Liverpool Cruise Liner Terminal

[naked lilac]

If any of you have the chance to see the QE2.. (and the landing in Liverpool ), is ready for its arrival.. then, by all means get your cameras loaded and ready..

It is a magnificent liner.. and was here in Hawaii in all its glory.. It had come from California.. Just superb to see it in the HARBOR.. maybe one day have a cruise on it.. that would be lovely...
Great Info.. Kat..ta

[PhilipG]

The QE2's been to Liverpool twice before, and I took photos each time (with my not very good Zenith camera).
One that did turn out well has the Royal Iris alongside (and the Royal Liver Building in the background.)
I think the QE2's coming again in 2008 on its final tour before being pensioned off.
I wonder if we'll get the Queen Mary 2 in the Mersey?
I'd love to see that.

[kat2]

I think, (and I could be wrong) that the QE2 is coming here on September 21 2007 to open the Cruise Liner terminal, after that she will do her rounds to other UK ports before retiring to Dubia, where she will become a floating hotel
kat

[the pool08]

hello, this is a good view of the waterfront, QE2 in sep
wirral webcam [60 sec reload]

http://www.wirralcam.org/waterfront.shtml

[A.D.W]

Any news on the movement of the Cruise Liner facility?

[kat2]

it was supposed to be towed across today Monday, I cannot get out and about due to a leg injury, (on sticks) *sobs* so dunno, I have been watching the webcams but so far I havent seen anything.
kat

[phredd]

Went down to said location and it was not there.
Spoke to a IOM worker and they have been told it maybe towed to location later tonight. About midnight he said.

Phredd

[A.D.W]

Went down to said location and it was not there.
Spoke to a IOM worker and they have been told it maybe towed to location later tonight. About midnight he said.

Phredd

Be worth checking the Mersey vessel movements map?

http://www.aisliverpool.co.uk/currentmap.php?map=docks

[kat2]

thanks, under the cover of darkness, mind u I do keep watching the webcams to see if it turns up, looks like low tide at the moment though
kat

[A.D.W]

Nothing as yet and with the weather as it is I can't see it being towed over anytime this week.

[kat2]

thanku, for the updates, cant wait till my leg gets better so I can get out and about again, but its nice everyone is watching out for the pontoons crossing over.
kat

[kat2]

A lovely set of photographs (copy right) of the crossing of the pontoons to Birkenhead, credits to skyscrapercity for posting the links to this feature.
http://www.irishseashipping.co.uk/ph...tm#August_11cl
kat

[ChrisGeorge]

A lovely set of photographs (copy right) of the crossing of the pontoons to Birkenhead, credits to skyscrapercity for posting the links to this feature.
http://www.irishseashipping.co.uk/ph...tm#August_11cl

kat

Hello kat

What's going on here? Are the pontoons going to be floated across the Mersey from Birkenhead, or what's the plan? Thanks in advance for explaining.

Chris George
(Scouser exiled in the US)

[kat2]

Hi, Chris, I think what has happend has been brilliantly illustraited and talked about by the photographer John Luxton, and Alan Lee, they go into some detail as to what had supposedly happend to the pontoon, and why it is over in a Birkenhead shipyard. There is a claim that water leaked into the dock were the pontoons were being constructed. The pontoons were due to be moved back across from Birkenhead to Liverpool On Monday but due to bad weather reports, this was not the case. I have been posting in this thread and watching the webcams to see or spot the pontoons going back, if my leg wasnt injured then I would be out and about
kat

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi Kat

Many thanks for your explanation. Hope you feel better soon.

Chris