Yesterday we watched the cruse ship Queen Mary 2 arrive in the San Francisco Bay. The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the only bridges it can fit under so this was quite the event. Thousands of people came to watch and hundreds of sail boats and a fire boat welcomed the ship from the water.Here are some interesting facts about the ship:
The Queen Mary 2 is so big it will not fit through the Panama Canal. It is sailed from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to San Francisco around Cape Horn, the tip of South America. The QM2 is 1,131.9 feet long and was the largest passenger ship in the world when it went into service in 2004. It has since been surpassed by the Freedom of the Seas. The QM2 carries 3,090 passengers and 1,254 crew. The ship cost $800 million and three years to design and build. A ticket for the top-of-the-line suite on the ship's current around-the world-in-81-days voyage costs $185,905 per person. The least-expensive cabin for the trip is $21,185.
Micah took a million pictures and I put some together to make the panoramic picture above! Here are a few others of us down at Crissy Field. (Merik was there but didn't want to pose for any pictures - sorry!)
2 comments:
My camera battery died so I don't have any pictures of when the QM2 came through. Your picture is awesome...great job!
Meisha, I love your blog and your handsome (except for you, you're pretty) family. I'm so glad you told me about it.
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