While we learned a lot about what The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor has in store for 2025 at its panel at Midsummer Scream, such as it’s the final year for the Feast maze and there’s a new maze called Voodoo The Queen’s Curse, Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group has outlined everything attendees can indulge in when the event returns this fall.
The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor: Summoned by the Seas will be open select nights September 19 through November 2. The world’s most haunted vessel will again be transformed into a domain of dread, where shadows stalk the decks and sinister secrets lurk in every corridor. Guests will encounter the chilling return of Dark Harbor’s iconic monsters, navigate ghastly mazes, and surrender to eerie live entertainment that echoes across the harbor. From cursed speakeasies and haunted lounges to spectral encounters and devilish bites, the Queen Mary becomes a port for the damned unlike any other.
“Last year we came out of the gate strong with our first returning year of Dark Harbor: The Spirits Rise,” says Amy Hollaman, Senior Regional Manager at Dark Harbor. “In 2025, we intend to dive further into the stories of the spirits of The Queen Mary. We will be taking scares into spectacular new heights and will be bringing a haunted festival feeling that Long Beach has never seen before.”
Mazes at Dark Harbor include:
- Voodoo: The Queen’s Curse – New! A ruthless Priestess rises from a decayed bayou to seize the Queen Mary’s power, commanding Loa, raising the dead, and marking anyone who strays too close. Stumble through potion shops, coffin factories, and poppet-stuffed shacks before a barnstorming finale where lightning crackles overhead and zombie sailors surge below.
- Breakout: Maximum Security – reimagined for 2025! The mystery of stateroom B340 takes a brutal turn in 1948: Samuel the Savage survives and is hauled to a seaside village prison, until he shatters his cell with unnatural force. You’re processed as the new inmate while alarms scream, guards fall, and Samuel hunts. Can the walls hold him… or you?
- Feast: The Final Cut – reimagined for 2025! Step behind the ship’s kitchens for the twisted origin of The Chef, once a handsome, ambitious butcher who grew resentful of first-class passengers and added a “special ingredient” no one could quite place. Winding deeper, you’ll hit blood-slick restrooms, a pantry stacked with plates… and body parts, before the stoves roar to life and victims simmer. This is the final year of Feast, reimagined with a more cannibalistic climax that leads to a grotesque classroom banquet.
- Big Top Terror – Step right up to a cursed carnival where the Ringmaster, no longer man nor woman, bartered their soul for immortality and now feeds a fog-soaked circus that traps the unwary.
- Infirmary – A maniacal surgeon, Dr. Edwin Masters, and his accomplice, Graceful Gale, prey on the ship’s most vulnerable, masquerading as high-society darlings topside while their victims pile up below.
- Lullaby – In the glow of the first-class swimming pool, Scary Mary returns, playful giggles masking a vortex to the underworld that’s grown too powerful to contain. Born from a 1952 tragedy, Mary once tugged sleeves to keep the living away; now the rift’s demons twist her into the singer of your final lullaby.
Guests can enhance their Dark Harbor descent with sinister indulgences that draw you deeper into the ship’s haunted grasp. Beyond the mazes lie trials and temptations designed to test both courage and soul, from the Pirate’s Plunder Shootout, a frenzied contest of marksmanship amidst cursed buccaneers, to the gleaming blades of Anchor Axe, where each throw resounds like a tolling bell for the damned. Carnival fiends may embrace unlimited rides, while puzzle-seekers dare the torment of a ticking mini escape room. Should guests crave a fleeting sweetness amid the dread, the S’mores Package invites them to conjure their own fireside treat.
Step into darker realms of storytelling with premium experiences that blur ritual and nightmare. Within Trick ‘r Treat at Verse Immersive, Halloween’s darkest traditions erupt in an interactive mixed-reality fever dream. Join Lady Mabel for a chilling séance in The Summoning of Samuel, or uncover hidden speakeasies scattered throughout Dark Harbor with her exclusive Foresight Four Pack, which includes a group astrology reading and mystic tokens for secret entry. Digital photo album access ensures every scream, scare, and memory is captured to relive long after the fog clears. Doors unlocked only by mystic tokens included in Lady Mabel’s Foresight Four Pack, which entwines guests in group astrology readings and occult prophecy. Every chilling vision and every piercing scream may be captured forever with digital photo album access, ensuring the horrors live on long after the fog has faded.
For those seeking the ultimate VIP treatment, the RIP Guided Tour grants unholy passage. It offers early entry, front-of-the-line privileges, and a personal guide to escort you through all six mazes and into exclusive sanctums such as the Observation Deck and Captain’s Club. Those wishing to rule their night in decadent dread may claim a Creepy Cabana for six, or upgrade with The Captain’s Double Cabana, a domain for twelve complete with bar service, club access, and a private audience with the Captain himself. However, guests who choose to wander the Queen Mary’s haunted decks can relive every moment with access to a digital photo album.
Tickets for The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor start at $45.99. For more information and tickets, visit www.darkharborhalloween.com.
