I don’t know about you, but spending $500 a night on a hotel room is more frightening to me than any ghosts I might meet. However it comes with some perks you don’t get in a regular room, like a “chest with unique items” to “amplify” your overnight experience, including a Ouija board, tarot cards, and a crystal ball. Then there’s the haunted Suite B340, which is a whole experience and price point unto itself. There’s really no nearby food around to walk to, and the breakfast buffet was a nice spread.) (We got a Bed & Breakfast one, which was worth it.
Expect to pay anywhere from $100 to the mid-$200s on up, depending on which type of room you want.Īlso, they have different packages that account for different prices, like the Bed & Breakfast, Aquarium of the Pacific, and Catalina packages.
It’s comparable with other hotels in the area. Ghost Hunting Event Companies & Haunted PlacesĪctually the price isn’t that bad.We cover all aspects, from their haunted history to any special events they may be holding. Haunted Places From the most haunted places to little known or rarely explored haunted places.Events Paracons, ghost hunts, paranormal investigations, horror fests, and Halloween events.But given the good luck she’s enjoyed over the last eight-plus decades, she just might have a few more shipshape surprises in store. Will the Queen Mary survive the latest chapter in her saga? It’s anyone’s guess. But to save the ship, action must be taken soon, Tompkins writes. The Queen Mary is loved the world over, especially in Scotland where she was born. Calls for her preservation have competed with the desire to turn the ship into a world-class tourist attraction. Since then she’s become a beloved fixture in its harbor-and a source of local discontent due to a long string of financial crises, lease disputes, failed acquisitions, bankruptcies and other crises. The Queen Mary was purchased by Long Beach for $3.5 million when she retired in 1967. Known as “the grey ghost,” it never encountered a single U-boat and was never fired on by bullets or bombs. The ship even played a role in World War II, when it was painted gray and used to ferry thousands of troops across the Atlantic. Stars loved the Queen Mary, which they used to crisscross the Atlantic in high style among its famous passengers were Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire and Winston Churchill. Newspapers called it “as regal a ship as ever ruled the waves” and gushed over its Art Deco interior, complete with multiple swimming pools, salons, libraries and even kennels for the dogs of the rich and famous. The ship was built in Scotland for the Cunard-White Star Line, and its maiden voyage was nothing short of spectacular. The Queen Mary may have gotten a bad bill of health, but she was once the gem in the crown of the great ocean liners of her day. If approved, the development would span 65 acres of waterfront land and include major retail, more hotel rooms and a public amphitheater, in addition to about 20 concepts by London-based Urban Legacies like an indoor ice-climbing wall and simulated skydiving. Dubbed "Queen Mary Island," the ambitious project could help drive up revenue to finance the needed repairs to the ship, Roger Vincent at the Los Angeles Times reports. Soon after the news of the ship's troubles were published, the real estate firm currently operating the Queen Mary submitted plans to Long Beach officials for a $250-million development complex adjacent to the ship. The group said that at least 75 percent of their recommended repairs-which would cost up to $289 million to complete-are “urgent.” They found that the hull is so corroded it could be vulnerable to flooding or a full-blown collapse, and that major flooding would be impossible to stop once it started. As Courtney Tompkins reports for the Long Beach Press-Telegram, the queen is in danger of collapse due to corrosion.Ī recent survey by engineers and naval architects delivered a dire message about Queen Mary’s health, Tompkins reports. But it turns out that the iconic ship is in big trouble. Since 1967, she’s been a permanent resident of Long Beach, California, and a reminder of the time when transatlantic travel was the height of modern comfort. Once upon a time, the RMS Queen Mary was the height of luxury-an ocean liner that now represents a bygone era of travel.