Word: qe2
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...director at World Wide Cruises in Ft. Lauderdale, "If you live in an expensive city like San Francisco, Chicago or New York, it might be cheaper right now to spend a week on a cruise ship than to stay at home." (See pictures of the last voyage of the QE2...
...Majesty (Helen Mirren in a great performance) does not understand why the public expects a show of official sorrow over the passing of Princess Di, whom QE2 never much cared for. Prime Minister Tony Blair instructs her in media manipulation, and director Stephen Frears makes a high, dry comedy of manners out of the mess--while enlisting our sympathy for the beleaguered sovereign...
...just put it on the QE2...
...matter. First off is the ABC rapid, named for the raft full of camera equipment lost there by an unlucky TV crew, courtesy of a partly submerged log. No problem. By now we're at ease in our rafts; the blue one steered by Pat and dubbed the QE2 for its superior buoyancy and comfort; the Red Devil under Dan's control, a little leakier, a little lower in the water and a lot more daring under the 19-year-old guide's cool hand. Aboard the QE2 your chances of getting through a low-grade rapid without having...
Cunard's famous flagship, the QE2, had a steady business crossing the Atlantic but has aged, as have its passengers. Carnival, on the other hand, made its reputation (and Arison a fortune estimated at $4.4 billion by Forbes magazine) by attracting younger passengers onto modern, glitzy ships, where the casinos start at 8 a.m., the discos are hopping until the wee hours, but the library opens for only an hour a day. Arison is hoping that Carnival's mass-market formula can be adapted from short cruises in warm climates to the sterner waters of the North Atlantic without destroying...