Betsy, This is the first that I have heard that the Queen Mary's funnels are being painted which is a good thing.On whether or not the Queen Mary is haunted,I have seen via the youtube links video of the TV program Unsolved Mysteries a few Queen Mary employees being interviewed who claimed that they have seen ghosts around the Queen Mary.I was also at the Queen Mary in January of 2006 after disembarking off the QE2, I was aboard the QE2 for the NY to LA segment of the QE2's 2006 World Cruise and after getting off the QE2 I spent one night aboard the Queen Mary.I did not see anything unusual aboard the Queen Mary while I was there.If I can find the youtube links to the Unsolved Mysteries program about the Queen Mary I will post it here.Regards,Jerry