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If you love cruising, but don’t have the time or money, spend a night on the Queen Mary — a historic ship that gives you the taste of a real cruise.

The Queen Mary in Long Beach is not going anyplace soon. But it really doesn’t need to – there is plenty to keep you occupied for a night or a weekend.

Pulling up to this giant ship ready to board with your suitcase-in-hand is reminiscent of that scene in Titanic where excited passengers are scurrying on board while the well-heeled are having their trunks portaged and their automobiles lifted onboard. While the Queen Mary is small by today’s cruise ship standards, it looks mighty big from the parking lot.

Up the elevator and along the gangplank you go, just like you’re boarding the Love Boat headed to the Mexican Riviera. The first thing that hits you, once on board, is that this ship is historcal – it’s like entering the lobby of a fine old hotel with its antique furnishings, although many aspects of the ship and its quarters have been updated to the 1960s, the ship’s later years. It’s also apparent during this weekday visit that many people on board are participating in some sort of a conference – whether it’s business, social or family-oriented.

After checking in at the lobby, we were anxious to see what our shipboard accommodations were like. Ours was a little larger than a standard stateroom, although not huge. We had two king beds, and all that you might expect in a reasonably upscale hotel room, with plenty of closets and work areas and a bathroom that, although small, offered both fresh and salt water, hot and cold. We were ona ship, all right, but we had phone service and TV. We also had a porthole – you might ask for a harbor view, as we had a fairly ordinary view of the dock and nearby construction.

Then it was off to explore this grand ship. Launched in 1934, the Queen Mary made 1,001 Atlantic crossings before its retirement in 1967. During its heyday, this was the way that America’s elite shuttled between the U.S. and Europe and so the ship was outfitted to make this journey as comfortable as possible.

As you move around the ship on a self-guided tour, you come across many salons – all regal with their decidedly British influence in decoration. In-laid wood gives many of these areas a boardroom feel, while original paintings and artwork help to complete the mood. Outside, the old-wood decks made it easier to imagine you are on the open sea taking your daily walk and enjoying the vast ocean scenery. But most interesting are some of the areas normally inhabited by the crew – the crew’s quarters, radio room, the wheelhouse. Throughout your tour, you begin to recognize the Queen Mary really is a museum – this is a big, old charming ship not to be confused with the gleaming, modern vessels of today.

That charm extends to the ship’s restaurants where you can choose between fine dining at the 4-star Sir Winston’s, the slightly less spectacular Chelsea or the surprisingly good Promenade Caf?, where we had a wonderful dinner for reasonable prices.

We also made a point to take a couple of special tours. The Ghosts and Legends Tour plays upon the ship’s reputation for being haunted and is the Queen Mary’s version of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. Through special effects and an over-the-top tour guide, this little 45-minute adventure aims to put a little good-natured fright into visitors. We were actually more intrigued with some of the places in the ship that this tour takes you such as the engine room and an indoor swimming area, all sparsely lit to make them as spooky as possible.

Moored next to the Queen Mary is the Scorpion, a Cold War Russian submarine that seems to be in good enough shape to head out to sea. Visitors can walk through or see all the compartments in this claustrophobic vessel and wonder at the ability of sailors to stay trapped inside this machine for many weeks at a time as the submarine patrolled underwater to avoid detection. It’s a fascinating self-guided tour – just be limber enough to squeeze through the round hatches that serve as passageways between the compartments.

The Long Beach area is a colorful waterfront with lots of restaurants and tourist attractions and major hotels. It’s well worth carving out a morning or afternoon to go see the Aquarium of the Pacific, just across the harbor from the Queen Mary. Home to more than 12,500 ocean animals, the Aquarium features 19 major habitats and 32 focus exhibits. We spent a couple hours wandering through the exhibits and found each one fascinating and a fun experience for oldsters as well as youngsters.

Of course one of the most popular exhibits at Aquarium of the Pacific is Shark Lagoon, the Aquarium’s newest. With more than 150 sharks, the lagoon includes large sharks, rays and shark touch pools where you reach down and feel them as they swim by. There is much more at the Aquarium including exhibits on Southern California/Baja, Northern Pacific and the Tropical Pacific. The Aquarium and the Long Beach Harbor are a nice complement to your Queen Mary “excursion” and help to create a complete travel experience.

Finally it’s time to check out of your stateroom and you realize this could be more than a one-time experience – a stay on the Queen Mary would be the perfect romantic adventure anytime. It combines elegance, novelty and history to make this a completely different experience than the average getaway.

AT A GLANCE

WHERE: The Queen Mary is located at 1126 Queens Highway in Long Beach Harbor, an easy 90 minute drive from San Diego or less from most parts of Los Angeles.

WHAT: The Queen Mary Hotel, the actual ship that made 1,001 Atlantic crossings, a sea-going home to some of America’s most famous people.

WHEN: Midweek is always best if you can do it because you’ll have fewer people on board. If you go on a weekend be sure to reserve well in advance.

WHY: History, charm and the chance to stay on board one of the premiere cruising ships of its time. Numerous restaurants and attractions are nearby in the colorful Long Beach harbor area. We especially recommend the nearby Aquarium of the Pacific

HOW: Contact the Queen Mary at (562) 435-3511.

DJ Music is the most common form of entertainment!



It is really difficult to enjoy a party without music. Whichever party it may be, music is essential. In fact while framing a budget for a party, one should first frame a budget for DJ Music. Be it a wedding party, a cocktail party, a business party, an office party or a mere kitty party, if you can arrange for DJ Music that would probably be the most exciting part of the party.

DJ Music has become very popular these days. These days you can find exciting DJ Music in your school program or your college feast. DJ Music is also quite common in a bar. These days you will not be able to find a corporate party without DJ Music. DJ;s are available in different price, for different events.

No more can you find those live performances of the big bands in a wedding reception. People now hire DJ by default when it comes to parties and events. So you can very well understand that to peruse a career as a DJ is quite interesting.

Your parents may not want you to be a Disc Jockey and play DJ Music, but if you have a passion for music, it is great career for you. DJ’ing with a crazy crowd is fun. Moreover there are a lot of advantages in this career.

Advantages of a DJ



Even if you opt for DJ’ing, you can still continue with a full time job. Usually DJ’s work during the night. So, it won’t be difficult for you to continue with your DJ career and another full time job together. Moreover if you have a passion for music, DJ’ing during the night will be an entertainment for you.





You can earn very well from a DJ job. The reputed DJ’s earns very high amount every month.





If you are a music lover and doing full time DJ’ing, to play good musical tracts is not a difficult task for you either.





In this type of job, you have complete freedom. You can explore your creativity in your own way while you are DJ’ing. Apart from earning money, you can also keep improving your creative skills.





As a DJ you can also enjoy complimentary drinks and food items constantly.



Some of the reputed DJ’s even play for big parties, high school reunions socials and weddings. They always carry their own equipments and sound recordings.

Super heroes have been around for a very long time in the form of comic books and action figures. They have found their way to the big screen and even to the world of video games. They are timeless and they never seem to go out of style. It seems in this world of good and evil there is always room for one more super hero to come along and save the day.

If you love super heroes you will be very excited to discover that there are plenty of Nintendo Wii games that fit into this category. The have wonderful effects so you can feel like you are a part of the game. You can bring the characters to life instead of just moving them around. You will likely get lost in the action that is going on.

One of the newest ones out there is Spiderman 3. Set in the city of New York, Spiderman is out there trying to save the day anyway he can. What is very original about this version of the game is that you can go with the regular suit or the black one that Spiderman wears in the movie. When Spiderman is wearing the black suit he is stronger and faster. Yet we all know there are ways in which that suit consumes him so you better be ready for them in the game.

There are complete storylines from the movie that you can play through if you wish to do so. If not, you will have the option to create your own scenes along the way. With this particular super hero game for the Wii you aren’t just trying to save others; you are trying to save Spiderman from himself as well. Will your desire for power be too much and lead to your own destruction? Will not using the black suit though mean you aren’t powerful enough at times to defeat the enemies? There are plenty of cool effects and plenty of great features found in this game that you will be quite impressed with.

If destruction is more your style the Incredible Hulk game may be what you are interested in. He is huge and green and can get very angry when things don’t go his way. Even though the Hulk is attempting to be helpful he leaves a mess every where he goes. You may be having a great time destroying everything in your path but you need to be careful. The more you destroy the more forces will be coming to take you out. That could mean your game ends before you have gotten to explore very much out there.

The game portrays the Incredible Hulk as more of a human than a cartoon version. In fact if you have see the newly released movie then you will understand that there is a connection between the two. It is no accident that this newly released Wii game came out around the same time as the movie hit theatres. Most people agree that they like this humanist form of the Hulk much better.

There is also Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. With this particular super hero game Harvey has to solve some tough cases. Are you up to the task of helping him do so? There are some that are relatively easy to solve and others that are going to take a great deal of concentration on your part. You can have a great time with this Wii game as well as enjoying sharpening your thinking skills.

The legacy of super heroes lives on with the many Nintendo Wii games. If you have a couple of favorites you can choose those games to play. It can be fun to be a part of those games instead of just reading about that super hero or watching them on TV. Nintendo has done a terrific job of bringing these images to life for people to really get into the game.