I don't know how you could have watched this video and decided there was nothing original left but thanks for posting.
Thank you Peter for this very thorough tour and update. It is heart warming to see RMS Queen Mary looking better than ever!
Thanks so much for watching, Bruce! And there is still so much more to cover. I hope to get access to the Grand Salon, her most magnificent space, next time. :)
Very nice to see all these original features still being around. Wonderful video, Peter! 👌😃🍀
Thanks so much, Frank. She is a miracle. Appreciate your support. :)
BRAVO, Peter!!!!! I truly enjoyed this trip down memory lane with your expert guidance and visuals! Superbly done, my friend, please keep up the great work. Greetings from your shipmate in Florida!
Hey Andy! Thanks so much, my friend! Hope to see you guys again soon!
We forget the united states still holds the blue ribbon record no cruise ship today can do 38 knots and big U was never fully open full throttle. To me the big U still the queen sadly she.s rusting away hope they restore her again
I wonder if there have been plans to make the Queen Mary to where she could possibly sail again?
Unfortunately, she would never pass SOLAS regulations even if someone were to spend the outrageous amount it would cost to re engine her and rebuild her infrastructure.
Did they ever rebuild the glasgow school of art?
I don't know. Perhaps a good Google session is in the cards?
Such a treat to have the Queen Mary subject to the MidShipCinema treatment and being able to contrast it to the ships of later eras you've featured over the years. Thank you Peter.
Thank you so much. I appreciate it and am happy you are enjoying these videos. :)
@@midshipcinemaI sure hope someday we fix our queen who still holder of the blue ribbon record 38knots and she was never fully open.... what's your though on big U s.s. United States....cool video though
I LOVE the SSUS and have been aboard three times since 1984 and hope the plans for her come to fruition. But to be fair, this video is about QUEEN MARY. There were many beautiful liners that deserve mention in their own videos. :)@@beedalton9675
can Queen Mary move under her own power if and when that time comes?
No.
I'm confused about your statement about the funnel colors and paint. Are you suggesting that the funnels will be repainted the correct color, or?
No, I think that ship has sailed for now (returning the funnels to orange) but I am told the third funnel will be painted soon to match the other two.
@@midshipcinema ok, thanks. it's unfortunate they continue to use such a lipstick red.
Great video my big brother as usual !!!
Thank you, Eren! Hope you can come out to see her in person one day. :)
Sure my dear big brother. She is one of most iconic ocean liner ever. I am happy to see her saved as museum ship. If we can save the historical / nostalgic / iconic ones that would be really good job and enough action. Other cargo ships can be recycled properly :)@@midshipcinema
Used to bisitcher regularly when I made my trips to LA. What a beautiful ship.
As a NY Harbor Captain I had the privilege of seen the Queen Maryll close aboard and the privilege of negotiating navigation with her bridge crew. Great experiences