GEORGE KNOOP 😂 of a new stadium is not an issue for her or her team and is still not a great 👍 to her she has no reason not her or to her as well but who can make the best decisions in her own words is a great way of thinking and taking care if it feels good 😊 is not that much more important as the person 👩💻 said the new song and a good 😊
Thanks BARRY- I like the documentary part 1 and 2 IF you would talk more about the history in WWII about the brave soldiers and nurses cooks and staff on the gray ghost the ship was packed from bow to stern with men and woman the count 16000? As a army veteran this can not be forgotten many lives were saved and taken away by war I heard the war brides were on the ship also with there babys. THANK, LA CA.
thanks for the tour. I wish you had mentioned the FEARLESS soldiers that represented our country during WWII and had no choice but to ride it to battle. Some never making back. My father was only seventeen and he was one of the lucky ones that actually made it back. I think that was such an important assignment for this ship and its innocent brave soldiers that fought for us in this great country that allows us the comfort to enjoy life.
Very entertaining. I watched both parts and learned a lot. I love all the historical trivia you presented. Those are things I didn't learn while touring the Queen Mary recently. Thanks! -Hana
I rather enjoyed this two-part video tour of the Queen Mary, the commentary provided herein about the ship was concise and shed light on some aspects of the ship I was unfamiliar with before now, definitely inspired me to plan a trip to go visit the old girl in Long Beach sometime in the future. It's such a pity that during the conversion to being permanently moored, that a lot of her mechanical "guts" such as the boilers and the forward engine room were gutted to make room for the convention center and another attraction which never came to be (leaving an empty shell), along with all of her 2nd and Tourist-Class cabins and public spaces. It would've been so great had they just left all that alone and left her as she was when she arrived, a complete and functional ocean liner. She could still have served as a convention center, but she'd have more original rooms to be let out for her hotel function, and the intact machinery spaces could've been an interpretive museum on how a steamship works, or even better, still functioning, for perhaps short cruises up and down the coast for special occasions. As it stands now, she's been ruined as a ship, she's really just a floating building these days, and I hear tell she's in a bit of shabby state nowadays. I also hear tell that the swimming pool used to be used for hotel guests, which would be nice, but now it's structurally unsound and if it was to be used again it would need a major restoration to give it support from underneath. All the same, I enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing! Brendan O.
I visited the Queen Mary on many occasions during the 1980's when I was stationed in California while in the U.S. Air Force. I was thrilled and very disappointed at the same time. To start with, I was thrilled to death to see this massive ship for the first time, in fact, the Queen Mary was the very first real ship I ever saw. I'll never forget crossing the bridge at Long Beach Harbor and looking out the window and seeing the size of this ship. That's all I saw out the window of the car, ship, and it was only one ship but I never saw anything like it in my life. I'm a mechanical guy, I work on aircraft, so I wanted to see the mechanicals of this huge beast. I was so, so disappointed to see the way they gutted this ship. They really emptied it out big time. You can only see one engine room and that's it because they removed everything else. I wanted to see the boilers that made everything happen, I wanted to see the electric control room and I wanted to see the generators that powered everything on the ship. But, they removed ALL of that so now all you can do is maybe see old pics of that equipment or just dream about it. What's really interesting is that they totally gutted the boiler rooms yet they still have one totally empty. WHY? Oh well, enough of my rant for the way this grand lady was treated, it was still a complete honor and joy to have been able to see this history face to face.
After being on The QM many times I have enjoyed this documentary. It brings back many memories. I always kind felt small stepping out on the platform where you can see the propellor half buried in the harbor floor.
You gave a fabulous tour of the ship. I am a fan of the Queen Mary and I stayed on it when I was 13. I was not aware the lifeboats and funnels were replicas.
thank you for producing this show ***** i keep watching these episodes over and over again. thanks i would like to know have the propellers been removed from the ship ?
I went on board the Queen and it was like being in a time warp when great ocean liners ruled trans oceanic travel,before the airline industry made these great ships obsolete.She is a ship thats so elegant! Thank God the city of LongBeach preserves her as a floating hotel and museum.
Someday I want to get there and see her. But I wish they would have left her original. I went and toward the warship Lexington down in Corpus Christi Texas she is pretty much original pretty exciting to be walking on a warship. But walking on Queen Mary will be exciting too
I had a few trips over to New York on Q.M.1 as a fireman in 1964.Cunard didn't have enough boiler room crew & advertised for inexperienced crew, I applied & did a weeks training in Liverpool then although never been on a ship or out of England I had 4 paid trips to New York, each trip consisting of two days sightseeing & visiting The World Fair. However to do this I was logged(fined) for missing my watches in boiler room therefor received very little pay & funded my sightseeing out of my own savings which ran out on the last day of my 4th trip so went to blood bank & received 3 dollars for giving my blood which helped pay for my last night in bar next to pier 92 along with the beers the U.S.A navy fleet guys bought me,who were there. Those were the days.!!!!
I just wanted to let you know Barry, the Queen Mary’s Eisenhower suite is not the room he stayed in. Many of the suites on board are named after the celebrities who stayed on board. The only room that a celebrity stayed in is the Churchill Suite.
shym0nk3y Boilers were removed because they would no longer be needed. As part of the sales deal, Cunard required that the boilers were removed so the ship couldn't go to sea again. Also the removal of the boilers allowed for convention space to be built in the aft boiler room.
+Barry Vaudrin I have read the sale contract for the QM miltiple times, and they only where no allowed to trade the vessel at sea anymore: 'City hereby undertake that after the delivery of the Vessel to them they will not use the Vessel herself or permit her to be used by their successors in title for trading at sea.' They didn't need to remove anything, by removing here orginal boilers to create convention/museseum space they actually removed a perfectly fine one. The current problem with the QM is the fact that they don't really care about her history, take for example the first class pool, it's part of the stupid Ghost and Legends tour, altough it probably wouldn't be safe to fill anymore, at least they need to fixed it up, the reason this is because the removed to much interior bulkheads, and the pool is to heavy even when it's empty, and doesn't have proper support.
+Bob van Leeuwen I recall that in the early eighties the pool was indeed filled with water. Because the ship was aging the pool was drained permenantly because it started to leak. You are correct in that after the sale of the ship to Long Beach, part of the agreement was that it wouldn't be used for "trading at sea", and a clear cut way to guarantee that was to remove the boiler rooms. It would have been nice to see them leave a couple of boilers in the ship so people could see them on a tour. The removal of the engines and boilers made the ship more buoyant so some of her fuel tanks were filled with cement.
I'm surprised she hasn't rusted, And I also noticed that ships now days don't have hulls made like the one fitted for QM1 her hull is shaped like an egg
FishFingersNH, you're absolutely correct, Queen Mary is NOT haunted. It is a way to profit from the ghost stories....but it's not the approach I would take if I were running the marketing for the QM.
And why'd they have to take some original things out of QM1? I don't understand why they didn't keep the original funnels,lifeboats,floor,and Boilers......
The ship was bought for profit, not preserving a historic icon. They wanted to make the space in the boiler rooms a museum but it never happened. Also the funnels were badly degraded. It is a real shame all that happened to the Queen Mary but at least she is still here.
Man, opinions are opinions, but no need to be crazy here. I agree with you that the United States was not as good looking a ship as the Queen Mary. I am not a fan of her green decks and dual funnels. She was however, an undeniable technological marvel, and not a single modern passenger ship can match her speed. Lets give both of these pioneering giants the respect they deserve for their respective technological triumphs, and standard setting histories.
The ship is over 70 years old and the boiler rooms are underneath the funnels.They removed the boilers to create more hotel room.The boilers were lifted out and the funnels were removed but they collapsed when removed so had to be replaced.Most of the life boats are original this guy just got his facts wrong.
Spent one night on board back in September 2011. Ended up costing us $300.00 buck's. Don't know how anybody can afford to stay for longer period's? Unless your rich?
I was on the Queen Mary in 1965 sailing from England to New York. Thanks for the memories. I was 11 years old.
GEORGE KNOOP wow, it must have been amazing to sail on a liner such as her, i wish i had sailed on her but of course it was way before my time
GEORGE KNOOP 😂 of a new stadium is not an issue for her or her team and is still not a great 👍 to her she has no reason not her or to her as well but who can make the best decisions in her own words is a great way of thinking and taking care if it feels good 😊 is not that much more important as the person 👩💻 said the new song and a good 😊
what was it like
GEORGE KNOOP you were so lucky to sail on the only decent ocean liner left
GEORGE KNOOP k
Worked on the Queen Mary in 1963 - 64. As a Commis waiter ( bell boy ) Best part of my younger life Captain Divers at the time.
Thanks BARRY- I like the documentary part 1 and 2 IF you would talk more about the history in WWII about the brave soldiers and nurses cooks and staff on the gray ghost the ship was packed from bow to stern with men and woman the count 16000? As a army veteran this can not be forgotten many lives were saved and taken away by war I heard the war brides were on the ship also with there babys. THANK, LA CA.
Your boy looks just like you! What a sweetheart. Amazing video!
thanks for the tour. I wish you had mentioned the FEARLESS soldiers
that represented our country during WWII and had no choice but to ride
it to battle. Some never making back. My father was only seventeen
and he was one of the lucky ones that actually made it back. I think
that was such an important assignment for this ship and its innocent
brave soldiers that fought for us in this great country that allows us
the comfort to enjoy life.
Very entertaining. I watched both parts and learned a lot. I love all the historical trivia you presented. Those are things I didn't learn while touring the Queen Mary recently. Thanks!
-Hana
I rather enjoyed this two-part video tour of the Queen Mary, the commentary provided herein about the ship was concise and shed light on some aspects of the ship I was unfamiliar with before now, definitely inspired me to plan a trip to go visit the old girl in Long Beach sometime in the future.
It's such a pity that during the conversion to being permanently moored, that a lot of her mechanical "guts" such as the boilers and the forward engine room were gutted to make room for the convention center and another attraction which never came to be (leaving an empty shell), along with all of her 2nd and Tourist-Class cabins and public spaces. It would've been so great had they just left all that alone and left her as she was when she arrived, a complete and functional ocean liner. She could still have served as a convention center, but she'd have more original rooms to be let out for her hotel function, and the intact machinery spaces could've been an interpretive museum on how a steamship works, or even better, still functioning, for perhaps short cruises up and down the coast for special occasions.
As it stands now, she's been ruined as a ship, she's really just a floating building these days, and I hear tell she's in a bit of shabby state nowadays. I also hear tell that the swimming pool used to be used for hotel guests, which would be nice, but now it's structurally unsound and if it was to be used again it would need a major restoration to give it support from underneath.
All the same, I enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing!
Brendan O.
Barry your documentaries are awesome! Thanks man!
I visited the Queen Mary on many occasions during the 1980's when I was stationed in California while in the U.S. Air Force. I was thrilled and very disappointed at the same time. To start with, I was thrilled to death to see this massive ship for the first time, in fact, the Queen Mary was the very first real ship I ever saw. I'll never forget crossing the bridge at Long Beach Harbor and looking out the window and seeing the size of this ship. That's all I saw out the window of the car, ship, and it was only one ship but I never saw anything like it in my life. I'm a mechanical guy, I work on aircraft, so I wanted to see the mechanicals of this huge beast. I was so, so disappointed to see the way they gutted this ship. They really emptied it out big time. You can only see one engine room and that's it because they removed everything else. I wanted to see the boilers that made everything happen, I wanted to see the electric control room and I wanted to see the generators that powered everything on the ship. But, they removed ALL of that so now all you can do is maybe see old pics of that equipment or just dream about it. What's really interesting is that they totally gutted the boiler rooms yet they still have one totally empty. WHY? Oh well, enough of my rant for the way this grand lady was treated, it was still a complete honor and joy to have been able to see this history face to face.
Great video Barry! Thanks for the tour of the Queen Mary..
Wow rms queen mary
After being on The QM many times I have enjoyed this documentary. It brings back many memories. I always kind felt small stepping out on the platform where you can see the propellor half buried in the harbor floor.
You gave a fabulous tour of the ship. I am a fan of the Queen Mary and I stayed on it when I was 13. I was not aware the lifeboats and funnels were replicas.
Did you see any ghosts?
Thanks for the documentary it was amazing.
Well done Barry. I really enjoyed watching and greetings from England. :-)
nice job Barry. Loved it!
Excellent video! Thank you :)
Great documentary!I love it!
thank you for producing this show ***** i keep watching these episodes over and over again. thanks i would like to know have the propellers been removed from the ship ?
+Advait Narayanan I'm glad you liked my videos! There is only one out of four propellers still in-place, all others were removed.
+Barry Vaudrin I also been on the queen Mary and saw the boiler room
I love ships also. I even made models of ships!😺
All I the propellers were removed except for one.
I went on board the Queen and it was like being in a time warp when great ocean liners ruled trans oceanic travel,before the airline industry made these great ships obsolete.She is a ship thats so elegant! Thank God the city of LongBeach preserves her as a floating hotel and museum.
+goropeza101 But they don't treat her the best. Paint is peeling off her hull, her funnel colors are faded, and they waste rooms.
No the ship is not well preserved and the paint is chalky and oxidized but I was very happy to had visited and toured the Queen back in 2011.
goropeza101 True, it's fun to visit.
Now it's undergoing the much needed renovations finally!
Wow he looks just like my Grandpa when he was younger. Especially when he was driving that Mustang. He had glasses just like those lol
Whats the music at the beginning? Great video by the way.
Also SOS Titanic was filmed on board the Queen Mary, which was pretty neat because the Queen Mary had a fair resemblance to Titanic.
Great video.
Someday I want to get there and see her. But I wish they would have left her original. I went and toward the warship Lexington down in Corpus Christi Texas she is pretty much original pretty exciting to be walking on a warship. But walking on Queen Mary will be exciting too
I love your videos
Very interested.really good
I had a few trips over to New York on Q.M.1 as a fireman in 1964.Cunard didn't have enough boiler room crew & advertised for inexperienced crew, I applied & did a weeks training in Liverpool then although never been on a ship or out of England I had 4 paid trips to New York, each trip consisting of two days sightseeing & visiting The World Fair. However to do this I was logged(fined) for missing my watches in boiler room therefor received very little pay & funded my sightseeing out of my own savings which ran out on the last day of my 4th trip so went to blood bank & received 3 dollars for giving my blood which helped pay for my last night in bar next to pier 92 along with the beers the U.S.A navy fleet guys bought me,who were there. Those were the days.!!!!
my aunt was on the queen marry and the queen Elisabeth
make tour of queen mary part 3 plz bud
great ship
Wow that nice, do you know about histories or things that happened in that time? I mean, tragic events in the Queen Mary.
Titanic 2!!! That was on the queen Mary
I just wanted to let you know Barry, the Queen Mary’s Eisenhower suite is not the room he stayed in. Many of the suites on board are named after the celebrities who stayed on board. The only room that a celebrity stayed in is the Churchill Suite.
I remember 1980's seeing the props under water while in the bottom of Queen 1 ?
They filmed the titanic ll on the queen Mary, p s I saw the Poseidon adventure
I may have missed why they did this, but why were the boiler removed again?
shym0nk3y Boilers were removed because they would no longer be needed. As part of the sales deal, Cunard required that the boilers were removed so the ship couldn't go to sea again. Also the removal of the boilers allowed for convention space to be built in the aft boiler room.
+Barry Vaudrin I have read the sale contract for the QM miltiple times, and they only where no allowed to trade the vessel at sea anymore: 'City hereby undertake that after the delivery of the Vessel to them they will not use the Vessel herself or permit her to be used by their successors in title for trading at sea.'
They didn't need to remove anything, by removing here orginal boilers to create convention/museseum space they actually removed a perfectly fine one.
The current problem with the QM is the fact that they don't really care about her history, take for example the first class pool, it's part of the stupid Ghost and Legends tour, altough it probably wouldn't be safe to fill anymore, at least they need to fixed it up, the reason this is because the removed to much interior bulkheads, and the pool is to heavy even when it's empty, and doesn't have proper support.
+Bob van Leeuwen I recall that in the early eighties the pool was indeed filled with water. Because the ship was aging the pool was drained permenantly because it started to leak. You are correct in that after the sale of the ship to Long Beach, part of the agreement was that it wouldn't be used for "trading at sea", and a clear cut way to guarantee that was to remove the boiler rooms. It would have been nice to see them leave a couple of boilers in the ship so people could see them on a tour. The removal of the engines and boilers made the ship more buoyant so some of her fuel tanks were filled with cement.
Even her original funnels were removed and were replaced with aluminum replicas.
How much is a room go for on the ship for 1 night?
Titanic and other ships like the Queen Mary are marvels they don't make ships like that anymore :(
I'm surprised she hasn't rusted, And I also noticed that ships now days don't have hulls made like the one fitted for QM1 her hull is shaped like an egg
+Cummins Diesel Her hull is not shaped like an egg. She was the fastest ship in the world for a long time.
FishFingersNH, you're absolutely correct, Queen Mary is NOT haunted. It is a way to profit from the ghost stories....but it's not the approach I would take if I were running the marketing for the QM.
And why'd they have to take some original things out of QM1? I don't understand why they didn't keep the original funnels,lifeboats,floor,and Boilers......
The ship was bought for profit, not preserving a historic icon. They wanted to make the space in the boiler rooms a museum but it never happened. Also the funnels were badly degraded. It is a real shame all that happened to the Queen Mary but at least she is still here.
@jonesphillip25 It's Just Cause she's a ship from the 30's and not 2012 soooooo.....
And the bow, The ships now days don't have round bows like QM1,Titanic,etc.
I like Jackie Chase :)
What about room B340??
The Titanic II (Movie) took place on the queen mary!
The queen Mary hotel was not featured in Disneys amphibia
And also R.I.P Gavin MacLeod
The famed US Army 82nd Airborne Division used this ship to return to America after the end of World War Two.
Why do people say queen mary is haunted?
because it is a little girl actually died aboard the ship when she fell into the empty pool
Daniel Sterling Yeah , people said she drowned, idk. But many people have seen paranormal things while in the ship, like things moving.
7:22 , there a wheel in the engine room ?!?!?!
Man, opinions are opinions, but no need to be crazy here. I agree with you that the United States was not as good looking a ship as the Queen Mary. I am not a fan of her green decks and dual funnels. She was however, an undeniable technological marvel, and not a single modern passenger ship can match her speed.
Lets give both of these pioneering giants the respect they deserve for their respective technological triumphs, and standard setting histories.
if the queen mary sets sail again and hits rough weather she would rapidly sink
I liked the first one better.
fun
I staded in the chechl
Barry is it haunted?
The ship is over 70 years old and the boiler rooms are underneath the funnels.They removed the boilers to create more hotel room.The boilers were lifted out and the funnels were removed but they collapsed when removed so had to be replaced.Most of the life boats are original this guy just got his facts wrong.
Connor Jaméz Burgess Yes he sure did.
But the ship is beautiful it almost resides me of the titanic
Spent one night on board back in September 2011. Ended up costing us $300.00 buck's. Don't know how anybody can afford to stay for longer period's? Unless your rich?
+kitt2000car It can be very costly depending on the packages you get, etc.
Guys calm down! If queen mary wasnt preserved in the US she would've been scraped! So choose which one is better!
Shes about 60.000 tons after they removed all her running gear an 3 props
thank goodness the queen mary didnt sink. Cant say the same about titanic
R.I.P Gavin MacLeod.
I had no idea he passed away
how i wish this is The Titanic...
are you freakin rich : O
Is she haunted
No...she is not. It is mostly a Public Relations stunt
they is ghost on that ppl that dead on it nope
I am interested in the ship, not in seeing pictures of your family, or hearing stories from your childhood. Will not be coming here again.
Triggered
dont forget the god awful insulting movie titanic II
Omg my name is JACOB TOO