The city opened the historic ship for a limited amount of one-hour guided tours on Thursday, Dec. 15.
The Queen Mary partially reopened to the public — for the first time since its March 2020 closure — for one-hour guided tours through select areas of the legendary ship on Thursday, Dec. 15.
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and The Queen Mary Commodore, Everette Hoard, chat during the one-hour guided tours on the ship’s Promenade Deck, now being offered to the public during the ship’s partial re-opening in Long Beach on Thursday, December 15, 2022. Mary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District, speaks during the press conference regarding the partial re-opening of the historic Queen Mary ship and guided tours for the public, in Long Beach on Thursday, December 15, 2022.
The most recent operator, Urban Commons, declared bankruptcy and gave up its 66-year lease in 2021, bringing the Queen Mary back under city control for the first time in 40 years. A few years prior, the city gave Urban Commons $23 million to fund major ship repairs — but a city audit last year found that those repairs were never completed.
Long Beach will continue overseeing major capital improvements necessary for the ship’s overall restoration and preservation. Reinforcing and extending the ship’s bulkheads, which prevent water from entering the vessel and largely improve the Queen Mary’s overall structural stability.
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