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Line: From the QE2's 1984 World Cruise, a thick brochure, a flier, nine menus, and an invite from a sultan. The ship departed New York on January 16th and returned eighty-nine days later on April 14th. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoth the forty-two page brochure and four-page flier feature a cover photo of the QE2 in her (thankfully) short-lived gray livery. Cunard also sold segments of the cruise which are promoted as \"winter vacations\" here. There are interior photos with models sporting wonderful 1980's garb. Did we really once wear this stuff?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe menus are unidentified as to restaurant. I see \"Selected Caviar Glace\" offered several evenings so they can't be from the low-rent \"Tables of the World\" restaurant, but somehow don't seem Queen's Grill quality. Perhaps the mid-level Columbia Restaurant. The menus are dated January 19, 24, 25, and 27; February 10 and 14; March 6 and 9. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the February 29 Leap Year invitation - it is from the famed dinner held at the royal palace of his Royal Highness Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah of Selangor, Malaysia. The invite is In a special envelope. The embossed cover opens to parchment-like inner sheets held in by a silk cord. Among the honored guests to the February 29, 1984, event were Captain and Mrs. Robert Arnott and Captain Douglas Ridley. A fold-out guest list shows about two-hundred names of lucky passengers who got to enjoy the Sultan's regal hospitality. Sadly, I was not among them. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe collection is in excellent condition."}