Is the QE2 headed for the Dubai scrapyard?
Rumors are floating around the former Cunard Line ship is going to be scrapped because the Dubai economic bubble has gone bust. The QE 2 on her last voyage. The Business Insider website is reporting the QE 2 is being scrapped. Last year, once the world’s fastest liner in the world, the Queen Elizabeth 2 was sold by Cunard Lines to Dubai investors. On her last cruise, she sailed to the Middle East for Dubai and arrived in a grand procession In classic Dubai style, the plan was to turn the famous ship into a floating hotel. Fast forward to now and according to Business Insider editor Joe Weisenthal the dream is dead. His insider mole in Dubai states the QE 2 is being dismantled. He claims there’s no business for the hotel, and the idled ship is just sitting there, costing money and polluting the water. Hence, workers are actively pulling it apart, a sad end for such a grand ship. A youtube video of Brits saying their final goodbyes to the possibly now doomed liner QE2. Business Insider i
