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Bernie,

I have stayed there before with my family twice and really enjoyed it. It was very unique and as Jerry mentioned, the tour was good. It was something different, the room was good at the time and have heard that it has improved since then. Its not a 5 star accomodation, but gets more points for the real "unique" factor. I cannot tell you anything about parking, attended or non attended; it is in an extremely popular tourist section of the Long Beach peir in walking distance of many popular restaurants and the Long beach Aquarium of the Pacific, as well as the many boats that can take you to from Catalina Island, whale watching tours, etc. So I would have to believe you can park within a parking deck or something close by, but could not tell you if it would be attended. There are pleanty of things to do in that area if you want to take advantage of them, but like Jamo - I don't think I would do anything more than 1 night or 2 at the most (if you take advantage of the things of the pier).

One of the best kept secrets if you fly into the area, espescially from San Fransisco, is to fly into Long Beach airport. It is really small, very close by Queen Mary and it is very easy to get in and out of. I know it accepts flight from SF daily. You literally walk off the runway and walk to your car...LAX is not far away, nor is John Wayne (LAX is closer) - but Long Beach is so damn convenient. I have taken it many times. Its an easy driev from LAX.

I work only about 10 miles from the pier and am very familiar with the area. If I can be of any help let me know. You should have a good time.