Spent one night here before sending our son off to summer camp in Catalina (the camp boat leaves from the same area where The Queen Mary is docked). There was a music festival going on in the same parking lot and it took us 20 minutes just to get into the parking facility. Had to park pretty far and carry our luggage thru a crowd of people to get to the hotel/boat. There are several music festivals in the Queen Mary Parking lot throughout the summer and it is an absolute nightmare trying to either get to the hotel. Absolute chaos! Somehow they think it is ok to have people checking into a hotel, 100s of kids leaving or returning from camp AND a music festival all going on in the same lot. And then they think it is appropriate to charge you $25 for overnight parking. They should have paid me for putting up with their hellish parking.

The boat itself could be really cool,but there is chipping pain everywhere and wood that is splintered and in need up repair. It is sad because the historic value of the ship will be lost without some kind of maintenance.

The cabins have some <cough> issues. The toilet flushing system still makes me laugh out loud. And it takes 30 minutes to get to water to take a shower. The bathtub itself is so curvy you have about 5" wide to stand flat. Dangerous. There's no a/c, you must just open the portholes. No in-room coffee, 2 electrical outlets in the entire suite. Bed was fine, but... Just take a tour and stay elsewhere.