{"id":469649,"date":"2026-09-20T03:26:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T03:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/469649\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T03:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T03:26:31","slug":"queen-marys-dark-harbor-opens-13th-season-at-long-beach-haunted-ship-whittier-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/469649\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Mary\u2019s Dark Harbor opens 13th season at Long Beach haunted ship \u2013 Whittier Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now in its 13th season, the Queen Mary\u2019s Dark Harbor<\/a> opened the doors to the afterlife on Friday, Sept. 18, as fans of horror swarmed the ship and its surrounding area.<\/p>\n

Those who attended opening night walked, screamed and ran for their lives through several mazes held on and off the ship, which has long been rumored to be haunted. The ghosts and creatures who allegedly still inhabit the legendary vessel have inspired its walk-through mazes.<\/p>\n

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Spooky actors show up at every turn at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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A spooky carnival game lures attendees at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Attendees enter one of the mazes at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Spooky actors show up at every turn at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Spooky actors show up at every turn at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Spooky actors show up at every turn at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Attendees stop for a souvenir photo at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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A performer fires up the crowd at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Attendees stroll through Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Attendees stroll through Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Attendees stroll through Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Attendees enter one of the mazes at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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An attendee is startled inside the Breakout exhibit at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Helena Hang, left, and Maddox Mok of Cypress get in the spirit at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Frightening actors entertain attendees at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Performers entertain the crowd at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Spooky actors show up at every turn at Dark Harbor on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The six mazes include \u201cLullaby: Teddy\u2019s Revenge,\u201d where the sinisterly playful ghost of Scary Mary rises to accost passengers in the ship\u2019s pool area. There\u2019s also \u201cInfirmary: The Siren Song.\u201d This is where sadistic surgeon Dr. Edwin Masters and his accomplice Graceful Gale torment the living. And for more terror fun, there\u2019s \u201cBig Top Terror: Carnival of Chaos,\u201d which takes a Halloween carnival and turns it into a deadly night of clown mayhem.<\/p>\n

Making its Dark Harbor debut this year is \u201cShipwrecked: Brace for Impact<\/a>,\u201d a maze that takes place during a blackout voyage that led to the ship\u2019s most chilling collision as drowned sailorsreturn from the depths to haunt the vessel. Besides mazes, people also jumped on carnival rides, played games and hunted for hidden speakeasies.<\/p>\n

Queen Mary\u2019s Dark Harbor: First look inside new Shipwrecked maze<\/a><\/p>\n

The Queen Mary\u2019s Dark Harbor<\/p>\n

Where: The Queen Mary,\u00a0 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach<\/p>\n

Information: Tickets start at $50.99. To purchase tickets go to darkharborhalloween.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now in its 13th season, the Queen Mary\u2019s Dark Harbor opened the doors to the afterlife on Friday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,585,131,133,132,137,420],"class_list":["post-469649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-halloween","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469649","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=469649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}