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
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.
@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 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.
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.
"Built to withstand anything the N Atlantic can throw at her". Such arrogance. If the Atlantic so wanted to, it could swallow her up in an instant. To the Atlantic, she's just a tin foil boat.
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.
The QV an QE are beautiful but they are cruise ships. The QM2 is the only ocean liner built to handle what the sea dishes out. She is fast with a much thicker hull.
@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
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.
@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.
waw! cant belive that the speed of qe2 is great. .she must at the top of 24knots. .bt the qm2 is a transatlantic liner. .she boost a speed of 26 to 29 knots. .waw!
QE2 actually could reach 34 knots, and was the fastest passenger ship afloat until her retirement!! Source: QE2's Chief Engineer. QM2 is a beast, though, that's for sure. Both lovely liners that I've had the pleasure of sailing with (especially QE2). Nothing quite like them, and now QM2 is the only one left...:-(
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.
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.
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.
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.
The QM2 now takes 7 days to cross the Atlantic. When she was new, she crossed in 6 days. But, slowing down a bit saves fuel and gives passengers an extra day to relax and have fun. If memory serves, both the SS United States and the France used to cross in 5 days (cruising speed 30 -33 knots). That is very convenient as we would cross one time zone per day.
The Pacific is a lot rougher than the Atlantic the Atlantic just has been given that reputation. The reality is the Pacific is a much larger and meaner Ocean than the Atlantic! There is nothing pacif about the Pacific! Bull Halsey said it perfect the Atlantic is a bathtub compared to the Pacific!
Do MSC, Royal Caribbean, Disney, AIDA, and others have regular trans-Atlantic schedules within a 12-month period? Anthem of the Seas had a problem when it went head to head with a hurricane back in February of 2017. She can’t handle hurricanes with the kind of specifications she currently has. She will surely drown if she forces herself to. Queen Mary 2 has had a good amount of record already for the last 15 years of Force 12 winds while doing her regular trips across the northern Atlantic! Her claims are not hyped up. Why? Because it can be substantiated by third-party reviews. All information concerning her being the last Ocean Liner is accessible to the public.
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
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.
Agree, The QM2 stands alone as the last liner.
@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 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.
she cuts beautifully through the waves as it should be
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.
"Built to withstand anything the N Atlantic can throw at her". Such arrogance. If the Atlantic so wanted to, it could swallow her up in an instant. To the Atlantic, she's just a tin foil boat.
@@duncanbhaltaireanraigwilso9627 then why hasn't it 😂
I have just booked a westbound crossing for October and looking forward to it a lot... QM2 here I come! Great video, thanks!
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.
The QV an QE are beautiful but they are cruise ships. The QM2 is the only ocean liner built to handle what the sea dishes out. She is fast with a much thicker hull.
Wow - effortless!
depends, sometimes you would be able to on the QE2 and sometimes you can on the QM2 depends on the waves.
She goes through the sea like a knife through butter just perfect
and the new Queen Elisabeth that launched in late 2011 is starting to look like a cruiser ,too
We can only hope. Long live the Queen!
@WamsWarrior Yes, not only did they save Cunard they saved about 200 years of valuable history.
when ure far away she looks like a beautiful ship indeed
QMary 2 is the best !!!
@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
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.
@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.
And now the RMS Titanic, Olympic and Britannic sailing between the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary 2.
waw! cant belive that the speed of qe2 is great. .she must at the top of 24knots. .bt the qm2 is a transatlantic liner. .she boost a speed of 26 to 29 knots. .waw!
john charles mugen Actually the QM2’s top speed is 30-32 knots.
QE2 actually could reach 34 knots, and was the fastest passenger ship afloat until her retirement!! Source: QE2's Chief Engineer. QM2 is a beast, though, that's for sure. Both lovely liners that I've had the pleasure of sailing with (especially QE2). Nothing quite like them, and now QM2 is the only one left...:-(
@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.
Thumbs up. I was on board with you!
Looks pretty stable
I do hope they build an even better one before she retires foolish not to
i can see QM around for 50 Years or more
QV is a liner/Cruise Ship
She is the last true Transatlantic Liner.
@TITANICLUSITANIA well that's good they saved them.
No QE2 is faster than QM2, but QM2 is Longer, Taller, Wider and Larger (obviously.)
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.
it's sad that the QV and QE3 are not real liners like the QM2, but another cheap vista clone...nice video!!
Did it!
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.
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.
Are the waves even affecting her? She doesn't seem to be pitching at all.
So did those two have a drag race across the Atlantic or what? :P
nice profile
I'm sure you can't feel the motion onboard right?
Waiting for the new Queen Anne two or three years
It looks bloody awful. Not worth the wait I can assure you
@@Readd1 I cross several times a year. She is always sold out. For you to say it's awful, you can tell me you have crossed on her?
@@tompecena8573 I was referring to the new Cunard ship, the design of which looks truly awful, not the Queen Elizabeth
@@Readd1 I agree. Really ugly.
@TITANICLUSITANIA sure i guess. why was cunard failing.they have been around forever. but the again the white star line failed.
RISING AND FALLING IN THE SWELL 🛳
THE UNITED STATES STILL HOLDS THE WORLD RECORD AND THIS SINCE 1952 ! ..LOL.
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.
how long does it take from like southampton to new york?
The QM2 now takes 7 days to cross the Atlantic. When she was new, she crossed in 6 days. But, slowing down a bit saves fuel and gives passengers an extra day to relax and have fun. If memory serves, both the SS United States and the France used to cross in 5 days (cruising speed 30 -33 knots). That is very convenient as we would cross one time zone per day.
@@jynxjynx3068 SS United States' record is 3 days, 12 hours. in average she took less then 4 days
who cares if they rnt building ocean liners.. cunard is the builders so let cunard build wutever ships they want
@TITANICLUSITANIA =]
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.
haaha 1:46
@TITANICLUSITANIA I don't like the carnivaL corp. i only like Qm2. The rest I coiuld care less.
what the hell is at 1:46???
Cruise ships cross the Atlantic all the time on positioning cruises. The Cunard Slogan is just marketing, nothing more.
The Pacific is a lot rougher than the Atlantic the Atlantic just has been given that reputation. The reality is the Pacific is a much larger and meaner Ocean than the Atlantic! There is nothing pacif about the Pacific! Bull Halsey said it perfect the Atlantic is a bathtub compared to the Pacific!
Do MSC, Royal Caribbean, Disney, AIDA, and others have regular trans-Atlantic schedules within a 12-month period? Anthem of the Seas had a problem when it went head to head with a hurricane back in February of 2017. She can’t handle hurricanes with the kind of specifications she currently has. She will surely drown if she forces herself to. Queen Mary 2 has had a good amount of record already for the last 15 years of Force 12 winds while doing her regular trips across the northern Atlantic! Her claims are not hyped up. Why? Because it can be substantiated by third-party reviews. All information concerning her being the last Ocean Liner is accessible to the public.