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Originally Posted by Princess Dala
Very "aluminum"! :P I dunno, I kinda liked them. Better than naked from bulkhead to bulkhead, I guess.  Not as pretty as sister America's insides, though, I grant you that. I thought the map-themed and cartoonish wall art were pretty nifty. I haven't seen many pre-Australis interior photos of that ship, but you could still see how elegant the old late-deco bones were.
I gravitate toward the prewar deco type interiors too, for the most part. I do prefer most of the 1947 refits they did on the Queen Mary, though. The buff and red korkoid wins. I wish the ballroom still existed, though. Those etched glass screenwalls remind me a lot of the "white" scene room in the old journey into imagination for some reason; that segmented wall on your right as you entered.
Queen Mary is probably my favorite Cunarder; The Macdonald Gill cabin class dining room map and the Gilbert Bayes Unicorns are two of my very favorite pieces of art. I also dig the fact that the first class dining salon looks like a big archaic-style doric temple inside.
I like the Mauritania, too (mostly the dazzle paint, seriously - that tickles my cute bone)...and Aquitania as well.
Queen Elizabeth was indeed gorgeous, but she makes me sad. I like the fact that the new Elizabeth won't have a number affixed, but holy green cows, will that generate some conversational confusion.  |
Oooo the
America!! How could I forget that one. Yes, her interiours were very nice. the First Class Smoking room, with all the black glass, was very swanky. Sad, tragic end...
The Mary always looked rather busy and cluttered to me. The Elizabeth had much cleaner lines. IMO The dining rooms, Main Lounges and Main Hall on the Elizabeth were better, but the Grill, Observation Bar and Pools were better on the Mary.