Whe I heard that QE2 was about to be sold , I had a word wih the CEO of Cunard and told her what I thought should be done, £50,000,000 was the asking price as is with all its artefacts included.
Moored in a Lagoon alongside the Pier Head in Liverpool, right in front of the Cunard Building where she was designed by the naval architechs on the top floor the place of her conception.
All the lower accomodation could have been removed and converted to class rooms for Liverpool University, Help towards the cost including Student accommodation, a big demand for that. others could have been converted to Offices for businesses, what a prestigious address, "Joe Bloggs and Co,
Queen Elizabeth 2, Pier Head Liverpool, LI.
Other decks above could have been converted to Conference centres, and other Corporate Functions, I am sure these would have been in great demand.
Then a night club, Restaurants, a Wedding Chapel always big business, and then the upper accommodation used for tourist accomodation etc. Many people who could not afford to sail on her could spend a weekend on her.
The rest used as a Maritime Museum. and Shopping malls
This operation would have employed a couple of thousand or more people, on various staffing jobs for the different functions., Cleaners , Maintenance engineers, and many other jobs on deck on maintenance.
She would have been more successful that the old Queen Mary in Long Beach , this would also increase the Tourism trade in Liverpool.
The CEO of Cunard didnt want to know, she said they wanted a quick sale and the Arab had bid the £ 50,000,000
Which in business terms is not a lot. Where she ended up for the last four years was a terrible place in a berth out of the way in Port Raschid.
A few Liverpool Pop stars could have invested in her and put their money back into Liverpool.
What a waste of the worlds most famous ship. She has travelled more miles than any other ship in history, circled the globe more than any other ship, carried more passengers than any other ship and she was probably faster than any other ship.this was never tested and when it was, it was never made public. as I said before we did 38 knots across from Japan to L.A. Not bad.
Cheers
Brian
