Advantages: If she was a book, she'd be unputdownable Disadvantages: 3 days wasn't long enough!
The Queen Mary
1126 Queens Highway
Long Beach, California
CA 90802
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Hotel Facilities/Floating museum/Conferences/Weddings etc
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Within driving distance of 3 airports: (John Wayne International - 25 mins; LAX 23 mins; Long Beach Airport 8 mins) Details of car hire available on hotel website
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I recently spent three days and nights (a long weekend that wasn't long enough), aboard the Hotel Queen ... ...no ordinary hotel; The Hotel Queen Mary is not so much a place to lay your head as an Experience - with a capital E.
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So that this review doesn't become an historical guide book, should you want a more in-depth documentary of her history, I recommend that you visit the website sterling.rmplc.co.uk where you will find photographs (both archive and modern), deck plans (past, present and future), and a wealth of fascinating information ...
Louizalass 11.02.2006
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Advantages: See life aboard a luxury liner Disadvantages: Nothing else to see
...Long Beach port, the old Queen Mary seems like an oasis in the middle of the desert. Unless you're specifically in the area, then you'll probably never know it's there. Over the past few years, many of the cabins have been renovated (not necessarily modernised)and you can relive a luxury cruise without actually going anywhere. Accomodation is on the expensive side, though worth it if only for one night.
If you decide to stay there, make sure you ... ...see - apart from a Russian submarine moored alongside the ship - or at least it was there last time I visited. If you're considering a trip to Catalina island, then stay onboard the Queen and catch the early boat across to the island, which departs from the same place ...
MikeyUK 01.07.2001
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