Andrew,

The dock at San Pedro, at the base of the Vincent Thomas Bridge, and the
dock in Long Beach, at the Queen Mary, are two totally different cruise ship
docks. They are actually separated from one another by a 20 minute drive.
The dock at the Queen Mary uses the old Spruce Goose dome as the terminal
for Carnival Cruise lines. The other lines still use the dock in San Pedro.
However, since Cunard is indeed technically owned by Carnival Cruise Lines,
I am not sure if she will dock in Long Beach or San Pedro. Yet, if you do
wait in San Pedro, by the Vincent Thomas Bridge, and she docks in Long Beach
instead, you will never see her. The two docks are too far away from one
another to see both at the same time. Naturally, this would be something to
check on. Maybe other readers will know for sure. Of course, you would think
that she would want to dock next to the original Queen Mary (Long Beach) for
nostalgia purposes, but I don't know what's really planned.

Good luck,
John Sisker
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"Andrew Gore" wrote in message
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I grew up in Long Beach. CA and still live in the L.A. area.
As a little kid, I stood on the Vincent Thomas Bidge and watched them
tow the Queen Mary to it's permanent berth in the LB harbor. Soon
after the Spruce Goose was installed next door.

I am looking forward next weekend (Feb 25th) to going down to
San Pedro and seeing the giant new Queen Mary 2 at the big cruise ship
dock there. I know the Spruce Goose is long gone from next to te old
QM. I've noticed there will occasionally be a cruise ship docked where
the Goose used to be. What ships dock there? At a guess - is it
Disney lines only? It's too bad the QM2 won't be able to 'park' next
to it's famous older sister - that'd be quite a sight! Perhaps the QM2
can't dock there, due to it's size? And, is it true the QM2 is too
large to go thru the Panama Canal?