Word: qe2
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...young officer escort as he leads her through the traditional paces of the Gay Gordons. They are surrounded by a swirl of tuxedoes, taffeta and tiaras--a time warp on the water aboard the grandest dame of them all, the British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, the QE2...
Like many of her passengers these days, the QE2 is getting on. Commissioned in 1969, she has logged 4.7 million miles. But last year Cunard's elegant flagship had an $18 million refit in Bremerhaven, Germany, and as the new millennium dawned, she began her 23rd world cruise--a 104-day round trip out of New York City, calling at 37 ports. Of the 1,100 passengers participating in this global jaunt, about 500 signed on for the duration. Among the more popular short segments: the 15-day New York to San Francisco leg, which costs about...
There are those who disdain such extravagance and the formality that goes with it. "Informal" dress at meals means jacket and tie; "formal" signals a tuxedo, or at least a dark business suit. At these prices, the QE2 tends to attract a certain class of traveler--the kind who, in an earlier era, coined the word posh (port out, starboard home), the preferred, indeed socially obligatory, cabin location for the well-heeled sailing out of London. But for the men and women who choose to sail the QE2, it just wouldn't be the same without that touch of class...