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GREAT EXPECTATIONS, I refiected as we boarded the Queen Elizabeth II at Los Angeles, usually have a lot of scope for disappoint- ment. After all, the QE II is the most talked about vessel in the world; can she be that good?

The answer is yes, uniquely yes. There are other big vessels around these days, a few that are lux-

urious, some that are fun and the odd one that dishes out geod cavi- at like ice cream.

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None « can compete with the QE II as an experience. The sea lover and the romantic only have to glimpse the red funnel to feel that they are starting an exotic journey that began in 1840 with Samuel Cunard in Halifax.

Over the years there have been the Aquitania, Lusitania and Mauretania,: mighty vessels built to ferry immigrants and princes across the Atlantic. During the war the Queen Mary carried 16,000 troops at a time to Europe, and afterwards 12,886 G.I. brides to America (but not all at once), where bands aboard New York tugboats played Here Comes the Bride.

The stories are legion, and in go- ing aboard the QE II the contem- porary tourist can find them alli in the Quarterdeck Library, the best afloat by a natural mile, and as they become familiar with the vessel they feel the enchantment of staying in a grand house that has known real history.

A lucky few will dine in the splendor of the Princess Grill (110 max) or the Queens Grill (240)

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while the Columbia restaurant plays host to 725 and the Mauretania holds 785, sometimes in two sittings.

Ostensibly one class, the QE II passengers eat according to the fare level of their cabins, aud the top categories are spacious, have huge bathrooms, bathrobes, TV and VCR.

In the Princess and Queens, head waiters pamper passengers

with Edwardian menus and then gild the iifvy by encouraging guests to order anything their hearts desire.

In days gone by on the Queen Mary, a U.S. oil magnate asked for rattlesnake steaks for four. His order was gravely taken, and his party was served eels in a silver salver carried by two waiters shak-

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