Cunard QE2 Queen Elizabeth sailing into and docking in New York
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Cunard QE2 Queen Elizabeth sailing into and docking in New York in December 2004 after a Transatlantic crossing. For more visit my blog at http://www.tipsfortravellers.com and follow me on twitter @garybembridge
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Whew, it's chilly
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Can you see the statue of liberty mark? Yeah. What do you think to live
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Oh, I've seen it before. Oh, you're on the dark, I can't really see it
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I'm not sure it's make much sense for me in the dark
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Because this is Cole at that I'm going to try and show you, because I won't show up on the television
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but every, on the television they have a view from the bridge
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but you can't really see freaking nothing. But anyway, you can get it. Just
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And here's a picture of Mark. He's trying to phone people in the UK
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He's coming to New York, but no one's bothered really. He's always just ignoring his calls
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I'm not really sure this is going to show up, but what's happening at the moment is we're
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currently being pushed by tug Nicky one, I think it is, which is where we'll be
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docking today. It's about 20 to 6 in the morning. I'm really sure you can do this what I've focused
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because I haven't learned here now it was a camera where you saw it nice as a setting you used now
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If I was able to say a sign there it like a security sign it said it unlawful to come with the one hundred orders I see that means unless you a ship ducking It quite amazing It just seeing them
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It's pushing this huge ship. These little tugs just pushing away. Formula Gory. We'll really be able to see it as soon as a move
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We are going to be around. Funnel Chuddle! Well, it's also great about coming to New York as you literally come into New York and see all the buildings there
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I think we're coming into about 48th Street. About the level we come in on 12 and 48, I think it's in 48 to 49
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We arrived to the like slatangling up in the town. You know, not that far away from the Times Square really
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It's quite different, isn't it? You can see what I'm showing you there now
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That's actually the bridge, that's some of the bridge start directing that's it
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And that's another lock. probably getting a border launch of it. We're probably getting a border launch of it
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Here, sorry. And we almost come right up And that what it looks like on the television of the flash It only like that little flash in there but you probably see it very very clever
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It's just such a smooth little operation. Mark's mostly texting. Doesn't see that interested
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I'm just going to have a shower now. All right. It's cold
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So here we are. So here we are. Oh, this is Mark Samford ABC News in New York
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The QE2 was just docked in New York. You can see the Empire State building in the background. Yes
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And you can just see the bit of Concord there, which is on that big ship, is there
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I'm sure if you can see that. Yeah, you can if you can zoom in, I can see it, and then there, the big ship there, yes
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How are you doing there? What's a bit sliding on the eyes? What
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Freezing cold! They put a gangway up there and another one down there
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You can see the sun going to rise over Manhattan I think you probably bored of seeing this view because this is the same view as from our cabin I think they might be bored of this view mark oh okay film me instead well I was but you don see to be doing anything well what do I don know
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maybe just walk along the deck and now the end is near my face the fire we're walking in here
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There she was a ship. No, she's on the ship? Just getting in the final phone, so that's not a long
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