I Stay On The QE2 - NOT What I Expected!

What do you think, faded from glory? Would you stay here?

i feel like this is a movie where you realize youve been dead the whole time and part of a crew who died decades ago

Tim showed all of us there is absolutely no reason to ever stay there.

I visited the ship as a 9 year old in June 1969 and regularly sailed on board in the 1990's to 2008 when she was withdrawn. The odd arrangement of lifts and stairs emanates from the fact that she was designed as a three class ship, entered service with two, and ended her career with one class. The different lifts/stairs serviced each class and their respective areas. Your cabin (Queen Mary Grand Suite) was prefabricated in Bayonne and added to the ship in 1977 along with one on the other (starboard side) called Queen Elizabeth. The shops were moved to where you saw them in 1972 during the ship's first big refit and took up the space from the mezzanine of the Double Room (Tourist Class Lounge). They appear, if memory serves me correct, as the ship left cruise service in 2008. Much was familiar -the corridor type lounge with the bar and royal photos was the Queens Grill Bar with easy access to the balcony cabins above (added 1972, 1977 and 1986) and the Queens Grill Restaurant (which was originally a nightclub called 736 -which was the contract number for the shipbuilding contract). I was responsible for the design and project management of Queen Elizabeth 2's successor, Queen Mary 2 which is over twice her size and entered service in 2004 after naming by HM The Queen.

The city of Southampton tried to buy her from Cunard so they could use her as a floating hotel. They were very confident until Dubai came from nowhere and purchased her for quite a large amount. We locals of Southampton were very disappointed as she has nothing to do with Dubai and they only did it for publicity. Its a shame what they've done with her......😢

So sad to see her there in such a sorry state. This should be in the UK somewhere. Maybe as a museum hotel. But not in a Emirate!

Sheridan would be appalled, at the state the QE2 This message was endorsed by Hyacinth Bucket!!

I don’t know what I just watched, but I’m feeling depressed after watching it. Thanks for taking one for the team, Tim!

It looks like typical Dubai , a friend of mine worked in Dubai for a few months .When he first arrived he was amazed on how fantastic it was, but when he settled into the the city he claimed most of Dubai was all show .The Queen E II , puts me in mind of a run down Days Inn .

It really is very reminiscent of The Shining. I could imagine Jack Torrance sitting at that empty bar.

Oh, this is soo sad for me! I had the very first duty free Louis Vuitton store on board the QE2 in 1987. It was always vibrant ,full of glamorous passengers and full of excitement . Back then in the penthouse suites you had a 24 hour personal Butler. Now she resembles a goasr ship.😢

“You can check out anytime, but you can NEVER leave…” It’s like you were wandering around a liminal space.

I was just as shocked as you were to see this ship in such a terrible state, what a shame, full of history and left in such a condition.

My favourite part of this is Tim going slowly insane from the ghost ship experience 😂

I sailed on her from Los Angeles to New York on her farewell world cruise back in 2008. I was only 14 but still appreciated the grandeur. My dad was giving lectures on onboard so I was lucky enough to get a free trip on such an iconic liner!

The guitar player playing Careless Whisper against the backdrop of closed and abandoned shops is unsettlingly apropos. Never gonna dance again…

My father in law designed the engines for that ship. My sister's in laws flew to America on Concorde and came back on the QE2 😊 Great video Tim 👍🏻😊

My ex husband worked on board mid 80's. He fixed the air conditioning. He told me a story of during a crossing from Southampton to New York there was a bad storm and all the crew were terrified as they thought the ship was going to roll too far and not upright itself. He said he felt her tilt so far that he started to run along one of the cabin decks to the point the ship tilted so much he was running along the walls. He went down to see the boys in the engine room and said they were all sweating as they all thought she was 'going over'. He said it was kind of spooky on there too!

I was on her in 1985-86. I was an engine room mechanic. Weird to see her like that. I have fond memories working on her.

Tim is clicking the fob on and off wondering why nothing is working, meanwhile some poor customer in a completely different part of the boat is phoning the front desk screaming that his tv is going up and down like crazy all by itself !