That’s what happened to Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 last year. All I can say, visiting the acclaimed ship post-rehab this spring, is that she is stunning. Check out the QM2’s remastered page, and why not also watch this cool video, compressing her three weeks of round-the-clock retrofit into three minutes:

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You should see and experience this beautiful liner for yourself: Join us on the Queen Mary 2 this summer for the National Review 2017 Trans-Atlantic Crossing. She sails from Southampton, England, on August 31, bound for New York City (it arrives there September 7), chock full of fellow conservatives and a line-up of terrific speakers (they’ll participate in our daily seminars, dine with you nightly, share libations with you at our revelrous receptions), including former Senator Tom Coburn, former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, acclaimed novelist Mark Helprin, British author Douglas Murray, NR editor in chief Rich Lowry, media critic Brent Bozell, NRO editor Charles Cooke, ace conservative counsel Cleta Mitchell, domestic policy guru Sally Pipes, defense expert John Hillen, Claremont Review of Books editor Charles Kesler, conservative academic Daniel Mahoney, NRO editors-at-large John O’Sullivan and Kathryn Lopez, NR senior editors Jonah Goldberg, Jay Nordlinger, Ramesh Ponnuru, and David Pryce-Jones, NR essayists David French, Kevin Williamson, Ian Tuttle, and Reihan Salam, NR ace reporter Jim Geraghty, NR columnists Rob Long and James Lileks, and NRO managing editor Katherine Connell.

A great week on a great vessel awaits you. Prices start at a mere $2,577 a person. Get complete information and securely reserve your beautiful (remastered!) Queen Mary 2 stateroom, here.