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| Anchors Aweigh! Discovery Channel and Discovery HD Explore the World's Largest Luxury Ocean Liner When "Inside the Queen Mary 2" Premieres Aug. 26 |
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on Monday, July 30, 2007 - 05:27 AM |
Steady your sea legs and board the biggest ocean liner in the world: the Queen Mary 2. This luxurious vessel is as long as four football fields, as tall as a twenty-one storey office tower, churns out 157,000 horsepower, generates enough electricity to light up the Las Vegas Strip and is the only ship that can boast a Planetarium!
Grand lobby, as seen in “Inside the Queen Mary 2”
Airing Sun., August 26 at 9 p.m. ET/10 p.m. PT on Discovery Channel and Tues., August 28 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Discovery HD, "Inside the Queen Mary 2" is a one-hour documentary that takes you aboard and below deck to reveal just what it takes to make this "floating city" work.
Shot in stunning High Definition, this unprecedented look at the Queen Mary 2 demonstrates the extreme engineering and precision that goes into running the most massive ocean-going passenger liner in operation. Powered by the largest marine motors ever built, four Diesel engines weighing 217-tons each and steering pods that allow her to "turn on a dime," the Queen Mary 2 can sail from New York to England in a mere six days. This modern feat of engineering maintains a speed of near 27 knots, while carrying almost 2,300 exclusive passengers and navigating across the 30-metre waves of the hostile North Atlantic.
From the bridge to the galley to the engine room and the deepest bowels of the ship, "Inside the Queen Mary 2" ventures into the never-before-seen areas of this super ship and reveals the secrets that make a journey on this legendary ocean liner a destination in itself. Meet the 1,300 people working on the ship and learn about the daily challenges they face made easier with the marvels of modern engineering.
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