Set against the backdrop of the dramatic long beach city skyline the Queen Mary Ship has been a coastal icon in California since 1967.
Hi, I'm Veronica Hill with California Travel Tips. Let's take peak inside this massive ship and learn a little bit more about its ghostly residence. Listed on the national registered of historic places the Cunaro Queen Mary launch at Scotland in 1934 and was the most luxurious ocean liner of her time.
Definitely twice the size of the Titanic the arm mess Queen Mary sailed the Atlantic for wipe star lines between 1936 and 1967. Design in the art deco style this ship goes to the finest materials and modern comforts including Ponca lubbers for air-conditioning and a choice of fresh or salt water in the bath.
During its hay day the Queen Mary carry famous passenger such as Fred Astaire, Greta Barbo and Winston Churchill who signed detail invasion plans right on the ship. In fact during World War II the Queen Mary became a troop ship swiftly transporting as many as 16000 soldiers at a time.
The Queen Mary ways more than 81 thousand tons and stretches more than a thousand feet, today the Queen Mary Hotel offers a bit of Nostalgia and a very modern city with several fine restaurants and 365 updated state rooms complete with flat screen TV’s. Check out the upper deck where you can get great views of the long beach skyline then head over the observation bas which was when is the first class launch. In the veranda grill you'll spy a famous painting of Mary Antoinette with the mouse in her hair.
The lesson of Queen Mary tour is offered both day and night but fire the most entertaining are the ghost tour hosted by paranormal expert Erica Press. The paranormal investigation starts out with the gourmet continental meal at Sir Winston which are worth the visit even if you don t go on tour. This is followed by a two hour exploration into the most hunted queen marry hallways and rooms.
Where I come down into the ships engine room plus uses dazing rod and a recording device to connect with the most famous Queen Mary Ghost to John Peter who was killed during a drill in 1966. Other ghost sitting includes soldiers marching down empty hallways, a man wearing black boots in the restroom of Sir Winston] and a very angry spirit named Henry who was believe to hunt the ship green room.
We never did see any ghost but I did capture some weird green lights in the engine room. Was it a ghost or was it a reflection? You decide.
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