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    Grand Lobby & Atrium | Queen Mary 
    2 - the largest, longest, widest, tallest and most expensive passenger ship 
    ever. Queen Mary 2, the first Cunard liner to be built in 
    over three decades, will enter service in January 2004 and will be the 
    fastest passenger ship built since Queen Elizabeth 2 entered service in 
    1969.  Being constructed by the renowned shipyard of 
    Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint Nazaire, France, birthplace of such 
    famous liners as Normandie, France (now Norway), and Ile de France, the 
    150,000-ton QM2 is destined to become the benchmark by which all other 
    passenger ships will be judged.  For the last six decades, there has always been a 
    Cunard "Queen" on the sea. QM2 will be the heir to their grandeur and 
    elegance and at the same time the greatest luxury liner of the new century. 
    The ship will feature classic Cunard hallmarks such as sweeping staircases, 
    expansive promenades, stylish restaurants and gracious public rooms of an 
    imposing scale. The sheer size of the vessel has enabled Cunard to create a 
    variety of passenger spaces - from a majestic, three-storey dining room to 
    intimate bars and lounges to the first sea-going planetarium.  With a passenger capacity of 2,620 (lower berths), 
    Queen Mary 2 will have a space ratio per passenger of 57.25, making her 
    among the roomiest of the world's larger passenger ships. Spacious 
    staterooms, nearly three quarters of which will have their own private 
    balcony, will offer a level of luxury unprecedented at sea. |