Where in the world ?

[sfred]

On 10/27/2020 at 7:22 AM, carlmm said:

Let's try this one.

 

@carlmm I don't think anyone has successfully guessed this port yet.  Can you give us a hint?  The buildings appear to be hotels, but I can't find identifiable markings.  I've also tried google map satellite views of several places, but can't match the configuration.  

 

I also wondered if maybe it was a new ship concept that Cunard was trying out, with a Cunard red funnel welded to the top of an undifferentated rectangular box of balcony cabins.  😁

 

 

[carlmm]

1 hour ago, sfred said:

I also wondered if maybe it was a new ship concept that Cunard was trying out, with a Cunard red funnel welded to the top of an undifferentated rectangular box of balcony cabins.  😁

 

 

 

Congratulations, you got the answer!

 

[carlmm]

😉 Don't too many ships look like your description? 🙂

 

1 hour ago, sfred said:

 

@carlmm I don't think anyone has successfully guessed this port yet.  Can you give us a hint?  The buildings appear to be hotels, but I can't find identifiable markings.  I've also tried google map satellite views of several places, but can't match the configuration.  

 

 

Well known souvenirs from this port include coffee and chocolate.

[Host Hattie]

Another q - Doha Qatar

[bluemarble]

5 hours ago, exlondoner said:

How about Sarande, Shqipëri, which is Albanian for Albania?

 

Excellent! That's a very creative solution and not one I had come up on my own. Well played.

[bluemarble]

3 hours ago, sfred said:

Bluemarble's original challenge only required that one of the current Cunard fleet "visited" the port.  He did not specify that the ship had to embark or disembark passengers.  As a result, QE's unfortunate stay back in late March and early April in the industrial port of

 

Gladstone, Queensland, Australia

 

appears to qualify.  QE laid up there at anchor at the beginning of the virus pause in operations, hoping that the pause might be short enough to enable a resumption of the 2020 schedule in Australia.  When that didn't work out, QE went to Manila for a longer wait, and then eventually back to the UK.

 

Very good. That's the port I was referring to in my last post where I mentioned a port call that "occurred after the unfortunate events of mid-March this year."

[sogne]

On ‎10‎/‎28‎/‎2020 at 1:19 PM, tiggis said:

correct

 

not had this yet a maiden call

[Essiesmom]

Has a Cunard ship ever called in Greenland?  There are a number of multiple Q port names there... Qaqortoq being the most often named...EM

[Essiesmom]

This will be easy, we've had this port before...

 

[exlondoner]

42 minutes ago, sogne said:

correct

 

not had this yet a maiden call

 

Gdansk. If that's was QE, I was on her.

[newjoisey]

when this thread started i got as far as 5 or so pages without one...."i know that place" ......12 plus cruises with cunard and i only got one or two "ok now i re-call that place" . I guess i need to pay more attention ,when we are in the carib i usually ask my wife "is this the port where i feel the lizards " .......i am more into important info like.....is the bacon still out or is it chocolate mousse time ,where is the whipped cream ? 

[exlondoner]

51 minutes ago, Essiesmom said:

Has a Cunard ship ever called in Greenland?  There are a number of multiple Q port names there... Qaqortoq being the most often named...EM

 

And has there ever been a call in Mozambique?

[Essiesmom]

Early morning arrival out of the mist...

 

 

Same port, different view...

 

Edited October 29, 2020 by Essiesmom

[Essiesmom]

Lots of clues here...We've had this port before.  I'm sure it is unrecognizable from 2008...EM

 

[Essiesmom]

Who is this captain, and where is he now?

 

[Essiesmom]

Another easy one, a repeater.  This was the final visit of QE2

 

[Essiesmom]

Another final call, port change from itinerary

 

[exlondoner]

20 minutes ago, Essiesmom said:

Lots of clues here...We've had this port before.  I'm sure it is unrecognizable from 2008...EM

 

 

It might be Reykjavik?

[exlondoner]

3 minutes ago, Essiesmom said:

Another final call, port change from itinerary

 

 

Isafjordur? If so, I was on that as well

[Essiesmom]

2 minutes ago, exlondoner said:

 

It might be Reykjavik?

Yes, indeed for both  EM

Edited October 29, 2020 by Essiesmom

[Essiesmom]

@exlondoner  You will know the others, too...

 

[Colin_Cameron]

23 minutes ago, Essiesmom said:

Who is this captain, and where is he now?

That's David 'Polly' Perkins. 

 

I lost track of him after he moved to Princess. 

[exlondoner]

1 minute ago, Essiesmom said:

@exlondoner  You will know the others, too...

 

 

Akureyi?

 

We were obviously both on the same cruise, QE2's final visit to Northern waters. I did actually shed a tear when we disembarked. I know the Captain, but have no idea where he is now.

[Essiesmom]

@exlondoner  You will know the others, too...

 

 

Yes, Akureyi, and I knew he was Perky, just wondering where he is now.  One of the privileges of being captain of QE2 was being on an open bridge wing on a cold, rainy day...  EM

[exlondoner]

8 minutes ago, Essiesmom said:

@exlondoner  You will know the others, too...

 

 

Yes, Akureyi, and I knew he was Perky, just wondering where he is now.  One of the privileges of being captain of QE2 was being on an open bridge wing on a cold, rainy day...  EM

 

At least he was well insulated. 😀I seem to remember his wife was particularly agreeable.