Now today’s post we are dedicating to Jason and Alisa Elliott’s Wedding Anniversary.
Jason is Deb’s brother, and he and Alisa also live in Mission, BC.
Although their official anniversary was on Saturday, I’ve been having a much needed rest from driving and blogging to mention anything on that day.
So we both think it is fitting to them both to dedicate the post about The Queen Mary, as this was Jason and Deb’s mom’s name.
So
Hope you had a great day! love, Deb and Mark xxxx
So the Queen Mary, as most who know me I am a big fan of the Titanic Story, and this vessel was the next best thing, She is bigger and was faster than the Titanic, and just being on board literally gave me goosebumps!
When planning our trip last year, I said to Deb we have to stay on here as it is now an Hotel and Event location.
It also happened to be the damn cheapest of stays of the entire trip! At only $76/night, we was also offered a port hole window view for an extra $20. I wished now I had booked a suite that was only $140, but the room we had was bigger than some of the rip off rooms we had stayed in.
kid you not! and despite it being docked for 52 years it was in cleaner and better shape than some of the poop we have stopped in.
So checking in for 1 night of Day 37..
Our Room..
Then having a walkabout…
The Original Piano.
And trying it out in Black & White..
On the Decks…
Sun setting in quick!
And yes a red British telephone box, 1 of 4 on board!
And the rest of the pix for the evening with stunning city views of the Long Beach area.
And visiting the engine room was just amazing to see what went into making this thing tick. Modern day cruise ships probably take half of the space!
Interestingly they made a bridge out where you could see one of the impellers, I wished I had a better camera in here as it was poor lighting.
And talking of poor lighting, this ship had a 1st and 2nd class swimming pool, but the only one on view was the 1st class through the doors, again poor lighting…
The pool as been closed off for the last 2 decades, I assume for safety reasons, but I would really have loved to go inside.
but they had pictures of it from the hey day..
But the wonder of google, managed to get some images of what it’s like today…
It’s reported that the pool room is the most haunted area of the ship.. Maybe that’s why they keep it closed off???
And the central stair case, not as glamorous as the grand stair case on titanic, but still amazing.
And original elevator but not in use..
And on the bridge…
And every day they had to empty and refill the swimming pools! – I suppose pool chemicals wasn’t around in the early 1930s..
And after a complimentary late check out we can explore a bit more…
And these pair… just clowns, and not talking of Laurel and Hardy either.
And back in the day for these pair too. Oh the gossip!
And that my friends I will end the pix here, as most of you probably falling into a deep sleep now.
So with a bit of sadness to leave this great ship, we got the valet to get Tess, and to say farewell to the QM.
…and yes that is a Russian submarine next to QM.
And if you want to check out The Queen Mary yourselves, here’s the link:
https://www.queenmary.com/And our next stop was our Hotel stay for the next 5 nights at the Alo Hotel in Anaheim, which was just 15 mins from Rip off Land, sorry I mean Disney Land…
And because it was only a 45 min drive from the QM Ship we managed to get early check in here, and was given a fantastic room with a pool and mountain view!
And that’s where we spent the rest of the afternoon..
And we needed the rest because the next day we endured the day of hell at Disney land!
But for tonight my sweeties, it’s… Love Ya Long Time XX
Mark & Deb's USA Road Trip 2019 - The Route 66 section 