{"id":26196,"date":"2021-09-09T11:11:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000022056"},"modified":"2021-09-09T11:12:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:12:18","slug":"dark-harbor-will-not-return-to-the-queen-mary-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/dark-harbor-will-not-return-to-the-queen-mary-for-2021","title":{"rendered":"Dark Harbor will not return to the Queen Mary for 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Halloween event at the Queen Mary, Dark Harbor, has canceled its 2021 season, organizers confirmed Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can confirm that Dark Harbor is not happening this year, but we look forward to haunting again in 2022,&#8221; co-founder Steve Sheldon said via email.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen Mary has been closed since March 2020, when the statewide stay-at-home orders went into effect to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. 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