Where in the world ?

[bluemarble]

21 minutes ago, Host Hattie said:

This is a repeat port but a different angle, no marks for the ship 😜

 

Something tells me @Lanky Lad might be able to answer that one. 😉

[exlondoner]

Rotterdam??

[bluemarble]

2 hours ago, exlondoner said:

I have just looked at my notes. The voyage was in October.  I have the ships down as Mein Schiff3, and possibly Siver Cloud.

 

Duh! I wasn't even paying attention to that closest ship directly across the pier in your Piraeus photo! I was studying the other ship at the far left way off in the distance. For what it's worth, that one looks like a match to one of the Celebrity Solstice-class ships (Solstice, Equinox, Eclipse, Silhouette or Reflection).

[Roger88]

1 hour ago, Host Hattie said:

This is a repeat port but a different angle, no marks for the ship 😜

I remember times passing by similar ships with their name being flashed at night. Every time I saw one I imagined how it was me on board enjoying all the things a person, a passenger can experience on such a magnificent ship. I really hope that it wont be too long when we all will have a chance to start cruising on it again. 

[bluemarble]

40 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

Rotterdam??

 

It's a different "dam" port, I think.

Edited September 6, 2020 by bluemarble

[bluemarble]

All bad puns aside, here's a link to a Wikimedia Commons image that shows @Host Hattie's last photo is from Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Passagiers_Terminal_Amsterdam.jpg

 

The way I figure it, her photo was taken at the far left of this image, capturing QV's funnel peaking between the end of the terminal building and the adjacent hotel building.

[bluemarble]

Bad typing day for me today. I suppose one could say QV's funnel was "peaking", but of course I did mean "peeking".

[Lanky Lad]

I think this might have been QV's only visit to the Spanish port.

 

[sogne]

23 hours ago, sogne said:

plenty of room once in but a very narrow entrance which has no doubt limited calls here

 

been in once professionally

its seems a clue is needed  this port requires a 20-30 minute shuttle to the main attraction

[bluemarble]

2 hours ago, Lanky Lad said:

I think this might have been QV's only visit to the Spanish port.

 

 

From what I can tell looking at other photos of this port, the city itself looks lovely. And those mountains in the distance are beautiful. But those storage tanks for the local LNG industry don't help the view much do they?

 

According to the itineraries I have, QV has indeed only called here once. It looks like QE has only called here once as well. Both calls were within a few months of each other in 2018.

 

This port is Gijon, Spain.

[bluemarble]

2 hours ago, sogne said:

its seems a clue is needed  this port requires a 20-30 minute shuttle to the main attraction

 

I have a theory based on a port we were supposed to visit on one of our cruises (on another line) but that port call was canceled because the weather conditions would have made it too difficult. We were supposedly going to dock near a lumber yard that would have been about a 20-30 minute shuttle ride to the city. But I haven't been able to match any of the online photos I can find of that area to yours, so I will defer my guess for the time being.

[sogne]

original port not a change

[Lanky Lad]

7 hours ago, bluemarble said:

 

From what I can tell looking at other photos of this port, the city itself looks lovely. And those mountains in the distance are beautiful. But those storage tanks for the local LNG industry don't help the view much do they?

 

According to the itineraries I have, QV has indeed only called here once. It looks like QE has only called here once as well. Both calls were within a few months of each other in 2018.

 

This port is Gijon, Spain.

Yes it is Gijon.   Like you say the dock is not pretty, but the city itself was lovely and the mountains in the distance were impressive.

[Host Hattie]

11 hours ago, sogne said:

its seems a clue is needed  this port requires a 20-30 minute shuttle to the main attraction

This doesn't narrow it down much, could you tell us which part of the world you were in ?

[sogne]

1 hour ago, Host Hattie said:

This doesn't narrow it down much, could you tell us which part of the world you were in ?

Xmas cruise

[bluemarble]

Here's my contribution for today from my webcam archives. This is QM2 approaching the port. If a hint is needed, I don't think we've posted anything from this country on this thread yet.

 

[Host Hattie]

She's drawn quite a crowd ....

[bluemarble]

12 minutes ago, Host Hattie said:

She's drawn quite a crowd ....

 

Even more of a crowd for her departure that evening.

 

[Host Hattie]

I'm going to guess that's Adelaide 

[exlondoner]

So not somewhere she often goes? Perhaps part of the world cruise.

[bluemarble]

22 minutes ago, Host Hattie said:

I'm going to guess that's Adelaide 

 

Correct. That's the webcam at Outer Harbor at the port of Adelaide, South Australia as seen in February 2012. Checking itineraries, that would have been QM2's third visit to Adelaide. I'm kind of surprised to see they don't use the British spelling "Harbour" rather than "Harbor".

Edited September 7, 2020 by bluemarble

[Host Hattie]

Your clue and the number of spectators helped me get to Australia, it clearly wasn't Sydney so I just had to find a similar image (not live as it's dark there) !

[bluemarble]

Here's an old Cunard bridge webcam image captured 7-8 years ago. For full points, name the port, name both ships, and provide the date of the image.

 

 

It's 1:30am where I am, so I'm off to bed. It will be a few hours until I can provide any feedback on your answers.

[exlondoner]

Is that Queen Mary on the far left? At Long Beach.

Edited September 8, 2020 by exlondoner
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[Roger88]

17 hours ago, bluemarble said:

 

Even more of a crowd for her departure that evening.

 

Wow, that looks impressive. But is it safe to be that close to the shore? I mean it looks quite risky. As for the crowd, I mean cmon, just look at that ship - its magnificent! Its huge as hell and probably has like a crazy honk which attracted all these people lol. I wish I lived by the sea to watch all those cruisers pass by me.