These are pictures from March 1997 of the QE docking for the first time ever in Dubai waters.
In the first you can see the Port Rashid Tug Boats giving a traditional welcome to the QE2
In the second, the QE2 had to be turned around so the ship was able to sail from Port Rashid.
And in the third, the QE2 was berthed safely alongside Quay 2 but the Passenger Terminal had yet to be built so the passengers disembarked into buses.
Cunard didn't know at this time that ten years later the QE2 will be sold for $100 million dollars to an UAE state-owned company.
Any of you was there in this first visit to Dubai?
Any memories from that day?
In the second, the QE2 had to be turned around so the ship was able to sail from Port Rashid.
And in the third, the QE2 was berthed safely alongside Quay 2 but the Passenger Terminal had yet to be built so the passengers disembarked into buses.
Cunard didn't know at this time that ten years later the QE2 will be sold for $100 million dollars to an UAE state-owned company.
Any of you was there in this first visit to Dubai?
Any memories from that day?
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