Tour of Queen Mary

[@TheCringeCrusader]

Because of you Barry, I slapped the hull last time I was here

[@swirm621]

If only the RMS Olympic was turned into a hotel.

[@CruiseTalkShow]

Ian Burpee Yes, it would have been great to see the Olympic as a museum ship, however; in 1935 there were several groups of people that were trying to make Olympic into a floating hotel, but it was determined to simply be too costly, to operate as a static vessel.

[@johnster1964]

+Barry Vaudrin Actually, you can get close. In the north of England in the beautiful town of Alnwick (pronounced Annick), there is a hotel, whose owner in the 30's bought the firt class lounge (panneling, lights, plasterwork, leaded lights, fireplace, the lot) and built a special extension to his hotel to make this into a dining room. I've eaten there and it is wonderful.

[@adklooij3922]

That would be awesome if they did that it was really close to the titanic

[@TempoDrift1480]

Word

[@finsfan90]

Not exactly the same.

[@Houdini774]

Thanks for sharing this amazing piece of 20th century history Barry. Good job.

[@elswick1542]

To the City of Long Beach California. Thank you so much for saving this great ship. In the UK we cut up most of our other historic ships 50 years ago and converted them into bean cans.

[@kiwifiedpom100]

I was a member of the ships company. In 1951 and return as boys we were the radar operators in bad visibility particularly when we were crossing from Cherbourg to Southampton. The guy mentions the creaking, well in bad weather she would roll her guts out and the woodwork would literally shriek at you. The Queen Mary was a 'Happy ship' her Captain when I seved aboard her was "Harry Gatteridge" who docked the ship n New York during the Tug Boat strike.

[@guerinweeks7604]

hey your not annoying your just happy to have the privilege to be on such an awesome ship. when i was little me and my mom would come here every saturday and just roam around the ship. awesome vid to i wish i could go back soon.

[@wtrskr59]

Thanks Barry for the video, I worked aboard the Historic Lady from 1989-2019 (30 years), I've seen the deterioration of the ship over the years, so hopefully they can bring her up to par to be toured again.

[@ronaldmiller2740]

HI BARRY thanks for showing us around the greatest ship! we need to save her from sinking or the junk yard I stayed on her 3 times it was fun but the last time in 2019 it was boring very high prices food tours not included with the room stay . Nothing going on you needed to walk around to do something. When they get her fixed up they need to have evening dancing a morning brunch great tours and more. I am very shocked those are not the true stacks I wish I did not know about that and the life boats. Thank you, Barry for the tour LA. CA.

[@armenio1947]

A wonderful ship like the Queen Mary deserved a different end of the scrap, a spectacular video and an excellent work, a more than deserved homage. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@invictustheshark8547]

Me everytime when the guy's inhaling. "Come'on, you can do it!"

[@Kirribilli_ships]

Thank you Barry for this excellent video about the Queen Mary. I am enjoying watching all your videos and learning lots of information about these great ships I didn't know.

[@toddadale]

Great Barry - I love the Mary - worked on her as a tour guide back in the 80's

[@legrafiti]

merci barry pour cette promenade sur ce beau bateau...bon reportage! thank you barry for the visit on this boat..good work! fabien from france.

[@travelinben1966]

Been on her a few times.Will always stay aboard when I’m in So. Cal. Love that ship!

[@randymelvin2273]

it would have been wonderful if they had did this to r.m.s Olympic also,sadly the scraped it 😔😔😭😢

[@captainruffmatt6827]

Yea.

[@jamesholton2630]

The Olympic was already scrapped.

[@genesmith6509]

Wow! This is quite a production! This looks so professional. Your really doing a great job!

[@laurahicks9558]

Very well done video.

[@sieuls]

I went there for the catalina boat. Queen mary was huge!

[@cloerenjackson3699]

My dad's experienced what it's like to make an atlantic crossing on the queen mary. He worked on the ship. That's why I came to see your video. :-)

[@billybrockell9536]

this is probably one of the best videos of her good job

[@morevexar2870]

Great tour of the Queen Mary Barry!

[@radioactivemoose05]

She looked better 12 years ago then today, but at least she’s getting work done to her, and she deserves it

[@CruiseTalkShow]

QM was retired in 1968 and sold to Long Beach as a hotel, museum and convention center.

[@boataxe4605]

67.

[@jamesholton2630]

Shame it wasn’t featured in Disney’s amphibia

[@jacobsladderpa]

I think you did a nice job buddy! Disregard the haters.

[@liasmccaskill5210]

I have homework I might sound like a hater but I need to get good grade

[@liasmccaskill5210]

😑

[@RoryMcK1962]

Enjoyed the video and commentary, Barry, always enjoy the little known history you post! Say hello to Terri and Jacob for me and hope to see you all again at family reunion this summer in South Dakota.

[@gtoeasy64]

Very interesting, thanks you.

[@randyflannigon3452]

Wow I learned something new I did not know at the hallways were originally titled not carpeted great video

[@crushthegreat1136]

What A Beautiful Ocean liner....

[@redpat8832]

Like your enthusiasm.

[@DissectingTitanic]

A fantastic review and video. Your knowledge is superb, and I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 of your review type videos. Great work!

[@Foxtrot-Nation]

I’m planning on seeing her this December!

[@stbg1719]

It's the good old ships like the Queen Mary that make proud to be British. :)

[@SuperPill]

I've been on the Queen Mary many times, you said some stuff in here I did not know. Informative vid! Good job, I liked it!

[@ifyouarehereformorecontent4405]

I like this small detail in the video but I like how he used the Poseidon theme in the begining because it played that part. :D

[@DavidHh1969]

I stayed on this for a week in 2013. Quite cool

[@eeelmane]

great job, very interesting

[@CruiseTalkShow]

eeelmane Thanks I appreciate that!

[@dampflokfreund]

Why did they removed the boilers -.- Its like remove the lungs from the ship.

[@jmcuoco9986]

The new owners of the Queen Mary wanted to use the space in the boiler rooms for a museum but it never happened.

[@johnhyll8070]

The reason the QM was brought by Long Beach was to have a “museum of the seas” which would be in the old machinery spaces. However issues with funding and other things left those areas empty. You can find more info here: www.sterling.rmplc.co.uk/history/hisindex.html In the Long Beach years section.

[@rhysgallagher58]

my grandmother's first cousin was captain of this ship where is it docked now I hear its a hotel now

[@emperorryanii]

Long Beach california

[@jamesholton2630]

Shame that the queen Mary wasn’t featured in Disney’s amphibia

[@jacobwilliams4903]

Amazing video

[@Stefan1527]

I liked your speaking very much u made me like QM even more as I discovered it 2 days ago! Take care of your health!

[@metalman4141]

Very interesting 🇬🇧

[@Lee78072]

Hey! Great Video Mate! I am not actually into Ocean Liners, but you did it so well!

[@jbmbryant]

Very interesting vid. I've been on the QM I don't know how many times and never knew about the lifeboats, or the funnels. All liners of the day tho' had docking wings, although I didn't know that the bulkheads (on the docking wings) were shaped to make the wind less of a problem.

[@gladgurkan91]

Thanks for uploading, I found some intersting facts. I also see alot of similarities to the older ocean liners, like the Olympic-class by White Star Line, (The brigde construction, expansion joints, rivets and so on.) 5/5

[@sorryimaiden]

I went to the queen mary on my 8th birthday 7 years ago

[@subzglow5828]

Did the Queen Mary ever sank does the Queen Mary still go to places?

[@jimmyfaustjr7373]

Dominic Subryan nope it never sunk but it did snap a smaller boat in half. And she is permanently docked and is now a museum and hotel. I love her lol

[@jamesholton2630]

Sadly it wasn’t featured in Disney’s amphibia

[@N617A]

at a little before 8:04 when we talk about the banana shape a lot of boats are banana shaped still look VERY closely at canoes and some kayaks (not sit on tops) and you will kind of see that.

[@CruiseTalkShow]

Sorry to be so annoying, but I did loose 100 pounds after this video was shot. I feel a lot better. I am planning to produce new programing on the Queen Mary and the Queen Mary 2.

[@richiecheval9528]

I worked with someone that was a dining room steward aboard this ship.

[@animalloverjulian8243]

This is a massive ship when I was there it stood out taller than any building in the area and it’s length stretched over a 1000 ft and when I was entering the hotel it was just towering over me

[@stephanypink9696]

Good tour (;

[@Offshoreorganbuilder]

Thanks.

[@cuqui52]

Informative

[@CruiseTalkShow]

Maniac Noah, yes i know it's called sheer, I try to stay away from technical jargon because most people don't know what sheer is. Thanks for watching my videos!

[@USFanLovesMinHo]

Thanks for the info. :)

[@jamesholton2630]

If you haven’t noticed it, the queen Mary’s current funnels are actually aluminum replicas. The original funnels on the other hand were removed and scrapped.

[@jacobpalmer2572]

I noticed that you used the opening theme song from The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

[@ELPaso1990TX]

Hi I know that Queen Mary was used in making the 1972 Poseidon Adventure. Does the Queen Mary still have those vertical service shafts on board like the survivors climbed after the galley flooded? Also are they accessed through watertight doors and pipes? I have some 1930s deck plans of the QM but don't think they're detailed enough to show such pipes. Also is the upside down stair case they climbed after leaving the burning galley where it actually is on the real ship?

[@CruiseTalkShow]

The Poseidon Adventure movie only used the image of Queen Mary's exterior and some deck shots, but the interiors were fictional, based on what an ocean liner might look like. Queen Mary certainly had stairs throughout the ship, many water tight doors and pipes, and dumb waiters. In crew areas there were exposed pipes, the same is true for cruise ships today.

[@CLD-ru6oo]

I'm surprised when he moved the handle on the Telegraph it didn't ring like it would have back in the day.

[@Massfusion81]

Great video Barry, thanks for uploading! Confused with the pronunciation of turbines though! Turbans are what you wear lol

[@Shipwright1918]

+Geraint Lewis Both pronunciations are used interchangeably, it's sort of like tomato and "tomahtoe" or Missouri and "Mizzourah".

[@IGaveUpSecondsAgo]

I'm on the queen right now!

[@FalcorProductions]

Barry....when you moved the telegraph, wasn't it supposed to chime or ring?

[@Sam-sg2ym]

It's been removed.

[@boatmaster-qn5fb]

That only happens when a dial in the engine room will respond and the needle will move on the telegraph making the "chime sound"

[@qm2fan]

@VMAdventures of the 22 lifeboats onboard the ship, 17 of them are original. None of the them are fiberglass "copies", the ones that you saw aboard were from other Cunard liners. Those boats occupy stations #4, #7, #16, #19, and #23. At least three of them came from the Cunarder SYLVANIA in August 1967. Rumor has it that Disney planned to make fiberglass copies for all the boats, but that never came about.

[@cyaerials6728]

hi ,i have a question ! i see many videos that show the queen mary was sink . what about this ship ?? i dont understand

[@bryanmanduley5794]

cool!

[@MsMaurice23]

HI Barry my name is Jennifer in Maryland. I am contacting to get help for the MV Astoria. We have a delimma here. I hope you can help and share the story. The MV Astoria is up for sale for 5 million dollars. She's 73 years old built in 1944 ( formally the MS Stockholm) she's the oldest passenger liner transatlantic cruise ship in operation. Still fully functional with all her fittings. If not sold by February 2024 she will go to the scrap yard😢. Can you please share and help save the MV Astoria. Thank you so much

[@ItsSamHussey]

Did the horns sound like that back In the 30's??

[@MimicksRiot]

did they rebuilt that queen marry

[@CruiseTalkShow]

The correct and technical description is Funnel.

[@CruiseTalkShow]

QE2 probably will never operate at sea again, high maintenance, fuel guzzler, doesn't meet many current solas requirements, she's not as efficient to operate as the new ships today are. As a hotel ship museum that would be great but she was not built for that and the few hotel ship out there today struggle to make a profit.

[@depressedrobbie2100]

Barry Vaudrin i subbed

[@krishnaksam]

I Was There Yesterday

[@unrlrkstr]

It's funny how you can see the satellite dish near the funnels on minute 6:00. I bet it wasn't there back in the day. =)

[@toddadale]

My Uncle was one of the 1st on her when she arrived in Long Beach; he worked for Pac Bell, and was there to install ship to shore hard wired phones - He told me that all the crew had mostly left and the ship was a mess; all the beds unmade and the dinning rooms were cluttered with dirty dishes - many of the crew were drunk, and were walking about with whiskey bottles.

[@samtherandomguy137]

Does the queen Mary have one of those little huts in the bridge like the titanic had??

[@niyadavis942]

good for my report

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

i remember i saw a show where it take place on this ship and i saw something look like a anti-aircraft cannon on the deck in the back of this ship. Maybe it was something else?

[@bradenclark1560]

No, there really is an anti-aircraft cannon on the back of the ship from WWII.

[@i_nameless_i-jgsdf]

Braden Clark oh really cool actually. Is that supposed to defending the ship from german air raid?

[@bradenclark1560]

LMG Light-Machine-Gun Well, probably. The Queen Mary was converted into a troop transport ship during WWII and the gun was probably there just in case of an air attack. The only damage done to the QM during WWII was when she collided with another vessel, and I don't believe she was ever attacked.

[@diddydeclan5976]

Um.... Why does everyone say that the Queen Mary Is haunted?

[@CruiseTalkShow]

Diddy Declan I believe the "haunted" stories are mostly fabricated for the purpose of getting publicity and creating a fresh interest in this ship that has been a landmark in southern California since 1970. I've been on the Queen mary more than most people and at all hours of the day and night and have never come across a paranormal event.

[@sirweed6012]

Ikr

[@jeremybourgeois3289]

Diddy Declan becouse it is

[@imyou2429]

But its not

[@jimmyfaustjr7373]

Cause it is lol

[@thetitanicisdead]

Just so you know, the sag or "banana" shape that the Queen Mary is in is called "sheer". :)

[@CruiseTalkShow]

The original funnels were removed so they could dig out all the boilers and machinery in the bowels of the ship. The plan was to put the original funnels back, but when they were removed and set on the ground they collapsed due to the fact that they had rotted and rusted through and were nearly held together by the many layers of paint.

[@johncollins9592]

She has a worthy successor in the Queen Mary 2

[@ItsSamHussey]

Did the queen Mary have pumps??

[@ItsSamHussey]

Does the queen Mary have pumps??

[@ItsSamHussey]

Are the masts the original??

[@chacalito431]

La qeen mary es de la cunard star line?

[@nathanviebranz9111]

Modern ships are too ugly for me. We need to bring this style back.

[@urmo345]

+Nathan Viebranz google Queen Mary 2

[@nathanviebranz9111]

+urmo345 I already know what it looks like

[@trillz_vp9975]

+Nathan Viebranz queen marry 2 is one beautiful looking ship

[@nathanviebranz9111]

Not saying it looks bad, but it's one good looking one out of a bunch of ugly ones.

[@thefantasizedwhale3407]

I have to agree. Edwardian Era ships look so much better to me.

[@SassyLoverBoy]

Is the funnel thing true? Where did you hear that?

[@mzpny1]

baby.... I have stayed on the Queen Mary twice in the past 6 months.... both times on A deck... once on port side and once on starboard side.... for several days at a time.. if you are going to film this amazing piece of history, stay on the vessel.... for a prolonged peroid of time.. you would be surprised how how much more you will ACTUALLY learn... including those alleged ghost sightings and apparitions.. you can touch any bit of burlwood paneling aboard her and FEEL the history

[@iamjai6089]

Super

[@liamgibson9790]

Lusitania, Aquitania, Mauretania and almost all trans-Atlantic Cunard liner's had them. The Modern ones dont have them because they have Satalite Navigation to alert them of any obstructions, but back then it was all done by eye sight.

[@samtherandomguy137]

Did queen Mary's horn really sound like that

[@jamesholton2630]

The other horn on the second funnel was removed

[@narutonamesa5566]

THIS IS SPECIAL AND IT WAS A HAUNTED

[@วาสนาขุมขํา-จ8ถ]

Wow!!!!(=☺☺😮😮😮💟💟👍👍

[@paolacarrillo-carlos6303]

Wow You Know Also About Queen Mary

[@onememeboi7379]

they used the shot at 0:15 in Titanic II movie but renamed the ship to Titanic II

[@qe2836]

+XxTornadoJockeyxX I think Queen Mary is the best ship in the world today to act Titanic. Of course she is also close to Hollywood. Many scenes of "The Love Boat" were also recorded on Queen Mary. Also in "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972 film) they used QM as "SS Poseidon".

[@brober]

Don't think the lifeboats are copies. What did they do with the original 26 steel boats? Never saw 1 on Ebay.😁

[@ubuntulinuxrules]

@MrRocknRoll12321 it's the same reason they removed the funnels, a guy stepped in one and his foot went through it because it was so rotten

[@FalcorProductions]

02:03 I thought the telegraph make a ringing sound when the handles are moved?

[@jonathanher1280]

I found queen Mary on Google Earth

[@jonathanher1280]

cool what about SS Nomadic

[@jonathanher1280]

I found SS Nomadic too

[@ausicnrichterian9146]

Oh cool blog it

[@colbybruno5035]

its ok i learned alot about the queen mary from u

[@CruiseTalkShow]

You're right but most non-ship-buffs wouldn't know this. It was unique compared to Queen Elizabeth and many other Cunard liners.