She said she admired the chandeliers, a restaurant on three levels, the main staircase and Art Deco stylings reminiscent of 1930s ocean liners. It exceeded my expectations," said Helen Smith, of Yorkshire, England, who mad/Users/elliecrystal/Desktop/Crystalinks/Verra Bridge Park/html/qm2.htmle the voyage with her two sisters after reading about the QM2. "Until you go on the ship, you can't appreciate the grandeur of it. Passengers stepped ashore raving about the trip and the QM2's amenities. Its berth on Manhattan's West Side was a stone's throw from another British transportation icon, a Condorde supersonic jetliner acquired last year by the USS Intrepid Sea-Air-Space museum after the Concordes were retired. The Cunard Line's newest and biggest vessel even brought its own weather - a London-like drizzle and fog which eased off just before the vessel passed under the Verazzano Narrows bridge, clearing it by less than 20 feet. Onlookers watched from vantage points in Manhattan and New Jersey as the ship's arrival was marked by the customary Gotham greeting - fireboats spouting red, white and blue water, hovering helicopters and an escort of tugs, police and Coast Guard cutters and even a fishing boat. after making up time lost to fog and the residual effect of storms during the first 48 hours of its inaugural trans-Atlantic crossing, which began in Southampton, England, last Friday. Laden with opulence, the QM2 arrived nearly on schedule just after 8 a.m. The world's largest passenger liner, the Queen Mary 2, arrived in New York on Thursday, steaming up the Hudson River and docking for the first time against the backdrop of a hazy Manhattan skyline. Queen Mary 2 Steams Into NY Harbor - 1010 Wins News The top of the QM 2 is so high it can be seen above some of the taller buildings in the city." There is an enormous amount of security everywhere. Smaller boats are off the stern protecting the ship so no other boats accidentally ram into it. Traffic on the west side was not moving as people stopped to gawk at the QM 2 which is so enomorous it is longer than the dock. ħ:00 - Ron called from Manhattan as he drove past the QM 2 docked at Pier 92 on the west side which is not far from Ground Zero.Īll he could says was, "The ship is unbelievable!" It was fun to sit at the Captain's table and read people from 40 different countries.ġ2:15 pm - Afternoon update - Military air traffic remains heavy. I though about the Queen Mary I - which is now a Ghost Ship and a trans-Atlantic journey I made in 1991 on the QE 2 - where I did psychic readings and gave lectures. Z shouted, "Get your digital camera.The QM 2 is about to go under the bridge on its maiden voyage." Further - I do not see that happening in NYC again.Ħ:20.The sun was up. I made a quick psychic scan and determined that terrorists had not attacked. A woman reporter, in a helicopter, was talking about about high security in New York Harbor and New Jersey. I pulled up the bedroom shade and I put on the TV. Outside - I could hear the sounds of helicopters and fog horns - from boats passing under the Verrazano Bridge in the dense fog that was just beginning to lift. I jumped up in bed! The clock radio read 6:15. There I was, soundly asleep, dreaming about the groaning sounds of Tibetan monks chanting. "Wake up! Wake up!" Z shouted in my head. Stories have passages that guide our journeys. Reality is about Passages - bridges of consciousness from one experience to another.
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