The Queen Mary will mark the 90th anniversary of its historic maiden voyage with a free, daylong celebration today, featuring special events, tours and the debut of a revived onboard lounge.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Organizers said the celebration will also include a ceremonial christening of the ship to commemorate the milestone.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/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
\u201cBringing back the Starlight Lounge for the 90th anniversary is a powerful way to celebrate this milestone year,\u201d Steve Caloca, managing director of the Queen Mary, said in an earlier statement.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGiving 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.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/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.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Free tickets for the event are available with advance online reservations at https:\/\/fareharbor.com\/embeds\/book\/thequeenmary-attractions\/items\/721364\/calendar\/2026\/05\/?full-items=yes<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tickets for the Starlight Lounge experience are being sold separately through the Queen Mary’s website at https:\/\/www.queenmary.com\/anniversary.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Queen Mary will mark the 90th anniversary of its historic maiden voyage with a free, daylong celebration…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-334536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334536","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=334536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}