Interiors: The “Commodore Club” aboard the ocean liner Queen Mary 2.
What does an Art Deco bar aboard a modern ocean liner have to do with Star Trek? Possibly a lot.
So here’s an “Interiors” post that comes from my own life, and my own photos. This is the Commodore Club, a bar on Deck 9 aboard the Cunard ocean liner Queen Mary 2, the magnificent ship—and the last true ocean liner in the world—on which I sailed across the Atlantic back in October. You may know that from my photo-dump articles on my trip (here and here). This was my second voyage on the QM2, my first being back in the summer of 2008.
Though it may look just like a swank watering hole, in fact there’s an interesting amount of history, tradition and even a little bit of pop culture in the design, look and function of the Commodore Club. The club is decorated in sort of a neo-Art Deco style reminiscent of the 1930s. Because the Queen Mary 2, which was introduced in 2003, was built to be deliberately evocative of the original Queen Mary liner from 1936, the physical and stylistic resemblance is very much intentional. What was interesting on this trip was how little the Commodore Club has changed in 17 years. The chairs have been re-upholstered, but that was about the only major difference I could detect. I’ve included a photo of what it looked like back in 2008. Even the tables are the same.
