tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post5183754581538568958..comments2024-03-29T02:30:53.003-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Queen Mary Interiors, September 1973Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-87393331998938757242012-03-05T11:44:32.715-08:002012-03-05T11:44:32.715-08:00Ah the QM. I used to work there. As a souvenier,...Ah the QM. I used to work there. As a souvenier, I have that white bakelite phone that you see in the stateroom It graces my living room now. There used to be an entire deck down below- completely dedicated to storage of artifacts from the ship. Brass items, silver services, Phones, clocks, you name it. It was wonderful. -Glen BanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-62034202473693521412012-03-01T05:01:00.756-08:002012-03-01T05:01:00.756-08:00for Rachel's Sweet 16, Tim and I paid for a cr...for Rachel's Sweet 16, Tim and I paid for a cruise (he bought the trip, I paid for our airfare). Tim does not like hot weather, so he stayed home with the kitty!<br /><br />we boarded the Wonder on a Sunday noon in January 2006 at Port Canaveral, departed at 4:30. Monday we arrived in Nassau, and while there we took the tour of the seaquariums at the Atlantis resort....so awesome. departed there late (so folks could stay ashore and "party") and on Tue morning we arrived at Castaway Cay, Disney's private island. spent the day there, then Wed all day at sea, arriving back on Thu morning. it was one of the best times ever! :-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-67161104398185844592012-02-29T10:18:22.712-08:002012-02-29T10:18:22.712-08:00Mike, I wonder if all of the rooms used as hotel r...Mike, I wonder if all of the rooms used as hotel rooms retain their Deco ambiance? The ones in my posts are not open to the public, but it is pretty cool if you get to pretend that you are on board a luxury liner on the Atlantic back in the 1940's.<br /><br />Nancy, I am just guessing that rectangular windows are more old-fashioned, but I don't really know. Where did you go on the Disney Wonder?<br /><br />TM!, not only is that Pepper's ghost, it's his relatives too!Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-12853836647664616322012-02-29T04:54:23.591-08:002012-02-29T04:54:23.591-08:00Major, I believe you are correct and that shortly ...Major, I believe you are correct and that shortly after the ship arrived in Long Beach, many of it's original furnishings were auctioned off. I think I've heard there was even an attempt at some point to buy back any pieces that had been sold off.<br /><br />Are you sure that's plexiglass and not a ghost family?TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-3335349552165323782012-02-29T04:20:54.026-08:002012-02-29T04:20:54.026-08:00these are neat. I find it interesting that the wi...these are neat. I find it interesting that the windows are rectangular rather than what we would expect to see with the traditional "porthole" round ones.<br /><br />I remember when we got lucky enough to take a cruise on the Disney Wonder pondering on how exactly I was not going to fall off that little bed but I didnt. Rachel had the one close to the wall and she woke herself up a few times when she banged her arm into it!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895614694411482044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-88061898975438564392012-02-29T00:40:59.977-08:002012-02-29T00:40:59.977-08:00My birthday cabin looked similar to the last image...My birthday cabin looked similar to the last image. Mine did have the built in bookshelf with the wall/floor radio. I didn't have all those club chairs though. Many of the other Art-Deco rooms my birthday guests had are not shown in these images.MIKE COZARThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616421722228113410noreply@blogger.com