Queen Mary 2 crossing the Atlantic as seen from the QE2

[TheValcyria]

haaha 1:46

[lasuvidaboy]

QM2 is in a completely different league than the Carnival based Queen Elizabeth and Victoria. The QM2 was a one-off design and built to withstand whatever the N Atlantic could throw at her-and stick to schedule. The Vista Class QE and QV need to slow down in rough seas as they were not designed to take 40-years of that service as was QM2.

[tucker61953]

Thumbs up. I was on board with you!

[MsjEsUsFrEaK73]

What a beauty!!!!



[SuperTitanicfreak]

Oh, get off it, Queen Victoria, & Queen Elizabeth of really Ocean Liners. I seen them, & they are both beautiful.

[charpini]

she cuts beautifully through the waves as it should be

[panamcunard]

The QM2 look like a ship that means Bussiness!!!!

[freshicedcoke]

i was probly rough on a small ship like qe2

[goodlad22]

how long does it take from like southampton to new york?

[ascott1980]

I have just booked a westbound crossing for October and looking forward to it a lot... QM2 here I come! Great video, thanks!

[16MattC]

Are the waves even affecting her? She doesn't seem to be pitching at all.

[iwannaplaycs]

So did those two have a drag race across the Atlantic or what? :P

[MrTheamazeman]

@iwannaplaycs If so the QM2 will surly win!

[beaum1cah]

who cares if they rnt building ocean liners.. cunard is the builders so let cunard build wutever ships they want

[gladgurkan91]

@beaum1cah erm, you do know that ocean liners are built for handling more heavier seas than a cruise ship is, right? ;) Where a cruiseship would roll over on its side and thereby sink, a ocean liner wold still be quite stable.

[Tampa0123456789]

I never notice it before but that dam ship doesn't seem to bounce an inch. Its like it's just sailing over a calm lake. What kind of routes do these two ships have? Any chance of seeing one of them in florida west coast? Never mind the skyway is too low.

[majaorca100]

it's sad that the QV and QE3 are not real liners like the QM2, but another cheap vista clone...nice video!!

[jamiewhittle]

well as long as the yanks dont fuck up the british spirit on cunard then it be cool but like most they do

carnival shit curise line cunard classic lux british style

[lasuvidaboy]

The successful Boeing 707 was the nail in the coffin for the Atlantic and later all passenger liners. The travel time on the New York to Britain route was cut from 5-days on the fast ships to 7-hours when jet service began in 1958. Cunard slipped into the red in 1960 and both original Queens were on their last legs.

[Peekarica]

And now the RMS Titanic, Olympic and Britannic sailing between the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary 2.

[WamsWarrior]

I'm sure you can't feel the motion onboard right?

[TITANICLUSITANIA]

depends, sometimes you would be able to on the QE2 and sometimes you can on the QM2 depends on the waves.

[WamsWarrior]

@TITANICLUSITANIA I guess ur right. it's just i've seen other vids of bad waves on the QM2 and she didn't rock a bit.

[TITANICLUSITANIA]

@WamsWarrior Yes, I have too, and thats because, well you know how QM2 has like a triangle on the top of her bow deck? If you see it well that was made to throw of any water, that could of have reached her top deck back into the water, and so she cuts cleanly through the water, her bow was formed to do so too. Then her balconies are like pushed into the deck, so that water won't hurt the balconies and the passengers. Its sort of complicated to explain.

[WamsWarrior]

well i'm glad they built her well. i'd go on her if i had the money

[TITANICLUSITANIA]

@WamsWarrior me too, I love Carnival Corp. for not letting Cunard die and they came up with the QM2, so I am very thankful that they made my all time favorite ship.

[WamsWarrior]

@TITANICLUSITANIA I don't like the carnivaL corp. i only like Qm2. The rest I coiuld care less.

[TITANICLUSITANIA]

@WamsWarrior Me too, but what I am saying is that Carnival Corp. bought Cunard (the owners of QM2), and Mickey Arison the Chairman, wanted an ocean liner, so he highered Stephen Payne Naval Architect to design the RMS Queen Mary 2 for the failing Cunard, and ever since Carnival has kept Cunard alive. That's why we must appreciate Carnival Corp. without them QM2 wouldn't exist

[WamsWarrior]

@TITANICLUSITANIA sure i guess. why was cunard failing.they have been around forever. but the again the white star line failed.

[TITANICLUSITANIA]

@WamsWarrior because people started to prefer airplanes as a way to cross the Atlantic Ocean, because the time for crossing the Atlantic was cut from 6-days to 15 hours, so people started to prefer airplanes as a way to travel across the Atlantic, so a lot of Cunard started to fail.

[TITANICLUSITANIA]

@WamsWarrior actually Cunard & White Star line a merged during the great depression, and they haven't de-merged, they are still merged, but the only thing left of white star line is about 1% or 8% at the most because the only white star line service that remains is the dinning service, aboard the QM2, QV and the future QE, and to train crew for Cunard ships. Thats all Not even the name of Cunard White Star is left. Carnival Saved it all, thats why I am on the Carnival side over RCI.

[WamsWarrior]

@TITANICLUSITANIA well that's good they saved them.

[TITANICLUSITANIA]

@WamsWarrior Yes, not only did they save Cunard they saved about 200 years of valuable history.

[WamsWarrior]

@TITANICLUSITANIA =]

[vizisielo]

I used to work on the QM2 when it was launched-amazing, proper ocean liner!!!! Slightly faster than QE2, however QE2 was the fastest until the day QM2 was born. These 2 proper ocean liners could beat any ships on the Atlantic Ocean-no doubt!!!

[TITANICLUSITANIA]

No QE2 is faster than QM2, but QM2 is Longer, Taller, Wider and Larger (obviously.)

[CruiseShipMaster]

Two beatiful Queens of the sea sailing side by side is really facinating! :)

[kharmasa]

i wanna travell by my self why they charge me twice i need just one bathroom any help pleas?

[Ourumov66]

Fantastic video, make sure you never delete this video nobody will ever again see what the ship looks like from the decks of the QE2 this video is history!

[lasuvidaboy]

QM2 is of course a proper North Atlantic liner. She was built w/extra thick steel plating (1" as opposed to 1/2" on most cruise ships), lifeboats positioned 3-decks higher than all modern cruise ships (for protection on the N Atlantic), rounded cruiser stern to protect the hull in a 'following sea' and a knife-like bow to cut through Atlantic swells. Also she has 4-propellers (the 1st liner to have that since 1962) and a top speed of just over 30 knots.

[maxgagaone]

yea why doesnt th e cunard line make a titanic 2 that would be asome just hopefully does not sink lol :(

[Hilux5972]

Its amazing how she seems to just plow straight through the seas instead of rising and falling in the swell. Proof that she was built to take on the atlantic and not even wobble! Long live QM2

[phoenix1985]

She is the last true Transatlantic Liner.

[SSUnitedStateslife]

That she is. Cunard's newest ship QV is nothing but a cruiser. Long live the RMS Queen Mary 2!

[phoenix1985]

The QV is just a cruise ship with a liner paint job. That's like saying the Disney Magic/Wonder are liners. The QV should be sold and an actual QV Liner built in her place.

[SSUnitedStateslife]

I agree with you 100% it is a shame that Cunard's long tradition of liners, is now becoming history because of there new ships being cruisers. And not even of there own full design, there modified vista cruisers. The Rms Queen Mary 2 is the last of the true breed of Ocean Liners.

[phoenix1985]

Absolutely. They have lost their sense of history beyond advertising and promotional material. I don't mind them having cruise ships, they've had them before. Just don't give them the name Queen. Give them names like Caronia or Carmania.

[SSUnitedStateslife]

Exactly, Let them cruise with other names, but calling a modified Vista cruise ship a liner is a disgrace to maritime history. Its all money, and Carnival has ruined Cunard.

[prckay]

QV is a liner/Cruise Ship

[phoenix1985]

No she isn't she is a cruise ship with an ocean liner paintjob. She doesn't have any of the features that make a liner: long foredeck, buttoned up superstructure, high top speed, protected stern, etc. She isn't a liner and never will be.

[prckay]

she a OCean Liner

all Cunard vessels are able to make altantic crossings from new york to Southmpton with there double hulls

[phoenix1985]

Cruise ships cross the Atlantic all the time on positioning cruises. The Cunard Slogan is just marketing, nothing more.

[stevecurwin]

i agree with you

[phoenix1985]

Cruise ships cross the Atlantic all the time on positioning cruises. "Your wrong" is not a good arguement. I gave facts, you responded with nothing.

[phoenix1985]

Plus when the qv was crossing with the QE2 the QE2 had to slow down because the qv couldnt keep up with her because of her slower speed and her cruise-ship hull. Actually do your research before you talk. Then maybe you might actually know something. "Your wrong" wonderful comeback (not). That is the comeback of someone who knows hes been beaten.

[stevecurwin]

well that what it says on Cunard website

[ZeroGal5]

I agree, there's no ship like her. She's certainly one of a kind. I hope she's around for a very long time. God bless the QM2!

[phoenix1985]

We can only hope. Long live the Queen!

[prckay]

i can see QM around for 50 Years or more

[brotmann86]

when ure far away she looks like a beautiful ship indeed

[neonkt1]

A true liner. I've yet to see a video or a picture of waves breaking over her bow,are there any about?