You will see a strange white box in~front of the funnel on the roof of Signal Deck - please tell me it is not permanent & what is it?!

(Images borrowed from the excellent web-site www.southamptonships.com with thanks).

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Also from http://www.southamptonships.com/

Thanx Malcolm - soz i forgot my manners

[ 05-24-2004: Message edited by: Chris Cunard ]

The aft ones were added in the 1990's when the "Mid ships suite" was added. The others were added in 1999 when the Aquitania suite was added.

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Originally posted by lasuvidaboy:
I wonder if it is a stairwell for a new private sundeck/observation deck for the suites-Can Cunard possibly pile any more on top??

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Yes!!! If they like to! Very strange box though, maybe it is Todd English restaurant?!

It appears to be open from the back side, maybe to compete with rock climbing wall you can slide of the funnel wind scopes and the box is to catch you.

[ 05-24-2004: Message edited by: Onno ]

Would be nice if it was access to the roof but I doube that due to wind? It isnt very protected up there?

Cunard took the decision to add the fixed canopy, and also enlarged the nearby bar area, due to the ship swapping to full time cruising. Apparently it was thought as the ship will now spend more time in the sun it would be an added facility for passengers.

Luke

SouthamptonShips.com

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They did quite a nice job of it, in my opinion, with a stainless steel topped teak bar on the portside, with teak barstools, midship against the bulkhead under the clock is a barbecue enclosed in teak with stainless fittings, and starboard is a small stage for the band to play on for sail-away parties, and teak cabinetry for the storage of towels, etc. Over head of all this is a "yacht-club" type white awning supported by white "masts" that are angled outwards facing aft. The awning is above the clock but below the "Queen Elizabeth 2". It all looks very crisp and contemporary, and the decking
underneath is new. There are new teak tables and chairs adjacent.
The teak steamer chairs are gone from the sundeck though, just the aluminum ones up there, but the boat deck still has plenty, along side the white plastic ones.

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Originally posted by SouthamptonShips:
hi Chris,

Cunard took the decision to add the fixed canopy, and also enlarged the nearby bar area, due to the ship swapping to full time cruising. Apparently it was thought as the ship will now spend more time in the sun it would be an added facility for passengers.

Luke

SouthamptonShips.com

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im not sure on the second alteration you mentioned - will see if i can find out!

cheers

LuKe

They have taken the place on the ship where my wife and I used to sit and watch the ocean roll out from under the stern..teak deck chairs, attentive deck stewards, low, quiet, civilized conversation with "neighbors" in other deck chairs, or a quiet read, in short, the real Cunard experience, and have now made it a place for THEM! Bah!

We could escape up THEM up there, the loud-mouthed clatterjaws, the women who always laughed with an ear-splitting shriek, the moneyed windbags who compared their stock holdings at sound levels 10db in excess of the threshold of pain. THEY never came up to that little aerie under the clock and builder's plate. It was OURs, dammit, and now.........oh well. Oh hell.

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Can Cunard possibly pile any more on top??

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How about a roof rack and some surfboards?

Anyway, assuming it has a worthwhile function, the box isn't TOO bad looking. Much, much better than the air conditioning scoop that was tacked onto the bottom of the fuselage of my 1979 Cessna 172.

thanks for the photo comments... right, i've attached 2 crops from the high res for all to pore over...

any help?!

btw - hi Malcolm, good ro be aboard!

Luke

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Originally posted by Chris Cunard:
It seems as if there is railing behind it evident in Luke's first picture. There is a door on the side but the back of it looks like airvents. Probably aircon related then.

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(from jlippert.net thanks!!)