{"id":334504,"date":"2026-05-27T15:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/334504\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:12:07","slug":"queen-mary-to-mark-90th-anniversary-with-free-event-lounge-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/334504\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Mary to Mark 90th Anniversary with Free Event, Lounge Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONG BEACH (CNS) – The Queen Mary will mark the 90th anniversary of its historic maiden voyage with a free, daylong celebration Wednesday, featuring special events, tours and the debut of a revived onboard lounge.<\/p>\n

The event coincides with the exact date the iconic ocean liner first set sail in 1936 and is part of a broader, yearlong anniversary program honoring the ship’s legacy, according to organizers.<\/p>\n

Festivities will begin at noon Wednesday, when ship officers welcome guests near the vessel’s bell, followed by access to exhibits, art displays, anniversary tours and interactive activities throughout the ship.<\/p>\n

An official program is scheduled for 2 p.m. in the Queen’s Salon, featuring remarks from ship leadership, a Long Beach city representative and other speakers, along with a performance and award presentation, organizers said.<\/p>\n

A lecture by maritime historian Dik Barton is planned for 3:30 p.m., with daytime programming concluding at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

Organizers said the celebration will also include a ceremonial christening of the ship to commemorate the milestone.<\/p>\n

The day’s events will lead into the debut of the Starlight Lounge, a one-night-only ticketed experience inspired by the ship’s original Starlight Club, once a popular nightlife destination during its transatlantic voyages, organizers said. The revived venue, located in the former Verandah Grill, will feature live music, dancing and a three-course meal inspired by 1930s-era menus.<\/p>\n

“Bringing back the Starlight Lounge for the 90th anniversary is a powerful way to celebrate this milestone year,” Steve Caloca, managing director of the Queen Mary, said in an earlier statement.<\/p>\n

“Giving guests a glimpse of this for the 90th allows us to honor that history while creating a new signature experience for today’s visitors as part of our anniversary,” he added.<\/p>\n

First launched in 1936, the Queen Mary is now permanently docked in Long Beach and remains one of the most recognizable ocean liners in the world.<\/p>\n

Free tickets for the event are available with advance online reservations HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the Starlight Lounge experience are being sold separately through the Queen Mary’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH (CNS) – The Queen Mary will mark the 90th anniversary of its historic maiden voyage with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7048,3557,7053,26,7065,7057,4300,7061,7060,7054,7052,7056,7055,7066,6217,48,7068,131,133,132,47,7063,7062,973,7069,100,7064,2083,611,1839,4201,6220,7070,7049,7050,7051,7059,7058,7067],"class_list":["post-334504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-7048","tag-am","tag-bill-handel","tag-breaking-news","tag-broadcasting","tag-conway","tag-eaton-fire","tag-gary-shannon","tag-gary-and-shannon","tag-gary-hoffmann","tag-handel","tag-john-ken","tag-john-and-ken","tag-john-kobylt","tag-kfi","tag-la","tag-la-fires","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-radio","tag-los-angeles-talk-radio","tag-media","tag-mo-kelly","tag-news","tag-newstalk","tag-oc","tag-orange-county","tag-palisades-fire","tag-radio","tag-radio-station","tag-santa-ana-winds","tag-stay-connected","tag-stimulating","tag-talk","tag-talk-radio","tag-tim-conway","tag-wild-fire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334504","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=334504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}