Society autumn cruise aboard the Maxim Gorki
Step aboard this famous ship – former Hamburg, star of the film Juggernaut amongst many other claims to fame – for an unusual 6 night sailing from Bremerhaven to the Norwegian Fjords. Normally only available to German passengers, the OLS has been trying, at members request, to secure an opportunity to sail on this ship. Now we have it.
Itinerary
| Day | Port | Arrival | Departure |
| Sat 20 Sept | Bremerhaven | .. | 19:00 |
| Sun 21 Sept |
Cruising on North Sea |
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| Mon 22 Sept | Vik | 07:00 | 08:00 |
| Flam | 12:00 | 18:00 | |
| Tue 23 Sept | Alesund | 10:00 | 11:00 |
| Geraingerfjord | 16:00 | 19:00 | |
| Wed 24 Sept | Bergen | 10:00 | 21:00 |
| Thu 25 Sept |
Cruising on North Sea |
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| Fri 26 Sept | Bremerhaven | 09:00 | |
Pricing
Details and the booking form can be found at
. Dream Cruise - the travel agent for OLS group trips
Time to say goodbye - Queen Elizabeth 2 Farewell
Southampton, Tuesday 11th November 2008
Depart 15:30, return 20:00. £40 adults, £25 under 18
On Tuesday 11th November 2008 Queen Elizabeth 2 will leave her home port of 40 years for the last time. She is scheduled to slip her moorings at the Queen Elizabeth II Terminal at 17.00hrs for a one-way voyage to her new, permanent home in Dubai.
The Ocean Liner Society has hired the S.S.Shieldhall for the occasion. The Shieldhall, a preserved ship based in Southampton and maintained and largely crewed by volunteers, is one of the last triple-expansion steam powered ocean-going ships in service. The plan is to sail at 15.30hrs to take a long leisurely look at QE2 in daylight as she embarks passengers for the final voyage. Shieldhall’s bar will be open and hot food will be available (not included in the fare). As QE2 sails we shall start ahead of her and stay with her as she negotiates Southampton Water as far as we are able before she outruns us. We hope to not to be too far astern at Calshot. There we shall probably heave to and watch her lights recede as she sails out into the Solent and away down the coast of the Isle of Wight.
(Note that the voyage schedule is subject to change according to conditions on the day; this offer does not include any opportunity to board QE2).
Book your tickets using this form. First come first served.