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...just in time to take your mind off QE2. 
You have to hand it to the Brits. Nobody does posh the way they do. Nor eccentric afternoon lawn games either. Tea anyone...
You have to hand it to the Brits. Nobody does posh the way they do. Nor eccentric afternoon lawn games either. Tea anyone...
First Look at Queen Elizabeth Liner
Oct 11th 2010 04:06 AM
A cruise on Cunard is about tradition. The 170-year-old ship line is smart enough to know that, so for its newest ship, Queen Elizabeth, it's gone for a retro flashback. AOL Travel News was among the first to see the ship, even before its official launch by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth.
Décor on the 90,400-ton ship is Art Deco-influenced in homage to the original 1938 Queen Elizabeth.
The new ship also brings back a lot of the elegance that made the subsequent 1969 Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) – which retired two years ago – the most famous ocean liner in the world...
...Cunard President Peter Shanks couldn't help poking fun at this aspect when discussing the Queen Elizabeth's introduction of a Games Deck, a lovely new park-like area (though with fake grass and bushes) on top of the ship, with greens for croquet and British lawn bowling, as well as paddle tennis courts and wooden benches for watching.
"We are looking forward to our American colleagues playing English garden bowls," Shanks laughed as he told a group of American journalists, explaining the game uses balls weighted on one side and is not easy...
Cunard's new Queen Elizabeth cruise ship prepares to hit the waves
The luxury £365m liner buzzes with activity as the final preparations are made ahead of her launch tomorrow
Oct 11th 2010 04:06 AM
A cruise on Cunard is about tradition. The 170-year-old ship line is smart enough to know that, so for its newest ship, Queen Elizabeth, it's gone for a retro flashback. AOL Travel News was among the first to see the ship, even before its official launch by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth.
Décor on the 90,400-ton ship is Art Deco-influenced in homage to the original 1938 Queen Elizabeth.
The new ship also brings back a lot of the elegance that made the subsequent 1969 Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) – which retired two years ago – the most famous ocean liner in the world...
...Cunard President Peter Shanks couldn't help poking fun at this aspect when discussing the Queen Elizabeth's introduction of a Games Deck, a lovely new park-like area (though with fake grass and bushes) on top of the ship, with greens for croquet and British lawn bowling, as well as paddle tennis courts and wooden benches for watching.
"We are looking forward to our American colleagues playing English garden bowls," Shanks laughed as he told a group of American journalists, explaining the game uses balls weighted on one side and is not easy...
Cunard's new Queen Elizabeth cruise ship prepares to hit the waves
The luxury £365m liner buzzes with activity as the final preparations are made ahead of her launch tomorrow
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