[CaptainMattJ.]

HEY HEY HEY hold up just a minute. i visited the QM just this summer, and i find this to be inaccurate. it took all of 8 hours to explore the cavernous ship, and only dangerous sections were walled off (such as the engine room's service ladders that lead down into the endless series of pipeline and circuits. ) while yes alot of it has been stripped, its still very enjoyable. me and my dad went, and ended up paying 60 bucks for both of us to get a ticket for both the QM and the Russian Scorpion docked next to her, and get a full detailed tour of the ship from a jolly old mariner. he was very detailed. my dad won a pen when he correctly guessed who the first child to slide down a play area in one of the first class nurseries was (it was a young queen-in-progress, however i dont remember which). he told of life aboard the ship, and how it got its name. afterwards we continued to explore the ship, seeing the engine room, bridge, crew quarters, foredeck, and other areas. they left a few AA guns on the ship to tell of her role in WWII.

then we went into a russian sub. very cramped, but VERY interesting. you can still look through the periscope and fiddle with the buttons. in fact, its still operational, and if someone wanted to they could sail out of the harbor with it. it has diesels still, and as always very cramped living spaces. the beds were basically built for 5 foot tall people. command room had a very low clearance height. her exact crush depth is still a secret, but they say it can go down like.....a few hundred meters at least but wont give exact details. its op history is still top secret with the russians.

it wasnt bad in the slightest, and i enjoyed it. i REAAAALLY enjoyed going to san diego to visit the midway, which really kicked ass.