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craig_c
Apr 30, 2009, 10:19 AM
New hotel opening near "the legendary Toros Mountains and the sparkling turquoise Mediterranean in Göynük, Antalya."

But is it scale?? Stand-off maybe??

The "Queen Elizabeth's" Hotel website (http://www.queenelizabeth.com.tr/index.asp)

From Fox News Aust.... (http://www.news.com.au/travel/gallery/0,23607,5033797-5007153-1,00.html)
Hoghappy
Apr 30, 2009, 10:26 AM
But is it scale??


Who cares! That is really cool! :D
JerryTodd
Apr 30, 2009, 12:10 PM
Looks like something from Sodom, I mean, Vegas.

I wonder why it's the "Queen Elizabeth" in particular and not some other liner, or just "The Cruise Ship Hotel and Bar?"

Oh look, it's the Mauritania Salad Bar
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6199122,00.jpg

Wait, some yutz will build the Titanic Hotel & Iceberg Lounge where the whole building tilts up and disappears below the street every night.
der kapitan
Apr 30, 2009, 01:52 PM
Well, it IS different---. :p
jeepers1940
Apr 30, 2009, 02:38 PM
Maybe stand-way-off-scale. Like my boats.
norgale
Apr 30, 2009, 02:55 PM
Doesn't look a lot like Lizzies old tub but they shore do got a big swimmin' hole. Might be a bit pricy for the average bear. Pete
craig_c
Apr 30, 2009, 03:05 PM
Just thinking....

Have the go-fastie inter-nats in that nice long pool and the scale boats in one of the side ones... Bet there's even enough room to run the sail boats in one of the other side pools.
mfr02
Apr 30, 2009, 04:36 PM
I wonder if anybody's going to tell them it was Queen Mary that had three funnels?
More freelance than semi-scale.
herrmill
Apr 30, 2009, 06:27 PM
The Russians will eat it up. Unfortunately, they're a bit poor at the moment so bookings may be down for the grand opening.
norgale
Apr 30, 2009, 08:00 PM
Hey Craig that's a great idea. I would never have thought of having a boat meet there but it sure would be a great spot for one. Where is this place anyway? Goynuk,Antalya might be near Brooklyn or is it another Hawaiian Island? Somebody give me a hint. Pete
der kapitan
Apr 30, 2009, 08:57 PM
Norgale, I think it's Turkey---.
jeepers1940
Apr 30, 2009, 09:12 PM
Don't believe I've ever heard of it either. Guess I'll have to go stand in the corner of the Geography 101 classroom with Pete. At least we're honest - :)
Jerome Morris
May 01, 2009, 08:51 AM
All I know is my next build will have the mirror effect on the bow!
mfr02
May 01, 2009, 08:57 AM
the legendary Toros Mountains and the sparkling turquoise Mediterranean
The mention of the sparkling MEDITERRANEAN really should have been a valid clue that it is outside the US.
On the southern coast of Turkey, north-west of Cyprus. If the spelling of the Taurus mountains had been done the convential way, it might have been easier to find. Not to be confused with the other Goynuk, which is on the north coast.
AndyKunz
May 01, 2009, 09:33 AM
Wait, some yutz will build the Titanic Hotel & Iceberg Lounge where the whole building tilts up and disappears below the street every night.

We actually had something like that happen when I was a kid. A tavern in Phillipsburg, NJ sank slowly into a sinkhole on Thomas Street. They were throwing old railroad cars into the hole, concrete, all kinds of stuff trying to get it plugged. If it ate a house, why would anybody think a box car would plug it?!?!?

Andy
Jerome Morris
May 01, 2009, 12:50 PM
That Mauritania salad bar sort of looks more like an Icebreaker, being orange and with the bow shape.
der kapitan
May 01, 2009, 01:47 PM
The mention of the sparkling MEDITERRANEAN really should have been a valid clue that it is outside the US.
On the southern coast of Turkey, north-west of Cyprus. If the spelling of the Taurus mountains had been done the convential way, it might have been easier to find. Not to be confused with the other Goynuk, which is on the north coast.

Jeepers, Norgale---. Ya see---, SOMEBODY knows---. :o :D