The Last Great Cruise

[@brookenewcombe1045]

I'm watching this at 12:30 am, and I'm crying. The hundreds of little boats following the Queen Mary at the end of the video is honestly one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

My age 99. It was the last of a true era. Great memories. Mr. Hahn, retired Beverly Hills CA

[@imthemrblue]

@OceanLinerFan RMS Queen Mary yes old people exist on KZbin

[@phyllispetras3369]

Love you sir!!!!!

[@realgsdontdie5095]

Rest in Peace Mr Hahn.

[@jessefay8686]

Thank you for sharing 🥲

[@idahowild1a578]

I was 10 years old and was fortunate enough to to be on her last voyage to Southampton! I dined at Captain Treasure Jones table where I had smoked salmon for the first time. He was so charming and handsome, so knowledgeable! I won $45 pounds playing Bingo! I met actor Michael Rennie down in the nursery, and held his granddaughter! My maiden last name is Rennie! That was so cool! I could go on and on about how much fun my older brother and I had exploring every inch of The Queen Mary. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🚢

[@kirkmanning6232]

My folks attended an event in Long Beach after the Mary was retired. Captain Treasure Jones was there and my mother had a dance with him. I’ll always remember that!

[@missionpassed4584]

My Grandfather (RIP) loved serving on that ship, he was a steward and he was on her maiden voyage and the last as featured in this video, he even got a special medal to commemorate this, he also served on many other famous liners as part of his job, but his real heart was with The Mary, as he lived in Southampton my mother always said she got very sad as when she was at school she could hear the horns blowing in the distance as The Mary set off she knew she would not be seeing her father for a while. She also remembers her mother driving up to the dock and seeing the sheer size of the ship which she said was quite scary towering above her.

[@travelinben1966]

R.I.P. Captain Treasure Jones.You were absolutely right.There will never be another ship like the beautiful RMS Queen Mary.

[@travelinben1966]

@OJ She's a beauty too,but the RMS is glorious with an incredible history.

[@FireWingman]

@@travelinben1966 I’m confused are you talking about qm or qm2

[@travelinben1966]

@@FireWingman The original RMS Queen Mary.

[@FireWingman]

@@travelinben1966 ok but just to let you know if don’t already qm2 and qm are both rms

[@travelinben1966]

@@FireWingman Technically yes,but qm2 is referred to as just that,maybe so as to avoid some confusion with the original ship.

[@stuartkeen5234]

My Grandad saw her the day she left on her maiden voyage from Southampton, I saw her in 1996 in Long Beach while in the USA on holiday and had a tour around her , what a beautiful girl she is and yes I could feel she was alive .

[@jamesivanmarionrosete5191]

@@Sunflower-ug3eh in UK they call vacations "holidays"

[@ScarabChris]

6:35 ...Wow...you can not only see the emotion on the captain but you can feel it. I even got a little choked up watching the captain's face.

[@Ryan_hey]

Not to mention all those hundreds of ships surrounding them as they pull into Long Beach, CA.

[@kiera_kayaks7521]

I'm proud to say I stayed the night on The Queen Mary last year, what an honor!

[@artapollo3367]

Any Ghosts ?

[@tomdunn7710]

My father came back from WW 2 on the Queen Mary and I have stayed on this great ship . Sitting in Picadilly Circus ( central part of the ship ) at night I felt SO warm and comfortable . I never thought of a piece of machinery as being alive before . The Queen Mary changed my mind .

[@emilye.8779]

This is so beautiful and touching! Thank you for sharing this

[@gamer_guts9836]

Sad that she is at the brink of her death, but Long Beach has just regained full ownership of her again and is approving a 2.5 million restoration budget to keep her afloat. 6/11/21

[@billnotice9957]

My Mother came across from Birmingham England (1957) to immigrate to America as a 14 y/o girl. She went ashore in France just to say she touched France. She almost was not allowed back on. In 1986 we saw Queen Mary in Long Beach when my Mother came out and saw me when I was stationed out at Camp Pendleton. ( Ironically it is the only Naval Ship I set foot upon during my 4 year Naval Corpsman time with the US Navy.) Years later, I offered to take her back to England. She declined. She told me she did not want to spoil her memories of England. In her mind England will always be what she left it in 1957. Going there would ruin it. She is gone now. No doubt in Heaven she returned back to England for a while. If I ever go back to California. I will go again. I will stay in the Hotel. If possible.

[@Brecconable]

Fair winds and following seas mate.

[@DanielMasmanian]

Even now she's the most wonderful machine in the world. Thank you, residents of Long Beach, for keeping her.

[@carltrotter7622]

a most resplendent White Tie ensemble in your profile!

[@DanielMasmanian]

@@Sunflower-ug3eh thank you so much for that.

[@DanielMasmanian]

@@carltrotter7622 oh, you charmer 😉

[@matthewmacdonald3013]

Long live the Queen

[@waynemurphy4819]

@OJ she was build strong and it cost more to sink her then to fix her

[@kelvincruz3889]

I am so happy she is still with us and in good shape…hopefully I can visit her to admire this magnificent work of art!!!!

[@brentrussell780]

In good shape? Its in terrible condition

[@oenthusiast]

@@brentrussell780 She's in much better condition since the City of Long Beach took control back in 2019. They got a lot of necessary and long-neglected work done during the pandemic closure. There's a lot still to do (most obviously the forward deck that needs to be restored/replaced and is temporarily covered with plywood for safety reasons, and the lifeboats which are in very bad shape) but the hull is sound, there's a new boiler system, the hotel staterooms are being refurbished, and the public areas onboard are being restored closer to their original appearance. The Observation Bar is gorgeous.

[@jerrymarlow5453]

Can't wait till they open her up again. I want to be the first one aboard. I love our Queen Mary.

[@TheMauriceR]

Last june 30, 2020 I celebrated 60 years since my first crossing as student to attend my first year at Brandeis university as a Wien student from Southampton to NYC, Pier 4. Can never forget those five days and nights on this great and marvelous ship. Thanks again.

[@RobertStewart-wt4fm]

RIP, Captain John Treasure Jones, a great Captain, diplomatic representative and truly a wonderful gentleman!

[@Sean_from_the_heights]

Only a small group of people can say they worked the ship in Long Beach. I was very blessed to be a tour guide for 4 years so she was my home away from home, you grow attachment only a crew member can explain

[@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717]

Awe...Very Touching...💔

[@Peter_9_9_9]

Long Beach has got to do something with the queen Mary before it starts taking on water like removing the wall around her and putting a dry dock down

[@brentrussell780]

They wont. So sad it ended up in cheesy long beach

[@edbrown2061]

It’s can’t be done. Ships weren’t designed for dry docks, the sides would buckle under the weight of the rest of the ship because they need the constant pressure against the plates of the hull. This is why some “museum ships” are permanently docked with earth around the hull, up to the water line. At least Long Beach has regained control and beginning to do much needed repairs to keep her afloat. All the previous “management companies” just used her to make money and let her deteriorate.

[@oenthusiast]

The hull of the Queen Mary is sound. She's floating safely in the water within her seawall. There's a system installed to retard rust that's working very well. She did have some problems with leaks, but they were internal (the boiler system and I think the pool) not seawater breaches. A new boiler system has been built on the dock to provide heat and hot water to the ship, its restaurants and hotel, which solved that problem, and the pool is drained. It's on the list of things to be repaired, but it's far from the most urgent item, and it's not a risk to the underlying structure of the ship.

[@kitt2000car]

@@oenthusiast Some say she is resting on the mud?? Surely she is totally silted in her berth?? There is definitely tidal action with the rocks of her break water.

[@oenthusiast]

@@kitt2000car Yes, she is floating, and she rises and sinks with the tides. The anchor cables keep her from hitting those rock walls of her "lagoon". The hull was inspected by divers as part of the restoration that's been in progress since the city of Long Beach took over control of the ship again in 2019, and the hull is sound. There's a lot of repair still to be done, but she's in no danger of sinking.

[@resetplayz53]

I wish they still built Ocean Liners... not the ugly blocks on water

[@aust1nboston]

Qm2 is the last ocean liner in service

[@namord1923]

what a absolute brilliant video.. thanks

[@robstowe7679]

She is Beautifull,never to be repeated and Thankyou Clyde and Longbeach for such a Great LINER of all time.

[@WojciechWachniewski-st1zm]

Long live the Queen! She has served her Country for over thirty years and nie she is the only witness of the excellent years, when multi-funnelled liners crossed the Ocean on a regular basis. I AM myself a sort of her biographer here in Poland, the country of another great liner, the BATORY. That ship that once sailed on song with a group of British children evacuated from fighting Island to more safe Australia. 'Mary' was LONG AS A STREET AND LOFTY AS A TOWER. Went through all the dangers of both the sea and the war, the last multi-stack liner in history. Multi-stacked express liners were 'everyday's bread' to workers of Vulcan at what was then the greatest harbour city od Prussia (Stettin/Szczecin). One of their multi-stacked liners did even survive a collision with an Atlantic iceberg in 1907. ♍🇵🇱🇬🇧👍😊

[@yugoball5530]

"I dont want to take another ship i want to finnish this ship in all of her glory" the queen mary ISNT just a ship.ITS a living ship and the most beutifull.

[@scottread]

What an absolutely lovely video.

[@JulieWallis1963]

I’m crossing the Atlantic on QM2 next year but I hope one day to spend a few nights on the original Queen Mary.

[@oenthusiast]

You can do it. The QM hotel has been reopened.

[@jeffreyoneill6439]

She was not a cruise ship. She was an ocean liner.

[@Toast0808]

Still looking for the interview with Treasure-Jones in 1967 making the comment about the “damned wind machines”.

[@Toast0808]

@@Sunflower-ug3eh What, because I said “No, wrong documentary?”. Toss off.

[@chrisjeffries2322]

Thank you for the Queen Mary, Huntington Beach California.

[@suecyde64]

What’s the name of the piano song starting at 5:40 and plays to the end of video?

[@cpcattin]

Among endless accolades, she fought the Great War heroically.

[@aircal737]

Brought me to tears.

[@RobertWilletts-yk1yv]

The Queen Elizabeth was a great ocean liner too people forget that, it made its maiden voyage in the same year i think.

[@Legenz-v6q]

0:56 titanic whistle

[@johnmiller9024]

QUEEN MARY was the second ship Treasure Jones took into retirement in three years having taken the MAURETANIA into retirement in 1965

[@aaronreeves8376]

Long love the Queen ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@rogerlephoque3704]

Good gracious! At 2:40 I spotted a bottle of Mateus Rose, a "popular" wine in its day from Portugal. Not really "appropriate" in the circumstances of the 'Captain's Table' of the Queen Mary on her last voyage. This great ship would have been launched with the smashing of a bottle of Champagne across its bows. It should have been similarly honoured at the end by drinking magnums of the stuff!

[@boataxe4605]

I’d have gone with two buck chuck.

[@idahowild1a578]

Depends on what was being served i suppose. I was fortunate enough to dine at Captain Treasure Jones table on this last voyage to Southampton. He was so charming!

[@lorrainemcmahon969]

Best goodbye yet but don't be sad she is in long Beach cali USA

[@Reaglesracing44_]

someone on here had really great color on board footage of 1967 can’t seem to find it now.

[@Toast0808]

There’s a video on KZbin, and I’ve lost it, where Treasure-Jones is being interviewed and he talks about how nowadays, instead of sailing on great ships to travel, they just get on one of these “damned wind machines”, and fly. If anyone has a link to that video or a link to that interview, I would appreciate it.

[@JulieWallis1963]

Le Visionarium it’s here. I watched it last night! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5S8npKwlr5qfMU

[@JulieWallis1963]

Le Visionarium it’s a great documentary. I loved the ‘characters’ and the way they spoke. Hope I’ve sent the correct documentary, and I hope you see it soon. I know sometimes I don’t get notifications of replies for months sometimes.

[@Toast0808]

@@JulieWallis1963 No, wrong documentary. This isn’t it.

[@stephenbaumann9964]

From what I understand, queen mary was the most elegant, well crafted, exotic liner to ever twist up the seas…. Not sure anyone could’ve predicted the undignified ending that awaited this classy old girl!!….

[@oenthusiast]

I wouldn't say it is an undignified ending. There have been repairs and refurbishments taking place since Long Beach regained direct control of the ship again in 2021, and the ship is looking better, and more closely replicating its historical appearance, than it has for years. All the profits from the ship, millions of dollors, are being reinvested in the ongoing restoration. Long Beach loves the Mary, and it has been very popular since it reopened to the public last year.

[@theatreorganman]

Required watching for any ship lover...or any lover of the civility and sense of history our world ONCE had!

[@danandlaundry]

shame I wasn't alive back then because I just so happen to live in Southampton so its a shame the ship isnt in service anymore. if it was docked in Southampton that would have been awesome. but maybe ill go to long beach one day to pay Queen Mary a visit

[@dangraham9741]

what would Treasure Jones think of Qm2 perhaps .

[@Robert-zy6lz]

Nah QM is better than QM2 :)

[@oenthusiast]

The Queen Mary 2 is also an ocean liner as opposed to just a cruise ship, so I think he'd respect that. It will never I hope have the kind of historic role the Queen Mary had, but then truly historic moments can be really difficult if you're livig through them

[@jarmelo2006]

Queen Mary is Beautiful to this day living in Long Beach California. Absolutely gorgeous site to see in modern day.

[@psycleen]

titanic life

[@joshiewilnott2368]

She's been my home for a couple months when I became homeless I would sneek aboard and stow away where ever possible but the sad thing is her life is on the line if not saved soon Long beach is washing her hands with the Queen Mary after all the money she brought in for that city and owners it's all coming to an end I hope someone or people will save her it's not just British history but Hollywood history as well she had been in so many movies or had so many special occasions rather proposals engagements etc she is a true piece of History and resting place for those that have passed away on board her to see her scrapped and raped for parts would break my heart 💔💔😩👎🇬🇧🇺🇲🤔😩

[@TravisCyprien]

Wow I wish Queen Elizabeth 2 had the same options as the Queen Mary. Would have been really awesome if the US or the UK would have made a choice to retire QE2 the same way and made her the same way as a floating hotel either in the UK or in the United States. Cunard made a horrible move in 2008 when they sold QE2 to Dubai. Lucky we have the Queen Mary here in US. Hopefully Cunard will make a good move when they retire Queen Mary 2 when that time comes.

[@seanpruitt8948]

Travis Cyprien I’ve always wondered what they will do with QM2 hopefully they will make another ocean liner not another cruise ship

[@harrietelizabeth9195]

If I die, I want "The Last Great Cruise" to be played at my funeral In that video, the Captain of Queen Mary is heartbroken in letting her go I hope that maybe, as opposed to an end, it is a beginning And that like Queen Mary's arrival in California I will have a thousand tiny boats greet me Maybe my dad will be at the helm of one Maybe Jonghyun will be on another, holding my cat, Boo, in his arms Maybe my auntie, asking me if she can see her engagement ring once again Maybe my grandfather, asking how my mother is And maybe, when I see everyone again However or whenever I see you It will be on the bow of a ship And we will watch the waves crash And the dolphins play And the sunset become stars Or maybe, they're just fireworks

[@krugerfuchs]

How dare he call her a dead ship she will never die

[@boataxe4605]

If a person’s heart can no longer function they are dead,if a ship’s engines can no longer function she is dead.

[@krugerfuchs]

​@@boataxe4605she's haunted she's far from dead

[@FriedrichLadegast1818]

People didn't "cruise" then; they traveled by ship, to reach a destination. Other than that, an interesting video.

[@Legenz-v6q]

Rms queen mary born her child lol qm2

[@spingleboygle]

The queen mary is pretty much haunted now but back then...MAYBE NOT HAUNTED

[@prehistoricliners6717]

Ocean liner

[@derekllewellyn6663]

Why does queen mary ship name years old haunted years ago party oasr awesome picture awards TCM hollywood movies just calling jackey 40s 30s part in doing pool area

[@johanea]

Just a ship.

[@DaleWilson-e7t]

I wish this is what going on a cruise today was like because went on one and it was trashy disgusting and stupid it was all about getting drunk this video is what going a cruise 🚢 should be like

[@brentrussell780]

How sad it ended up in cheesy long beach rotting not looked after

[@oenthusiast]

The city took back operational control from the neglectful lease operators in 2021, and it is being brought back to what it should be. It began to reopen at the beginning of 2023 and it's going very well. The ship is getting lots of visitors and looking better all the time.