 Queen Elizabeth, Departing Southampton On Monday 25th October 2010, Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director of Dream Designs Colchester was invited to tour the newest addition to the Cunard fleet, Queen Elizabeth, which arrived in Southampton earlier this month. The 92,000 tonne vessel was officially named by Her Majesty The Queen just two weeks previously to Harry's visit on Monday 11th October 2010. Whilst Harry was aboard he was escorted to the bridge and then had the opportunity to meet the Master of Queen Elizabeth, Captain Christopher Wells, to present his drawing of the new liner to him.  Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director Dream Designs Colchester, presents his drawing of Queen Elizabeth to Captain Christopher Wells Harry has had a number of his drawings taken aboard various cruise ships and ocean liners all across the world, including Queen Elizabeth’s fleet mates, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2. Captain Wells was very impressed and pleased with Harry’s drawing and told him he will be framing the drawing and putting it on display in the Teens Centre for the younger passengers to enjoy! Harry said: It was wonderful to have the opportunity to meet the Captain personally and present my drawing to him on the bridge! It was a great experience"  Harry Cotterill & Brian Cotterill A complete tour of the ship’s passenger facilities then followed, making stops at the Grand Lobby, Royal Court Theatre, Britannia Restaurant and various other passenger amenities. Harry said "Queen Elizabeth is a remarkable vessel. She combines the elegance and luxury of the golden age of ocean liner travel with the modern technologies of today." The Queen Elizabeth can accommodate up to 2068 guests in some 1000 plus staterooms. At an overall length of 294 metres she is longer than three full size football pitches end to end, making her the second largest Cunarder ever built. Harry said: "It was a great honour to visit Cunard’s newest liner, Queen Elizabeth. I was overwhelmed with her grandeur and elegance. She is a truly fantastic piece of engineering and design"  Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director Dream Designs Colchester After departing the Queen Elizabeth Harry met with Alastair Greener the Entertainment Director, who hosts the We Are Cunard blog. Alastair was delighted to meet Harry and paused for a while to speak with him and take the opportuniy to have a photo taken together with another of Harry’s drawings.  Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director with Alastair Greener, Entertainment Director, Cunard and We Are Cunard Blog Host Harry said "It was such a lovely surprise to meet Alastair in person after following the We Are Cunard blog, I just couldn't not pass by such an opportunity." Earlier that morning before boarding Queen Elizabeth Harry also stopped off at Carnival UK's Head Office to present a drawing to David Dingle Chief Executive Officer Carnival UK. Sadly Mr Dingle was away and was not able to meet Harry. However Harry had the to chance meet with Mr Stephen Payne ( OBE RDI MNM FREng HonPhD(Science) BScEng(Hons) FRINA Ceng Vice President Chief Naval Architect Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding Southampton)  Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director with Stephen Payne ( OBE RDI MNM FREng HonPhD(Science) BScEng(Hons) FRINA Ceng Vice President Chief Naval Architect Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding Southampton) Harry has been in touch with Stephen for a number of years and they have become great friends. Harry said "It was great to see Stephen again and catch a little. I am sure we will meet again soon for a longer chat and discuss some of my own future projects!" For more information please Contact Us on the following details
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 Ruby Princess Today, Sunday 24th October 2010 our drawing of Ruby Princess is set to be taken aboard the ship by Sue Miller, who is taking the drawing aboard behalf of Dream Designs Colchester. Sue will be sailing aboard Ruby Princess for a number of nights. During this time she hopes to get the opportunity to present the drawing to the Captain on behalf of Dream Designs Colchester. We are thrilled that Sue agreed to do this for us and we would like to thank her for helping us out!  Ruby Princess Drawing We shall keep you update on further progress of the drawing. Click here to see more photos of the Ruby Princess drawing.
For more information please Contact Us on the following details Harry Cotterill - President & Managing Director [email protected] 07778940245  Grand Princess Yesterday, Friday 22nd October 2010 our drawing of Grand Princess which we recently sent to California arrived! Nancy Speltz is due to present the drawing to the Captain of Grand Princess on behalf of Dream Designs Colchester during the cruise starting November 8th 2010. Upon the arrival of the drawing Nancy opened it to take a look herself before packing it ready to take aboard the vessel later next month. She said: "Its totally awesome! Thanks Harry"  Our Drawing of Grand Princess We are so pleased and thankful that Nancy will be present the drawing on behalf of Dream Designs Colchester and would like to thank her for being so kind to do so.
We shall keep you update on further progress of the drawing. Click here to see more photos of the Grand Princess drawing. For more information please Contact Us on the following details Harry Cotterill - President & Managing Director [email protected] 07778940245  Grand Princess drawing On Saturday October 9th 2010 our drawing of Grand Princess began it’s journey to California. It’s is due to be taken aboard the Princess Cruises’ vessel Grand Princess by Nancy Speltz on behalf of Dream Designs Colchester to be presented to the Captain during the cruise starting November 8th 2010.
We shall keep you updated on the drawing’s progress and upon it’s arrival to California. For more information please Contact Us on the following details Harry Cotterill - President & Managing Director [email protected] 07778940245  Thomson Dream On Wednesday 27th October 2010 the newest addition to the Thomson Cruises fleet, Thomson Dream is due to berth at Harwich International Port. Thomson Dream was originally built in 1986 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany as Homeric for Home Lines. In 1988 she was sold to Holland America Line and renamed Westerdam. In 1990 the ship was lengthened at the same shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. In 2002 the vessel was transferred to the Costa Cruises fleet and renamed Costa Europe. In April 2010 she left the Costa Cruises fleet on a ten year charter to join the Thomson Cruises fleet under her new name of Thomson Dream. Thomson Dream has an overall length of 243 metres, a beam of 32 metres and a gross tonnage of some 55,000 tonnes. She has 753 passenger cabins with the capacity to carry 1506 passengers with some 600 crew to meet their needs.  Harwich International Port - Cruise Terminal Thomson Dream is due to berth alongside at Harwich International Port during the early hours of the morning on Wednesday 27th October 2010 and will only be staying in port for a limited amount of time. All guests will be disembarking along with some 350 crew members before the ship returns out to sea to undergo refurbishment work.  Our Drawing of Thomson Dream We contacted Thomson Cruises’ Managing Director David Selby last month and are still awaiting a reply. We more recently contacted Harwich International Port and they have kindly agreed to take our drawing of Thomson Dream on board and present it to the Captain on behalf of Harry Cotterill, President & Managing Director, Dream Designs Colchester.
Be sure to check back for more information about the Thomson Dream’s visit to Harwich International Port on Wednesday 27th October 2010. For more information please Contact Us on the following details Harry Cotterill - President & Managing Director [email protected] 07778940245  Recently one of our drawings of the Celebrity Cruises’ breathtaking Celebrity Solstice was sent to The United States of America to be taken aboard the spectacular cruise ship by Charlene Gault on behalf of Dream Designs Colchester. She spent a number of weeks aboard the Celebrity Solstice back to back, celebrating her 50th Wedding Anniversary. Congratulations! On Wednesday September 22nd 2010 Charlene had the opportunity to meet with Captain Dimitrios Kafetzis and present our drawing to him during the Captain’s Club Party in the Sky Lounge. Charlene said " He was very interested in your story and I’m sure will be awed by the drawing when he opens it."  Charlene Gault presents our drawing of Celebrity Solstice to Captain Dimitrios Kafetzis. At present we are still awaiting to hear from Captain Dimitrios Kafetzis, but it’s early days as yet. We shall keep you updated. To view more photos of the drawing of Celebrity Solstice click here. For more information please Contact Us on the following details Harry Cotterill - President & Managing Director [email protected] 07778940245  On Wednesday 29th September 2010 we officially launched our new look website! Not only does it look much better but it is much easier to find your way around! The new side menu bar is a great addition and makes navigating the website an easy thing to do.
Many of the pages that featured on the website have been updated along with the addition of plenty new pages added to the website, of course including the Request a Drawing page where you can now send your drawing requests to us directly. Overall the new website has gone down well, there’s been no major problems so far and from all reports most people seem to like it, especially the new look! Obviously we’ve still got some work to do, but soon the website will be 100% complete. For more information please contact us on the following details Harry Cotterill - President & Managing Director [email protected] 07778940245 |
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