gd0nfn Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Looks like its just leaving Liverpool "https://www.marinetraffic.com/" Good luck to all who sail in her, hope it gets home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zammo Maguire Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 We should have a bigger Lady of Mann type boat. Like this one which already fits at the Pier Head 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 I'd pay to see it docking at Douglas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 You probably will. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monasqueen Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 It's painted the right colours, so it must be a Steam Packet boat. Perhaps it goes to all of those ports that the Steamie can't/won't go to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M 2.0 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The size difference is something else, isn't it? That must be one impressive sight when it's sailing into a harbour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 When we moored on the Ben in Liverpool a while back, it was next to the big one................blimey, what a size difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumpin_jak Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 That's the Queen Mary 2 when it came to the Cruise Terminal in Liverpool last Sunday, itbuilt then left on Monday morning to go out of the Mersey to meet up with the Queen Elizabeth 2 & the Queen Victoria which had arrived, one from the North after visiting the Orkney Isles & the other from the South after visiting Guernsey. At noon they sailed up the Mersey in a line with the QE2 leading, then the Queen Victoria & the QM2 taking up the rear to the Pier Head where they did a 180 degree turn together, the Red Arrows arrived at 13.45 to entertain the massive crowds, Great memorable was had with the weather staying dry. Will there ever be a Cruise Terminal built at Douglas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M 2.0 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Will there ever be a Cruise Terminal built at Douglas? I guess it could happen, Guernsey has something now and Jersey are looking into it / building one too I believe. Make it in Ramsey though, there's no decent shops left in Douglas for them to visit anymore Hey, they could even use it as an excuse to refurbish the Queens Pier and get the railway line running again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Jersey and Guernsey have far far more to offer cruise tourists than the Island. Sorry, but that's a fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M 2.0 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Oh look, it's you again, just popping in to spread a little bit more love and joy I see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Oh look, it's you again, just popping in to spread a little bit more love and joy I see... Just telling it like it is. Sorry if it it's not what people might like to hear, but it's how I, and a lot of other people, feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Jersey and Guernsey have far far more to offer cruise tourists than the Island. Sorry, but that's a fact. But the topography on other Islands does lend itself so much more easily to accommodating large harbours and sea terminals. It would be a major pain here. We could have a world beating cruise terminal but we'd have to demolish central Douglas to build it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I don't think there'd be a return on capital any time this century from a cruise terminal on the Island. They are better off with the current strategy of attracting as many cruises as they can based on tendering ashore from the anchorage in Douglas Bay. They also occasionally get the odd 'expedition' sized cruise ship tied up alongside Victoria Pier. They do have to make sure the anchorages are useable, free from fishing gear etc. as one or two ships in recent years have complained that the anchorage is unusable and moved on to the next destination without putting any passengers ashore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 ...but we'd have to demolish central Douglas to build it. I say do it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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