The Queen Mary, Long Beach, California, USA, Hotel in famous ocean liner
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1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, CA 90802, United States of America
Description: Offering a full-service spa, on-site dining and cabins with a flat-screen TV, this famous ocean liner is permanently stationed in Long Beach. The Aquarium of the Pacific is 5 minutes' drive away.
Browse through the on-site shops, or relax on the spacious sun deck or solarium at The Queen Mary Hotel. Fitness and business facilities are also available. Free transport service offered from the Convention Center and Pine Avenue areas.
Satellite TV and an iPod dock are standard in all spacious cabins at The Queen Mary. The warm-colored rooms also offer a seating area.
Sir Winston's restaurant serves gourmet California cuisine. Guests can also enjoy fresh seafood at Chelsea Chowder House & Bar.
Downtown Long Beach and Catalina Express Seaport are within 3.2 km of The Queen Mary. The Long Beach Convention Centre is less than 10 minutes' drive away. Pacific Battleship Center - USS IOWA is 11.3 km away.
Hotel in famous ocean liner The Queen Mary, Long Beach, California, USA
100% Verified Reviews:
Pluses:
Bed was very good,did not have breakfast.
Upgrading our room when we had a problem with original room. Very interesting to learn history of ship. Could take days to explore all of it.
Free shuttle across harbor.
I liked staying aboard such a historical Ship. This ship oozes history at every turn. I could easily spend days aboard. The staff was helpful and very informative. They know their Ship! I will come back.
Minuses:
I know the ship is very old, but I think it could some upgrade on the outside facilities.
Expensive parking ($22/day), wi-fi charge, lack of food options (only 1 operating restaurant on board)
Lukewarm water in the shower. Not sure why - perhaps a water conservation policy. Not uncomfortable, just not hot as I prefer.
Following Queen Mary's permanent docking in California, the ship was rumored to be haunted. Since the 1980s, this supposed haunting has been featured in the marketing and promotion of the ship, with various attractions and tours presenting the theme for visitors. The ship was ranked as one of the top 10 most haunted places in America by Time Magazine in 2008.
Paranormal researcher John Champion writes in Skeptical Inquirer Magazine that he understands why people persist in believing that the Queen Mary is haunted when the only evidence given is anecdotes, creepy feelings, and shadows. Tourists who sign up for the haunted tour are given access to normally off-limit areas of the ship, while tours of the history of the ship are more limited. Champion believes that the owners are doing a disservice to the real history, the people who should be honored by remembering who they really were and what they actually did. He understands why people report strange occurrences, the ship still creaks and groans, and people's imaginations can get away from them such that they start seeing and hearing all kinds of things, attributing them to the paranormal which they have been primed for. Ghost stories are fine, concludes Champion when presented as such. The confusion of science and history with fiction ... gets us further away from the ability to relish in and truly explore our own recent history.
The ship has been the site of many paranormal television shows including Unsolved Mysteries, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, Fact or Faked and Most Haunted.
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The Blue Riders Blind Willie McTell Medley*blues drums
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Thanks to Thomson, Georgia for the Annual Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival and Bob Dylan, who memorialized him in a song.
A tip of the hat to Warner Williams and Jay Summerour
Blue Riders, an acoustic blue trio was recorded in 1996.