European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes sunday May 3,1987 faces n places luxury liner s cruise less than luxurious from press dispatches All is not Well aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2 luxury cruise liner according reports in London newspapers. Passengers paving up to $5,600 for the Maiden voyage East week from Southampton to new York after a major refit of the ship Are complaining of poor service overheated Cabins missing carpets flooding lavatories and late breakfasts. There is also the Mailer of water flooding through the ceilings of other Cabins the daily Telegraph correspondent said in a dispatch sent from the ship. Scores of passengers who sought Solace in the restaurants at breakfast Lime one morning were puzzled to find them locked. It turned out that the ship s clocks were an hour adrift and breakfast was not being served he whole. Another paper quoted Cit. Lawrence Poiret 61, As saying he is aware that some of the 1,500 Passen Gers aboard had not been treated to the standards they were fully entitled to Trie complaints flooded into the newspapers col lowing a rent of the ship in Germany hint Cost $147.2 million. Dissatisfaction among the Crew following pay cuts was also reported and one daily quoted an american businessman on his 25th trip with the liner As saying i have never seen it looking so this is Likely to be the last trip i la make on his ship said Larry Smith Canadian ambassador to the Netherlands who also travels regularly on the Queen Elizabeth 2. There has never been a Maiden voyage for an vessel that has gone without a hitch said a spokes Man for Cunard which owns the liner. He said had the cruise been cancelled even More people would have been upset. Cunard chairman Alan Kennedy was reported As plod no compensation to dissatisfied passengers. Missing toe Back Home the key ingredient of the Yukon s infamous sour toe cocktail is Back Home in Watson Lake seven months after it disappeared. The Black and shrivelled Loe which had been amputated because of frostbite vanished oct. 14 As Cpl. Dick Stevenson was inducting new members into his sour toe cocktail club at the Watson Lake hotel bar. To become a club member the candidate must place the toe in the alcoholic beverage of his Choice and drink makings sure the Loe touches his lips. For $5, a certificate is presented to commemorate the accomplishment. The toe was returned to the local Royal Canadian mounted police detachment with
