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May 24, 2007
A Wonderful Evening
We hopped on a shuttle bus at Park Avenue and 42nd Street shortly before 6, destined for the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. We arrived about 40 minutes later, with glimpses along the way of the enormous Queen Mary II. We saw her in December 2004, anchored outside of the harbour in Charlotte Amalie on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands. We could see her top decks from the promenade in town, towering over the top of the island out in the harbour.
She is very glamorous. We boarded on Deck 3, and we were greeted by dozens of crew, complete with the white linen towel over the arm. We grabbed a glass of champagne and went exploring. We found our way to the Promenade on Deck 7, and walked around. 3 laps is equivalent to 1.1 miles.
We went to the theatre at 7:30 for a performance by Patty LaPone. She was not in good voice, but did her best to belt out a selection of torch songs.
Dinner was served at 8:30 and wrapped up around 10:30. We had a wonderful chat with our dinner guests, and proceeded to make our way to the shuttles heading back to Manhattan. I think we finally got home around 1am. It was a lovely evening, and important to us to support two great New York arts institutions – the New York City Opera, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
A junior suite is US$25,000 per person for a 6 day cruise. Just in case you wanted to know.
Posted by dave at May 24, 2007 10:24 AM