{"id":77137,"date":"2023-09-01T13:57:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=77137"},"modified":"2023-09-05T19:29:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:29:17","slug":"shaqtoberfest-tickets-queen-mary-dates-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/shaqtoberfest-tickets-queen-mary-dates-halloween","title":{"rendered":"Shaqtoberfest will return to the Queen Mary this Halloween season"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

In the years following the pandemic, the community speculated whether the city’s largest Halloween spectacle, Dark Harbor, would return to the Queen Mary. It didn’t<\/a>, much to the dismay of its fans.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But last year, an unlikely and very tall figure emerged to bring the Halloween spirit back to the historic ocean liner: Shaquille O’Neal. And his event, dubbed Shaqtoberfest, seems to have been a slam dunk because it returns this month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Beginning Sept. 28, guests will once again step through a giant Shaq inflatable<\/a> and be transported to a haunt that’s designed to be both family-friendly and a fright-inducing adult experience, depending on what hour you arrive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Early evening hours are specially reserved for families with children, with opportunities for costumed kiddos to trick-or-treat, play on carnival rides or see pumpkin-made sculptures at Diesel’s Pumpkin Patch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But once the sun goes down, O’Neal’s “ghoulish minions” will descend into the crowds, bars will open and the haunted mazes will be ready to scare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The festival will take place on the entertainment grounds outside of the Queen Mary and will feature a clown-themed carnival space with rides, games and food. There will also be live entertainment, a dance party area, three haunted mazes and a walkthrough light show sequenced to a mix of electronic dance music curated by DJ Diesel, O’Neal’s DJ name.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The three walk-through mazes this year have a nautical theme\u2014Pirates Cove, a Shipwreck Grave Yard and the Deadman’s Wharf. And for those who need a bit of liquid courage, Shaqtoberfest’s bars will serve beer and cocktails throughout the night.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Photo opportunities\u2014including some life-size cutouts of the NBA star\u2014will also be available around the park.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Shaqtoberfest begins Sept. 28 and runs on select days through Halloween. Discount pre-sale tickets are currently available for purchase.\u00a0Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Queen Mary is located at 1126 Queens Hwy.<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The haunt, designed to be both family-friendly and fright-inducing depending on what time you go, returns to the Queen Mary for the 2023 Halloween season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":72018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[267,32030],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[8767],"class_list":["post-77137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-halloween","tag-shaqtoberfest","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77137"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77218,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77137\/revisions\/77218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77137"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=77137"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=77137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}