Sadly, following retirement to Long Beach and converstion to a hotel and tourist attraction, large parts of the ship were gutted (some 400,000 square feet in total), much to make way for the Museum of the Sea which closed within a few years. Significant public rooms, including many cabin class areas of the ship and some three hundred cabins were saved however, much of the tourist, third class, crew and machinery spaces were lost including her boiler rooms and forward engine room. Fortunately some interiors, such as the cabin class Verandah Grill, have been retrospecitvely reinstated and others, such as the Observation Lounge, have been restored. Much still remains off-limits to visitors but could potentially be restored to its former glory. Today her surviving preserved interiors serve as a small reminder of the elegance of the Queen Mary during her heyday and represent a unique treasure of Art Deco design.