{"id":166742,"date":"2026-02-06T14:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166742\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:02:07","slug":"historic-moment-as-queen-mary-2-meets-the-original-queen-mary-for-the-first-time-in-two-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166742\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Moment as Queen Mary 2 Meets the Original Queen Mary for the First Time in Two Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cunard\u2019s flagship Queen Mary 2 reunited with her legendary namesake off the coast of Long Beach this morning, marking the first time the two ships have met in two decades.<\/p>\n

\"A\"ACunard\u2019s Flagship Queen Mary 2 Reunites with Her Legendary Namesake (Photo: Cunard)<\/p>\n

The historic rendezvous took place as Queen Mary 2 anchored near the retired Queen Mary during the ship\u2019s 2025 World Voyage. The original Queen Mary, now permanently docked in Long Beach, is celebrating her 90th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n

A Living Connection Between Generations<\/p>\n

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The reunion carries special significance beyond the shared name. Queen Mary<\/a> 2\u2019s starboard funnel actually houses a fully refurbished whistle from the original Queen Mary, creating a physical link between the two vessels.<\/p>\n

The original Queen Mary debuted in 1936 and served as a transatlantic liner until her retirement in 1967. She was then permanently docked in Long Beach as a tourist attraction. <\/p>\n

Queen Mary 2<\/a> entered service in 2004 and remains the world\u2019s only true ocean liner in active service, regularly crossing between New York and Southampton.<\/p>\n

Historic Panama Transit<\/p>\n

The Long Beach reunion followed another milestone for Queen Mary 2, her first-ever transit of the Panama Canal. <\/p>\n

After the rendezvous, the ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles for the first time in 17 years, staying overnight as part of her current World Voyage.<\/p>\n

The 108-night voyage is taking passengers to more than 30 ports across the Americas, Australia, Asia, Africa, and Europe<\/a>. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s Queen Mary 2\u2019s first World Voyage in two years and includes overnight stays in destinations like San Francisco, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Cape Town.<\/p>\n

The retired Queen Mary now operates as a hotel<\/a> and cultural attraction in Long Beach, featuring dining, tours, exhibits, and special events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cunard\u2019s flagship Queen Mary 2 reunited with her legendary namesake off the coast of Long Beach this morning,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-166742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-long-beach","9":"tag-long-beach-headlines","10":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}