The Queen Elizabeth II ship is set to finally open as a floating hotel in Dubai.
A "soft opening" will take place on April 18 before a "grand launch" in October.
Visitors will be welcomed on board the Cunard ship almost a decade after it completed its final voyage from Southampton to the Middle East in November 2008.
After being bought by a Dubai government-owned company for $100 million (£70 million), the vessel was expected to be quickly reinvented into a hotel - but the global financial crisis delayed the project.
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