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Lynne, I like your posts. They are very informative and give a good background to these PICs.

It was probably panelled with decorative metal panels.

Up to a couple of months ago, we lived a couple of miles from the James River Ghost Fleet. It's just what it sounds like; a bunch of decomissioned ships going to rust. Every now and then, they'd get rid of one, or send one overseas for salvage (and then there'd be wrangling over whether they should do that or not). I always thought they should have cruises up to the fleet, close enough for touristy scaredy cats like me to take pictures and get that vicarious thrill. Sounds like they may finally be dismantling the fleet there. The closest I ever got to it was from the Jamestown ferry. Thanks for the views -- for having the nerve to get them for us!

Nice comments. Do you people not realize the severity of this picture? People were tortured in this room. Think before you comment.

Ahh, good yes stay off of frozen lakes...and be sure you are the one in the double intertube if you go in a wave pool! But you gotta hear the whole Dane Cook quote, he's great.

Sorry, Barbara, I just picked up your comment. Thanks for the advice. Love the quote. It's absolutely perfect. Your comments elicit the thought of being stuck under the ice of a frozen lake. Fortunately that has never happened to me as I am not a winter person. So, I think I am safe there.

Thanks man, yeah I have a photo but I'm not sure if the girl in it wants it posted... it's a crappy shot anyway. The catacombs are just steam tunnels, like at KP, but maybe not as long!

Interesting site on Pontins Dolphin. So sad that they didn't rebuild after the fire. Thanks Rich.

And following on from the above comment, by the modern miracle known as the World Wide Web I just found a website devoted to the place! Although it's in even worse shape now than when I last saw it, even the Dolphin Holiday Village will live on in cyberspace... the sun will always shine on a blue ocean and chalets freshly painted for the new season, the lawns will forever be as neatly mowed as they were when I was seven years old...

http://www.pontinsdolphin.4t.com/

Maybe they were trying to throw it through a mesh covered window, he he

dude this is awesome lots of props 2 u *clap**clap**clap*clap* you really have guts to go inside these rotting ships that can collapse at any second sounds thrilling.

Thats a really great pic Motts. Any pictures of the catacombs? I would love to see them, they sound amazing.

Who cares how much power it has-- it's gonna rot
away, instead of someone rescuing it and restoring it for display, or perhaps use?

That was the most informative, and insiteful post Ive ever read.

Wow, I missed this one how? From here it looks like it's still in use. You can't see any holes in the roof.