The Queen Mary Info
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Accessibility
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Wheelchair accessible entrance
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Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Planning
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Getting tickets in advance recommended
Children
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Good for kids
Other
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Free Wi-Fi
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Beach access
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Air-conditioned
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Breakfast
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Free Wi-Fi
Best WLM Reviews
The good: The Queen Mary as a landmark is interesting, and a beautiful place to visit. The staff is also stellar - on point and friendly. The rooms feel more spacious than expected, as well - a lot of beautiful woodwork.
The mediocre: Even though you are staying on a boat, it truly feels the weight of being a 100 year old one. I was hoping for maybe one deck chair? The top deck has lost a lot of glam to the ravages of time and lack of care. The only places to sit are some worn benches which look out on the moat (with garbage) and the beautiful ocean beyond.
The hotel itself also feels much like a motel - not cleaned often (maybe 2-3 times in the 8 days we were there, though they did when asked), no room service, and no continental breakfast (the coffee shop was pretty good). It’s also located on a more remote pier than I realized - we had to drive everywhere.
The ugly: The walls are truly paper thin. While staying there we had several different neighbors, and unfortunately I heard every word of their conversations and movements.
Overall I’d say if you like history or are into royalty (I am) it’s a neat place. If there were white noise machines or something to help cut the sound of neighbors that would truly help. And I know it suffered over the pandemic - hopefully time and some more love could bring back some glam on the top deck… and maybe some more places to relax for the guests. Again the staff is PHENOMENAL, and the price was pretty good. I’d stay again, but probably not more than a night or two.
I did a paranormal walk tour. It was really great. The tour guide is very well equipped with the knowledge of the history of the ship. I was really glad to be the part of tour. The tour go through a lot of stairs so I would recommend to wear a comfortable shoes. (no heels!) You may encounter ghosts during the tour !!
The ship is so cool! Rooms could definitely be updated especially with the $ that they get for a night I paid over $200 for one night. The employees were great, the views were amazing except for the trash in the water!! The trash in the water was absolutely disgusting and the hotel should be ashamed they don’t do more to clean up!! The amount of trash in the ocean is horrible. The trash is so bad they actually have a barrier around the boat. Signs, and maybe a fine for people caught littering may help, but the hotel should be cleaning more! The rooms were ok definitely outdated for the money they charge for the night. Electric outlets were on the opposite wall of the bed in our king room there were only two outlets. Toilet ???? sounded like it was having a hard time flushing, faucets were rusting, and missing pieces. I read up on the history of haunting etc, and found out Walt Disney purchased the boat and took the room that’s supposed to be haunted, and put sounds to be played, and made it so the faucet would turn on then off. So I’m thinking the haunting stories are more $ motivated then the actual truth same goes for the Winchester house I did some reading on both before I went to experience them, and all these haunting stories seem to be $$ motivated.
This was our second visit to this magnificent ship. Our family loves the Queen Mary. The history, the art deco, and of course the ghosts. Yes, they are present, and if you’re lucky, they will let you know of their presence. We had quite the encounter by the forward music room. It was full on goosebumps, adrenaline rush, and a touch of nausea.
We took the Haunted Encounters tour and learned of some of the spirits and where they are most likely to visit throughout the ship. Our tour guide was very fun and knowledgeable, even sharing her personal encounters on the ship. After the tour we explored more on our own.
I don’t think I will ever tire of visiting the Queen.
If you have never been to see this wonderfully iconic treasure of history, you MUST make it a priority! It is a beautiful time capsule of elegance, grace, romance, true patriotism, and strength. We recently stayed aboard for a few days as part of a convention. We were immediately taken by the welcoming design of a ship and it’s crew that invite you to stay, explore, and experience travel in a time when crossing the Atlantic took a week by ship, rather than hours by plane. When crossing by ocean liner was part of your trip experience rather than just a means to get from one place to another. A time to get to know others, make friends, and build relationships as you shared a common experience together. We did all of these things aboard this wonderful vessel. She is over 80 and going strong! Thank you so much to those who made our stay so enjoyable. It is obvious that you love her. Take care of her. We are already planning our return visit! See you soon!
We loved touring the ship. Elizabeth, at the front desk was charming, informative and helpful. We spent 3 hours wandering around all the exhibits. We especially loved the WWII information and Winston Churchill. Hubby loved the propeller. Didn't like the 25$ parking fee. That is a bit excessive.
This is a tricky review to write because we enjoyed our visit to the Queen Mary and had a wonderful tour. However, this is a review of the hotel per se. We were expecting certain things based on prior reviews so I think we were prepared for our experience. Knowing these limitations, we gave it a try for one night. ||The person that checked us in at the front desk was great once we reached the deck where this is located. The room was very authentic and, as others have noted, we found there to be no noise protection from the room next door (kinda like they were in the same room). Unfortunately, there is also no temperature control so we were freezing during an unusually chilly night. I do feel like I came away with some small idea what it would have been like to cruise and sleep on the ship. || The ship itself is amazing...loved the long corridors and our tour was excellent. Lovely woodwork and nice common areas. We enjoyed wandering around and getting a bit lost too. There were a couple of events during our visit so it was busy and the impressive art deco forward lounge was, unfortunately, closed for one of these. ||Overall, we definitely enjoyed our visit and the tour was awesome. Having said that I don't imagine that I will spend the night here again.
I LIVED MY DREAM coming here. It was SO cool. We did the paranormal walk tour and that was super fun- no ghosts were seen though. Now we did have a lady next to us yelling and screaming saying things like “ahhh get off me!! Don’t you have a soul!?” And I really thought it was someone messing with us, but then she started mocking me and saying some profanities I literally can’t say… so it in fact WAS a real person- she got arrested- super fun. Besides that- Great time. We will be coming back!!! The food was really good too, and the drinks. The staff was awesome as well, everyone was super nice, the check in lady with the purple hair, she was so nice!!!!
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